Kelleys Island - June 15, 2007 Bird Census

Conducted the monthly census on Friday, June 15th with Pat Hayes and Sandy Tkach. Beautiful day and lots of birds. Temperature started in mid fifties and we ended in mid-80's with clear skies and light north winds. This was the 10th year for the June census. The average number of species had been 59 but today we had 71 species, so the new June average is 60.6. 7 new species were added to the June list. Those were Red-breasted Merganser, Laughing Gull, 11 Bonaparte's Gulls, 2 Forster's Tern, Cerulean Warbler, and Black-and-white Warbler. Highlight birds were the adult Laughing Gull at the old Neumann ferry dock, 2 Least Flycatchers along the North Pond Trail, a calling Red-breasted Nuthatch in the North Quarry, a Veery along the North Pond Trail, a singing Blackpoll off Huntington Lane, A singing Cerulean Warbler near the school, and a singing Black-and-white Warbler along the North Pond Trail. A second singing Black-and-white Warbler was found in the North Quarry on Saturday. Friday night an adult Northern Saw-whet Owl was found at the site where one was calling in May. And one or two birds were heard calling at the Scheele Preserve Saturday afternoon. One may have been young of the year.
~~ Tom Bartlett

Laughing Gull at the old Newman's dock

71 Species Seen

73		Double-crested Cormorant
51		Great Blue Heron
3		Great Egret
5		Turkey Vulture
245		Canada Goose
50		Mallard
1		Red-breasted Merganser
1		Bald Eagle (adult)
1		Cooper's Hawk
1		Red-tailed Hawk
7		Killdeer
2		Spotted Sandpiper
1		Laughing Gull (adult)
11		Bonaparte's Gull (most winter plumage)
54		Ring-billed Gull
205		Herring Gull
2		Forster's Tern
4		Mourning Dove
9		Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1		Eastern Screech-Owl
*		Northern Saw-whet
28		Chimney Swift
3		Ruby-throated Hummingbird
3		Belted Kingfisher
1		Red-bellied Woodpecker
17		Downy Woodpecker
1		Northern Flicker
6		Eastern Wood-Pewee
1		Willow Flycatcher
2		Least Flycatcher
2		Great Crested Flycatcher
12		Eastern Kingbird
3		Yellow-throated Vireo
22		Warbling Vireo
11		Red-eyed Vireo
4		Blue Jay
7		American Crow
46		Purple Martin
117		Tree Swallow
14		Northern Rough-winged Swallow
11		Bank Swallow
234		Barn Swallow
28		Swallow species?
8		Black-capped Chickadee
1		Red-breasted Nuthatch
5		Carolina Wren
11		House Wren
2		Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1		Veery
2		Wood Thrush
209		American Robin
*		Northern Mockingbird
90		European Starling
68		Cedar Waxwing
128		Yellow Warbler
4		Chestnut-sided Warbler
*		Blackpoll Warbler
1		Cerulean Warbler
1		Black-and-white Warbler
12		American Redstart
3		Scarlet Tanager
14		Chipping Sparrow
2		Field Sparrow
31		Northern Cardinal
1		Rose-breasted Grosbeak
35		Indigo Bunting
477		Red-winged Blackbird
289		Common Grackle
52		Brown-headed Cowbird
12		Orchard Oriole
54		Baltimore Oriole
55		House Finch
20		American Goldfinch
61		House Sparrow

* Bird heard or seen outside of census period

Last updated on November 01, 2007