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Date: 5/3/26 6:34 pm
From: Douglas Vogus <vogeye...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Ottawa NWR Monthly Census
MAY 03, 2026 - OTTAWA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE MONTHLY CENSUS.
ROUTES: East Side, Fox Unit (parking lot only), Boss Unit (parking lot
only), West Side and Western Prairies
and Henry Marsh in the morning; Wildlife Drive in the afternoon (except
where closed for eagle nesting).
TIME: 7:25am - 12:15pm; 1:30pm - 3:35pm TIME AFIELD: 6:55 TEMP.: 38F ~
62F ~ 61F
COND.: Cool early, turning mostly sunny and windy - west wind steady with
gusts to 20mph.
OBS. EAST, FOX UNIT, BOSS UNIT: Jim Koppin, Jim Reyda, Al & Betty Schlecht.
OBS. WEST: Mary Applegate, Susan Brauning, Katie Clink, Donna Kuhn, David &
Kim Myles, Doug Nims,
George Novosel, Chris Pierce, Mark Swelstad, Tony Szilagye, Tracy Wiczer.
OBS. WESTERN PRAIRIES & HENRY MARSH: Douglas W. Vogus.
OBS. WILDLIFE DRIVE: Bob Bartolotta, Jim Koppin, Doug Nims, Jim Reyda,
Douglas W. Vogus.

I. MAMMALS: 7 SPECIES, 35 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)

1. Eastern Cottontail - 9
2. Woodchuck - 3
3. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 10
4. American Beaver - 1 (Fourth May Record on Census & Tied Census High
from 20 other occasions)
5. Meadow Vole - 1 (Third May Record on Census)
6. Common Raccoon - 4
7. White-tailed Deer - 7 (1 buck,6 does)


II. BIRDS: 104 SPECIES, 3,723 TOTAL. (Recorded since 03/02/1969)

1. Canada Goose - 387
2. Mute Swan - 1
3. Trumpeter Swan - 73 (one with yellow neckband "1A2")
4. Wood Duck - 32
5. Blue-winged Teal - 3
6. Northern Shoveler - 1
7. Mallard - 41
8. Green-winged Teal - 25
9. Ring-necked Duck - 3
10. Bufflehead - 2
11. Hooded Merganser - 3
12. Pied-billed Grebe - 8
13. Mourning Dove - 17
14. Virginia Rail - 1
15. Sora - 1
16. Common Gallinule - 4
17. American Coot - 1
18. Sandhill Crane - 17 (2 colts)
19. Killdeer - 17
20. Dunlin - 119
21. Wilson's Snipe - 3
22. Spotted Sandpiper - 1
23. Solitary Sandpiper - 3
24. Lesser Yellowlegs - 46
25. Ring-billed Gull - 13
26. American Herring Gull - 3
27. Common Tern - 8
28. Forster's Tern - 2
29. Double-crested Cormorant - 18
30. American White Pelican - 39
31. Least Bittern - 1
32. Green Heron - 1
33. Great Egret - 61 (one dead at Henry Marsh)
34. Great Blue Heron - 23
35. Turkey Vulture - 49
36. Osprey - 1
37. Sharp-shinned Hawk - 10
38. Cooper's Hawk - 5
39. Bald Eagle - 55 (34 adult,21 immature)
40. Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
41. Broad-winged Hawk - 22
42. Red-tailed Hawk - 5
43. Great Horned Owl - 3 (2 owlets)
44. Red-headed Woodpecker - 2
45. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 8
46. Downy Woodpecker - 5
47. Hairy Woodpecker - 2
48. Northern Flicker - 9
49. Pileated Woodpecker - 1 (Third May Record on Census)
50. American Kestrel - 1
51. Great Crested Flycatcher - 1
52. Eastern Kingbird - 1
53. Blue-headed Vireo - 1
54. Eastern Warbling Vireo - 18
55. Blue Jay - 48
56. Black-capped Chickadee - 3
57. Tufted Titmouse - 5
58. Horned Lark - 5
59. Bank Swallow - 1
60. Tree Swallow - 878
61. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 3
62. Purple Martin - 79
63. Barn Swallow - 56
64. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 6
65. White-breasted Nuthatch - 7
66. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 12
67. Carolina Wren - 2
68. Northern House Wren - 21
69. Sedge Wren - 1 (Fifth May Record on Census)
70. Marsh Wren - 3
71. Gray Catbird - 1
72. Brown Thrasher - 3
73. European Starling - 65
74. Hermit Thrush - 4
75. Wood Thrush - 1
76. American Robin - 51
77. House Sparrow - 12
78. House Finch - 2
79. American Goldfinch - 72
80. Lapland Longspur - 47
81. Chipping Sparrow - 4
82. Field Sparrow - 5
83. White-crowned Sparrow - 15
84. White-throated Sparrow - 22
85. Savannah Sparrow - 7
86. Song Sparrow - 44
87. Swamp Sparrow - 7
88. Eastern Towhee - 1
89. Eastern Meadowlark - 2
90. Orchard Oriole - 1
91. Baltimore Oriole - 6
92. Red-winged Blackbird - 711
93. Brown-headed Cowbird - 28
94. Rusty Blackbird - 11
95. Common Grackle - 142
96. Northern Waterthrush - 2
97. Black-and-white Warbler - 1
98. Prothonotary Warbler - 1
99. Common Yellowthroat - 17
100. Northern Yellow Warbler - 78
101. Palm Warbler - 7
102. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 9
103. Black-throated Green Warbler - 2
104. Northern Cardinal - 25

??. Unidentified Duck Species - 4
??. Unidentified Sparrow Species - 5 (fleeting glimpses)

III. REPTILES: 2 SPECIES, 53 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)

1. Common Snapping Turtle - 2
2. Midland Painted Turtle - 51


IV. FISHES: 1 SPECIES, 1 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)

1. Common Carp - 1


V. BUTTERFLIES: 6 SPECIES, 19 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)

1. Cabbage Butterfly - 10
2. Clouded Sulphur - 3
3. American Copper - 1 (First May Record on Census)
4. Pearl Crescent - 3 (Fifth May Record on Census)
5. Eastern Comma - 1 (Third May Record on Census)
6. Mourning Cloak - 1 (Third May Record on Census)


VI. DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES: 1 SPECIES. (Recorded since 05/06/2018)

1. Common Green Darner


Compiler: Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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