Date: 6/8/26 5:39 pm From: Douglas Vogus <vogeye...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Ottawa NWR Monthly Census
JUNE 07, 2026 - OTTAWA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE MONTHLY CENSUS. ROUTE: East Side, West Side, Western Prairies, Henry Marsh, and Fox Unit in the morning; Wildlife Drive in the afternoon - except where closed for eagle nesting - no afternoon Lake Erie access. TIME: 7:30am - 12:00pm; 12:50pm - 2:35pm TIME AFIELD: 6:15 TEMP.: 67F ~ 75F COND.: Warm, breezy, and pleasant. OBS. EAST: Jim Koppin, Al & Betty Schlecht. OBS. WEST: Susan Brauning, Jennifer Kuehn, Donna Kuhn, David & Kim Myles, George Novosel, Chris Pierce, Tracy Wiczer. OBS. WESTERN PRAIRIES & HENRY MARSH: Douglas W. Vogus. OBS. FOX UNIT: Jim Koppin, Al & Betty Schlecht (parking lot only); Douglas W. Vogus (half the prairie trail due to time constraints). OBS. WILDLIFE DRIVE: Jim Koppin, Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 7 SPECIES, 45 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. Eastern Cottontail - 16 2. Woodchuck - 9 3. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 9 4. Common Muskrat - 1 5. Common Raccoon - 6 (2 young) (Tied Census High from 06/2023 & 08/2025) 6. Striped Skunk - 1 (First June Record on Census & Tied Census High from 03/2008, 09/2012, 05/2023, 07/2024, 02/2025 & 02/2026) 7. White-tailed Deer - 3 (1 buck,1 doe,1 fawn)
II. BIRDS: 84 SPECIES, 3,475 TOTAL. (Recorded since 03/02/1969)
1. Canada Goose - 403 2. Trumpeter Swan - 151 (5 cygnets) 3. Wood Duck - 122 (8 ducklings) 4. Mallard - 17 5. Green-winged Teal - 1 (D. Vogus - fly-over at Grimm Prairie) 6. Canvasback - 1 (m) (G. Novosel's Group - Third June Record on Census) 7. Pied-billed Grebe - 6 8. Mourning Dove - 27 9. Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 3 10. Common Gallinule - 11 11. Sandhill Crane - 11 12. Black-necked Stilt - 2 (Third June Record on Census) 13. Killdeer - 20 14. American Woodcock - 3 (family group along "Henry's Trail" north end of Henry Marsh) 15. Spotted Sandpiper - 1 (Henry's Pond) 16. Ring-billed Gull - 11 17. American Herring Gull - 2 18. Black Tern - 3 19. Common Tern - 1 20. Double-crested Cormorant - 6 21. American White Pelican - 33 22. Least Bittern - 1 23. Green Heron - 2 24. Great Egret - 64 25. Great Blue Heron - 41 26. Turkey Vulture - 19 27. Osprey - 1 28. Cooper's Hawk - 1 29. Bald Eagle - 36 (18 adult,16 immature,2 juvenile) 30. Red-tailed Hawk - 1 31. Great Horned Owl - 2 (1 young) 32. Red-headed Woodpecker - 5 33. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 9 34. Downy Woodpecker - 5 35. Hairy Woodpecker - 1 36. Northern Flicker - 14 37. Pileated Woodpecker - 3 (one on the East Side, two on the West Side in the South Woods and the North Woods - New Census High - previous was 2 on 09/2025) 38. American Kestrel - 1 (f) (Fox Unit parking lot) 39. Great Crested Flycatcher - 6 40. Eastern Kingbird - 14 41. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 7 42. Willow Flycatcher - 23 43. Eastern Warbling Vireo - 56 44. Red-eyed Vireo - 9 45. Blue Jay - 23 46. Black-capped Chickadee - 2 47. Tufted Titmouse - 2 48. Tree Swallow - 427 49. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1 50. Purple Martin - 83 51. Barn Swallow - 82 52. Cedar Waxwing - 13 53. White-breasted Nuthatch - 4 54. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 3 55. Carolina Wren - 6 56. Northern House Wren - 29 57. Marsh Wren - 13 58. Gray Catbird - 32 59. Brown Thrasher - 4 60. Northern Mockingbird - 1 61. European Starling - 95 62. Wood Thrush - 4 63. American Robin - 52 64. House Sparrow - 9 65. House Finch - 6 66. American Goldfinch - 23 67. Chipping Sparrow - 1 68. Field Sparrow - 7 69. Song Sparrow - 73 70. Swamp Sparrow - 7 71. Eastern Meadowlark - 1 (Grimm Prairie) 72. Orchard Oriole - 1 (north end of Henry Marsh) 73. Baltimore Oriole - 16 74. Red-winged Blackbird - 946 75. Brown-headed Cowbird - 12 76. Common Grackle - 86 77. Ovenbird - 1 (Myles' Group - Sixth June Record on Census) 78. Prothonotary Warbler - 7 79. Common Yellowthroat - 42 80. Northern Yellow Warbler - 143 81. Scarlet Tanager - 1 82. Northern Cardinal - 30 83. Indigo Bunting - 28 84. Dickcissel - 2 (both males in Grimm Prairie)
??. Unidentified *Empidonax* Flycatcher - 1
III. REPTILES: 7 SPECIES, 75 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. Common Snapping Turtle - 8 (three females laying eggs) 2. Northern Map Turtle - 30 3. Midland Painted Turtle - 33 (one hatchling dead in Grimm Prairie & one adult run over on the Wildlife Drive) 4. Eastern Spiny Softshell - 1 5. Northern Water Snake - 1 6. Eastern Garter Snake - 1 7. Eastern Fox Snake - 1 (plus one dead) (one four-footer at the turnaround on Lindsey-Limestone Rd. & one two-and-a half-footer run over on Krause Rd.)
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 3 SPECIES, 17 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. American Bullfrog - 7 2. Green Frog - 9 3. Northern Leopard Frog - 1
V. FISHES: 2 SPECIES, 8 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. Bowfin - 1 (in the ditch along Stange Rd. - Fourth June Record on Census) 2. Common Carp - 7 (all in the ditch along Stange Rd.)
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 20 SPECIES, 187 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. Eastern Black Swallowtail - 5 2. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 2 3. Cabbage Butterfly - 127 4. Clouded Sulphur - 3 5. Orange Sulphur - 2 (Second June Record on Census) 6. American Copper - 1 (Third June Record on Census) 7. Bronze Copper - 1 (Second June Record on Census) 8. Spring Azure - 5 (Fourth June Record on Census & Tied Census High from 05/2021) 9. Summer Azure - 3 (Fifth June Record on Census) 10. Pearl Crescent - 2 11. Question Mark - 1 (Second June Record on Census) 12. Red Admiral - 3 13. Red-spotted Purple - 1 (Fifth June Record on Census) 14. Northern Pearly Eye - 2 (First June Record on Census) 15. Viceroy - 2 16. Monarch - 2 17. Silver-spotted Skipper - 15 (New Census High - previous was 11 on 06/2009) 18. Least Skipper - 7 19. Peck's Skipper - 2 (First June Record on Census) 20. Dun Skipper - 1 (Second Record on Census, First June Record on Census & Tied Census High from 08/2013)
VII. MOTHS & CATERPILLARS: 3 SPECIES, 3 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. Sod Webworm Moth - 1 (Third Record on Census & First June Record on Census) 2. Eight-spotted Forester - 1 (New Species on Census - currently at 29 Moth Species since 04/07/2002) 3. Common Tan Wave Moth - 1 (New Species on Census - currently at 30 Moth Species since 04/07/2002)
VIII. DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES: 10 SPECIES.
1. Common Green Darner 2. Halloween Pennant (Third June Record on Census) 3. Eastern Pondhawk 4. Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Third June Record on Census) 5. Blue Dasher 6. Common Whitetail (Second June Record on Census) 7. Black Saddlebags 8. Slender Spreadwing 9. Violet Dancer - 1 (First June Record on Census) 10. Eastern Forktail
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