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Date: 8/3/26 3:54 pm
From: Douglas Vogus <vogeye...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Ottawa NWR Monthly Census
AUGUST 02, 2026 - OTTAWA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE MONTHLY CENSUS.
ROUTE: East Side, West Side, Western Prairies & Henry Marsh in the morning;
Wildlife Drive in the afternoon.
TIME: 7:30am - 11:30am; 12:30pm - 3:10pm TIME AFIELD: 6:40 TEMP.: 69F ~
71F
COND.: Overcast with intermittent rain; winds from the N/NE - breezy all
morning; skies turning dark and a
heavy downpour from 10:40am - 11:30am; cloudy in the afternoon, turning
overcast again with rain non-stop;
winds from the north at 10-15mph; all water pushed up Crane Creek - all
ditches, canals, mudflats flooded -
no mudflats present anywhere; Lake Erie muddy and raging with whitecaps;
rain finally ending at 2:30pm.
OBS. EAST: Jim Koppin, Jim Reyda, Al & Betty Schlecht.
OBS. WEST: Mary Applegate, Susan Brauning, Jennifer Kuehn, Donna Kuhn,
David & Kim Myles, George
Novosel, Holden Peller, Chris Pierce, Tracy Wiczer.
OBS. WESTERN PRAIRIES & HENRY MARSH: Douglas W. Vogus.
OBS. WILDLIFE DRIVE: Bob Bartolotta, Jim Koppin, Jim Reyda, Douglas W.
Vogus.

I. MAMMALS: 3 SPECIES, 44 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)

1. Eastern Cottontail - 36
2. Woodchuck - 6
3. White-tailed Deer - 2 (does)


II. BIRDS: 65 SPECIES, 3,482 TOTAL. (Recorded since 03/20/1969)
(Lowest August Total - previous was 70 Species in 1972)

1. Canada Goose - 67
2. Trumpeter Swan - 93 (immature birds still in family groups of 4, 3 &
3)
3. Wood Duck - 130
4. Mallard - 9
5. Pied-billed Grebe - 14
6. Mourning Dove - 45
7. Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 (D. & K. Myles)
8. Virginia Rail - 1 (D. Vogus - at Henry Marsh - Sixth August Record
on Census)
9. Sandhill Crane - 4 (two adults with one colt, one solo adult)
10. Killdeer - 4
11. Spotted Sandpiper - 1
12. Lesser Yellowlegs - 8
13. Bonaparte's Gull - 3
14. Ring-billed Gull - 29
15. American Herring Gull - 4
16. Caspian Tern - 2
17. Black Tern - 1 (G. Novosel's Group)
18. Double-crested Cormorant - 16
19. American White Pelican - 33
20. Least Bittern - 1 (G. Novosel's Group)
21. Green Heron - 13
22. Great Egret - 81
23. Great Blue Heron - 35
24. Turkey Vulture - 1 (G. Novosel's Group)
25. Osprey - 2
26. Bald Eagle - 17 (10 adult,7 immature)
27. Red-tailed Hawk - 4
28. Northern Flicker - 11
29. American Kestrel - 1
30. Eastern Kingbird - 42
31. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2 (D. & K. Myles)
32. Eastern Phoebe - 1
33. Eastern Warbling Vireo - 2 (D. Vogus - Henry Marsh)
34. Red-eyed Vireo - 1 (D. & K. Myles)
35. Blue Jay - 4
36. Horned Lark - 1 (D. Vogus - flyover Krause Rd.)
37. Bank Swallow - 2 (D. Vogus - Grimm Prairie)
38. Tree Swallow - 1,591
39. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1 (Wildlife Drive Group)
40. Purple Martin - 99
41. Barn Swallow - 56
42. Cedar Waxwing - 7
43. Carolina Wren - 3
44. Northern House Wren - 8
45. Marsh Wren - 25 (one nest in Henry Marsh)
46. Gray Catbird - 13
47. Brown Thrasher - 3
48. European Starling - 271
49. American Robin - 76
50. House Sparrow - 20
51. House Finch - 14
52. American Goldfinch - 81 (one nest in Stange Prairie)
53. Chipping Sparrow - 3
54. Song Sparrow - 52
55. Swamp Sparrow - 7
56. Baltimore Oriole - 2
57. Red-winged Blackbird - 350
58. Brown-headed Cowbird - 5
59. Common Grackle - 28
60. Black-and-white Warbler - 1 (immature - East Side - J. Reyda's
Group)
61. Common Yellowthroat - 12
62. Northern Yellow Warbler - 23
63. Northern Cardinal - 18
64. Indigo Bunting - 20
65. Dickcissel - 7 (D. Vogus - 4 in Grimm Prairie, 2 at Henry Marsh,
and 1 at Stange Prairie)


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

1. American Bullfrog - 1
2. Green Frog - 1


IV. FISHES: 2 SPECIES, 12 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)

1. Blackstripe Topminnow - 4 (Henry Marsh)
2. Bluegill - 8 (Henry Marsh)


V. BUTTERFLIES: 6 SPECIES, 36 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)

1. Cabbage White - 26
2. Clouded Sulphur - 1
3. Red Admiral - 1
4. Viceroy - 2
5. Monarch - 5
6. Least Skipper - 1


VI. MOTHS / CATERPILLARS: 6 SPECIES, 32 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)

1. Forage Looper Moth - 3 (Fourth August Record on Census)
2. Milkweed Tussock Moth - 16 (caterpillars) (Fourth August Record on
Census)
3. Carrot Seed Moth - 3 (at Henry Marsh - Fourth Record on Census,
Third August Record on Census & New Census High - previous was 1 on
08/2023, 07/2024 & 08/2025)
4. Sod Webworm Moth - 5 (at Grimm Prairie - Fourth Record on Census,
First August Record on Census & New Census High - previous was 4 on 09/2024
& 09/2025)
5. Lucerne Moth - 3 (at Henry Marsh - New Species on Census - currently
at 29 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 04/07/2002)
6. Elegant Grass-veneer Moth - 2 (at Henry Marsh - New Species on
Census - currently at 30 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 04/07/2002)


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

1. Blue Dasher


Compiler: Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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