Date: 9/7/26 7:24 am From: Douglas Vogus <vogeye...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Ottawa NWR Monthly Census
SEPTEMBER 06, 2026 - OTTAWA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE MONTHLY CENSUS. ROUTES: East Side, West Side, Western Prairies & Henry Marsh in the morning; Wildlife Drive in the afternoon. TIME: 7:30am - 12:25pm; 1:25pm - 5:25pm TIME AFIELD: 8:55 TEMP.: 65F ~ 77F COND.: Mostly cloudy early, turning mostly sunny, blue skies, and warm; winds from the northeast; water levels still high - no mudflats. OBS. EAST: Jim Koppin, Jim Reyda, Al & Betty Schlecht. OBS. WEST: Jennifer Kuehn, 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: 6 SPECIES, 24 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
II. BIRDS: 98 SPECIES, 5,717 TOTAL. (Recorded since 03/02/1969)
1. Canada Goose - 217 2. Mute Swan - 2 3. Trumpeter Swan - 66 4. Wood Duck - 52 5. Blue-winged Teal - 18 6. Northern Shoveler - 2 7. American Wigeon - 1 8. American Black Duck - 12 9. Mallard - 281 10. Green-winged Teal - 18 11. Pied-billed Grebe - 6 12. Mourning Dove - 97 13. Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 4 14. Common Gallinule - 8 15. Sandhill Crane - 19 16. Black-bellied Plover - 1 (fly-over headed west above Grimm Prairie) 17. Killdeer - 15 18. Semipalmated Plover - 1 (fly-over headed west above Grimm Prairie) 19. Hudsonian Godwit - 1 (got scared up with 9 Lesser Yellowlegs along Crane Creek south of MS3 & MS4 junction along Wildlife Drive and headed west) 20. Least Sandpiper - 8 (flooded field at Henry Marsh) 21. Spotted Sandpiper - 3 22. Greater Yellowlegs - 2 23. Lesser Yellowlegs - 26 24. Bonaparte's Gull - 1 25. Ring-billed Gull - 72 26. American Herring Gull - 7 27. Caspian Tern - 9 28. Unidentified *Sterna* Tern Species - 3 29. Double-crested Cormorant - 28 30. American White Pelican - 293 31. Snowy Egret - 3 32. Green Heron - 6 33. Great Egret - 85 34. Great Blue Heron - 28 35. Turkey Vulture - 15 36. Osprey - 6 (New Census High - previous was 5 on 05/2021) 37. Bald Eagle - 16 (8 adult,8 immature) 38. Red-tailed Hawk - 6 39. Great Horned Owl - 2 40. Belted Kingfisher - 3 41. Red-headed Woodpecker - 9 42. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 7 43. Downy Woodpecker - 4 44. Hairy Woodpecker - 3 45. Northern Flicker - 17 46. American Kestrel - 1 47. Merlin - 1 (male perched in a snag along Trumpeter Trail and Pool 3 along the Wildlife Drive) 48. Peregrine Falcon - 2 49. Great Crested Flycatcher - 3 50. Eastern Kingbird - 8 51. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 6 52. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 1 53. Willow Flycatcher - 1 54. Least Flycatcher - 3 55. Eastern Phoebe - 17 56. Eastern Warbling Vireo - 17 57. Red-eyed Vireo - 10 58. Blue Jay - 35 59. Black-capped Chickadee - 2 60. Tufted Titmouse - 2 61. Tree Swallow - 199 62. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 3 63. Purple Martin - 105 64. Barn Swallow - 17 65. Cliff Swallow - 2 66. Cedar Waxwing - 20 67. White-breasted Nuthatch - 8 68. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 69. Carolina Wren - 5 70. Northern House Wren - 3 71. Gray Catbird - 43 72. Brown Thrasher - 1 73. European Starling - 1,094 74. Veery - 3 75. Gray-cheeked Thrush - 1 76. Swainson's Thrush - 9 77. American Robin - 24 78. House Sparrow - 19 79. House Finch - 4 80. American Goldfinch - 56 81. Savannah Sparrow - 2 82. Song Sparrow - 20 83. Swamp Sparrow - 1 84. Bobolink - 7 85. Red-winged Blackbird - 2,226 86. Brown-headed Cowbird - 15 87. Common Grackle - 174 88. Tennessee Warbler - 1 89. Common Yellowthroat - 5 90. American Redstart - 5 91. Cape May Warbler - 1 92. Magnolia Warbler - 4 93. Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 94. Blackpoll Warbler - 2 95. Wilson's Warbler - 1 96. Northern Cardinal - 19 97. Indigo Bunting - 12 98. Dickcissel - 2
??. Unidentified Sparrow Species - 1 (fleeting glimpse at Grimm Prairie) ??. Unidentified Warbler Species - 7 (fly-overs, fleeting glimpses, too much foliage - the usual aggravations)
III. REPTILES: 5 SPECIES, 52 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. Northern Map Turtle - 25 2. Red-eared Turtle - 1 3. Midland Painted Turtle - 24 4. Northern Water Snake - 1 5. Eastern Garter Snake - 1 (Fourth September Record on Census)
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 3 SPECIES, 30 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. American Toad - 1 (B. Bartolotta - hopping across Krause Rd. - Third Record on Census, First September Record on Census & Tied Census High from 05/2020 & 05/2023) 2. American Bullfrog - 3 3. Northern Leopard Frog - 26
V. FISHES: 2 SPECIES, 5 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. Largemouth Bass - 4 (Second September Record on Census) 2. Bluegill - 2 (Second September Record on Census)
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 18 SPECIES, 316 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. Eastern Black Swallowtail - 3 2. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 2 3. Cabbage White - 64 4. Clouded Sulphur - 68 5. Orange Sulphur - 20 6. Cloudless Sulphur - 2 (Fifth Record on Census & Fourth September Record on Census) 7. Bronze Copper - 1 8. Eastern Tailed-Blue - 2 9. Summer Azure - 9 10. Pearl Crescent - 19 (New Census High - previous was 17 on 09/2018) 11. Red Admiral (Red-spotted Admiral) - 2 12. Painted Lady - 2 (Fourth September Record on Census) 13. Common Buckeye - 6 14. Viceroy - 29 15. Northern Pearly Eye - 1 (Third September Record on Census) 16. Monarch - 68 17. Least Skipper - 17 18. Fiery Skipper - 1 (Second September Record on Census)
VII. MOTHS/CATERPILLARS: 9 SPECIES, 60 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. Green Cloverworm Moth - 9 (Third September Record on Census & New Census High - previous was 5 on 09/2025) 2. Chickweed Geometer - 3 (Third September Record on Census) 3. Forage Looper Moth - 6 (Third September Record on Census) 4. Florida Tetanolita Moth - 1 (Second Record on Census, Second September Record on Census & Tied Census High from 09/2023) 5. Sod Webworm Moth - 32 (Third September Record on Census & New Census High - previous was 4 on 09/2024 & 09/2025) 6. Lucerne Moth - 1 (Second Record on Census & First September Record on Census) 7. Fall Webworm Moth (caterpillars only) - 6 (Second Record on Census & First September Record on Census) 8. White-dotted Prominent - 1 (New Species on Census - currently at 33 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 04/2002) 9. Arcigera Flower Moth - 1 (New Species on Census - currently at 34 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 04/2002)
VIII. DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES: 14 SPECIES. (Recorded since 05/06/2018)
1. Common Green Darner 2. Eastern Pondhawk 3. Widow Skimmer (Fifth September Record on Census) 4. Blue Dasher 5. Wandering Glider (Third September Record on Census) 6. Eastern Amberwing 7. Common Whitetail (Fourth September Record on Census) 8. Ruby Meadowhawk (Third September Record on Census) 9. Carolina Saddlebags - 1 (First September Record on Census) 10. Black Saddlebags 11. Violet Dancer (Third Record on Census & Second September Record on Census) 12. Familiar Bluet 13. Orange Bluet (Third September Record on Census) 14. Eastern Forktail
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