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Date: 10/5/26 5:26 pm
From: Douglas Vogus <vogeye...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Ottawa NWR Monthly Census
OCTOBER 05, 2026 - OTTAWA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE MONTHLY CENSUS.
OBS. EAST: Jim Koppin, Jim Reyda, Al & Betty Schlecht.
OBS. WEST: Mary Applegate, Katie Clink, Jennifer Kuehn, Donna Kuhn, David &
Kim Myles, George Novosel,
Holden Peller, Chris Pierce, Mark Swelstad, Tony Szilagye, Tracy Wiczer.
OBS. WESTERN PRAIRIES: Douglas W. Vogus.
OBS. WILDLIFE DRIVE: Jim Koppin, Jennifer Kuehn, Donna Kuhn, Jim Reyda,
Mark Swelstad, Douglas W. Vogus, Tracy Wiczer.
TIME: 7:20am - 12:45pm; 1:50pm - 4:00pm TIME AFIELD: 7:35 TEMP.: 50F ~ 73F
COND.: Cool early, turning sunny and breezy.

I. MAMMALS: 5 SPECIES, 42 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)

1. Eastern Cottontail - 5
2. Woodchuck - 11
3. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 14
4. Common Raccoon - 3
5. White-tailed Deer - 9 (1 spike buck,5 does,1 yearling,2?)


II. BIRDS: 111 SPECIES, 7,446 TOTAL. (Recorded since 03/02/1969)
(HISTORICAL - HIGH: 125 SPECIES (1978) LOW: 83 (1970 & 1992) AVG.: 102.5)

1. Canada Goose - 364
2. Mute Swan - 2
3. Trumpeter Swan - 88
4. Wood Duck - 57
5. Blue-winged Teal - 11
6. Northern Shoveler - 1
7. Gadwall - 32
8. American Wigeon - 7
9. American Black Duck - 7
10. Mallard - 319
11. Northern Pintail - 3
12. Green-winged Teal - 297
13. Ring-necked Duck - 11
14. Ruddy Duck - 22
15. Pied-billed Grebe - 3
16. Mourning Dove - 103
17. Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1
18. Chimney Swift - 5
19. Sora - 1
20. Common Gallinule - 4
21. Sandhill Crane - 23
22. Black-bellied Plover - 4
23. Killdeer - 99
24. Semipalmated Plover - 1
25. Long-billed Dowitcher - 11
26. Wilson's Snipe - 5
27. Solitary Sandpiper - 1
28. Greater Yellowlegs - 7
29. Lesser Yellowlegs - 13
30. Bonaparte's Gull - 149
31. Ring-billed Gull - 348
32. American Herring Gull - 7
33. Caspian Tern - 3
34. Double-crested Cormorant - 22
35. American White Pelican - 61
36. Great Egret - 91
37. Great Blue Heron - 47
38. Turkey Vulture - 16
39. Osprey - 1
40. Northern Harrier - 4
41. Sharp-shinned Hawk - 2
42. Cooper's Hawk - 2
43. Bald Eagle - 16 (13 adult,3 immature)
44. Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 (Fifth October Record on Census)
45. Red-tailed Hawk - 5
46. Belted Kingfisher - 4
47. Red-headed Woodpecker - 15
48. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 18
49. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 5
50. Downy Woodpecker - 23
51. Hairy Woodpecker - 6
52. Northern Flicker - 22
53. Pileated Woodpecker - 1 (Second October Record on Census)
54. American Kestrel - 2
55. Eastern Kingbird - 1 (Sixth October Record on Census)
56. Willow Flycatcher - 1
57. Least Flycatcher - 2
58. Eastern Phoebe - 9
59. Blue-headed Vireo - 4
60. Blue Jay - 83
61. Black-capped Chickadee - 7
62. Tufted Titmouse - 4
63. Horned Lark - 6
64. Tree Swallow - 542
65. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 4
66. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 45
67. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 55
68. White-breasted Nuthatch - 10
69. Brown Creeper - 2
70. Carolina Wren - 6
71. Northern House Wren - 3
72. Winter Wren - 5
73. Sedge Wren - 1 (Second October Record on Census)
74. Marsh Wren - 1
75. Gray Catbird - 20
76. Brown Thrasher - 1
77. European Starling - 1,947
78. Eastern Bluebird - 4
79. Gray-cheeked Thrush - 2
80. Swainson's Thrush - 6
81. Hermit Thrush - 14
82. Wood Thrush - 1
83. American Robin - 119
84. House Sparrow - 20
85. House Finch - 3
86. American Goldfinch - 40
87. Chipping Sparrow - 2
88. Dark-eyed Junco - 4
89. White-crowned Sparrow - 8
90. White-throated Sparrow - 105
91. Song Sparrow - 34
92. Lincoln's Sparrow - 9
93. Swamp Sparrow - 26
94. Red-winged Blackbird - 1,513
95. Brown-headed Cowbird - 18
96. Rusty Blackbird - 22
97. Common Grackle - 181
98. Tennessee Warbler - 9
99. Nashville Warbler - 3
100. Common Yellowthroat - 8
101. American Redstart - 1
102. Cape May Warbler - 2
103. Northern Parula - 2
104. Bay-breasted Warbler - 15
105. Blackpoll Warbler - 19
106. Black-throated Blue Warbler - 4
107. Pine Warbler - 1
108. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 43
109. Black-throated Green Warbler - 1
110. Northern Cardinal - 27
111. Indigo Bunting - 2

???. Unidentified Duck Species - 30
???. Unidentified *Catharus* Thrush - 2
???. Unidentified Sparrow Species - 5
???. Unidentified Warbler Species - 9

III. REPTILES: 4 SPECIES, (1 DEAD), 40 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)

1. Northern Map Turtle - 26
2. Red-eared Turtle - 1
3. Midland Painted Turtle - 10
4. Northern Water Snake - 3 (one caught a small Eastern Gizzard Shad)

X. Eastern Garter Snake - 1 (dead on Stange Rd.)

IV. AMPHIBIANS: 1 SPECIES, 3 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)

1. Northern Leopard Frog - 3


V. FISHES:3 SPECIES, 12 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)

1. Eastern Gizzard Shad - 4
2. Blackstripe Topminnow - 6 (Fourth October Record on Census)
3. Bluegill - 2


VI. BUTTERFLIES: 12 SPECIES, 136 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)

1. Cabbage White - 52
2. Clouded Sulphur - 28
3. Orange Sulphur - 15
4. Bronze Copper - 12
5. Pearl Crescent - 3
6. Question Mark - 1 (First October Record on Census)
7. Red Admiral - 1 (Fifth October Record on Census)
8. Painted Lady - 1 (Third October Record on Census)
9. Common Buckeye - 8
10. Viceroy - 6
11. Monarch - 8
12. Least Skipper - 1 (Second October Record on Census)


VII. MOTHS/CATERPILLARS: 1 SPECIES, (1 FIRST CENSUS RECORD), 1 TOTAL.
(Recorded since 04/07/2002)

1. Bristly Cutworm Moth - 1 (Grimm Prairie - New Species on Census -
currently at 35 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 04/07/2002)


VIII. DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES: 5 SPECIES. (Recorded since 05/06/2018)

1. Common Green Darner (Fifth October Record on Census)
2. Eastern Pondhawk (Fourth October Record on Census)
3. Ruby Meadowhawk (Third October Record on Census)
4. Autumn Meadowhawk (Third October Record on Census)
5. Black Saddlebags (Second October Record on Census)


Compiler: Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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