Species Accounts

SPECiES aCCouNtSCanada Goose Reports came from 71 counties.The highest of many triple-digit counts was 240 at Caesar Creek on 07 July (Rick Asamoto). Mute SwanAllen Chartier made a careful count of 65 at East Harbor on 14 Jun.All but one of the smaller double-digit counts were also in Ottawa; the other was in Erie.Twenty-three counties provided sightings.trumpeter Swan The 02 Jun ONWR monthly census tallied 40 (Ed Pierce et al., fide Douglas Vogus), the highest of several double-digit counts there.The largest number seen elsewhere was six, found by Daniel Hazard at Sandy Ridge Reservation, Lorain, on 17 Jun.Reports also came from Marion, Medina, Muskingum, Portage, Stark, Wayne, and Wyandot. Wood duckThe ONWR monthly census on 02 Jun again provided the high count, 70 (Ed Pierce et al., fide Douglas Vogus).The second-highest was 58, in the Pekin Road marsh, Geauga, on 23 Jul (Dick Hoopes).Su Snyder noted a single female with 31ducklings at Cinnamon Lake, Ashland, on 07 Jun, and noted that egg dumping is common in this species.Fifty-five counties had sightings. GadwallSites in Franklin, Lucas, and Sandusky hosted two or three stragglers as late as 04 Jun (m.obs.).Two landed at Burke Lakefront Airport, Cuyahoga, on 08 Jul (Jen Brumfield), and Gene Stauffer found a single bird in Deer Creek SP, Pickaway, on 30 Jul. american Wigeon A few reports came on 01 and 02 Jun from Franklin, Lucas, and Ottawa.Justin Bosler noted the last northbound migrants on 03 Jun; he saw one at Winous Horseshoe and eight in the CCE.Bob Krajeski and the Lanes saw two wandering males at Conneaut on 04 Jul.american Black duck The high count was four.Justin Bosler found that many in CPNWR on 01 Jun, as did Randy Schietzelt at Kelleys Island SP on 27 Jul.Other sightings came from Cuyahoga, Medina, Ottawa, and Sandusky.[american Black duck x Mallard] Justin Bosler saw one in the CCE on 03 Jun.Another spent from 13 Jun through the end of the season in Woodlawn Cemetery, Lucas (Tim Haney et al.).Mallard Justin Bosler provided the two highest counts.He found 200 in Winous Horseshoe on 04 Jun and 500 in ONWR Blausey on 11 Jun.The highest count away from the northwest marshes was Dave Slager's 109 at Darby Creek on 01 Jun.Reports came from 61 counties.Blue-winged teal Christopher Collins noted 40 at Darby Creek on 14 Jul.The second highest count, 17, was shared by Dave Slager at Darby on 06 Jun and Brian Wulker at Fernald on 31 Jul.Dave's birds included a female with seven youngsters.Other breeding reports came from Winous Point on 04 Jun (John Simpson) and Meander Reservoir, Trumbull, on 19 Jun (Carole Babyak).Sixteen counties produced sightings. Northern ShovelerA couple of stragglers were at Conneaut on 03 and 06 Jun (m.obs.).Darby Creek hosted up to four (two apparent pairs); sightings were frequent up to 09 Jun and intermittent from then to 22 June (m.obs.).After a gap of over five weeks, what might have been different birds were seen there on 27 Jul (four by Irina Shulgina) and 29 Jul (two by Bama Clark). Green-winged tealJustin Bosler found 16 at Pickerel Creek on 07 Jun, which was also the latest date of "spring" sightings.The next reports came from ONWR Blausey, four birds on 14 Jul (m.obs.).Additional early Jun and late Jul sightings came from Lucas and Ottawa.redhead One wayward individual spent 27 Jul to 17 Aug at Fernald (m.obs.).Brian Wulker digiscoped it several times during that period.lesser Scaup Three hung around the CCE through 03 Jun (m.obs.)One was in Muddy Creek Bay, Ottawa, on Brian Wulker documented a rare summer Redhead on 29 July at Fernald Preserve, Hamilton.

Récupéré en direct depuis OpenAlex et désinversé. Les résumés ne sont pas conservés dans cette base de données : les index inversés représentent 8,6 Go des 9,3 Go de texte de la base, et le serveur dispose de 13 Go libres.