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Ottawa County North American Migration Count

The chart below is a compilation of the last nine years of OIAS participation in the North American Migration Count.
 
Conditions 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994  
Weather                    
Precipitation none none none light none    
Clouds cloudy clear clear cloudy clear    
Temp Dawn 32 42 45 47 52    
Temp AM 38 45 50 48 68    
Temp Noon 39 48 58 50 69    
Temp PM 48 57 55 52 76    
Temp Dusk 47 47 49 49 59    
Wind Dawn E 10 10 N 10 W 10 SW still    
Wind AM E 10 15 N 10 W 15 SW 10 NE    
Wind Noon E 15 15 N 15 W 15 SW 15 NE    
Wind PM E 15 15 N 15 W 10 SW 15 W    
Wind Dusk E 15 15 N 15 W 10 SW 10 NE    
Number of Observers 11 13 15 13 19 15 20 12    
Number of Parties 5 9 8 6 11    
Regular        
Hours on foot 20.7 43.5 54.4 28.4 54.25    
Hours by car 19.4 23.8 22.2 18.7 14.7    
Hours other     3    
Miles on foot 18.5 28.7 50 22.2 39.75    
Miles by car 187 287 26.7 294.8 269.25    
Miles other        
Night        
Hours 1.8 2.6 2.5 1.25    
Miles 10 40 10.5    
Feeder Watch 6.3 12 17 2 4    
Stationary 6 10 7.8 5 6    
                     
Total Hours 54.2 91.9 103.9 54.1 83.2 59.7 83.7 52.4    
Total Birds 4584 5439 5195 6143 4598 5472 8482 5041    
Total Species 136 121 133 121 113 132 153 128    
Birds/hour 85 59 51 115 55 92 105 101    
Number of Observers 11 13 15 13 19 15 20 12    
                     
Name 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 Total
Common Loon   1   1
Pied-billed Grebe     2 1 4   7
Horned Grebe     2   2
D-crested Cormorant 16 85 25 44 106 216 223 189 25 929
American Bittern 1     1
Great Blue Heron 22 33 16 29 52 37 37 80 16 322
Great Egret 1   2 1   4
Snowy Egret     1 1 2
Green Heron 4   8 8 2 3 3 1 8 37
BIk.-cr. Night Heron     8   8
Mute Swan 82 44 44 87 31 78 30 5 44 445
Canada Goose 134 168 94 128 152 184 155 125 94 1234
Wood Duck 7 14 14 7 25 13 35 20 14 149
Green-winged Teal     12   12
Am Black Duck     4 1 4 9
Mallard 161 249 283 293 189 251 436 200 283 2345
Northern Pintail 2   1   3
Blue-winged Teal 3 2 10 20 11 119 17 2 10 194
Northern Shoveler 2   6 11 10 12   41
Gadwall   3 1   4
American Widgeon 1   6   7
Canvasback     2   2
Redhead     1   1
Ring-necked Duck     1   1
Greater Scaup     1 2   3
Lesser Scaup     1 1 8 12 7   29
Scaup sp.   1               1
Com Goldeneye     1 1   2
Bufflehead     4 10 2 10   26
Hooded Merganser:   1   1
Com Merganser     5 22 18 3   48
Red-br Merganser 7   5 7   19
Ruddy Duck     1 2 12 12 5 3 1 36
Turkey Vulture 4 35 22 14 18 16 21 33 22 185
Osprey 1   2   3
Bald Eagle 1   2 1 2 6
Sharp-shin Hawk     3 1 1 4 2 3 14
Cooper's Hawk 1   2 1 1   5
Northern Goshawk 1     1
Red-shouldered Hawk     1   1
Broad-wing Hawk   1 3 3 3 3 3 16
Red-tailed Hawk 6 14 8 5 13 16 13 11 8 94
Buteo sp     1 2   3
American Kestrel 2 1 3 1 5 4 6 4 3 29
Merlin     1 1   2
Peregrine Falcon 1 1 2 2 6
Ring neck Pheasant 1 2 1 4 2 1   11
Ruffed Grouse     1   1
Wild Turkey 4 8 2 8 4 12 2 40
Northern Bobwhite     1   1
Virginia Rail 1   3   4
Sora 12   3 7 11 4 2 3 42
Comm. Moorhen     4 2   6
American Coot 6   4 6 22 20 4 62
Sandhill Crane 5 32 61 3 1 5 6 3 61 177
Semipalmated Plover   5   5
Killdeer 11 37 22 52 40 42 55 29 22 310
Greater Yellowlegs     160 1 3 13   177
Lesser Yellowlegs 18 4 4 60 18 13 2 4 123
Solitary Sandpiper: 1   11 5 2 10 8 3 11 51
Willet 1   1   2
Spotted Sandpiper 4 9 10 11 4 7 38 9 10 102
Upland Sandpiper 2   1 1   4
Ruddy Turnstone     2   2
Sanderling   2   2
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1     1
Least Sandpiper 1   45 5   51
peep sp. 21 1               22
White rump Sandpiper     1   1
Pectoral Sandpiper     1 15   16
Dunlin   5 1 1 26 1 34
Shortbill Dowitcher   2 7 7 16
Amer. woodcock 2 3 3 3 3 14
Wilson. Phalarope     1   1
Franklin's Gull     1   1
Bonaparte's Gull     110 2 3 17   132
Ring-billed Gull 85 510 347 238 428 177 946 205 347 3283
Herring Gull 42 58 92 2 22 50 46 40 92 444
gull sp. 51 14               65
Caspian Tern 17 4 90 2 34 8 90 245
Common Tern 4 1 16 1 4 15 5 16 62
Forster's Tern 1   19 7 7 19 53
sterna sp. 7                 7
Black Tem 5   3 9 17 45 33 3 115
Rock Dove 22 56 31 40 11 55 67 61 31 374
Mourning Dove 159 191 163 173 130 137 148 106 163 1370
Great Horned Owl     1 2 1 4
Barred Owl   1 2 2 2 3 3 4 2 19
Common Nighthawk   2 4 1 4 11
Whip-poor-will 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 11
Chimney Swift 32 45 12 15 20 43 139 16 12 334
R-t Hummingbird 2 3 11 3 2 9 4 11 45
Belted Kingfisher 4 2 2 4 7 6 10 7 2 44
R-headed Woodpkr 6 2 1 3 5   17
R-bellied Woodpkr 18 15 7 14 14 9 11 7 7 102
Yel-bell Sapsucker     1   1
Downy Woodpkr 16 7 10 13 16 22 28 15 10 137
Hairy Woodpecker: 6 3 2 5 3 7 4   30
Northern Flicker 17 12 13 6 9 11 15 13 13 109
Pileated Woodpker   1 1 1 3 1   7
East Wood-Pewee   1 3 1 10 1 3 19
Alder Flycatcher   1   1
Least Flycatcher 4 7 1 1 5 1 1 20
empidonax sp. 1 1 4 2 34 4 46
Eastern Phoebe 12 6 22 14 14 5 4 4 22 103
G Crest Flycatcher 5 7 4 2 6 3 5 11 4 47
Eastern Kingbird 10 8 8 10 10 2 12 18 8 86
Horned Lark 5 5 2 7 5 30 5 18 2 79
Purple Martin 9 56 36 25 17 2 22 18 36 221
Tree Swallow 102 219 316 544 278 332 342 155 316 2604
N Rough-wing Swallow   38 198 53 11 51 41 39 198 629
Bank Swallow 104 101 180 250 106 36 1 206 180 1164
Cliff Swallow 30   92 36 12 52   222
Barn Swallow 182 127 226 564 80 130 278 158 226 1971
Blue Jay 96 69 47 36 133 57 151 96 47 732
American Crow 129 103 152 110 92 66 190 99 152 1093
BIk--cap Chickadee 61 36 52 52 41 49 76 36 52 455
Tufted Titmouse 61 28 31 31 33 35 56 21 31 327
Red-br Nuthatch 3 1 3 2 5 3 17
White-br Nuthatch 6 7 6 10 2 14 18 6 6 75
Brown Creeper     1 1 7 1 1 11
House Wren 8 21 13 9 17 12 7 5 13 105
Sedge Wren     3 1   4
Marsh Wren 4 2 6 2 1 2 2 6 25
wren sp.   1   1
Gold Crowned Kinglet     1 2   3
Ruby Crowned Kinglet 2   2 2 1 1 86 6 2 102
Blue Gray Gnatcatcher 6 3 2 2 1 7 15 3 2 41
Eastern Bluebird 27 39 57 31 17 14 19 13 57 274
Veery 3   2 2 2 24 2 2 37
Gray Cheeked Thrust     2 1 1 6 10 2 22
Swainson's Thrush 5 1 7 9 11 110 18 7 168
Hermit Thrush     8 20 5   33
Wood Thrush 11 25 16 16 3 2 11 13 16 113
American Robin 371 417 353 287 337 337 472 421 353 3348
Gray Catbird 48 54 48 49 27 19 63 52 48 408
N Mockingbird 1   1 1   3
Brown Thrasher 9 5 6 12 8 17 12 7 6 82
American Pipit     1   1
Cedar waxwing 3 2 8 8 15 6 8 50
European Starling 419 376 424 446 502 343 483 472 424 3889
Blue-headed Vireo     2 5   7
Yell.-throat Vireo   2 3 1 2 4 3 3 18
Warbling Vireo 8 14 9 4 9 2 5 3 9 63
Philadelphia Vireo   1   1
Red-eyed Vireo 1 20 10 2 1 10 44
Blue-winged Warbler   2 2 1 1 3 4 2 15
Lawrence's Warbler     1   1
Golden-winged Warbler 2 2 1 2 2 1 10
Tennessee Warbler     4 7 29 6 4 50
Orange-crowned Warbler     1   1
Nashville Warbler 8 5 1 7 2 4 153 10 1 191
Northern Parula     1 1 1 1 4
Yellow Warbler 59 57 54 31 18 23 18 56 54 370
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 1 4 6 22 14 4 53
Magnolia Warbler 6 8 4 2 5 36 2 4 67
Cape May Warbler     1 25 2 1 29
Blk-throat. Blue Warbler     1 1 2 1 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler 42 5 11 80 7 76 244 36 11 512
Blk-th Green Warbler 5 5 4 29 4 16 5 4 72
Blackburnian Warbler. 3   2 2 1 5 2 15
Pine Warbler 1   2 2 2 2 9
Palm Warbler 34 2 4 5 31 4 80
Western Palm Warbler     19 3 33 73   128
Bay-breasted Warbler     1 2 3 1 1 8
Black-&-White Warbler 3 6 5 3 1 22 51 1 5 97
American Redstart 8 5 5 1 23 11 5 58
Prothonotarv Warbler     2 1   3
Ovenbird 6 10 10 8 3 4 53 7 10 111
No. Waterthrush 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 11
Louisiana Waterthrush 3   4 3 1 9 1 4 25
Mourning Warbler 1     1
Common Yellowthroat 42 52 25 34 24 8 50 39 25 299
Hooded Warbler 3 4 2 2 11
Wilson's Warbler 1   1 3 1 1 7
Canada Warbler     1   1
Scarlet Tanager 6 10 10 7 1 2 6 10 52
Northern Cardinal 87 88 73 84 78 80 101 53 73 717
Rose-brst Grosbeak 60 50 45 44 38 18 96 46 45 442
Indigo Bunting 18 11 10 13 2 13 8 10 85
Eastern Towhee 10 11 12 20 13 14 21 10 12 123
Chipping Sparrow 73 68 82 90 63 41 181 51 82 731
Clay-colored Sparrow 4   1   5
Field Sparrow 11 8 3 6 4 16 10 6 3 67
Vesper Sparrow 6 5 4 1 9 8 7 11 4 55
Savannah Sparrow 5 7 3 4 6 18 13 11 3 70
Grasshopper Sparrow 5 5 10 2 10 32
Song Sparrow 129 88 67 90 86 93 74 63 67 757
Lincoln's Sparrow 4   2 1 7 9 10 2 35
Swamp Sparrow 10 2 12 4 5 15 53 5 12 118
White-throated Sparrow 44 6 9 29 22 108 216 11 9 454
White-crowned Sparrow 71 7 21 17 7 3 145 10 21 302
Harris' Sparrow   2 1   3
Dark-eyed Junco     2 2 15   19
Bobolink 3 10 4 1 13 10 4 45
Redwing Blackbird 538 694 319 653 478 932 629 473 319 5035
Eastern Meadowlark 9 8 9 14 5 19 19 37 9 129
Rusty Blackbird     3   3
Common grackle 142 198 100 136 145 164 149 219 100 1353
Br-head Cowbird 27 73 111 62 74 58 85 67 111 668
Baltimore Oriole 54 68 70 24 29 12 38 52 70 417
Purple Finch 3   5 10 10 5 33
House Finch 36 63 61 72 64 100 120 84 61 661
Pine Siskin 1   2 8 2 13
Am Goldfinch 167 217 189 115 114 141 174 144 189 1450
Evening Grosbeak     2   2
House sparrow 36 78 56 91 96 84 72 103 56 672

Last Update: 09/02/10

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