Date: 8/5/25 5:03 pm From: Douglas Vogus <vogeye...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Ottawa NWR Monthly Census
AUGUST 03, 2025 - OTTAWA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE MONTHLY CENSUS. ROUTES: East Side, West Side, Western Prairies and Henry Marsh in the morning; Wildlife Drive in the afternoon. OBS. EAST: Jim Koppin, Jim Reyda, Al & Betty Schlecht. OBS. WEST: Susan Brauning, Jennifer Kuehn, Donna Kuhn, Chris Pierce, Bob Scheidt, Tony Szilagye (partial), Tracy Wiczer. OBS. WESTERN PRAIRIES & HENRY MARSH: Douglas W. Vogus. OBS. WILDLIFE DRIVE: Bob Bartolotta, Susan Brauning, Jim Koppin, Jennifer Kuehn, Donna Kuhn, Jim Reyda, Bob Scheidt, Douglas W. Vogus, Tracy Wiczer. TIME: 7:25am - 12:10pm; 1:10pm - 4:25pm TIME AFIELD: 8:00 TEMP.: 58F ~ 78F COND.: Pleasant early, turning sunny and warm.
I. MAMMALS: 7 SPECIES, 54 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. Eastern Cottontail - 28 2. Woodchuck - 10 3. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 2 4. Common Muskrat - 1 5. Common Raccoon - 6 (Tied Census High from 06/2023) 6. American Mink - 1 7. White-tailed Deer - 6 (8-pt. buck, 6-pt buck, 2 does, 2 fawns)
II. BIRDS: 92 SPECIES, 4,111 TOTAL. (Recorded since 03/02/1969)
III. REPTILES: 3 SPECIES, 19 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. Northern Map Turtle - 4 (Fourth August Record on Census) 2. Red-eared Turtle - 2 3. Midland Painted Turtle - 13
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 2 SPECIES, 33 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. American Bullfrog - 6 2. Green Frog - 27
V. FISHES: 4 SPECIES, 229 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. Black Bullhead - 60 (fry - all in one circling ball in ditch along Krause Rd. - Second August Record on Census) 2. Blackstripe Topminnow - 167 3. Largemouth Bass - 1 (Fourth August Record on Census) 4. Bluegill - 1
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 20 SPECIES, 1 UNKNOWN, 205 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. Eastern Black Swallowtail - 4 2. Giant Swallowtail - 1 (photographed at Henry Marsh by D. Vogus - Second Record on Census, First August Record on Census & Tied Census High from 09/2024) 3. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 3 4. Cabbage Butterfly - 68 5. Clouded Sulphur - 23 6. Bronze Copper - 3 (Third August Record on Census) 7. Summer Azure - 1 8. Pearl Crescent - 4 9. Eastern Comma - 1 (Fourth August Record on Census) 10. Mourning Cloak - 2 (Third August Record on Census) 11. Red Admiral - 2 12. Painted Lady - 1 (Third August Record on Census) 13. Viceroy - 25 14. Appalachian Brown - 1 (Henry Marsh - Third Record on Census, Second August Record on Census & Tied Census High from 08/2023 & 06/2024) 15. Monarch - 52 16. Unidentified Duskywing - 1 (brief sighting at Grimm Prairie) 17. Silver-spotted Skipper - 3 18. Least Skipper - 8 19. Peck's Skipper - 1 (Fourth Record on Census & Second August Record on Census) 20. Zabulon Skipper - 1 (Third August Record on Census)
VII. MOTHS/CATERPILLARS: 5 SPECIES, (2 NEW TO CENSUS), 160 TOTAL. (Recorded since 04/07/2002)
1. Forage Looper Moth - 1 (Third August Record on Census) 2. Milkweed Tussock (Tiger) Moth - 154 (caterpillars only) (Third Record on Census, Third August Record on Census & New Census High - previous was 39 on 08/2023) 3. Carrot Seed Moth - 1 Third Record on Census, Second August Record on Census & Tied Census High from 08/2023 & 07/2024) 4. Dogbane Saucrobotys Moth - 3 (Grimm Prairie - New Species on Census - currently at 23 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 04/2002) 5. Celery Leaftier - 1 (Grimm Prairie - New Species on Census - currently at 24 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 04/2002)
VIII. DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES: 10 SPECIES. (Recorded since 05/06/2018)
1. Common Green Darner 2. Halloween Pennant 3. Eastern Pondhawk 4. Widow Skimmer 5. Twelve-spotted Skimmer (First August Record on Census) 6. Blue Dasher 7. Wandering Glider (Fifth August Record on Census) 8. Common Whitetail (Second August Record on Census) 9. Black Saddlebags 10. Eastern Forktail
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