MAY 07, 2015 - Birds4Cure Juvenile Diabetes Hike <www.birds4cure.wordpress.com>HIKE: Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath from Navarre north to Canal Fulton.TIME: 7:15am-3:30pm TEMP.: 54-88 COND.: Very hot & sunny.FT.MI.: 16.4 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus.I. MAMMALS: 6 SPECIES.
- Woodchuck - 2
- Eastern Chipmunk - 11
- Eastern Gray Squirrel - 7 (1 black morph)
- Eastern Fox Squirrel - 3
- Muskrat - 1
- Eastern Cottontail - 1
BIRDS: 85 SPECIES.(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
- Canada Goose - 68 (8 goslings,2 nests)
- Wood Duck - 20 (4m,4f,12 ducklings)
- Mallard - 27 (12m,5f,10 ducklings)
- Great Blue Heron - 4
- Green Heron - 2
- Turkey Vulture - 9
- Cooper's Hawk - 1 (m)
- Killdeer - 3
- Spotted Sandpiper - 2
- Solitary Sandpiper - 2
- Herring Gull - 1
- Rock Pigeon - 7
- Mourning Dove - 13
- Chimney Swift - 22
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 (?)
- Belted Kingfisher - 2 (*)
- Red-headed Woodpecker - 1
- Red-bellied Woodpecker - 16 (2m,1f,13*)
- Downy Woodpecker - 10 (1m,3f,6*)
- Hairy Woodpecker - 2 (1f,1*)
- Northern Flicker - 4 (*)
- Eastern Wood-Pewee - 3
- Acadian Flycatcher - 2
- Willow Flycatcher - 1
- Eastern Phoebe - 5 (1 nest)
- Great Crested Flycatcher - 4
- Eastern Kingbird - 3
- White-eyed Vireo - 1
- Yellow-throated Vireo - 4
- Warbling Vireo - 13
- Red-eyed Vireo - 21
- Blue Jay - 14
- American Crow - 5
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 22
- Barn Swallow - 3
- Carolina Chickadee - 10
- Black-capped Chickadee - 6
- Tufted Titmouse - 17
- White-breasted Nuthatch - 9 (1m,8*)
- Carolina Wren - 8
- House Wren - 19
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 25 (2m,2f,1?,20*)
- Eastern Bluebird - 1 (m)
- Veery - 1
- Wood Thrush - 14
- American Robin - 76
- Gray Catbird - 65
- European Starling - 36
- Cedar Waxwing - 1
- Ovenbird - 1
- Northern Waterthrush - 6
- Prothonotary Warbler - 2 (m)
- Tennessee Warbler - 2 (m)
- Common Yellowthroat - 16 (m)
- American Redstart - 2 (m)
- Northern Parula - 1 (m)
- Magnolia Warbler - 1 (m)
- Blackburnian Warbler - 1 (m)
- Yellow Warbler - 57 (52m,4f,1*)
- Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3 (m)
- Blackpoll Warbler - 1 (m)
- Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 (m)
- Palm Warbler - 2
- Yellow-rumped Warbler - 11 (8m,2f,1*)
- Yellow-throated Warbler - 2 (m)
- Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 (m)
- Eastern Towhee - 9 (8m,1*)
- Chipping Sparrow - 18
- Field Sparrow - 7
- Song Sparrow - 63
- Swamp Sparrow - 9
- White-throated Sparrow - 6
- Scarlet Tanager - 3 (2m,1*)
- Northern Cardinal - 76 (57m,13f,6*)
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 11 (10m,1f)
- Indigo Bunting - 5 (m)
- Red-winged Blackbird - 28 (19m,9f)
- Common Grackle - 13
- Brown-headed Cowbird - 18 (13m,5f)
- Orchard Oriole - 2 (m)
- Baltimore Oriole - 24 (21m,2f,1*)
- Purple Finch - 1 (m)
- House Finch - 6 (*)
- American Goldfinch - 35 (21m,4f,4?,6*)
- House Sparrow - 47
REPTILES: 3 SPECIES.
- Red-eared Turtle - 8
- Midland Painted Turtle - 37
- Eastern Spiny Softshell - 34
AMPHIBIANS: 3 SPECIES.
- Northern Spring Peeper - 2
- Gray Treefrog - 14
- Green Frog - many
FISHES: 4 SPECIES.
- Common Carp - 8
- Largemouth Bass - 3
- Bluegill - 11
- Pumpkinseed - 1
BUTTERFLIES: 5 SPECIES.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 1
- Cabbage Butterfly - 7
- Clouded Sulphur - 1
- Red Admiral - 12
- Wild Indigo Dusky Wing - 2
So, those of you that pledged an amount per bird, we added 11 new species today. They were Cooper's Hawk, Herring Gull, Rock Pigeon, Red-headed Woodpecker, Willow Flycatcher, Veery, Prothonotary Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Swamp Sparrow & Purple Finch. That puts us at 105 species after 2 days. Thank You!
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.
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