MAY 08, 2015 - Birds4Cure Juvenile Diabetes Hike <www.birds4cure.wordpress.com>HIKE: Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail from Canal Fulton to Merriman Valley.TIME: 6:20am-6:40pm TEMP.: 57-92 COND.: Unseasonably hot.FT.MI.: 24.9 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus.I. MAMMALS: 7 SPECIES.
- Raccoon - 2
- Woodchuck - 1
- Eastern Chipmunk - 22
- Eastern Gray Squirrel - 6 (5 black morph)
- Eastern Fox Squirrel - 4
- Muskrat - 1
- White-tailed Deer - 3 (doe)
II. BIRDS: 98 SPECIES.(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
- Canada Goose - 367 (97 goslings, 6 nests)
- Wood Duck - 3 (f)
- Mallard - 49 (38m,11f)
- Ring-necked Duck - 1 (m - at Summit Lake)
- Double-crested Cormorant - 21 (Nesmith Lake & Summit Lake)
- Great Blue Heron - 9
- Green Heron - 4
- Turkey Vulture - 7
- Osprey - 1 (at nest on Wilbeth Rd.)
- Bald Eagle - 1 (adult - over Tuscarawas River south of Barberton)
- Cooper's Hawk - 1 (m)
- Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
- Red-tailed Hawk - 3
- American Coot - 1 (Wilbeth Wetlands)
- Killdeer - 4
- Spotted Sandpiper - 5
- Solitary Sandpiper - 1
- Ring-billed Gull - 1 (Summit Lake)
- Rock Pigeon - 8 (2 nests)
- Mourning Dove - 29
- Common Nighthawk - 1 (calling from tree along canal south of Manchester Rd.)
- Chimney Swift - 24
- Belted Kingfisher - 1 (*)
- Red-bellied Woodpecker - 18 (2m,1f,2?,14*)
- Downy Woodpecker - 7 (1f,6*)
- Hairy Woodpecker - 5 (2m,2f,1?,1 nest)
- Northern Flicker - 2 (*)
- Pileated Woodpecker - 1 (*)
- Peregrine Falcon - 1 (m - downtown Akron)
- Eastern Wood-Pewee - 7
- Acadian Flycatcher - 3
- Willow Flycatcher - 2
- Least Flycatcher - 2
- Eastern Phoebe - 6
- Great Crested Flycatcher - 7
- Eastern Kingbird - 6
- White-eyed Vireo - 6
- Yellow-throated Vireo - 2
- Warbling Vireo - 15
- Red-eyed Vireo - 35
- Blue Jay - 28
- American Crow - 11
- Purple Martin - 1 (Nesmith Lake)
- Tree Swallow - 12
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 29
- Bank Swallow - 8
- Barn Swallow - 37
- Black-capped Chickadee - 23
- Tufted Titmouse - 21
- White-breasted Nuthatch - 9 (1m,1f,1?,6*,1 nest)
- Carolina Wren - 2
- House Wren - 14
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 18 (3m,1f,1?,13*)
- Eastern Bluebird - 2 (m)
- Veery - 2
- Swainson's Thrush - 2
- Wood Thrush - 14
- American Robin - 122
- Gray Catbird - 79
- European Starling - 36
- Cedar Waxwing - 2
- Ovenbird - 1
- Northern Waterthrush - 1
- Prothonotary Warbler - 15 (14m,1f,1 nest - 14 between Canal Fulton & Clinton)
- Tennessee Warbler - 4 (m)
- Common Yellowthroat - 26 (25m,1*)
- Hooded Warbler - 4 (m)
- American Redstart - 6 (m)
- Northern Parula - 1 (m)
- Yellow Warbler - 94 (89m,2f,2?,1*)
- Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 (m)
- Blackpoll Warbler - 1 (m)
- Yellow-rumped Warbler - 8 (3m,4f,1*)
- Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 (m)
- Wilson's Warbler - 2 (m)
- Eastern Towhee - 6 (m)
- Chipping Sparrow - 16
- Field Sparrow - 4
- Song Sparrow - 92
- Lincoln's Sparrow - 2
- Swamp Sparrow - 9
- White-throated Sparrow - 6
- White-crowned Sparrow - 1
- Scarlet Tanager - 10 (9m,1*)
- Northern Cardinal - 90 (69m,16f,5*)
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 21 (14m,1f,6*)
- Indigo Bunting - 6 (m)
- Red-winged Blackbird - 69 (56m,13f)
- Eastern Meadowlark - 1 (PPG Lime Lake #5)
- Rusty Blackbird - 2 (*)
- Common Grackle - 21
- Brown-headed Cowbird - 32 (23m,9f)
- Orchard Oriole - 5 (m)
- Baltimore Oriole - 25 (21m,3f,1*)
- House Finch - 11 (3m,1f,7*)
- Pine Siskin - 2 (at bridge over Tuscarawas River north of Clinton)
- American Goldfinch - 44 (26m,5f,2?,11*)
- House Sparrow - 86
REPTILES: 4 SPECIES.
- Red-eared Turtle - 18
- Midland Painted Turtle - 46
- Eastern Spiny Softshell - 4
- Eastern Garter Snake - 1
AMPHIBIANS: 4 SPECIES.
- American Toad - 1
- Gray Treefrog - 13
- Bullfrog - 1
- Green Frog - 8
FISHES: 4 SPECIES.
- Common Carp - 2
- Largemouth Bass - 3
- Bluegill - many
- Pumpkinseed - 1
BUTTERFLIES: 5 SPECIES.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 2
- Cabbage Butterfly - 7
- Clouded Sulphur - 1
- Red Admiral - 13
- Wild Indigo Dusky Wing - 3
So, those of you that pledged an amount per bird, we added 16 new species today!The new species are: Ring-necked Duck, Double-crested Cormorant, Osprey, Bald Eagle, Red-shouldered Hawk, American Coot,Ring-billed Gull, Peregrine Falcon, Least Flycatcher, Purple Martin, Tree Swallow, Bank Swallow, Wilson's Warbler, Lincoln's Sparrow,Eastern Meadowlark & Pine Siskin. That puts us at 121 species after 3 days! Thanks to all who've pledged!
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.
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