MAY 17, 2013 - Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
HIKE: Start at The Ledges, hiking around the pavilion & field then take Ledges Trail to Pine Grove Trail to Kendall Lake. Take Lake Trail to Salt Run Trail down to Akron-Peninsula Rd. to the Valley Bridle Trail to Dickerson Run Trail to Wetmore Trailhead to Wetmore Rd. to Butler Trail to the Valley Bridle Trail to Bolanz Rd. to the Towpath Trail to the Ira Trailhead parking lot.
TIME: 11:15am-4:50pm TEMP.: 73-81 COND.: Warm & sunny with blue skies.
FT.MI.: 6.0 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 6 SPECIES.
1. Hairytail Mole - 1 (under the pines along Salt Run Trail) 
2. Eastern Chipmunk - 161
3. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 13 (3 black morph)
4. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 2
5. Red Squirrel - 3
6. Muskrat - 1
II. BIRDS: 88 SPECIES.
(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed) 
1. Canada Goose - 14 (1 gosling)
2. Wood Duck - 11 (1m,1f,9 ducklings)
3. Mallard - 3 (2m,1f)
4. Great Blue Heron - 4
5. Turkey Vulture - 7
6. Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
7. Broad-winged Hawk - 1 (Pine Grove Trail at The Octagon entrance)
8. Red-tailed Hawk - 6 (1 immature)
9. Killdeer - 1
10. Spotted Sandpiper - 2
11. Herring Gull - 1
12. Mourning Dove - 6
13. Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 3 (2 at The Ledges pavilion,1 along Salt Run Trail)
14. Chimney Swift - 19
15. Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3 (1m,1f,1?)
16. Belted Kingfisher - 1 (*)
17. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 10 (2?,8*)
18. Hairy Woodpecker - 1 (*)
19. Northern Flicker - 1 (?)
20. Pileated Woodpecker - 2 (1?,1*)
21. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 6
22. Acadian Flycatcher - 7
23. Willow Flycatcher - 1 
??. Unidentified Empidonax Flycatcher - 1 (Butler Trail)
24. Eastern Phoebe - 5 (1 nest under old toboggan tunnel at Kendall Lake)
25. Great Crested Flycatcher - 4
26. Eastern Kingbird - 2
27. White-eyed Vireo - 1 
28. Yellow-throated Vireo - 5
29. Blue-headed Vireo - 1 (Pine Grove Trail near Kendall Lake entrance)
30. Warbling Vireo - 9
31. Red-eyed Vireo - 25
32. Blue Jay - 8
33. American Crow - 6
34. Tree Swallow - 12
35. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 4
36. Barn Swallow - 8
37. Black-capped Chickadee - 15
38. Tufted Titmouse - 15
39. White-breasted Nuthatch - 2 (1m,1*)
40. Carolina Wren - 2
41. House Wren - 7
42. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 10 (1m,9*,1 nest in a white oak at Kendall Lake)
43. Veery - 11
44. Gray-cheeked Thrush - 1 (Salt Run Trail)
45. Swainson's Thrush - 2 (1 along Pine Grove Trail & 1 along Salt Run Trail)
46. Wood Thrush - 3
47. American Robin - 18
48. Gray Catbird - 20
49. European Starling - 5
50. Cedar Waxwing - 2
51. Ovenbird - 4 (2 along Pine Grove Trail near The Octagon entrance & 2 along Salt Run Trail)
52. Louisiana Waterthrush - 1 (along Salt Run Trail in creek ravine that leads into Salt Run)
53. Blue-winged Warbler - 8 (7m,1f)
54. Black-and-white Warbler - 1 (f - at the Ledges Overlook)
55. Tennessee Warbler - 3 (m)
56. Common Yellowthroat - 23 (21m,2f)
57. Hooded Warbler - 15 (13m,2f)
58. American Redstart - 1 (m - Towpath Trail north of Ira beaver marsh)
59. Cerulean Warbler - 3 (m - 1 along Pine Grove Trail & 2 in the sycamores above Salt Run along Salt Run Trail)
60. Northern Parula - 1 (m - Pine Grove Trail)
61. Magnolia Warbler - 1 (m - along Butler Trail)
62. Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 (m - along Butler Trail)
63. Yellow Warbler - 22 (20m,2f)
64. Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3 (2m,1f - all 3 along Valley Bridle Trail between Wetmore & Quick Rds., female gathering nesting material)
65. Blackpoll Warbler - 2 (m - 1 near the Ledges pavilion & 1 along Salt Run Trail near Akron-Peninsula Rd.)
66. Pine Warbler - 3 (m - 1 along Pine Grove Trail, 1 at Kendall Lake & 1 at Pine Hollow at Kendall Hills)
67. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 (m)
68. Canada Warbler - 1 (m - along Butler Trail)
69. Eastern Towhee - 5 (1m,1f,3*)
70. Chipping Sparrow - 9
71. Field Sparrow - 5
72. Song Sparrow - 32
73. Swamp Sparrow - 3
74. White-throated Sparrow - 1 (along Valley Bridle Trail between Wetmore & Quick Rds.)
75. White-crowned Sparrow - 1 (along Valley Bridle Trail between Wetmore & Quick Rds.)
76. Dark-eyed Junco - 1 (m - along Butler Trail)
77. Scarlet Tanager - 12 (11m,1f) 
78. Northern Cardinal - 24 (16m,5f,3*)
79. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 7 (6m,1*)
80. Indigo Bunting - 15 (14m,1f - female gathering nesting material)
81. Red-winged Blackbird - 18 (14m,4f)
82. Common Grackle - 7
83. Brown-headed Cowbird - 5 (2m,2f,1*)
84. Orchard Oriole - 2 (m)
85. Baltimore Oriole - 10 (9m,1f)
86. House Finch - 1 (m)
87. American Goldfinch - 15 (10m,1f,1?,3*)
88. House Sparrow - 14
III. REPTILES: 4 SPECIES.
1. Common Snapping Turtle - 6
2. Midland Painted Turtle - 3
3. Eastern Spiny Softshell - 16
4. Eastern Garter Snake - 1
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 3 SPECIES.
1. Gray Treefrog - 12 (calling)
2. Bullfrog - 1 (calling)
3. Green Frog - 18
V. FISHES: 5 SPECIES.
1. Rosyside Dace - 1
2. Creek Chub - 26
3. Black Crappie - 2 (Kendall Lake)
4. Bluegill - 13
5. Pumpkinseed - 8 (1 caught by Great Blue Heron)
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 8 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 5
2. Cabbage Butterfly - 11
3. Clouded Sulphur - 1
4. Spring Azure - 1
5. Meadow Fritillary - 1
6. Pearl Crescent - 3
7. Red-spotted Purple - 1
8. Wild Indigo Dusky Wing - 7

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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