MAY 03, 2007 - CVNP Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail from the Ira parking lot to just north of the boardwalk & back.
TIME: 6:00am-7:20am TEMP.: 41-54 COND.: Cool early, gradually warming.
FT. MI.: 0.75  OBS.:  Douglas  W. Vogus, Marc Nolls  (in part).
I. MAMMALS: 4 SPECIES.
1. Red Squirrel - 2
2. Muskrat - 1
3. Beaver - 2
4. Eastern Cottontail - 1
II. BIRDS: 44 SPECIES.
(NOTE: ?= bird was seen but not sexed; *= bird was heard calling but not seen)
1. Canada Goose - 43
2. "barnyard" Goose - 1
3. Wood Duck - 5 (m)
4. Mallard - 2 (m)
5. Great Blue Heron - 3
6. Virginia Rail - 1 (called once)
7. Sora - 1 (called once)
8. Mourning Dove - 3
9. Belted Kingfisher - 1 (m)
10. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 (*)
11. Downy Woodpecker - 1 (*)
12. Hairy Woodpecker - 1 (*)
13. Eastern Phoebe - 2
14. Great Crested Flycatcher - 1
15. Eastern Kingbird - 1
16. Warbling Vireo - 2
17. Blue Jay - 1
18. American Crow - 1
19. Tree Swallow - 6
20. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1
21. Black-capped Chickadee - 2
22. Tufted Titmouse - 1
23. White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 (?)
24. House Wren - 1
25. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 (*)
26. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 3 (2m,1f)
27. American Robin - 7
28. Gray Catbird - 2
29. Yellow Warbler - 7 (m)
30. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 (m)
31. American Redstart - 1 (m)
32. Common Yellowthroat - 3 (m)
33. Eastern Towhee - 1 (m)
34. Song Sparrow - 5
35. Swamp Sparrow - 3
36. White-throated Sparrow - 6
37. Northern Cardinal - 7 (6m,1f,1 nest)
38. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2 (m)
39. Red-winged Blackbird - 9 (7m,2f)
40. Common Grackle - 21
41. Brown-headed Cowbird - 3 (2m,1f)
42. Orchard Oriole - 1 (m)
43. Baltimore Oriole - 3 (m)
44. American Goldfinch - 1 (?)
III. AMPHIBIANS: 2 SPECIES.
1. American Toad - 1
2. Green Frog - 1
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.


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