SEPT. 22, 2007 - CVNP Fall Census: Tree Farm Trail - Oak Hill Area, Major Rd. & on to the Coliseum Grasslands.
  TIME: 8:15am-12:00pm TEMP.: 64-82 COND.: Sunny, warming throughout.
  FT. MI.: 3.75 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus, Jim Vogus.
  Tree Farm Trail list:
  (NOTE: ?= bird was seen but not sexed; *=bird was heard calling but not seen)
  1. Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1 (m)
  2. Cooper's Hawk - 1 (m)
  3. Mourning Dove - 4
  4. Chimney Swift - 2
  5. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 (1?,3*)
  6. Downy Woodpecker - 2 (1m,1*)
  7. Hairy Woodpecker - 1 (*)
  8. Northern Flicker - 3 (1f,1?,1*)
  9. Pileated Woodpecker - 1 (*)
  10. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 1
  11. Eastern Phoebe - 2
  12. White-eyed Vireo - 1
  13. Blue Jay - 17
  14. American Crow - 9
  15. Black-capped Chickadee - 28
  16. Tufted Titmouse - 2
  17. Red-breasted Nuthatch - 4 (*)
  18. White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 (*)
  19. Eastern Bluebird - 2 (1*,1 juvenile)
  20. Swainson's Thrush - 2
  21. American Robin - 30
  22. Gray Catbird - 8
  23. European Starling - 1
  24. Cedar Waxwing - 5
  25. Magnolia Warbler - 6 (1m,5f; also found 1 dead along the trail)
  26. Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 (m)
  27. Blackpoll Warbler - 2 (1m,1f)
  28. American Redstart - 2 (1 adult m,1 juvenile m)
  29. Common Yellowthroat - 4 (1m,1 juvenile m,2*)
  30. Eastern Towhee - 3 (*)
  31. Chipping Sparrow - 12
  32. Field Sparrow - 3
  33. White-throated Sparrow - 1
  34. Northern Cardinal - 16 (2m,1 juv. f,9*,4 juv. *)
  35. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2 (1f,1*)
  36. House Finch - 3 (*)
  37. American Goldfinch - 11 (1f,6?,4*)
  38. House Sparrow - 2
  Coliseum Grasslands list:
  1. Turkey Vulture - 5
  2. Red-tailed Hawk - 1
  3. American Kestrel - 1 (m)
  4. Peregrine Falcon - 1 (adult)
  5. Chimney Swift - 1
  6. Blue Jay - 2
  7. American Crow - 2
  8. Sedge Wren - 1
  9. European Starling - 91
  10. Savannah Sparrow - 5
  11. Eastern Meadowlark - 2
  12. American Goldfinch - 1 (?)
     Four Turkey Vultures flew up I-271 and were joined by a fifth which was on a cell tower, they started kettling and were joined by the Peregrine Falcon out over I-271 just east of the grasslands. They got to a very good height before the 5 TV's peeled off and headed west and the PF continued east out over the Cuyahoga Valley and out of sight. The Sedge Wren and all of the Savannah's were in the sedges and reeds in the center of the grasslands, though they too dry for any snipe. Total species: 45.
  Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.


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