SEPT. 28, 2007 - HIKE: Towpath Trail north from The Grotto on Merriman Rd. to Bath Rd., Bath Rd. to Deer Run Trail into O'Neil Woods Metro Park to The Buckeye Trail to Ira Rd. to the Towpath Trail north to Bolanz Rd. to the Valley Bridle Trail to Langes Run Trail to Wetmore Trail, cross Quick Rd. to Pine Hollow at Kendall Hills, Salt Run Trail to Lake Trail, around Kendall Lake, to the Cross Country Trail to the Armington Pond parking lot.
  TIME: 7:10am-2:05pm TEMP.: 51-71 COND.: Cool early, warming & sunny, clouds/sun mix at 10:30am, pleasant & breezy.
  FT. MI.: 11.00 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus.
  I. MAMMALS: 4 SPECIES.
  1. Eastern Chipmunk - 62
  2. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 1
  3. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 1
  4. Red Squirrel - 4
  II. BIRDS: 53 SPECIES.
  (NOTE: ?= bird was seen but not sexed; *= bird was heard calling but not seen)
  1. Canada Goose - 183
  2. Wood Duck - 2 (f)
  3. Mallard - 69 (19m,20f,6 juvenile,23?,1*)
  4. Great Blue Heron - 6
  5. Green Heron - 2 (immature - Kendall Lake)
  6. Turkey Vulture - 11
  7. Osprey - 1 (fishing over Cuyahoga River at Marc Moon painting along Towpath)
  8. Cooper's Hawk - 2 (m - immatures)
  9. Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
  10. Red-tailed Hawk - 7
  11. Rock Pigeon - 14
  12. Mourning Dove - 13
  13. Chimney Swift - 55
  14. Belted Kingfisher - 1 (*)
  15. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 11 (2m,1f,1?,7*)
  16. Downy Woodpecker - 9 (2m,1f,6*)
  17. Hairy Woodpecker - 4 (1f,3*)
  18. Northern Flicker - 7 (3m,1f,1?,2*)
  19. Pileated Woodpecker - 1 (m)
  20. Unidentified Empidonax flycatcher - 1
  21. Eastern Phoebe - 1
  22. Yellow-throated Vireo - 1
  23. Blue-headed Vireo - 1
  24. Philadelphia Vireo - 1
  25. Blue Jay - 50
  26. American Crow - 131
  27. Black-capped Chickadee - 31
  28. Tufted Titmouse - 18
  29. White-breasted Nuthatch - 14 (1m,1f,1?,11*)
  30. Carolina Wren - 9
  31. Eastern Bluebird - 1 (m)
  32. Swainson's Thrush - 1
  33. American Robin - 40
  34. Gray Catbird - 7
  35. European Starling - 128
  36. Cedar Waxwing - 193
  37. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 (*)
  38. Blackpoll Warbler - 2 (m)
  39. Ovenbird - 2
  Unidentified Warbler - 2
  40. Scarlet Tanager - 2 (m)
  41. Eastern Towhee - 5 (2m,3*)
  42. Chipping Sparrow - 3 (2 immature)
  43. Field Sparrow - 7 (4 immature)
  44. Song Sparrow - 18
  45. Lincoln's Sparrow - 1
  46. White-throated Sparrow - 1
  47. Northern Cardinal - 49 (9m,4f,31*,5 juvenile *)
  48. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2 (*)
  49. Red-winged Blackbird - 23 (11m,12?)
  50. Common Grackle - 221
  51. House Finch - 8 (1m,2f,4?,1*)
  52. American Goldfinch - 63
  53. House Sparrow - 5
  III. REPTILES: 1 SPECIES.
  1. Midland Painted Turtle - 6
  IV. AMPHIBIANS: 1 SPECIES.
  1. Northern Spring Peeper - 5 (*)
  V. FISHES: 2 SPECIES.
  1. Creek Chub - 20
  2. Bluegill - 2
  VI. BUTTERFLIES: 7 SPECIES.
  1. Cabbage White - 12
  2. Cloudless Sulphur - 8
  3. Pearly Crescentspot - 7
  4. Mourning Cloak - 2
  5. Red Admiral - 1
  6. Monarch - 1
  7. Wild Indigo Duskywing - 1
  INSECT of NOTE:
  Praying Mantis (Chinese Mantid) - 1

  Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.


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