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OCT. 20, 2007 - Akron Metro Parks Fall Hiking Spree.
Indian Spring Trail - Munroe Falls Metro Park.
TIME: 8:00am-9:20am TEMP.: 54-60 COND.: Cloudy & breezy, giving way to blue skies. FT.MI.: 2.20 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 2 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Chipmunk - 36
2. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 2 (black phase)
II. BIRDS: 26 SPECIES.
(?= bird was seen but not sexed; *= bird was heard calling but not seen)
1. Canada Goose - 13
2. Turkey Vulture - 1
3. Mourning Dove - 1
4. Belted Kingfisher - 1 (*)
5. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 (1m,1*)
6. Downy Woodpecker - 3 (1?,2*)
7. Hairy Woodpecker - 4 (1f,1?,2*)
8. Blue Jay - 5
9. American Crow - 2
10. Black-capped Chickadee - 7
11. Tufted Titmouse - 1
12. White-breasted Nuthatch - 2 (*)
13. Winter Wren - 1
14. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2 (*)
15. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 (1f,1?)
16. Eastern Bluebird - 1 (?)
17. American Robin - 25
18. Magnolia Warbler - 1 (f)
19. Yellow-rumped  Warbler - 1 (*)
20. Eastern Towhee - 1 (m)
21. Song Sparrow - 1
22. Swamp Sparrow - 1
23. White-throated Sparrow - 9
24. Northern Cardinal - 4 (1m,2f,1*)
25. House Finch - 1 (*)
26. American Goldfinch - 1
III. FISHES: 1 SPECIES.
1. Bluegill - 2
Bike & Hike Trail from Brust Park east one mile, turn around and take the Cuyahoga River bank back.
TIME: 9:35am-11:00am TEMP.: 60-70 COND.: Breezy, sunny with blue skies, few clouds on way back. FT.MI.: 2.00 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 2 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Chipmunk - 4
2. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 2 (1 black phase)
II. BIRDS: 28 SPECIES.
1. Canada Goose - 1
2. Turkey Vulture - 2
3. Red-tailed Hawk - 3 (2 adults, 1 juvenile)
4. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 (m)
5. Downy Woodpecker - 1 (*)
6. Hairy Woodpecker - 1 (*)
7. Northern Flicker - 1 (*)
8. Blue Jay - 8
9. Black-capped Chickadee - 3
10. Tufted Titmouse - 4
11. Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 (m)
12. White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 (*)
13. Winter Wren - 2
14. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 (?)
15. American Robin - 4
16. European Starling - 2
17. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 (f)
18. Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 (f)
19. Eastern Towhee - 1 (*)
20. Song Sparrow - 16
21. Lincoln's Sparrow - 2
22. Swamp Sparrow - 1
23. White-throated Sparrow - 2
24. Northern Cardinal - 5 (1m,1f,3*)
25. Red-winged Blackbird - 1 (f)
26. House Finch - 2 (?)
27. American Goldfinch - 5
28. House Sparrow - 1
III. BUTTERFLIES: 1 SPECIES.
1. Cabbage White - 1
   All of the sparrows except for one song sparrow were seen along the river on the way back. The banks are filled with dead goldenrod and woodland sunflower and 'pishing' brought all the sparrows up from the undergrowth. Well worth checking out for a possible rarity.
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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