Stopped up at Oak Hill this morning with hopes of finding the Northern Shrike. No sign of the shrike and a quick stop at the Coliseum Grasslands yielded only 6 starlings.
DEC. 29, 2007 - Oak Hill Area. Hike Oak Hill Rd. north to Scobie Rd. then south to the Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center, pick up Plateau Trail then off-trail to check pine groves for owls and back to Oak Hill entrance.
TIME: 7:30am-10:30am TEMP.: 36-35 COND.: Gray & overcast, southwest winds, occasionally breezy.
VEH.MI.: 24.2 FT.MI.: 1.50 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 4 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 3 (1 black phase)
2. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 1
3. Red Squirrel - 2
4. White-tailed Deer - 5 (does)
II. BIRDS: 24 SPECIES.
(?= bird was seen but not sexed; *= bird was heard calling but not seen)
1. Canada Goose - 251
2. Mallard - 15 (9m,6f)
3. Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
4. Red-tailed Hawk - 2
5. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5 (3m,2f)
6. Downy Woodpecker - 5 (3f,1?,1*)
7. Hairy Woodpecker - 3 (*)
8. Northern Flicker - 2 (1f,1?)
9. Pileated Woodpecker - 1 (f)
10. Blue Jay - 11
11. American Crow - 63
12. Black-capped Chickadee - 14
13. White-breasted Nuthatch - 4 (2?,2*)
14. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1 (*)
15. Eastern Bluebird - 1 (m)
16. American Robin - 2
17. European Starling - 6
18. Cedar Waxwing - 11
19. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
20. American Tree Sparrow - 2
21. White-throated Sparrow - 4
22. Dark-eyed Junco - 10 (2m,2f,5?,1*)
23. Northern Cardinal - 8 (1m,2f,5*)
24. American Goldfinch - 1
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.
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