JAN. 19, 2008 - Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
HIKE: Boston Run Trail off Rt. 303 to Metro Parks Bike & Hike Trail north to old Akron Peninsula Rd. south to the Valley Bridle Trail south to Bolanz Rd. then take the Towpath Trail south to Merriman Rd. and home.
TIME: 8:45am-4:10pm TEMP.: 27-29-20 COND.: Crisp & cold, bright & sunny, clouding up around 2:45pm; breezy. FT. MI.: 10.0 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 5 SPECIES.
1. Coyote - 3 (all hunting together along Salt Run)
2. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 3
3. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 1
4. Red Squirrel - 4
5. White-tailed Deer - 16
II. BIRDS: 35 SPECIES.
(NOTE: ?= bird was seen but not sexed; *= bird was heard calling but not seen)
1. Canada Goose - 293
2. Mallard - 9 (4m,5f)
3. Great Blue Heron - 3
4. Red-shouldered Hawk - 2
5. Red-tailed Hawk - 6
6. Mourning Dove - 115 (114 at Szalay's corn fields at Bolanz Rd.)
7. Belted Kingfisher - 1 (m)
8. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 16 (7m,3f,1?,5*)
9. Downy Woodpecker - 18 (5m,2f,5?,6*)
10. Hairy Woodpecker - 10 (3m,1f,^*)
11. Northern Flicker - 6 (1m,4?,1*)
12. Pileated Woodpecker - 3 (*)
13. Blue Jay - 22
14. American Crow - 28
15. Black-capped Chickadee - 30
16. Tufted Titmouse - 9
17. White-breasted Nuthatch - 17 (6m,2f,1?,8*)
18. Brown Creeper - 2
19. Carolina Wren - 4
20. Eastern Bluebird - 12 (7m,5f)
21. American Robin - 9
22. European Starling - 82
23. Cedar Waxwing - 98
24. Eastern Towhee - 1 (m - Szalay's corn fields)
25. American Tree Sparrow - 26
26. Song Sparrow - 5
27. Swamp Sparrow - 1
28. White-throated Sparrow - 18
29. Dark-eyed Junco - 11 (9m,2f)
30. Northern Cardinal - 42 (22m,10f,10*)
31. Red-winged Blackbird - 4 (1m,3f - Szalay's corn fields)
32. Rusty Blackbird - 19 (11m,8f - Szalay's)
33. Brown-headed Cowbird - 34 (21m,13f - Szalay's)
34. American Goldfinch - 10
35. House Sparrow - 41
III. FISHES: 1 SPECIES.
1. Creek Chub - 6
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.
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