FEB. 09, 2008 - Hike the Dickerson Run bottomlands between Akron Peninsula Rd. and the Cuyahoga River; Hike the Wetmore Trailhead area; Bird the Bolanz parking lot at the Towpath Trail and check the white pine groves south of Old Trail School on Ira Rd. for owls.
  TIME: 8:45am - 11:00am TEMP.: 37-42 COND.: Cloudy; no snow cover, bottomlands very sloppy due to recent heavy rains.
  FT.MI.: 2.0 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus.
  I. MAMMALS: 3 SPECIES.
  1. Coyote - 1
  2. Meadow Vole - 1
  3. White-tailed Deer - 18
  II. BIRDS: 27 SPECIES.
  (NOTE: *= bird was heard but not seen)
  1. Canada Goose - 94
  2. Mallard - 9 (5m,4f)
  3. Great Blue Heron - 4
  4. Great Horned Owl - 1 (on Bath Rd. nest)
  5. Barred Owl - 1 (pines south of Old Trail School)
  6. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 (*)
  7. Downy Woodpecker - 1 (*)
  8. Northern Flicker - 1 (*)
  9. Pileated Woodpecker - 1 (*)
  10. Blue Jay - 4
  11. American Crow - 36
  12. Black-capped Chickadee - 6
  13. Tufted Titmouse - 3
  14. White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 (*)
  15. Carolina Wren - 1
  16. American Robin - 54 (53 at Wetmore, 1 at Bolanz)
  17. European Starling - 22
  18. American Tree Sparrow - 16
  19. Song Sparrow - 4
  20. Swamp Sparrow - 4 (all at Dickerson Run floodplain)
  21. White-throated Sparrow - 8
  22. Dark-eyed Junco - 1 (*)
  23. Northern Cardinal - 7 (6m,1f)
  24. Red-winged Blackbird - 3 (m at Bolanz lot)
  25. Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 (m at Bolanz lot)
  26. American Goldfinch - 2
  27. House Sparrow - 21
  Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.



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