APRIL 19, 2008 - Cuyahoga Valley National Park
HIKE: Park at the Jaite Wayside & hike the Cuyahoga Valley Line R.R. tracks north to Station Rd. parking lot, connect up with the Towpath Trail & hike it south to Vaughn Rd. & back to the Jaite Wayside.
TIME: 6:30am - 10:45am TEMP.: 46-77 COND.: Cool early, warming throughout, sunny with blue skies.
FT.MI.: 4.0 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 6 SPECIES.
1. Raccoon - 2
2. Eastern Chipmunk - 1
3. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 5 (4 black phase)
4. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 3
5. Muskrat - 1
6. White-tailed Deer - 15
II. BIRDS: 58 SPECIES.
(?= bird was seen but not sexed; *= bird was heard calling but not seen)
1. Canada Goose - 59
2. Wood Duck - 3 (2m,1f)
3. Mallard - 16 (11m,5f)
4. Green-winged Teal - 4 (2m,2f)
4a. Eurasian/Common Teal - 1 (m)
5. Wild Turkey - 2 (* - gobbling)
6. Double-crested Cormorant - 1
7. Great Blue Heron - 15
8. Turkey Vulture - 4
9. Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
10. Broad-winged Hawk - 1
11. Red-tailed Hawk - 2
12. American Kestrel - 1 (m)
13. Spotted Sandpiper - 1
14. Herring Gull - 1
15. Mourning Dove - 3
16. Belted Kingfisher - 1 (f)
17. Red-headed Woodpecker - 1
18. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6 (1m,1?,4*)
19. Downy Woodpecker - 13 (3m,6f,1?,3*)
20. Hairy Woodpecker - 2 (f)
21. Northern Flicker - 9 (3m,1f,5*)
22. Pileated Woodpecker - 3 (1?,1*,1 drumming)
23. Eastern Phoebe - 5
24. Blue-headed Vireo - 1
25. Blue Jay - 14
26. American Crow - 8 (1 pair building nest)
27. Tree Swallow - 9
28. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 8
29. Black-capped Chickadee - 19 (1 nest)
30. Tufted Titmouse - 17
31. White-breasted Nuthatch - 7 (1m,1?,5*)
32. Brown Creeper - 2
33. Carolina Wren - 5
34. House Wren - 2
35. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 5 (1m,4f)
36. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 13 (4m,1f,2?,5*)
37. Eastern Bluebird - 3 (m)
38. Hermit Thrush - 1
39. American Robin - 16
40. Brown Thrasher - 1
41. European Starling - 11
42. Yellow Warbler - 1 (m)
43. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 (1m,1*)
44. Yellow-throated Warbler - 6 (m)
45. Northern Waterthrush - 1
46. Chipping Sparrow - 3
47. Field Sparrow - 3
48. Savannah Sparrow - 2
49. Song Sparrow - 41
50. Swamp Sparrow - 11
51. White-throated Sparrow - 5
52. Northern Cardinal - 34 (21m,8f,5*)
53. Red-winged Blackbird - 69 (57m,12f)
54. Rusty Blackbird - 1 (m)
55. Common Grackle - 5
56. Brown-headed Cowbird - 12 (9m,3f)
57. House Finch - 4 (3m,1f)
58. American Goldfinch - 26 (21m,3f,2*)
III. REPTILES: 1 SPECIES.
1. Midland Painted Turtle - 14
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 6 SPECIES.
1. American Toad - (7, plus * many)
2. Northern Spring Peeper - (* - many)
3. Western Chorus Frog - (2*)
4. Northern Leopard Frog - (6*)
5. Green Frog - 2
6. Bullfrog - 1
V. FISHES: 2 SPECIES.
1. Common Carp - about a dozen
2. Creek Chub - many
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.
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