APRIL 21, 2008 - Hike the Cuyahoga Valley Line R.R. tracks north to Sand Run Metro Park's maintenance yard to Mingo Trail to Fernwood Loop into F.A. Seiberling Nature Realm to Cherry Lane Trail to Seneca Trail, cross Smith Rd. & follow gas well access road through the woods to the high-tension line clearcut down to Riverview Rd., south under the sewer trunk line to the Towpath Trail to Bruegger's Bagels parking lot, cross Merriman Rd. back to the Cuyahoga Valley Line R.R. tracks & home.
TIME: 5:30pm-7:30pm TEMP.: 70-67 COND.: Mostly cloudy, warm & calm.
FT.MI.: 2.0 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 5 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Chipmunk - 5
2. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 5
3. Red Squirrel - 1
4. Eastern Cottontail - 2
5. White-tailed Deer - 2
II. BIRDS: 35 SPECIES.
(?= bird was seen but not sexed; *= bird was heard calling but not seen)
1. Canada Goose - 4
2. Great Blue Heron - 2
3. Turkey Vulture - 6
4. Red-tailed Hawk - 2 (1 on Smith Rd. nest; 1 soaring immature)
5. Ring-billed Gull - 1
6. Mourning Dove - 4
7. Belted Kingfisher - 2 (1 m w/goldfish, 1 f)
8. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 (1?,2*)
9. Downy Woodpecker - 7 (1m,1?,5*)
10. Hairy Woodpecker - 1 (*)
11. Northern Flicker - 2 (*)
12. Pileated Woodpecker - 1 (*)
13. Eastern Phoebe - 1
14. Blue Jay - 3
15. Black-capped Chickadee - 5
16. Tufted Titmouse - 4
17. White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 (*)
18. Carolina Wren - 2
19. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1 (?)
20. American Robin - 11
21. European Starling - 2
22. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 (*)
23. Louisiana Waterthrush - 1 (bog between Sand Run & Mingo Trail near
the maintenance yard)
24. Eastern Towhee - 1 (m)
25. Chipping Sparrow - 1
26. Field Sparrow - 2
27. Song Sparrow - 9
28. White-throated Sparrow - 10
29. Northern Cardinal - 8 (4m,2f,2*)
30. Red-winged Blackbird - 8 (m)
31. Common Grackle - 6
32. Brown-headed Cowbird - 4 (m)
33. House Finch - 2 (1m,1f)
34. American Goldfinch - 3 (m)
35. House Sparrow - 3
III. AMPHIBIANS: 2 SPECIES.
1. American Toad - 1 (*)
2. Green Frog - 3
IV. BUTTERFLIES: 1 SPECIES.
1. Cabbage White - 2

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.


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