MAR. 21, 2009 - Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
HIKE: Moore Well Services access road off Northampton Rd. to Robinson Run down to Akron Peninsula Rd. to the Valley Bridle Trail south to Szalay's cornfields on Bolanz Rd. to the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad tracks south to the Botzum lot off Riverview Rd.
TIME: 6:50am-1:30pm TEMP.: 24-48 COND.: Cloudy and cool.
FT.MI.: 5.0 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 7 SPECIES.
1. Raccoon - 1
2. Eastern Chipmunk - 5
3. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 1 (black phase)
4. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 1
5. Red Squirrel - 2
6. Eastern Cottontail - 1
7. White-tailed Deer - 3
II. BIRDS: 48 SPECIES.
(?= bird was seen but not sexed; *= bird was calling but not seen)
1. Canada Goose - 28
2. Wood Duck - 6 (3m,3f)
3. American Black Duck - 6 (3m,3f - Ira Beaver Marsh)
4. Mallard - 17 (10m,7f)
5. Ring-necked Duck - 4 (2m,2f - Indigo Lake)
6. Wild Turkey - 3 (males gobbling off Northampton Rd. at daybreak)
7. Red-necked Grebe - 1 (winter plumage at Indigo Lake)
8. Great Blue Heron - 11
9. Turkey Vulture - 2
10. Red-tailed Hawk - 4 (1 immature)
11. Killdeer - 7
12. American Woodcock - 2 (courtship flights at Moore Well before daybreak)
13. Ring-billed Gull - 1
14. Mourning Dove - 8
15. Belted Kingfisher - 1 (?)
16. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 10 (3m,1f,6*)
17. Downy Woodpecker - 12 (3m,2f,7*)
18. Hairy Woodpecker - 4 (3f,1*)
19. Northern Flicker - 2 (*)
20. Pileated Woodpecker - 7 (*)
21. Eastern Phoebe - 1
22. Blue Jay - 15
23. American Crow - 18
24. Tree Swallow - 6 (Ira Beaver Marsh)
25. Black-capped Chickadee - 26
26. Tufted Titmouse - 14
27. White-breasted Nuthatch - 9 (2m,1f,1?,5*)
28. Carolina Wren - 2
29. Eastern Bluebird - 6 (3m,2f,1*)
30. Hermit Thrush - 1 (woods south of Conrad Botzum farm)
31. American Robin - 41
32. European Starling - 37
33. Eastern Towhee - 6 (3m,3*)
34. American Tree Sparrow - 1
35. Savannah Sparrow - 1 (Szalay's fields at Bolanz Rd.)
36. Song Sparrow - 37
37. White-throated Sparrow - 3
38. Dark-eyed Junco - 3 (2?,1*)
39. Northern Cardinal - 31 (23m,6f,2*)
40. Red-winged Blackbird - 123 (96m,5f,22?)
41. Rusty Blackbird - 22 (19m,3f - ditches along Szalay's fields)
42. Common Grackle - 30
43. Brown-headed Cowbird - 52 (41m,11f)
44. Purple Finch - 1 (m in full song at A.P. Rd. goat farm house)
45. House Finch - 4 (2m,2f)
46. White-winged Crossbill - 1 (f at entrance to Howe Meadow)
47. American Goldfinch - 37
48. House Sparrow - 6
III. AMPHIBIANS: 1 SPECIES.
1. Northern Spring Peeper - 2 (*)
IV. FISHES: 1 SPECIES.
1. Creek Chub - many

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.




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