JUNE 14, 2009 - Greater Akron Audubon Society's Summer Bird Census - Area #25
Boundary of I-76 to the north, Rt. 532 to the east, Sanitarium Rd. to the south and Canton Rd. to the west. Most censusing done around Gilchrist Rd. area R.R. tracks & businesses and Mogadore Lions Park.
TIME: 7:00am - 2:00pm TEMP.: 52-84-81 COND.: Sunny, warm, few clouds.
VEH.MI.: 19.2 FT.MI.: 4.0 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 4 SPECIES.
1. Woodchuck - 3
2. Eastern Chipmunk - 31
3. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 8
4. White-tailed Deer - 1 (doe)
II. BIRDS: 61 SPECIES.
(?= bird was seen but not sexed; *= bird was heard calling but not seen)
1. Canada Goose - 10 (6 young)
2. Wood Duck - 4 (2m,2f)
3. Mallard - 6 (2m,4?)
4. Great Blue Heron - 29 (21 young in 11 nests)
5. Green Heron - 1
6. Turkey Vulture - 1
7. Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
8. Red-tailed Hawk - 4 (1 immature,1 juvenile)
9. Killdeer - 11 (4 young)
10. Spotted Sandpiper - 1
11. Ring-billed Gull - 67 (nesting colony still active on roof of Gilchrist Rd. business)
12. Herring Gull - 4 (probable nesting on Rubbermaid building on Gilchrist Rd.)
13. Rock Pigeon - 3
14. Mourning Dove - 19
15. Chimney Swift - 9
16. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5 (1f,1?,3*)
17. Downy Woodpecker - 6 (1f,1juv.,2?,2*)
18. Hairy Woodpecker - 1 (*)
19. Northern Flicker - 7 (3m,1f,1?,2*)
20. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 3
21. Willow Flycatcher - 3
22. Eastern Phoebe - 6
23. Great Crested Flycatcher - 1
24. Eastern Kingbird - 1
25. Warbling Vireo - 1
26. Red-eyed Vireo - 10
27. Blue Jay - 22 (4 juvenile)
28. American Crow - 7
29. Tree Swallow - 3
30. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 12
31. Barn Swallow - 2
32. Black-capped Chickadee - 10 (2 juvenile)
33. Tufted Titmouse - 12 (2 juvenile)
34. White-breasted Nuthatch - 2 (1m,1f)
35. Carolina Wren - 2
36. House Wren - 10
37. Wood Thrush - 5
38. American Robin - 59 (1 juvenile)
39. Gray Catbird - 41
40. Brown Thrasher - 1
41. European Starling - 66
42. Cedar Waxwing - 28
43. Yellow Warbler - 17 (15m,1f,1?)
44. Common Yellowthroat - 1 (m)
45. Scarlet Tanager - 1 (m)
46. Eastern Towhee - 8 (4m,2f,2 juvenile)
47. Chipping Sparrow - 13 (1 juvenile)
48. Field Sparrow - 2
49. Song Sparrow - 37
50. Swamp Sparrow - 2
51. Northern Cardinal - 34 (21m,7f,4 juvenile,2*)
52. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 5 (4m,1f - 1 pair building nest)
53. Indigo Bunting - 14 (13m,1f)
54. Red-winged Blackbird - 24 (15m,9f)
55. Common Grackle - 37
56. Brown-headed Cowbird - 9 (7m,1f,1 juvenile)
57. Orchard Oriole - 1 (immature m)
58. Baltimore Oriole - 9 (6m,3f)
59. House Finch - 5 (1m,1f,2?,1*)
60. American Goldfinch - 27 (20m,7f)
61. House Sparrow - 28
III. REPTILES: 2 SPECIES.
1. Common Snapping Turtle - 2
2. Midland Painted Turtle - 7
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 1 SPECIES.
1. Green Frog - 8
V. FISHES: 3 SPECIES.
1. Common Carp - 7
2. Creek Chub - about 24
3. Largemouth Bass - 2
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 10 SPECIES.
1. Cabbage Butterfly - 4
2. Clouded Sulphur - 2
3. Orange-barred Sulphur - 1
4. Spring Azure - 5
5. Pearl Crescent - 1
6. Mourning Cloak - 2
7. Viceroy - 1
8. Little Wood Satyr - 6
9. Silver-spotted Skipper - 3
10. Least Skipper - 1

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.




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