Wednesday between 10 am and 2pm I spent time at Horseshoe Pond/Tree Farm
Trail and Kendall Lake in Cuyahoga Valley NP.

Horseshoe Pond/Tree Farm Trail sightings:

green heron
great blue heron
wood duck
turkey vulture
cooper's hawk
red shouldered hawk
ruby throated hummingbird
downy woodpecker
eastern wood pewee
acadian flycatcher  - all flycatchers called and were confirmed except this
one
eastern phoebe
great crested flycatcher
BLUE HEADED VIREO - great looks, down low
red eyed vireo - also down low, great look at red eyes
blue jay
bc chickadee
tufted titmouse
RED BREASTED NUTHATCH - usually found at Horseshoe Pond year round
white breasted nuthatch
house wren + fledgelings
amer. robin
gray catbird
cedar waxwing
BLUE WINGED WARBLER - adult male + fledgelings, more heard calling several
locations
scarlet tanager - adult female hopping from one goldenrod stem to another,
bending them to the ground
eastern towhee - bucketloads everywhere - male carrying food, juveniles with
adults
song sparrow - just one! odd
n. cardinal
rose breasted grosbeak - just one juvenile
american goldfinch - lots, with one especially fine melodic singer
serenading me

The WILDFLOWER MEADOW on Tree Farm Trail will be at peak bloom in about 7
days! Stunning with coreopsis, queen anne's lace, purple knapweed, ironweed,
joe pye weed, coneflower, goldenrod and more!  Butterflies galore!


At Kendall Lake, which is drawn down for dam repair (low water levels and
mudflats), I added:

canada goose
mallard
killdeer
mourning dove
n. rough winged swallow
barn swallow
belted kingfisher
eastern kingbird
american crow
swamp sparrow
red winged blackbird
euro starling


Notably absent (undetected) at either place:

yellow warbler
baltimore oriole
common yellowthroat
all woodpeckers except downy - you can usually pick up 5 woodpeckers here
easily!
red tailed hawk
indigo bunting
bh cowbird & grackle

Karen Gray - Copley

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