JAN. 23, 2010 - Late Post - from Akron, I-77 down to The Wilds Area, Noble County backroads, Seneca Lake, Wills Creek Lake, Rt. 83 north up to Killbuck Marsh Wildlife Area and back to Akron.
TIME: 7:00am-6:30pm TEMP.: 36-52-43 COND.: Mostly cloudy, pleasant and warmer south.
VEH.MI.: 337.5 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus & Michelle M. Zager.
I. MAMMALS: 3 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 1
2. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 3
3. White-tailed Deer - 7
II. BIRDS: 45 SPECIES.
(NOTE: ?= bird was seen but not sexed; *= bird was heard but not seen)
1. Canada Goose - 911
2. Trumpeter Swan - 18 (Killbuck)
3. American Black Duck - 4 (2m,2f - Killbuck)
4. Mallard - 244 (145m,99f)
5. Great Blue Heron - 1
6. Black Vulture - 3 (perched in tree above Rt. 83 just over southern Holmes Cty. line)
7. Turkey Vulture - 12
8. Bald Eagle - 1 (imm. at Wills Creek Lake)
9. Northern Harrier - 2 (1m,1f - Wilds)
10. Red-shouldered Hawk - 2 (1 Noble Cty. backroads, 1 across from Lake Buckhorn)
11. Red-tailed Hawk - 52 (1 imm. - total includes all birds up & back)
12. Rough-legged Hawk - 2 (light phase - Wilds)
13. Golden Eagle - 2 (The Wilds - 1 on ground southwest of visitor center being divebombed by male harrier; 1 in pine fields off Coal Hill Rd. - thanks Paula)
14. American Kestrel - 10 (2m,5f,3?)
15. Rock Pigeon - 243
16. Mourning Dove - 69
17. Barred Owl - 1 (at Killbuck being scolded by 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers)
18. Red-headed Woodpecker - 2
19. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 (1m,1f,2?)
20. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 (Wills Creek Lake)
21. Downy Woodpecker - 5 (1m,3f,1?)
22. Hairy Woodpecker - 2 (1?,1*)
23. Northern Flicker - 12 (1m,11?)
24. Pileated Woodpecker - 3 (1f at Seneca Lake Dam,1? at Wills Creek Lake,1* Killbuck)
25. Blue Jay - 2
26. American Crow - 915
27. Horned Lark - 1 (Wilds)
28. Carolina Chickadee - 8
29. Tufted Titmouse - 4
30. White-breasted Nuthatch - 6 (3m,1f,1?,1*)
31. Carolina Wren - 1
32. Eastern Bluebird - 20 (2m,2f,15?,1*)
33. American Robin - 36
34. European Starling - 247
35. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 (2 at Seneca Lake Dam, 1 at Wills Creek Lake)
36. American Tree Sparrow - 1
37. Song Sparrow - 3
38. White-throated Sparrow - 1
39. Dark-eyed Junco - 3 (2?,1*)
40. Northern Cardinal - 11 (6m,1f,4*)
41. Red-winged Blackbird - 1 (m)
42. Common Grackle - 1 (f)
43. House Finch - 4 (?)
44. American Goldfinch - 5
45. House Sparrow - 9

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.




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