APRIL 17, 2011 - Cuyahoga Valley National Park - Towpath Trail from Ira Rd. to boardwalk.
TIME: 7:30am-9:05pm TEMP.: 37 COND.: Cloudy and breezy.
OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus & Michelle Zager.
I. MAMMALS: 3 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Chipmunk - 1
2. Muskrat - 1
3. White-tailed Deer - 1 (doe)
II. BIRDS: 37 SPECIES,1 Exotic/Escape (e).
(NOTE: ?= bird was seen but not sexed; *= bird was heard calling but not sexed)
1. Canada Goose - 11 (1 nest)
e. Greylag Goose - 1
2. Wood Duck - 7 (4m,3f)
3. Mallard - 3 (2m,1f)
4. Bald Eagle - 2 (1 adult,1 juvenile - soaring over Bender Barn on eastern ridge)
5. Red-tailed Hawk - 1
6. Killdeer - 1
7. Mourning Dove - 2
8. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 (1?,1*)
9. Downy Woodpecker - 2 (1f,1*)
10. Northern Flicker - 2 (*)
11. Blue Jay - 2
12. American Crow - 3
13. Tree Swallow - 24 (one taking nest material to tree hole)
14. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 22
15. Black-capped Chickadee - 4
16. Tufted Titmouse - 2
17. White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 (m, 1 nest cavity)
18. House Wren - 1
19. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 (m)
20. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 (?)
21. American Robin - 6 (1 gathering nesting material)
22. European Starling - 1
23. Yellow Warbler - 1 (m)
24. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 5 (2m,3f)
25. Yellow-throated Warbler - 1 (m)
26. Eastern Towhee - 1 (m)
27. Chipping Sparrow - 1
28. Song Sparrow - 3
29. Swamp Sparrow - 4
30. White-throated Sparrow - 2
31. Dark-eyed Junco - 1 (f)
32. Northern Cardinal - 8 (5m,3f)
33. Red-winged Blackbird - 9 (7m,2f)
34. Common Grackle - 8
35. Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 (m)
36. Pine Siskin - 2
37. American Goldfinch - 3
III. AMPHIBIANS: 1 SPECIES.
1. Northern Spring Peeper - 1 (*)
 
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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