Birding various spots along Kendall Park Road in the CVNP from our home down to the valley floor and including the Kendall Lake Trail and a bit of the Valley Bridle Trail resulted in 60 species this morning, with 7 warbler species and 3 vireo species. 

Not only had 6 Pileated Woodpeckers but the highlight was the pair of Pileateds who were raucously gathering food and repeatedly flying to their nest to feed their young high in a dead hardwood along the Valley Bridle Trail. There were at least two nestlings, each comically vying for position to stick its head out of the nest hole the first and farthest whenever an adult arrived.  

Also birded the first 3/4 mile of the Wetmore Trail across road from parking lot. Highlights here were the 4 Blue-winged Warblers, the 3 Black-billed Cuckoos and the single Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 

But I was struck yet again today at the complete absence of Ovenbirds in areas of the CVNP where they were traditionally present. 

Complete lists for Kendall Park Road area and then for Wetmore follow. 

-Patrick Coy
Peninsula, OH

Kendall Park Road area: 60 species

X       Canada Goose Branta canadensis
2       Wood Duck Aix sponsa
2       Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
1       Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
2       Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
2       Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
2       Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
2       Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
2       Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
6       Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
2       Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
1       Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
6       Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus 
3       Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
1       Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
4       Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
6       Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
3       Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
1       Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
2       Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
2       Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
7       Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
5       Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
1       vireo sp. Vireo sp.
6       Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
12      American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
4       Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
3       Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
5       Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
7       Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
4       White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
1       House Wren Troglodytes aedon
1       Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
4       Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
3       Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
7       American Robin Turdus migratorius
8       Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
X       European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
4       Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
8       Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
6       Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
2       American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
1       Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
2       Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
8       Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia
1       Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
8       Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
7       Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
3       Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
9       Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
3       Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
14      Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
2       Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
2       Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
16      Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
9       Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
2       Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
4       Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
2       Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus
4       American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
  
Wetmore Trail--31 species

2       Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
1       Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
3       Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
1       Barred Owl Strix varia
3       Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
3       Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
1       Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
1       Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
1       Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
1       American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
8       Purple Martin Progne subis
2       Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
1       Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
2       Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
1       Veery Catharus fuscescens
1       Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
1       Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
4       Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
4       Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
2       Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
3       Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia
3       Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
4       Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
2       Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
1       Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
4       Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
1       Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
2       Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
3       Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
1       Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
1       American Goldfinch Spinus tristis


 

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