APRIL 14, 2013 - Cuyahoga Valley National Park Spring Migrants.
HIKE: Metro Parks, Serving Summit County's Bike & Hike Trail from Boston Mills Rd. south to just past Boston Ledges then west on to the Cuyahoga Valley National Park's Boston Run Trail to Happy Days Lodge to Haskell Run Trail to Ledges Trail to the Octagon Connector Trail to Pine Grove Trail to the Kendall Lake Connector Trail to Lake Trail to Salt Run Trail to Kendall Hills, cross Quick Rd. & take Wetmore Trail to Dickerson Run Trail to Langes Run Trail to the Valley Bridle Trail to Maplewood Picnic Area off of Akron-Peninsula Rd.
TIME: 7:40am-3:05pm TEMP.: 31-56 COND.: Mostly cloudy most of the day, clouds/sun mix later.
FT.MI.: 10.0 OBS.: Douglas W. & Michelle Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 6 SPECIES.
1. Opossum - 1
2. Eastern Chipmunk - 16
3. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 12 (2 black phase)
4. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 7
5. Red Squirrel - 4
6. Muskrat - 2
II. BIRDS: 53 SPECIES.
(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
1. Canada Goose - 5
2. Mallard - 4 (3m,1f)
3. Double-crested Cormorant - 8 (fly-over at Maplewood P.A.)
4. Great Blue Heron - 4
5. Turkey Vulture - 9
6. Bald Eagle - 1 (fly-over adult at Maplewood P.A.)
7. Cooper's Hawk - 1 (f)
8. Red-shouldered Hawk - 4 (1 immature)
9. Red-tailed Hawk - 8 (1 immature)
10. Spotted Sandpiper - 1 (Kendall Lake)
11. Mourning Dove - 1
12. Barred Owl - 1 (actively hunting along Langes Run Trail)
13. Belted Kingfisher - 2 (1m,1*)
14. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 16 (2m,2f,2?,10*,1 nest)
15. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 8 (all from Boston Run Trail to Langes Run Trail)
16. Downy Woodpecker - 7 (1f,6*)
17. Hairy Woodpecker - 6 (3f,1?,2*)
18. Northern Flicker - 5 (1f,3?,1*)
19. Pileated Woodpecker - 4 (1f,1?,2*)
20. Eastern Phoebe - 3
21. Blue Jay - 22
22. American Crow - 16
23. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 2
24. Black-capped Chickadee - 30
25. Tufted Titmouse - 25
26. White-breasted Nuthatch - 8 (2m,1f,1?,4*)
27. Brown Creeper - 10
28. Carolina Wren - 2
29. Winter Wren - 14
30. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 36 (6m,11f,7?,12*)
31. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 6 (1m,1f,3?,1*)
32. Eastern Bluebird - 3 (1m,1f,1*)
33. Hermit Thrush - 14
34. American Robin - 28
35. European Starling - 7
36. Louisiana Waterthrush - 3 (1 along Boston Run, 1 along Haskell Run & 1 along Dickerson Run)
37. Pine Warbler - 1 (Kendall Lake pine grove)
38. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 9 (5m,1f,3*)
39. Eastern Towhee - 2 (*)
40. Chipping Sparrow - 4
41. Field Sparrow - 8
42. Fox Sparrow - 1
43. Song Sparrow - 20
44. White-throated Sparrow - 1
45. Dark-eyed Junco - 3 (1m,2*)
46. Northern Cardinal - 34 (21m,10f,3*)
47. Red-winged Blackbird - 13 (12m,1f)
48. Common Grackle - 3
49. Brown-headed Cowbird - 10 (2m,5f,3*)
50. Purple Finch - 1 (male between Bike & Hike Trail & Boston Run Trail)
51. House Finch - 1 (*)
52. American Goldfinch - 14 (8m,1f,1?,4*)
53. House Sparrow - 2
III. AMPHIBIANS: 1 SPECIES.
1. Northern Spring Peeper - 2 (heard)
IV. BUTTERFLIES: 1 SPECIES.
1. Mourning Cloak - 1

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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