MAY 08, 2015 - Birds4Cure Juvenile Diabetes Hike <www.birds4cure.wordpress.com>HIKE: Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail from Canal Fulton to Merriman Valley.TIME: 6:20am-6:40pm TEMP.: 57-92 COND.: Unseasonably hot.FT.MI.: 24.9 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus.I. MAMMALS: 7 SPECIES.
   - Raccoon - 2

   - Woodchuck - 1
   - Eastern Chipmunk - 22
   - Eastern Gray Squirrel - 6 (5 black morph)
   - Eastern Fox Squirrel - 4
   - Muskrat - 1
   - White-tailed Deer - 3 (doe)
II. BIRDS: 98 SPECIES.(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
   - Canada Goose - 367 (97 goslings, 6 nests)

   - Wood Duck - 3 (f)
   - Mallard - 49 (38m,11f)
   - Ring-necked Duck - 1 (m - at Summit Lake)
   - Double-crested Cormorant - 21 (Nesmith Lake & Summit Lake)
   - Great Blue Heron - 9
   - Green Heron - 4
   - Turkey Vulture - 7
   - Osprey - 1 (at nest on Wilbeth Rd.)
   - Bald Eagle - 1 (adult - over Tuscarawas River south of Barberton)
   - Cooper's Hawk - 1 (m)
   - Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
   - Red-tailed Hawk - 3
   - American Coot - 1 (Wilbeth Wetlands)
   - Killdeer - 4
   - Spotted Sandpiper - 5
   - Solitary Sandpiper - 1
   - Ring-billed Gull - 1 (Summit Lake)
   - Rock Pigeon - 8 (2 nests)
   - Mourning Dove - 29
   - Common Nighthawk - 1 (calling from tree along canal south of Manchester Rd.)
   - Chimney Swift - 24
   - Belted Kingfisher - 1 (*)
   - Red-bellied Woodpecker - 18 (2m,1f,2?,14*)
   - Downy Woodpecker - 7 (1f,6*)
   - Hairy Woodpecker - 5 (2m,2f,1?,1 nest)
   - Northern Flicker - 2 (*)
   - Pileated Woodpecker - 1 (*)
   - Peregrine Falcon - 1 (m - downtown Akron)
   - Eastern Wood-Pewee - 7
   - Acadian Flycatcher - 3
   - Willow Flycatcher - 2
   - Least Flycatcher - 2
   - Eastern Phoebe - 6
   - Great Crested Flycatcher - 7
   - Eastern Kingbird - 6
   - White-eyed Vireo - 6
   - Yellow-throated Vireo - 2
   - Warbling Vireo - 15
   - Red-eyed Vireo - 35
   - Blue Jay - 28
   - American Crow - 11
   - Purple Martin - 1 (Nesmith Lake)
   - Tree Swallow - 12
   - Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 29
   - Bank Swallow - 8
   - Barn Swallow - 37
   - Black-capped Chickadee - 23
   - Tufted Titmouse - 21
   - White-breasted Nuthatch - 9 (1m,1f,1?,6*,1 nest)
   - Carolina Wren - 2
   - House Wren - 14
   - Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 18 (3m,1f,1?,13*)
   - Eastern Bluebird - 2 (m)
   - Veery - 2
   - Swainson's Thrush - 2
   - Wood Thrush - 14
   - American Robin - 122
   - Gray Catbird - 79
   - European Starling - 36
   - Cedar Waxwing - 2
   - Ovenbird - 1
   - Northern Waterthrush - 1
   - Prothonotary Warbler - 15 (14m,1f,1 nest - 14 between Canal Fulton & Clinton)
   - Tennessee Warbler - 4 (m)
   - Common Yellowthroat - 26 (25m,1*)
   - Hooded Warbler - 4 (m)
   - American Redstart - 6 (m)
   - Northern Parula - 1 (m)
   - Yellow Warbler - 94 (89m,2f,2?,1*)
   - Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 (m)
   - Blackpoll Warbler - 1 (m)
   - Yellow-rumped Warbler - 8 (3m,4f,1*)
   - Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 (m)
   - Wilson's Warbler - 2 (m)
   - Eastern Towhee - 6 (m)
   - Chipping Sparrow - 16
   - Field Sparrow - 4
   - Song Sparrow - 92
   - Lincoln's Sparrow - 2
   - Swamp Sparrow - 9
   - White-throated Sparrow - 6
   - White-crowned Sparrow - 1
   - Scarlet Tanager - 10 (9m,1*)
   - Northern Cardinal - 90 (69m,16f,5*)
   - Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 21 (14m,1f,6*)
   - Indigo Bunting - 6 (m)
   - Red-winged Blackbird - 69 (56m,13f)
   - Eastern Meadowlark - 1 (PPG Lime Lake #5)
   - Rusty Blackbird - 2 (*)
   - Common Grackle - 21
   - Brown-headed Cowbird - 32 (23m,9f)
   - Orchard Oriole - 5 (m)
   - Baltimore Oriole - 25 (21m,3f,1*)
   - House Finch - 11 (3m,1f,7*)
   - Pine Siskin - 2 (at bridge over Tuscarawas River north of Clinton)
   - American Goldfinch - 44 (26m,5f,2?,11*)
   - House Sparrow - 86
REPTILES: 4 SPECIES.
   - Red-eared Turtle - 18

   - Midland Painted Turtle - 46
   - Eastern Spiny Softshell - 4
   - Eastern Garter Snake - 1
AMPHIBIANS: 4 SPECIES.
   - American Toad - 1

   - Gray Treefrog - 13
   - Bullfrog - 1
   - Green Frog - 8
FISHES: 4 SPECIES.
   - Common Carp - 2

   - Largemouth Bass - 3
   - Bluegill - many
   - Pumpkinseed - 1
BUTTERFLIES: 5 SPECIES.
   - Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 2

   - Cabbage Butterfly - 7
   - Clouded Sulphur - 1
   - Red Admiral - 13
   - Wild Indigo Dusky Wing - 3
So, those of you that pledged an amount per bird, we added 16 new species today!The new species are: Ring-necked Duck, Double-crested Cormorant, Osprey, Bald Eagle, Red-shouldered Hawk, American Coot,Ring-billed Gull, Peregrine Falcon, Least Flycatcher, Purple Martin, Tree Swallow, Bank Swallow, Wilson's Warbler, Lincoln's Sparrow,Eastern Meadowlark & Pine Siskin. That puts us at 121 species after 3 days! Thanks to all who've pledged!
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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