APRIL 29, 2016 - CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK - SUMMIT COUNTY.HIKE: Ira Trailhead to the Towpath Trail north to Bolanz Rd. to the Valley Trail to Butler's Trail to Wetmore Rd., Wetmore Trail to Valley Trail to Akron-Peninsula Rd.TIME: 7:05am-11:35am TEMP.: 46-51 COND.: Cool, gray & overcast; light mist from 10:05am-11:35am.FT.MI.: 4.75 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 3 SPECIES.   
   - Eastern Chipmunk - 7   

   - Eastern Fox Squirrel - 2
   - Red Squirrel - 14

II. BIRDS: 71 SPECIES.(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)   
   - Canada Goose - 28 (8 goslings)   

   - Wood Duck - 16 (9m,7f)
   - Mallard - 8 (7m,1f)
   - Great Blue Heron - 6
   - Turkey Vulture - 3
   - Red-tailed Hawk - 3
   - Virginia Rail - 2 (Ira Beaver Marsh)
   - Sora - 1 (calling at the Ira Beaver Marsh)
   - Killdeer - 1
   - Spotted Sandpiper - 2 (along Cuyahoga River at Robinson Run)
   - Solitary Sandpiper - 2 (flooded field between Quick & Wetmore Rds.)
   - Mourning Dove - 7
   - Chimney Swift - 1
   - Belted Kingfisher - 1 (m)
   - Red-bellied Woodpecker - 10 (1m,1f,1?,7*)
   - Downy Woodpecker - 5 (*)
   - Hairy Woodpecker - 3 (1m,2*)
   - Pileated Woodpecker - 6 (1m,5*)
   - Eastern Phoebe - 1
   - White-eyed Vireo - 1 (along Valley Trail near Camp Mueller)
   - Yellow-throated Vireo - 1 (Ira Beaver Marsh boardwalk)
   - Blue-headed Vireo - 1 (along Wetmore Rd.)
   - Warbling Vireo - 2 (1 at Ira Trailhead parking lot & 1 at Ira Beaver Marsh boardwalk)
   - Blue Jay - 20
   - American Crow - 7
   - Tree Swallow - 13
   - Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 7
   - Bank Swallow - 4 (above Cuyahoga River at Robinson Run)
   - Barn Swallow - 14
   - Black-capped Chickadee - 11
   - Tufted Titmouse - 11
   - White-breasted Nuthatch - 6 (1m,2?,3*)
   - House Wren - 4
   - Winter Wren - 2 (1 along Butler's Trail at Langes Run & 1 along Wetmore Trail at Dickerson Run)
   - Carolina Wren - 2
   - Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 8 (1m,4?,3*)
   - Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 (1m,1f)
   - Wood Thrush - 2 (1 along Towpath Trail north of Indian Springs trailer park & 1 along Butler's Trail)
   - American Robin - 16
   - Gray Catbird - 2 (both along Towpath Trail - 1 at Marc Moon"indian in canoe" painting & 1 at Bolanz Rd. parking lot)
   - Brown Thrasher - 2 (1 along Valley Trail across from Camp Mueller & 1 in field at corner of Quick & Akron-Peninsula Rds.)
   - European Starling - 8
   - Northern Waterthrush - 1 (along Towpath Trail between Bolanz Rd. lot & footbridge along corn field)
   - Blue-winged Warbler - 3 (m - 1 along Valley Trail across from Camp Mueller & 2 along Butler's Trail)
   - Black-and-white Warbler - 1 (m - along Valley Trail across from Camp Mueller)
   - Prothonotary Warbler - 1 (m - at Ira Beaver Marsh at boardwalk)
   - Nashville Warbler - 1 (m - along Towpath Trail north of Indian Springs trailer park)
   - Common Yellowthroat - 9 (m)
   - Yellow Warbler - 15 (m)
   - Palm Warbler - 6
   - Yellow-rumped Warbler - 17 (15m,2f)
   - Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 (m - 1 along Towpath Trail north of Ira Beaver Marsh & 1 along Wetmore Rd.)
   - Eastern Towhee - 15 (13m,1f,1*)
   - Chipping Sparrow - 3
   - Field Sparrow - 1
   - Savannah Sparrow - 4 (in freshly plowed field northeast of Bolanz Rd. bridge over Cuyahoga River)
   - Song Sparrow - 34
   - Swamp Sparrow - 5
   - White-throated Sparrow - 21
   - Scarlet Tanager - 1 (m - along Butler's Trail)
   - Northern Cardinal - 25 (19m,5f,1*)
   - Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2 (m)
   - Red-winged Blackbird - 55 (33m,22f)
   - Common Grackle - 13
   - Brown-headed Cowbird - 7 (5m,1f,1*)
   - Orchard Oriole - 3 (2m,1 immature m)
   - Baltimore Oriole - 2 (m)
   - House Finch - 2 (1m,1*)
   - American Goldfinch - 22 (18m,2f,2?)
   - House Sparrow - 7

III. AMPHIBIANS: 2 SPECIES.    
   - Northern Spring Peeper - 4 (*)   

   - Bullfrog - 1

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