APRIL 08, 2016 - CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK - SUMMIT COUNTY.HIKE: Ira Trailhead parking lot to Towpath Trail north to Valley Bridle Trail west to Furnace Run Trail up into Oak Hill Area,Furnace Run Trail to Oak Hill Rd. to Major Rd. down to Riverview Rd.TIME: 6:55am-10:25am TEMP.: 29-36 COND.: Cloudy & calm, about 1-inch of fresh snow; light snow from 8:35am-8:40am;turning partly sunny with light west winds from 9:15am-9:55am, then clouding back up.FT.MI.: 5.6 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 4 SPECIES.
   - Eastern Gray Squirrel - 1 (black morph)

   - Eastern Fox Squirrel - 1
   - Red Squirrel - 10
   - White-tailed Deer - 9

II. BIRDS: 51 SPECIES.(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
   - Canada Goose - 12 (1 nest)

   - Wood Duck - 33 (20m,13f)
   - Mallard - 7 (5m,2f)
   - Pied-billed Grebe - 6 (Ira Beaver Marsh)
   - Turkey Vulture - 1
   - Red-shouldered Hawk - 2
   - Red-tailed Hawk - 3
   - Virginia Rail - 1 (calling at Ira Beaver Marsh boardwalk)
   - Killdeer - 1
   - Mourning Dove - 11
   - Belted Kingfisher - 3 (2m,1f)
   - Red-bellied Woodpecker - 9 (3m,1f,5*,1 nest)
   - Downy Woodpecker - 7 (5f,1?,1*)
   - Hairy Woodpecker - 3 (1m,2f)
   - Northern Flicker - 4 (1m,1f,1?,1*)
   - Pileated Woodpecker - 3 (2?,1*)
   - Eastern Phoebe - 2
   - Blue Jay - 27
   - American Crow - 7
   - Tree Swallow - 2
   - Black-capped Chickadee - 18
   - Tufted Titmouse - 10
   - Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 (* - calling in pine grove at top of Furnace Run Trail)
   - White-breasted Nuthatch - 8 (3m,1f,4*)
   - Brown Creeper - 1
   - Carolina Wren - 1
   - Winter Wren - 1
   - Golden-crowned Kinglet - 12 (3f,2?,7*)
   - Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 (m)
   - Eastern Bluebird - 2 (m)
   - Hermit Thrush - 1 (Furnace Run Trail)
   - American Robin - 27
   - European Starling - 12
   - Eastern Towhee - 4 (2m,2*)
   - American Tree Sparrow - 2
   - Chipping Sparrow - 1
   - Fox Sparrow - 5
   - Song Sparrow - 12
   - Swamp Sparrow - 8
   - White-throated Sparrow - 17
   - Dark-eyed Junco - 24 (8m,15f,1*)
   - Northern Cardinal - 43 (31m,11f,1*)
   - Red-winged Blackbird - 24 (23m,1f)
   - Rusty Blackbird - 3 (m)
   - Common Grackle - 9
   - Brown-headed Cowbird - 18 (13m,3f,2?)
   - House Finch - 2 (*)
   - Purple Finch - 1 (m - singing along Oak Hill Rd. north of Oak Hill Trailhead entrance)
   - Pine Siskin - 1 (single fly-over at Oak Hill Rd. & Scobie Rd. intersection)
   - American Goldfinch - 7 (5m,1f,1?)
   - House Sparrow - 7

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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