APRIL 14, 2017 - CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK.
HIKE: Towpath Trail from Ira Trailhead north to Indigo Lake Connector Trail
to Indigo Lake to Howe Meadow to Riverview Rd. back to Ira Trailhead
parking lot.
TIME: 7:00am - 10:45am TEMP.: 44~64 COND.: Mostly sunny. FT.MI.: 2.75 OBS.:
Douglas W. Vogus.

I. MAMMALS: 3 SPECIES.

   1. Eastern Chipmunk - 2
   2. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 1 (black morph)
   3. Red Squirrel - 2


II. BIRDS: 52 SPECIES.
(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not
seen)

   1. Canada Goose - 34 (4 nests)
   2. Wood Duck - 14 (9m,5f)
   3. Mallard - 4 (3m,1f)
   4. Blue-winged Teal - 2 (1m,1f - at Ira Beaver Marsh)
   5. Common Merganser - 2 (1m,1f - in Cuyahoga River near the "Indian in
   Canoe" painting by Marc Moon)
   6. Pied-billed Grebe - 3 (Indigo Lake)
   7. Mourning Dove - 7
   8. Great Blue Heron - 3
   9. Turkey Vulture - 3
   10. Red-tailed Hawk - 1
   11. Belted Kingfisher - 1 (m)
   12. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 (*)
   13. Downy Woodpecker - 6 (1m,2f,1?,2*)
   14. Hairy Woodpecker - 2 (1f,1*)
   15. Northern Flicker - 3 (1m,1?,1*)
   16. Pileated Woodpecker - 3 (1m,1?,1*)
   17. Eastern Phoebe - 1
   18. Blue Jay - 17
   19. American Crow - 4
   20. Tree Swallow - 12
   21. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 2
   22. Black-capped Chickadee - 6
   23. Tufted Titmouse - 5
   24. White-breasted Nuthatch - 6 (4m,1?,1*)
   25. House Wren - 1 (near the beaver marsh boardwalk)
   26. Carolina Wren - 4
   27. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 3 (1m,1?,1*)
   28. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 6 (m)
   29. Eastern Bluebird - 3 (2m,1*)
   30. Hermit Thrush - 1 (along the Old Trail School trails at western edge
   of Howe Meadow)
   31. American Robin - 21
   32. Brown Thrasher - 1 (Howe Meadow)
   33. European Starling - 6
   34. House Sparrow - 9
   35. House Finch - 3 (2m,1*)
   36. American Goldfinch - 4 (3m,1f)
   37. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 (f - Ira Trailhead parking lot)
   38. Eastern Towhee - 3 (m)
   39. American Tree Sparrow - 1
   40. Chipping Sparrow - 3
   41. Field Sparrow - 2
   42. Fox Sparrow - 1
   43. Song Sparrow - 18
   44. Swamp Sparrow - 10
   45. White-throated Sparrow - 12
   46. Dark-eyed Junco - 3 (1m,2f)
   47. Northern Cardinal - 24 (18m,5f,1*)
   48. Red-winged Blackbird - 33 (27m,6f)
   49. Eastern Meadowlark - 1 (Howe Meadow)
   50. Rusty Blackbird - 1 (*)
   51. Common Grackle - 8
   52. Brown-headed Cowbird - 10 (8m,2f)


III. REPTILES: 1 SPECIES.

   1. Midland Painted Turtle - 3


IV. AMPHIBIANS: 2 SPECIES.

   1. American Toad - (heard only)
   2. Green Frog - 1 (heard only)


V. FISHES: 1 SPECIES.

   1. Common Carp - 1


VI. BUTTERFLIES: 2 SPECIES.

   1. Cabbage Butterfly - 1
   2. Red Admiral - 1


Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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