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. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]