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. ______________________________________________________________________ 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]