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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