*MAY 19, 2018 - CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK.*
*HIKE*: Tree Farm Trail & the Coliseum Grasslands. *DRIVE*: the length of
Major Rd.
*TIME*: 7:15am - 1:00pm *TEMP.*: 63 ~ 79 *COND.*: Overcast early with
light sprinkles, giving way to clouds/sun mix and breezy south winds.
*VEH.MI.*: 9.0 *FT.MI.*: 3.75 *OBS.*: Douglas W. & Michelle Vogus.
*I. MAMMALS*: 4 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Chipmunk - 8
2. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 3 (1 black morph)
3. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 1
4. Red Squirrel - 2
*II. BIRDS*: 71 SPECIES.
(NOTE: m = male; f = female; ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was
heard calling but not sexed)
1. Canada Goose - 15 (4 goslings)
2. Wood Duck - 1 (f)
3. Mallard - 2 (m)
4. Common Merganser - 1 (f) (seen from hill west of Heritage Farms -
flew south above Peninsula, then turned around and headed north)
5. Rock Pigeon - 2
6. Mourning Dove - 6
7. Chimney Swift - 6
8. Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 (m)
9. Killdeer - 2
10. Great Blue Heron - 8 (1 at Horseshoe Pond and 7 fly-overs)
11. Green Heron - 2
12. Turkey Vulture - 6
13. Osprey - 1 (fly-over headed east above Coliseum Grasslands)
14. Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
15. Broad-winged Hawk - 1
16. Red-tailed Hawk - 1
17. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 (*)
18. Downy Woodpecker - 2 (*)
19. Hairy Woodpecker - 1 (*)
20. Northern Flicker - 4 (2f,1?,1*)
21. Pileated Woodpecker - 2 (*)
22. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 5
23. Eastern Phoebe - 3 (1 nest)
24. Great Crested Flycatcher - 2
25. Eastern Kingbird - 4
26. Yellow-throated Vireo - 1
27. Warbling Vireo - 3
28. Red-eyed Vireo - 10
29. Blue Jay - 9
30. American Crow - 12
31. Tree Swallow - 1
32. Barn Swallow - 16
33. Black-capped Chickadee - 13
34. Tufted Titmouse - 12
35. House Wren - 7
36. Carolina Wren - 1
37. Eastern Bluebird - 1 (*)
38. Veery - 1
39. Swainson's Thrush - 2
40. Wood Thrush - 1
41. American Robin - 17
42. Gray Catbird - 12
43. Brown Thrasher - 2
44. European Starling - 13
45. Cedar Waxwing - 9
46. House Sparrow - 6
47. American Goldfinch - 20 (10m,2f,7?,1*)
48. Blue-winged Warbler - 9 (m)
49. Tennessee Warbler - 9 (m)
50. Common Yellowthroat - 19 (18m,1*)
51. Hooded Warbler - 8 (7m,1*)
52. American Redstart - 1 (m)
53. Yellow Warbler - 6 (m)
54. Blackpoll Warbler - 1 (m)
55. Pine Warbler - 1 (m)
56. Wilson's Warbler - 1 (m)
57. Eastern Towhee - 9 (7m,1f,1*)
58. Chipping Sparrow - 9
59. Field Sparrow - 5
60. Savannah Sparrow - 1
61. Song Sparrow - 24
62. Scarlet Tanager - 3 (m)
63. Northern Cardinal - 19 (15m,3f,1*)
64. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 4 (3m,1f)
65. Indigo Bunting - 6 (m)
66. Bobolink - 11 (8m,3f)
67. Red-winged Blackbird - 41 (33m,8f)
68. Eastern Meadowlark - 5
69. Common Grackle - 14
70. Brown-headed Cowbird - 6 (4m,2f)
71. Baltimore Oriole - 4 (m)
*III. REPTILES*: 1 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Milk Snake - 1
*IV. AMPHIBIANS*: 2 SPECIES.
1. Northern Spring Peeper - 1 (calling)
2. Green Frog - 1 (calling)
*V. BUTTERFLIES*: 6 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 2
2. Cabbage Butterfly - 1
3. Clouded Sulphur - 1
4. Spring Azure - 1
5. Pearl Crescent - 1
6. Monarch - 1
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.
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