MAY 03, 2007 - CVNP Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail from the Ira parking lot to just north of the boardwalk & back. TIME: 6:00am-7:20am TEMP.: 41-54 COND.: Cool early, gradually warming. FT. MI.: 0.75 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus, Marc Nolls (in part). I. MAMMALS: 4 SPECIES. 1. Red Squirrel - 2 2. Muskrat - 1 3. Beaver - 2 4. Eastern Cottontail - 1 II. BIRDS: 44 SPECIES. (NOTE: ?= bird was seen but not sexed; *= bird was heard calling but not seen) 1. Canada Goose - 43 2. "barnyard" Goose - 1 3. Wood Duck - 5 (m) 4. Mallard - 2 (m) 5. Great Blue Heron - 3 6. Virginia Rail - 1 (called once) 7. Sora - 1 (called once) 8. Mourning Dove - 3 9. Belted Kingfisher - 1 (m) 10. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 (*) 11. Downy Woodpecker - 1 (*) 12. Hairy Woodpecker - 1 (*) 13. Eastern Phoebe - 2 14. Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 15. Eastern Kingbird - 1 16. Warbling Vireo - 2 17. Blue Jay - 1 18. American Crow - 1 19. Tree Swallow - 6 20. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1 21. Black-capped Chickadee - 2 22. Tufted Titmouse - 1 23. White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 (?) 24. House Wren - 1 25. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 (*) 26. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 3 (2m,1f) 27. American Robin - 7 28. Gray Catbird - 2 29. Yellow Warbler - 7 (m) 30. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 (m) 31. American Redstart - 1 (m) 32. Common Yellowthroat - 3 (m) 33. Eastern Towhee - 1 (m) 34. Song Sparrow - 5 35. Swamp Sparrow - 3 36. White-throated Sparrow - 6 37. Northern Cardinal - 7 (6m,1f,1 nest) 38. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2 (m) 39. Red-winged Blackbird - 9 (7m,2f) 40. Common Grackle - 21 41. Brown-headed Cowbird - 3 (2m,1f) 42. Orchard Oriole - 1 (m) 43. Baltimore Oriole - 3 (m) 44. American Goldfinch - 1 (?) III. AMPHIBIANS: 2 SPECIES. 1. American Toad - 1 2. Green Frog - 1 Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio. --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]