MAY 06, 2017 - SUMMIT METRO PARKS BIKE & HIKE TRAIL FROM RT. 303 NORTH TO
BOSTON MILLS RD. THEN C.V.N.P. TO PENINSULA.
HIKE: Bike & Hike Trail north from Rt. 303 to Boston Mills Rd. then take
old Akron-Peninsula Rd. south back to Peninsula.
TIME: 8:00am - 10:50am TEMP.: 43 ~ 44 COND.: Overcast, steady mist to
steady, cold drizzle; front coming slow from the north.
FT.MI.: 4.25 OBS.: Douglas W. & Michelle Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 2 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Chipmunk - 2
2. White-tailed Deer - 2 (unknown)
II. BIRDS: 51 SPECIES, 140 TOTAL BIRDS.
(NOTE: m = male; f = female; ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was
heard calling but not sexed)
1. Canada Goose - 10 (5 goslings)
2. Mourning Dove - 1
3. Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
4. Red-headed Woodpecker - 1 (along old Akron-Peninsula Rd. just before
the Spicy Lamb Farm)
5. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 (*)
6. Downy Woodpecker - 1 (?)
7. Hairy Woodpecker - 1 (*)
8. Northern Flicker - 3 (1f,2* - female using last year's Pileated
Woodpecker nest hole)
9. Pileated Woodpecker - 2 (1?,1*)
10. Eastern Phoebe - 1
11. Red-eyed Vireo - 1
12. Blue Jay - 4
13. American Crow - 4
14. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1
15. Black-capped Chickadee - 3
16. Tufted Titmouse - 5
17. White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 (*)
18. House Wren - 5
19. Carolina Wren - 1
20. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 (?)
21. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 (m)
22. Wood Thrush - 2
23. American Robin - 5
24. Gray Catbird - 5
25. Brown Thrasher - 1 (along hedgerow/field across from Camp Ledgewood
on old Akron-Peninsula Rd.)
26. European Starling - 2
27. House Sparrow - 4
28. Purple Finch - 7 (f - all in two Scotch pines along south side old
Akron-Peninsula Rd. before last two houses on left - not a male to be
found!)
29. American Goldfinch - 7 (2m,1f,3?,1*)
30. Ovenbird - 5 (2 along Bike & Hike Trail and 3 along old
Akron-Peninsula Rd.)
31. Louisiana Waterthrush - 1
32. Northern Waterthrush - 1
33. Blue-winged Warbler - 1 (m)
34. Black-and-white Warbler - 1 (m)
35. Common Yellowthroat - 1 (m)
36. Yellow Warbler - 1 (m)
37. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 5 (3m,2f)
38. Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 (m - decent warblers considering
the weather, but one young oak had all 5 yellow-rumped's, the b&w warbler,
and the btg warbler - behold the power of the oak!)
39. Eastern Towhee - 5 (3m,2*)
40. Chipping Sparrow - 4
41. Field Sparrow - 1
42. Song Sparrow - 5
43. White-throated Sparrow - 4
44. White-crowned Sparrow - 1 (possibly more? Singing at the Spicy Lamb
Farm)
45. Dark-eyed Junco - 1 (m - at Boston Ledges feeding on the rock faces
and ferns - migrating or staying?)
46. Northern Cardinal - 4 (m)
47. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 (m)
48. Red-winged Blackbird - 5 (3m,2f)
49. Common Grackle - 1
50. Brown-headed Cowbird - 4 (3m,1f)
51. Baltimore Oriole - 3 (m)
III. AMPHIBIANS: 1 SPECIES, 1 TOTAL.
1. Red Eft (terrestrial form of the Red-spotted Newt) - 1 (crossing old
Akron-Peninsula Rd. and ushered off the pavement before an oncoming jogger
could end it!)
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.
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