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Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Spring Census
May 7, 2005
By
Dwight
Chasar
I think everyone was in
agreement that the weather cooperated with us this day,
especially compared to the long hold winter had on us here.
The census was held a little early in May for our area.
Early (May 6-8 vs May 9-13) meant that some wintering birds
were lingering here while some of the migrants from the
south did not reach us yet. In addition, the late spring
did not help, as we know the birds were in southern Ohio.
Looking at the data from all
censuses, I relate the following observations.
First sighting of a species
since earlier date:
Green-winged Teal 5/11/90
Blue-winged Teal 5/9/96
Golden-crowned Kinglet 5/6/86 and 5/8/87
Northern Mockingbird 5/3/00 (only other one on spring
census)
Rusty Blackbird 5/8/99
First miss of species since
earlier date:
Veery 5/6/88
Swainson's Thrush 5/7/94
Cedar Waxwing 5/10/97
White-eyed Vireo 5/10/97
Yellow-breasted Chat 5/9/98
Indigo Bunting 5/6/88 (one showed up next day on
5/8/2005)
General trends in some of the
data:
Tree swallows on rise for many years now. Carolina Wren
survived this past snowiest winter without issue (most
ever). If crow was down due to WN Virus, it is back now.
Most Blue-headed Vireos on a census (by 35%). Eastern
Bluebird down, probably due to harsh winter. Red-headed
Woodpeckers are down.
Most PARTICIPANTS ever (54 vs
47). Thanks for all the help. You seem to enjoy it all.
Fall census will be September 10, 2005. See you there.
Dwight Chasar
Volunteer, CVNP and census coordinator
Quick Account:
331CanadaGeese 86WoodDuck 83Mallard 2BWTeal 2GWTeal
3HoodedMergs 19 Turkey 1PBGrebe 3 DCCormorants 225GBHeron
5GreenHeron 93TVs 1Osprey 1 SSHawk 7Coopershawk 17RShawk
3BWHawk 33RTHawk 3Kestrel 1Vrail 5Sora 6 Coot 21Killdeer
2Gyellowlegs 2Lyellowlegs 17SolSandpiper 1SpottedSandpiper
2W Snipe 5Woodcock 10RBGull 3Hgull 12RockPigeon
93MourningDove 2BarredOwl 65 ChimneySwift 2RTHummingbird
15Kingfisher 3RedheadedWP 97RedbelliedWP 83 DownyWP
15HairyWP 38Flicker 14PileatedWP 3Pewee 1AcadianFlycatcher
2Least Fly 31Phoebe 17Great-crestedFly 13Kindbird
7YellowthroatedVireo 16BHVireo 36WarblingVireo 13REVireo
223Bluejay 159Crow 250TreeSwallow 43RoughwingedSwallow
6BankSwallow 86BarnSwallow 160Chickadee 111Tuftedtitmouse
1RBNuthatch 36WBNuthatch 3Browncreeper 36carolinawren
56housewren 1winterwren 1gckinglet 32rckinglet
110bggnatcatcher 27bluebird 4hermitthrush 11woodthrush
327robin 23catbird 2mockingbird 3brownthrasher 120starling
68bluewingedwarbler 2orangecrowned 29nashville 211yellow
6chestnutsided 2magnolia 1blackthroatedblue 46yellowrumped
30blackthroatedgreen 8blackburnian 18yellowthroated 3pine
31palm 1baybreasted 1blackpoll 10cerulean 11blackandwhite
7redstart 5prothonotary 32ovenbird 2northernwaterthrush
12louisianawaterthrush 39cmmonyellowthroat 40hooded 1wilson
27tanager 55towhee 91chippingsparrow 46field 16savannah
228song 49swamp 33whitethroated 25whitecrowned 267cardinal
32rosebreastedgrosbeak 4bobolink 560redwingedblackbird
3meadowlark 4rustyblackbird 165grackle 117cowbird
8orchardoriole 133baltimoreoriole 2purplefinch 41housefinch
442goldfinch 43housesparrow
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