OCTOBER 03, 2015 - Cuyahoga Valley Monthly Towpath Trail Census.HIKE: Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail from Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Valley.TIME: 7:30am-4:30pm TEMP.: 41-51-47 COND.: Light, misty rain from 7:30am-8:40am;overcast with no rain from 8:40am-9:05am; resuming misty rain from 9:05am-9:25am,turning to sprinkles, then to steady rain until 12:30pm; back to misty rain/sprinkles until2:30pm; light mist to no rain from 2:30pm-3:05pm; back to misty rain from 3:05pm-4:30pm.TRAIL COND.: Damp & fair turning to sloppy & wet. RIVER COND.: Muddy but still low.FT.MI.: 13.0 OBS.: John Henry & Douglas W. Vogus.I. MAMMALS: 6 SPECIES.
   - Eastern Chipmunk - 13

   - Eastern Gray Squirrel - 2 (1 black morph)
   - Eastern Fox Squirrel - 6
   - Red Squirrel - 18
   - Muskrat - 1
   - White-tailed Deer - 3 (doe)
II. BIRDS: 65 SPECIES. (2nd. Highest Total Ever - 67 in 2010)(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not seen)
   - Canada Goose - 256

   - Wood Duck - 6 (3m,3f)
   - American Black Duck - 3 (2m,1f)
   - Mallard - 21 (12m,9f)
   - Great Blue Heron - 4
   - Turkey Vulture - 2
   - Bald Eagle - 2 (1 adult,1 immature)
   - Cooper's Hawk - 1 (m)
   - Broad-winged Hawk - 1 (First October Record on Census)
   - Red-tailed Hawk - 1
   - Killdeer - 10
   - Rock Pigeon - 6
   - Mourning Dove - 3
   - Belted Kingfisher - 1 (m)
   - Red-bellied Woodpecker - 13 (2m,1f,3?,7*)
   - Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 (immature)
   - Downy Woodpecker - 11 (5m,3f,3*)
   - Hairy Woodpecker - 4 (1m,3*)
   - Northern Flicker - 6 (2?,4*)
   - Pileated Woodpecker - 4 (?)
   - American Kestrel - 1 (m) (First October Record on Census)
   - Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2
   - Eastern Phoebe - 6
   - Blue-headed Vireo - 1 (Tied Census High from 07/2010 & 07/2015 - First October Record on Census)
   - Philadelphia Vireo - 1 (Tied Census High from 09/2012 - First October Record on Census)
   - Blue Jay - 23
   - American Crow - 17
   - Black-capped Chickadee - 20
   - Tufted Titmouse - 12
   - White-breasted Nuthatch - 11 (3m,2f,2?,4*)
   - Brown Creeper - 1
   - Carolina Wren - 2
   - Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2 (?)
   - Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 (1?,1*)
   - Eastern Bluebird - 12 (2m,3f,7?)
   - Gray-cheeked Thrush - 1 (Tied Census High from 05/2014 & 05/2015 - First October Record on Census)
   - Swainson's Thrush - 3
   - Hermit Thrush - 1 (Tied Census High from 04/2014 - First October Record on Census)
   - American Robin - 118 (3 immature)
   - Gray Catbird - 5
   - European Starling - 91
   - Cedar Waxwing - 35
   - Tennessee Warbler - 2 (1m,1f)
   - Nashville Warbler - 1 (f)
   - Common Yellowthroat - 1 (*)
   - Hooded Warbler - 1 (m)
   - Magnolia Warbler - 1 (f)
   - Blackpoll Warbler - 1 (m)
   - Palm Warbler - 3
   - Yellow-rumped Warbler - 21
   - Eastern Towhee - 2 (*)
   - Chipping Sparrow - 2
   - Song Sparrow - 31
   - Swamp Sparrow - 7
   - White-throated Sparrow - 19
   - White-crowned Sparrow - 1
   - Northern Cardinal - 18 (3m,5f,1 juvenile f,6*,3 juvenile *)
   - Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 (f)
   - Indigo Bunting - 1 (immature f)
   - Red-winged Blackbird - 39
   - Rusty Blackbird - 4 (2m,2f - Ira Beaver Marsh) (First October Record on Census)
   - Common Grackle - 280
   - House Finch - 4 (3m,1f)
   - American Goldfinch - 18
   - House Sparrow - 16
III. FISHES: 1 SPECIES.
   - Creek Chub - 15

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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