OCT. 01, 2010 - Cuyahoga Valley National Park & Metro Parks, Serving Summit County
Monthly Towpath Trail Census.
HIKE: Towpath Trail from Red Lock south to Merriman Rd. TIME: 7:10am-5:30pm
TEMP.: 55-63-59 COND.: Cloudy and cool early, turning mostly sunny, breezy.
FT.MI.: 13.0 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus & Michelle Zager.
I. MAMMALS: 7 SPECIES.
1. Woodchuck - 1
2. Eastern Chipmunk - 88
3. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 5 (2 black phase)
4. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 3
5. Red Squirrel - 13
6. Muskrat - 1
7. White-tailed Deer - 2 (doe)
II. BIRDS: 67 SPECIES.
(NOTE: ?= bird was seen but not sexed; *= bird was heard calling but not sexed)
1. Canada Goose - 86
2. Wood Duck - 9 (3m,6f)
3. Mallard - 29 (19m,10f)
4. Green-winged Teal - 1 (f)
5. Great Blue Heron - 5
6. Turkey Vulture - 9
7. Osprey - 1 (over Akron composting plant)
8. Bald Eagle - 3 (adults perched in tree along Cuyahoga at old Jaite paper mill)
9. Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
10. Red-tailed Hawk - 10 (2 immature)
11. Peregrine Falcon - 1 (adult m along Cuyahoga between I-271 & Turnpike)
12. Killdeer - 3
13. Ring-billed Gull - 8
14. Rock Pigeon - 10
15. Mourning Dove - 9
16. Chimney Swift - 7
17. Belted Kingfisher - 4 (2m,1f,1?)
18. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 13 (5m,4f,1?,3*)
19. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2
20. Downy Woodpecker - 31 (14m,12f,3?,2*)
21. Hairy Woodpecker - 8 (1m,4f,1?,2*)
22. Northern Flicker - 5 (1m,4*)
23. Pileated Woodpecker - 4 (2m,2?)
24. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
25. Eastern Phoebe - 4
26. Yellow-throated Vireo - 1
27. Red-eyed Vireo - 1
28. Blue Jay - 54
29. American Crow - 122
30. Black-capped Chickadee - 46
31. Tufted Titmouse - 19
32. White-breasted Nuthatch - 16 (6m,6f,1?,3*)
33. Brown Creeper - 3
34. Carolina Wren - 8
35. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 5 (2f,1?,2*)
36. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3 (2?,1*)
37. Eastern Bluebird - 8 (2m,4f,2?)
38. Swainson's Thrush - 2
39. American Robin - 67
40. Gray Catbird - 4
41. Northern Mockingbird - 1
42. European Starling - 232
43. Cedar Waxwing - 124
44. Tennessee Warbler - 1
45. Nashville Warbler - 3 (1m,2f)
46. Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 (f)
47. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 61
48. Yellow-throated Warbler - 1 (m)
49. Palm Warbler - 1
50. Blackpoll Warbler - 1
51. Common Yellowthroat - 2 (f)
52. Eastern Towhee - 1 (f)
53. Field Sparrow - 1
54. Song Sparrow - 24
55. Lincoln's Sparrow - 1
56. Swamp Sparrow - 5
57. White-throated Sparrow - 4
58. Dark-eyed Junco - 2 (*)
59. Northern Cardinal - 47 (11m,3 juv.m,10f,4 juv.f,16*,3 juv.*)
60. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 (f)
61. Indigo Bunting - 2 (m)
62. Red-winged Blackbird - 261 (18m,5f,238? - mixed flocks)
63. Common Grackle - 4,316
64. Purple Finch - 1 (f)
65. House Finch - 5 (1f,2?,2*)
66. American Goldfinch - 26
67. House Sparrow - 42
III. REPTILES: 2 SPECIES.
1. Red-eared Turtle - 1
2. Midland Painted Turtle - 19
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 3 SPECIES.
1. Northern Spring Peeper - 4 (*)
2. Bullfrog - 4
3. Green Frog - 2
V. FISHES: 5 SPECIES.
1. Common Carp - 2
2. Creek Chub - many
3. Northern Hog Sucker - 1
4. Largemouth Bass - 1
5. Bluegill - 11
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 4 SPECIES.
1. Pipevine Swallowtail - 1
2. Cabbage White - 5
3. Clouded Sulphur - 1
4. Pearl Crescent - 1
 
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio. 




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