MAY 07, 2016 - CUYAHOGA VALLEY TOWPATH TRAIL CENSUS.ROUTE: Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Valley. TIME: 5:55am-4:55pm TEMP.: 37-76-72 COND.: Chilly & mostly sunny early,clouding up at 10:10am; turning overcast with sprinkles from 2:35pm-3:00pm; turning partly sunny then mostly cloudy; winds lightand variable, turning southerly from 2:50pm-4:55pm. TRAIL COND.: Good. RIVER COND.: Slightly above normal.FT.MI.: 13.70 OBS.: John Henry & Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 8 SPECIES.
- Coyote - 2 (both barking & howling - Tied Census High from 05/2011)
- Eastern Chipmunk - 22
- Eastern Gray Squirrel - 3 (2 black morph)
- Eastern Fox Squirrel - 3
- Red Squirrel - 29
- Muskrat - 3
- Eastern Cottontail - 1
- White-tailed Deer - 3 (1 doe with 2 yearlings)
II. BIRDS: 82 SPECIES, 1 HYBRID, 1,014 TOTAL BIRDS, 1 SPECIES NEW TO CENSUS.(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
- Canada Goose - 43 (1 nest)
- (hybrid) Canada Goose/Greylag Goose - 1
- Wood Duck - 5 (2m,1f,2*)
- Mallard - 12 (9m,3f)
- Common Merganser - 1 (f)
- Double-crested Cormorant - 3
- Great Blue Heron - 39
- Green Heron - 1 (at Lock 29 Swamp)
- Turkey Vulture - 18
- Osprey - 1 (at Red Lock - Tied Census High from 5 different occasions)
- Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
- Broad-winged Hawk - 1
- Red-tailed Hawk - 6 (1 juvenile, 2 active nests - Stanford Swamp & Yellow Creek)
- Virginia Rail - 2 (Ira Beaver Marsh - Tied Census High from 05/2012)
- Killdeer - 7
- Spotted Sandpiper - 2
- Solitary Sandpiper - 3
- Mourning Dove - 20
- Eastern Screech-Owl - 1 (calling at Red Lock)
- Chimney Swift - 11
- Belted Kingfisher - 4 (2m,1f,1*)
- Red-headed Woodpecker - 1 (Stanford Swamp)
- Red-bellied Woodpecker - 12 (2m,1?,9*)
- Downy Woodpecker - 6 (3f,3*)
- Northern Flicker - 5 (1m,1?,3*)
- Pileated Woodpecker - 2 (1m,1?)
- Peregrine Falcon - 1 (f)
- Eastern Phoebe - 6
- Great Crested Flycatcher - 4
- Eastern Kingbird - 2 (at Lock 29 Swamp)
- Yellow-throated Vireo - 5
- Warbling Vireo - 13
- Blue Jay - 22
- American Crow - 14
- Tree Swallow - 20
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 9
- Bank Swallow - 1
- Barn Swallow - 9 (1 nest being built at Boston Store)
- Black-capped Chickadee - 20
- Tufted Titmouse - 13 (1 nest)
- White-breasted Nuthatch - 5 (2m,3*)
- House Wren - 6
- Carolina Wren - 7
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 25 (6m,4f,8?,7* - 2 nests being built)
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 (f)
- Veery - 1
- Wood Thrush - 2
- American Robin - 54 (2 nests)
- Gray Catbird - 19
- European Starling - 18
- Louisiana Waterthrush - 1 (at Lonesome Lock)
- Blue-winged Warbler - 5 (m - Tied Census High from 05/2013)
- Nashville Warbler - 2 (m)
- Common Yellowthroat - 29 (28m,1f)
- Hooded Warbler - 5 (4m,1*)
- American Redstart - 6 (m)
- Cerulean Warbler - 1 (m)
- Northern Parula - 1 (m)
- Yellow Warbler - 39 (36m,3f)
- Palm Warbler - 4
- Yellow-rumped Warbler - 10 (4m,6f)
- Yellow-throated Warbler - 6 (m)
- Eastern Towhee - 1 (m)
- Chipping Sparrow - 5
- Field Sparrow - 1
- Lark Sparrow - 1 (New Species On Census - now at 179 Species since 01/01/2010 - specifics below)
- Song Sparrow - 49
- Lincoln's Sparrow - 2 (Tied Census High from 05/2010 & 10/2013)
- Swamp Sparrow - 13
- White-throated Sparrow - 13
- White-crowned Sparrow - 4
- Scarlet Tanager - 2 (m)
- Northern Cardinal - 46 (32m,9f,5* - 1 nest)
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 16 (14m,2f)
- Indigo Bunting - 1 (m)
- Red-winged Blackbird - 87 (67m,20f - 1 nest)
- Common Grackle - 62 (1 nest)
- Brown-headed Cowbird - 16 (13m,3f)
- Orchard Oriole - 7 (5m,2 juvenile m)
- Baltimore Oriole - 22 (20m,2f)
- House Finch - 8 (4m,2f,2? - 1 nest)
- American Goldfinch - 26 (19m,4f,3?)
- House Sparrow - 30
- Unidentified Passerines - 8
III. REPTILES: 5 SPECIES.
- Common Snapping Turtle - 9
- Red-eared Turtle - 8
- Midland Painted Turtle - 287
- Eastern Spiny Softshell - 10
- Northern Water Snake - 1
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 5 SPECIES.
- American Toad - 3 (heard only)
- Northern Spring Peeper - 1 (heard only)
- Gray Treefrog - 8 (heard only)
- Bullfrog - 3
- Green Frog - 4 (heard only)
V. FISHES: 1 SPECIES.
- Creek Chub - 17
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 3 SPECIES.
- Cabbage Butterfly - 6
- Red-spotted Purple - 1
- Mourning Cloak - 1
Notes on the Lark Sparrow: the bird was a beautiful adult bird, first seen in the gravel driveway of the Everett Ranger Station, from the Towpath Trail. It flew up into a small tree, then flew east across the trail at Johnnycake Lock, into another tree. It then flew down into Szalay's unplowed corn field. It landed in a small patch of bare soil and I was able to obtain a distant photo of the bird since John Henry had brought along his Canon camera. This was at 1:25pm Saturday. I texted several other local birders of the find and Gene Kovach re-found the bird in the same area as of 3:10pm Saturday. A totally unexpected find for me, as I've never had this species in the Cuyahoga Valley, let alone Summit County.
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.
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