APRIL 02, 2011 - Cuyahoga Valley National Park Monthly Towpath Trail Census.
HIKE: Red Lock south to Merriman Rd. TIME: 7:30am-2:55pm TEMP.: 35-53-49
COND.: Chilly early; clouds/sun mix turning mostly sunny; cloudy with light west winds
from 11:30am on.
FT.MI.: 13.0 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 5 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Chipmunk - 3
2. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 2 (1 black phase)
3. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 3
4. Red Squirrel - 4
5. White-tailed Deer - 10
II. BIRDS: 50 SPECIES, 1 Exotic/Escape (e).
(NOTE: ?= bird was seen but not sexed; *= bird was heard calling but not sexed)
1. Canada Goose - 99
e. Greylag Goose - 1
2. Wood Duck - 14 (7m,6f,1*)
3. Mallard - 30 (16m,12f,2*)
4. Common Loon - 4 (fly-overs south of Bath Rd. - 2 headed northeast & 2 headed north)
5. Great Blue Heron - 3
6. Turkey Vulture - 29
7. Cooper's Hawk - 1 (m)
8. Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
9. Red-tailed Hawk - 6
10. Peregrine Falcon - 1 (m - eating a starling or grackle)
11. American Coot - 1
12. Killdeer - 6
13. Spotted Sandpiper - 1
14. Herring Gull - 1
15. Rock Pigeon - 3
16. Mourning Dove - 17
17. Belted Kingfisher - 6 (3m,1f,2*)
18. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 16 (3m,3f,10*)
19. Downy Woodpecker - 20 (8m,7f,5*)
20. Hairy Woodpecker - 6 (4m,1f,1*)
21. Northern Flicker - 4 (1m,4*)
22. Pileated Woodpecker - 7 (*)
23. Eastern Phoebe - 6
24. Blue Jay - 34
25. American Crow - 31
26. Tree Swallow - 17
27. Black-capped Chickadee - 55
28. Tufted Titmouse - 33
29. White-breasted Nuthatch - 14 (5m,1f,4?,4*)
30. Brown Creeper - 1
31. Carolina Wren - 3
32. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2 (1m,1?)
33. Eastern Bluebird - 4 (2m,2*)
34. American Robin - 76
35. European Starling - 23
36. Cedar Waxwing - 5
37. American Tree Sparrow - 12
38. Field Sparrow - 1
39. Song Sparrow - 72
40. Swamp Sparrow - 2
41. White-throated Sparrow - 12
42. Dark-eyed Junco - 7 (4m,3f)
43. Northern Cardinal - 66 (48m,12f,6*)
44. Red-winged Blackbird - 68 (66m,2f)
45. Rusty Blackbird - 34 (26m,8f)
46. Common Grackle - 52
47. Brown-headed Cowbird - 15 (12m,3f)
48. House Finch - 13 (5m,5f,1?,2*)
49. American Goldfinch - 21
50. House Sparrow - 19
III. REPTILES: 1 SPECIES.
1. Midland Painted Turtle - 76
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 1 SPECIES.
1. Northern Spring Peeper - 1 (*)
 
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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