SEPTEMBER 16, 2016 - CUYAHOGA VALLEY TOWPATH TRAIL.HIKE: Merriman Valley north to Ira Beaver Marsh. TIME: 6:55am-10:20am TEMP.: 55~64COND.: Cool early, turning sunny with blue skies. FT.MI.: 4.50 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 3 SPECIES.
   
   - Eastern Chipmunk - 19   

   - Red Squirrel - 13
   - Eastern Cottontail - 2

II. BIRDS: 50 SPECIES.(NOTE: m = male; f = female; ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
   
   - Canada Goose - 9   

   - Wood Duck - 7 (2m,5f)
   - Mallard - 2 (1m,1?)
   - Great Blue Heron - 2
   - Green Heron - 1 (immature)
   - Virginia Rail - 1 (photo below)
   - Mourning Dove - 1
   - Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 (actively hunting at Lock 25)
   - Chimney Swift - 12
   - Belted Kingfisher - 1 (*)
   - Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6 (1m,1f,1?,3*)
   - Downy Woodpecker - 10 (1m,3f,2?,4*)
   - Hairy Woodpecker - 6 (1?5*)
   - Northern Flicker - 7 (1m,1f,5*)
   - Pileated Woodpecker - 3 (*)
   - American Kestrel - 1 (male at the A.W.P.C.S. that caught a Chimney Swift in midair)
   - Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
   - Eastern Phoebe - 3
   - Yellow-throated Vireo - 3
   - Warbling Vireo - 1
   - Blue Jay - 26
   - American Crow - 13
   - Black-capped Chickadee - 14
   - Tufted Titmouse - 6
   - White-breasted Nuthatch - 8 (1m,1f,6*)
   - House Wren - 2
   - Carolina Wren - 4
   - Eastern Bluebird - 2 (*)
   - American Robin - 41
   - Gray Catbird - 22
   - European Starling - 60
   - Cedar Waxwing - 83
   - Northern Waterthrush - 1 (on a sandbar along the Cuyahoga River)
   - Common Yellowthroat - 4 (3m,1f)
   - Hooded Warbler - 2 (m)
   - Northern Parula - 1 (m)
   - Bay-breasted Warbler - 2 (m)
   - Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 (f)
   - Blackpoll Warbler - 1 (m)
   - Unidentified Warbler Fly-overs - 3
   - Eastern Towhee - 1 (m)
   - Song Sparrow - 8
   - Swamp Sparrow - 1
   - Northern Cardinal - 17 (4m,5f,8*)
   - Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3 (1m,2*)
   - Indigo Bunting - 1 (*)
   - Red-winged Blackbird - 8 (4m,4f)
   - Common Grackle - 20
   - House Finch - 5 (1m,4*)
   - American Goldfinch - 11 (3m,3f,5*)
   - House Sparrow - 23
   - Unidentified Passerines - 13

III. AMPHIBIANS: 1 SPECIES.
   
   - Northern Spring Peeper - 4 (heard only)   


IV. FISHES: 1 SPECIES.
   
   - Pumpkinseed - 8   


Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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