FEBRUARY 07, 2015 - Cuyahoga Valley Towpath Trail Census.HIKE: Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Rd. TIME: 7:10am-3:55pm TEMP.: 25-41COND.: Cloudy early with a light south wind; turning partly sunny with light west wind;turning cloudy again & warming up; trail conditions poor at best with 6" to 8" of snow.FT.MI.: 13.0 OBS.: John Henry & Douglas W. Vogus.I. MAMMALS: 3 SPECIES.
   - Eastern Fox Squirrel - 1

   - Red Squirrel - 6
   - White-tailed Deer - 3 (doe)
BIRDS: 41 SPECIES.(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
   - Canada Goose -79

   - American Black Duck - 24 (13m,11f)
   - Mallard - 252 (150m,102f)
   - Common Merganser - 35 (24m,11f)
   - Bald Eagle - 3 (2 adults, 1 immature)
   - Cooper's Hawk - 2 (1m, 1 immature m - Tied Census High on 11 occasions)
   - Red-shouldered Hawk - 2
   - Red-tailed Hawk - 4 (1 immature)
   - Virginia Rail - 1
   - American Coot - 1
   - Ring-billed Gull - 427
   - Herring Gull - 14
   - Rock Pigeon - 15
   - Eastern Screech-Owl - 2 (gray morph - Tied Census High on 3 occasions)
   - Belted Kingfisher - 2 (*)
   - Red-bellied Woodpecker - 19 (5m,6f,2?,6*)
   - Downy Woodpecker - 18 (4m,2f,3?,9*)
   - Hairy Woodpecker - 6 (1m,2f,3*)
   - Northern Flicker - 1 (*)
   - Pileated Woodpecker - 4 (3?,1*)
   - Peregrine Falcon - 1 (m)
   - Blue Jay - 30
   - American Crow - 108
   - Black-capped Chickadee - 27
   - Tufted Titmouse - 24
   - White-breasted Nuthatch - 15 (6m,1f,1?,7*)
   - Carolina Wren - 2
   - Eastern Bluebird - 12 (7m,3f,2?)
   - American Robin - 12
   - European Starling - 76
   - Eastern Towhee - 2 (1m,1*)
   - American Tree Sparrow - 13
   - Song Sparrow - 13
   - Swamp Sparrow - 1
   - White-throated Sparrow - 8
   - Dark-eyed Junco - 12 (7m,5f)
   - Northern Cardinal - 42 (26m,13f,3*)
   - Brown-headed Cowbird - 2 (1m,1f)
   - House Finch - 2 (1m,1?)
   - American Goldfinch - 2
   - House Sparrow - 15
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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