SEPTEMBER 05, 2015 - Cuyahoga Valley Monthly Towpath Trail CensusHIKE: Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Valley.TIME: 7:30am-4:00pm TEMP.: 67-87 COND.: Warm, turning sunny, hot & humid.FT.MI.: 13.0 OBS.: John Henry & Douglas W. Vogus.I. MAMMALS: 6 SPECIES.
   - Eastern Chipmunk - 29

   - Eastern Gray Squirrel - 3
   - Eastern Fox Squirrel - 1
   - Red Squirrel - 13
   - Muskrat - 1
   - White-tailed Deer - 1 (doe)
II. BIRDS: 58 SPECIES.(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not seen)
   - Canada Goose - 32

   - Wood Duck - 23 (8m,15f)
   - Mallard - 11 (3m,3f,5?)
   - Great Blue Heron - 5
   - Green Heron - 6 (3 immature)
   - Turkey Vulture - 11
   - Bald Eagle - 1 (adult)
   - Broad-winged Hawk - 2 (1 immature) (First September Record & Tied Census High on 06/2012 & 08/2013)
   - Red-tailed Hawk - 5 (1 immature)
   - Killdeer - 12
   - Spotted Sandpiper - 1
   - Solitary Sandpiper - 4
   - Least Sandpiper - 1 (along river at Stumpy Basin - 8 photos taken) (New Bird on Census - now at 176 Species since 01/01/2010)
   - Rock Pigeon - 2
   - Mourning Dove - 7
   - Chimney Swift - 35
   - Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3 (1f,2?)
   - Belted Kingfisher - 2 (*)
   - Red-headed Woodpecker - 4 (1 immature) (New Census High - previous was 3 on 07/2010, 08/2010, 07/2012 & 05/2014)
   - Red-bellied Woodpecker - 9 (4m,2f,1?,1 immature,1*)
   - Downy Woodpecker - 5 (2f,3*)
   - Hairy Woodpecker - 3 (1f,2?)
   - Northern Flicker - 9 (3m,1f,2?,3*)
   - Pileated Woodpecker - 3 (*)
   - Eastern Wood-Pewee - 3
   - Eastern Phoebe - 3
   - Eastern Kingbird - 1 (First September Record)
   - Yellow-throated Vireo - 1
   - Warbling Vireo - 13
   - Blue Jay - 31
   - American Crow - 10
   - Purple Martin - 3 (First September Record & New Census High - previous was 2 on 08/2014)
   - Tree Swallow - 24
   - Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 5
   - Barn Swallow - 3
   - Black-capped Chickadee - 19
   - Tufted Titmouse - 9
   - White-breasted Nuthatch - 10 (2m,1f,1?,6*)
   - Carolina Wren - 4
   - Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 (?)
   - Eastern Bluebird - 3 (1f,2 immature)
   - Veery - 1 (First September Record)
   - American Robin - 16
   - Gray Catbird - 18
   - European Starling - 16
   - Cedar Waxwing - 9
   - Common Yellowthroat - 7 (1m,1 immature m,2f,3*)
   - Hooded Warbler - 1 (immature m)
   - Blackpoll Warbler - 1 (m)
   - Eastern Towhee - 1 (m)
   - Song Sparrow - 5
   - Swamp Sparrow - 1
   - Northern Cardinal - 20 (4m,3f,12*,1 immature*)
   - Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 (immature m)
   - Red-winged Blackbird - 29 (24m,4f,1?)
   - Common Grackle - 4
   - House Finch - 4 (1f,2?,1*)
   - American Goldfinch - 23 (5m,4f,2?,12*)
III. REPTILES: 3 SPECIES.
   - Common Snapping Turtle - 1

   - Midland Painted Turtle - 45
   - Eastern Spiny Softshell - 2
AMPHIBIANS: 4 SPECIES.
   - Northern Spring Peeper - 6 (heard)

   - Gray Treefrog - 1 (heard)
   - Bullfrog - 5
   - Green Frog - 4
FISHES: 4 SPECIES.
   - Common Carp - 10

   - Creek Chub - 33
   - Common Shiner - 100+ (Ira Beaver Marsh)
   - Bluegill - 14
BUTTERFLIES: 8 SPECIES.
   - Cabbage Butterfly - 29

   - Summer Azure - 6
   - Great Spangled Fritillary - 1
   - Pearl Crescent - 2
   - Red-spotted Purple - 1
   - Monarch - 3
   - Wild Indigo Dusky Wing - 1
   - Least Skipper - 1
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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