MAR. 03, 2010 - Cuyahoga Valley National Park & Metro Parks, Serving Summit County
Monthly Towpath Trail Census
HIKE: Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Rd. TIME: 6:45am-3:00pm
TEMP.: 29-38 COND.: Cloudy until 9:45am, then clouds/sun mix until 1:00pm, then mostly cloudy. FT.MI.: 13.0 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 5 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Chipmunk - 12
2. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 1
3. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 16
4. Red Squirrel - 23
5. White-tailed Deer - 20
II. BIRDS: 47 SPECIES (plus 1 feral/domestic, 1 escape/exotic & 1 hybrid)
(NOTE: ?= bird was seen but not sexed; *= bird was heard but not seen)
1. Canada Goose - 231
>. Feral/Domestic "Barnyard" Goose - 1
>. Black Swan - 1
2. American Black Duck - 7 (4m,3f)
3. Mallard - 44 (26m,18f)
>. American Black Duck/Mallard hybrid - 1 (m)
4. Common Goldeneye - 1 (m)
5. Hooded Merganser - 1 (m)
6. Wild Turkey - 5 (?)
7. Great Blue Heron - 2
8. Bald Eagle - 1 (immature)
9. Cooper's Hawk - 2 (1m,1f)
10. Red-shouldered Hawk - 2
11. Red-tailed Hawk - 7
12. Peregrine Falcon - 1 (Ohio Turnpike bridge)
13. Ring-billed Gull - 40
14. Herring Gull - 1
15. Rock Pigeon - 20
16. Mourning Dove - 17
17. Belted Kingfisher - 6 (2m,3f,1*)
18. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 22 (6m,7f,3?,6*)
19. Downy Woodpecker - 31 (10m,11f,1?,9*)
20. Hairy Woodpecker - 11 (2m,4f,2?,3*)
21. Pileated Woodpecker - 9 (3m,2f,1?,3*)
22. Blue Jay - 37
23. American Crow - 47
24. Horned Lark - 16
25. Black-capped Chickadee - 64
26. Tufted Titmouse - 36
27. White-breasted Nuthatch - 29 (11m,6f,4?,8*)
28. Brown Creeper - 3
29. Carolina Wren - 4
30. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 6 (1m,5?)
31. Eastern Bluebird - 6 (3m,1f,2*)
32. American Robin - 61
33. European Starling - 192
34. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2
35. Eastern Towhee - 1 (f)
36. American Tree Sparrow - 12
37. Song Sparrow - 21
38. White-throated Sparrow - 13
39. Dark-eyed Junco - 9 (3m,4f,2?)
40. Northern Cardinal - 64 (26m,20f,18*)
41. Red-winged Blackbird - 12 (7m,4?,1*)
42. Common Grackle - 46
43. Brown-headed Cowbird - 15 (7m,8f)
44. Purple Finch - 2 (m)
45. House Finch - 19 (5m,4f,3?,7*)
46. American Goldfinch - 12
47. House Sparrow - 27

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.




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