MAY 08, 2010 - Cuyahoga Valley National Park Monthly Towpath Trail Census.
HIKE: Red Lock south to Merriman Rd. TIME: 7:00am-3:20pm TEMP.: 50-55-47
COND.: Cloudy and breezy early, light rain turning to steady rain from 9:30am to 10:45am; light rain from 12:30pm to 12:45pm; gusty and overcast the rest of day, front from the west.
FT.MI.: 13.0 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 8 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Chipmunk - 15
2. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 5 (2 black phase)
3. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 2
4. Red Squirrel - 5
5. Beaver - 1
6. Muskrat - 3
7. Eastern Cottontail - 1
8. White-tailed Deer - 2 (doe)
II. BIRDS: 86 SPECIES.
(NOTE: ?= bird was seen but not sexed; *= bird was heard calling but not seen)
1. Canada Goose - 51 (2 goslings)
>. Feral/Domestic "Barnyard Goose" - 1
2. Wood Duck - 6 (5m,1*)
3. Mallard - 27 (14m,4f,9 ducklings)
4. Great Blue Heron - 18
5. Great Egret - 1
6. Turkey Vulture - 12
7. Bald Eagle - 1 (adult)
8. Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
9. Broad-winged Hawk - 1
10. Red-tailed Hawk - 3
11. Killdeer - 9
12. Spotted Sandpiper - 3
13. Solitary Sandpiper - 3
14. Rock Pigeon - 2
15. Mourning Dove - 15
16. Chimney Swift - 20
17. Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 (?)
18. Belted Kingfisher - 2 (1f,1?)
19. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 10 (5m,1?,4*)
20. Downy Woodpecker - 10 (1m,2f,2?,5*)
21. Hairy Woodpecker - 2 (1m,1*)
22. Northern Flicker - 6 (1m,2f,1?,2*)
23. Pileated Woodpecker - 3 (1?,2*)
24. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 3
25. Eastern Phoebe - 2
26. Great Crested Flycatcher - 11
27. Eastern Kingbird - 3
28. White-eyed Vireo - 1
29. Yellow-throated Vireo - 3
30. Warbling Vireo - 11
31. Red-eyed Vireo - 17
32. Blue Jay - 21
33. American Crow - 49
34. Tree Swallow - 16
35. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 33
36. Bank Swallow - 8
37. Barn Swallow - 96
38. Black-capped Chickadee - 17
39. Tufted Titmouse - 7
40. White-breasted Nuthatch - 4 (2m,1?,1*)
41. Carolina Wren - 3
42. House Wren - 10
43. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 14 (2m,1f,2?,9*)
44. Eastern Bluebird - 4 (2m,2f)
45. Veery - 2
46. Wood Thrush - 1
47. American Robin - 63
48. Gray Catbird - 18
49. European Starling - 17
50. Blue-winged Warbler - 3 (m)
51. Tennessee Warbler - 4 (m)
52. Northern Parula - 1 (m)
53. Yellow Warbler - 48 (40m,5f,2?,1*)
54. Magnolia Warbler - 1 (m)
55. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 (1f,2*)
56. Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 (m)
57. Yellow-throated Warbler - 1 (m)
58. Cerulean Warbler - 1 (m)
59. Black-and-white Warbler - 2 (m)
60. American Redstart - 13 (all adult males)
61. Prothonotary Warbler - 2 (m)
62. Ovenbird - 1
63. Northern Waterthrush - 4
64. Common Yellowthroat - 24 (m)
65. Hooded Warbler - 9 (m)
66. Wilson's Warbler - 1 (m)
67. Scarlet Tanager - 9 (7m,1f,1*)
68. Eastern Towhee - 3 (m)
69. Chipping Sparrow - 11
70. Field Sparrow - 1
71. Song Sparrow - 61
72. Lincoln's Sparrow - 2
73. Swamp Sparrow - 6
74. White-throated Sparrow - 29
75. White-crowned Sparrow - 2
76. Northern Cardinal - 62 (42m,11f,9* - 1 nest)
77. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 31 (21m,8f,2*)
78. Indigo Bunting - 24 (m)
79. Red-winged Blackbird - 59 (45m,14f)
80. Common Grackle - 33
81. Brown-headed Cowbird - 12 (11m,1f)
82. Orchard Oriole - 3 (2m,1 imm. m)
83. Baltimore Oriole - 26 (24m,2f - 1f building nest)
84. House Finch - 8 (4m,2f,1?,1*)
85. American Goldfinch - 48 (31m,15f,2*)
86. House Sparrow - 11
III. REPTILES: 1 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Spiny Softshell - 1
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 3 SPECIES.
1. Northern Spring Peeper - 3 (*)
2. Green Frog - 2
3. Bullfrog - 1
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.
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