JUNE 05, 2010 - Cuyahoga Valley National Park & Metro Parks, Serving Summit County
Monhtly Towpath Trail Census.
HIKE: Towpath Trail from Red Lock south to Merriman Rd.
TIME: 6:30am-1:45pm TEMP.: 65-82-74 COND.: Overcast until 7:15am, then clouds/sun mix until 9:00am, then turning cloudy; clouds/sun mix from 9:25am on, breezy with west winds from 11:00am on, then turning cloudy again with sprinkles at 1:20pm changing to steady rain from 1:35pm-1:45pm. 
FT.MI.: 13.0 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 4 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Chipmunk - 65
2. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 1
3. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 4
4. Red Squirrel - 11
II. BIRDS: 80 SPECIES.
(NOTE: ?= bird was seen but not sexed; *= bird was heard calling but not sexed)
1. Canada Goose - 19 (9 goslings)
2. Wood Duck - 8 (1f,1?,6 ducklings)
3. Mallard - 20 (6m,4f,3?,1*,6 ducklings)
4. Great Blue Heron - 13
5. Turkey Vulture - 10
6. Cooper's Hawk - 1 (f)
7. Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 (carrying a bullfrog)
8. Red-tailed Hawk - 2
9. Peregrine Falcon - 1 (f)
10. Killdeer - 4
11. Spotted Sandpiper - 2
12. Rock Pigeon - 3
13. Mourning Dove - 14
14. Eastern Screech-Owl - 1 (gray phase)
15. Chimney Swift - 11
16. Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3 (1m,1f,1*)
17. Belted Kingfisher - 4 (1m,1?,2*)
18. Red-headed Woodpecker - 2
19. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 10 (2m,2f,1?,5* - 1 nest in elm tree)
20. Downy Woodpecker - 18 (5f,11 juveniles,2*)
21. Hairy Woodpecker - 2 (1f,1*)
22. Northern Flicker - 6 (1m,5*)
23. Pileated Woodpecker - 3 (*)
24. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 11
25. Acadian Flycatcher - 4
26. Willow Flycatcher - 1
27. Eastern Phoebe - 1 (feeding 2 juv. cowbirds)
28. Great Crested Flycatcher - 10
29. Eastern Kingbird - 4
30. White-eyed Vireo - 2
31. Yellow-throated Vireo - 4
32. Blue-headed Vireo - 1
33. Warbling Vireo - 22
34. Red-eyed Vireo - 15
35. Blue Jay - 11
36. American Crow - 4
37. Tree Swallow - 4
38. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 3
39. Barn Swallow - 6
40. Black-capped Chickadee - 30 (10 juveniles)
41. Tufted Titmouse - 20 (3 juveniles)
42. White-breasted Nuthatch - 14 (2m,1f,2 juveniles,1?,7*)
43. Brown Creeper - 1 (singing on territory)
44. Carolina Wren - 3
45. House Wren - 7
46. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 11 (2m,1f,2?,6* - 1 building nest)
47. Eastern Bluebird - 10 (3m,1f,6 juveniles)
48. Veery - 6
49. Wood Thrush - 1
50. American Robin - 58 (1 building nest,3 juveniles)
51. Gray Catbird - 35
52. European Starling - 29
53. Cedar Waxwing - 41 (5 nests - sycamore:3, green ash:1, sugar maple:1)
54. Blue-winged Warbler - 2 (m)
55. Northern Parula - 1 (m - Deep Lock area)
56. Yellow Warbler - 38 (35m,3f)
57. Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 (m)
58. Yellow-throated Warbler - 3 (m)
59. Cerulean Warbler - 3 (m)
60. American Redstart - 13 (2 adult m,4 immature m,7*m)
61. Prothonotary Warbler - 1 (m)
62. Common Yellowthroat - 31 (30m,1f)
63. Hooded Warbler - 4 (m)
64. Scarlet Tanager - 7 (6m,1f)
65. Eastern Towhee - 4 (3m,1*)
66. Chipping Sparrow - 10
67. Field Sparrow - 3
68. Song Sparrow - 78 (1 pair feeding juv. cowbird)
69. Swamp Sparrow - 10
70. Northern Cardinal - 52 (33m,3f,6*,10 juveniles,1 nest)
71. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 17 (13m,3f,1* - 1 female building nest)
72. Indigo Bunting - 18 (17m,1f)
73. Red-winged Blackbird - 51 (35m,13f,3 juveniles,1 nest)
74. Common Grackle - 29 (1 juvenile)
75. Brown-headed Cowbird - 16 (12m,2f,4 juveniles)
76. Orchard Oriole - 4 (2 adult m,2*m)
77. Baltimore Oriole - 21 (19m,2f)
78. House Finch - 9 (1m,1f,3?,4*)
79. American Goldfinch - 31 (7m,6f,6?,8*)
80. House Sparrow - 18
III. REPTILES: 4 SPECIES.
1. Common Snapping Turtle - 1
2. Midland Painted Turtle - 15
3. Eastern Spiny Softshell - 11
4. Eastern Garter Snake - 1
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 4 SPECIES.
1. American Toad - 1
2. Gray Treefrog - 1 (*)
3. Bullfrog - 6
4. Green Frog - 18
V. FISHES: 2 SPECIES.
1. Common Carp - 4
2. Bluegill - 3
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 8 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 4
2. Cabbage Butterfly - 64
3. Spring Azure - 9
4. Pearl Crescent - 8
5. Red-spotted Purple - 3
6. Little Wood Satyr - 11
7. Monarch - 1
8. European Skipper - 1
 
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.  




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