AUGUST 08, 2010 - Cuyahoga Valley National Park & Metro Parks, Serving Summit County
Monthly Towpath Trail Census.
HIKE: Towpath Trail from Red Lock south to Merriman Rd.
TIME: 6:00am-12:40pm TEMP.: 59-88-86 COND.: Low fog until 7:00am; turning hot, sunny with blue skies; winds light and variable.
FT.MI.: 13.0 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 8 SPECIES.
1. Little Brown Myotis - 3
2. Big Brown Bat - 1
3. Coyote - 1
4. Eastern Chipmunk - 24
5. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 2
6. Red Squirrel - 5
7. Eastern Cottontail - 1
8. White-tailed Deer - 13 (6-pt.,3-pt,spike buck,6 doe,2 fawn,2 unknown)
II. BIRDS: 60 SPECIES.
(NOTE: ?= bird was seen but not sexed; *= bird was heard calling but not sexed)
1. Canada Goose - 8
2. Wood Duck - 14 (5m,1juv.m,7f,1duckling)
3. Mallard - 6 (3m,3f)
4. Great Blue Heron - 6
5. Green Heron - 1
6. Turkey Vulture - 3
7. Red-tailed Hawk - 5 (1 juvenile)
8. Peregrine Falcon - 1 (juvenile f)
9. Spotted Sandpiper - 2
10. Rock Pigeon - 15
11. Mourning Dove - 13 (1 on nest)
12. Chimney Swift - 12
13. Belted Kingfisher - 3 (1f,2*)
14. Red-headed Woodpecker - 3 (2 juvenile)
15. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 9 (*)
16. Downy Woodpecker - 10 (1m,1f,8*)
17. Hairy Woodpecker - 2 (*)
18. Northern Flicker - 5 (1?,4*)
19. Pileated Woodpecker - 2 (*)
20. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 9
21. Acadian Flycatcher - 2
22. Eastern Phoebe - 6
23. Great Crested Flycatcher - 2
24. Eastern Kingbird - 2
25. White-eyed Vireo - 1
26. Yellow-throated Vireo - 1
27. Warbling Vireo - 2
28. Red-eyed Vireo - 4
29. Blue Jay - 19
30. American Crow - 9
31. Tree Swallow - 5
32. Barn Swallow - 4
33. Black-capped Chickadee - 26
34. Tufted Titmouse - 19
35. White-breasted Nuthatch - 11 (1m,1f,9*)
36. Carolina Wren - 4
37. House Wren - 2
38. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2 (?)
39. Eastern Bluebird - 6 (1m,1f,4 juvenile)
40. American Robin - 67 (4 juvenile)
41. Gray Catbird - 19
42. European Starling - 19
43. Cedar Waxwing - 41 (2 juvenile)
44. Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 (f)
45. Yellow-throated Warbler - 2 (m)
46. Common Yellowthroat - 13 (4m,9*)
47. Scarlet Tanager - 3 (1f,2*)
48. Eastern Towhee - 1 (*)
49. Chipping Sparrow - 3 (1 juvenile)
50. Song Sparrow - 21 (4 juvenile)
51. Swamp Sparrow - 5
52. Northern Cardinal - 57 (29m,8f,16*,4* juv.)
53. Indigo Bunting - 10 (9m,1*)
54. Red-winged Blackbird - 10 (1m,4f,4?,1 juv.)
55. Common Grackle - 31
56. Brown-headed Cowbird - 3 (1m,2f)
57. Baltimore Oriole - 1 (m)
58. House Finch - 1 (*)
59. American Goldfinch - 40 (20m,1f,8?,11*)
60. House Sparrow - 8
III. REPTILES: 2 SPECIES.
1. Midland Painted Turtle - 26
2. Eastern Spiny Softshell - 6
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 3 SPECIES.
1. Gray Treefrog - 2 (*)
2. Bullfrog - 6
3. Green Frog - 14
V. FISHES: 4 SPECIES.
1. Common Carp - 4
2. Creek Chub - 8
3. Largemouth Bass - 7
4. Bluegill - 23
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 6 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 9
2. Cabbage Butterfly - 27
3. Clouded Sulphur - 3
4. Summer Azure - 1
5. Pearl Crescent - 3
6. Question Mark - 3
 
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio. 




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