MAY 07, 2011 - Cuyahoga Valley National Park Monthly Towpath Trail Census.
HIKE: Red Lock south to Merriman Rd. TIME: 6:05am-2:40pm TEMP.: 44-66-64
COND.: Cloudy & cool early changing to clouds/sun mix; then mostly cloudy with light sprinkles last 40 minutes. FT.MI.: 13.0
OBS.: Pete McNeil, Douglas W. Vogus & Michelle Zager.
I. MAMMALS: 5 SPECIES.
1. Coyote - 2 (one tagged & collared)
2. Eastern Chipmunk - 29
3. Red Squirrel - 5
4. Eastern Cottontail - 1
5. White-tailed Deer - 11
II. BIRDS: 90 SPECIES, 1 Exotic/Escape (e).
(NOTE: ?= bird was seen but not sexed; *= bird was heard calling but not sexed)
1. Canada Goose - 41
e. Greylag Goose - 1
2. Wood Duck - 2 (1m,1f)
3. Mallard - 7 (6m,1f)
4. Double-crested Cormorant - 7
5. Great Blue Heron - 12
6. Turkey Vulture - 12
7. Osprey - 1
8. Bald Eagle - 1 (adult)
9. Broad-winged Hawk - 1
10. Red-tailed Hawk - 5
11. Peregrine Falcon - 1 (m)
12. Virginia Rail - 1
13. Killdeer - 3
14. Spotted Sandpiper - 2
15. Solitary Sandpiper - 2
16. Ring-billed Gull - 2
17. Rock Pigeon - 1
18. Mourning Dove - 11
19. Chimney Swift - 10
20. Belted Kingfisher - 1 (m)
21. Red-headed Woodpecker - 1
22. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 8 (1m,2?,5*)
23. Downy Woodpecker - 9 (1m,3f,2?,3*)
24. Hairy Woodpecker - 2 (1f,1?)
25. Northern Flicker - 8 (2m,1f,5*,1 nest)
26. Pileated Woodpecker - 3 (*)
27. Eastern Phoebe - 4
28. Great Crested Flycatcher - 4
29. Eastern Kingbird - 4
30. White-eyed Vireo - 4
31. Yellow-throated Vireo - 6
32. Warbling Vireo - 10
33. Red-eyed Vireo - 1
34. Blue Jay - 15
35. American Crow - 6
36. Tree Swallow - 4
37. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 7
38. Barn Swallow - 6
39. Black-capped Chickadee - 21
40. Tufted Titmouse - 10
41. White-breasted Nuthatch - 5 (2m,3*)
42. Carolina Wren - 1
43. House Wren - 8
44. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 (?)
45. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 14 (2m,1f,3?,8*)
46. Eastern Bluebird - 1 (m)
47. American Robin - 32 (1 nest w/2 chicks)
48. Gray Catbird - 18
49. European Starling - 13
50. Blue-winged Warbler - 2 (m)
51. Nashville Warbler - 2 (m)
52. Northern Parula - 1 (m)
53. Yellow Warbler - 32 (26m,6f)
54. Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 (m)
55. Magnolia Warbler - 1 (m)
56. Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 (m)
57. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 17 (5m,11f,1*)
58. Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 (m)
59. Blackburnian Warbler - 1 (m)
60. Yellow-throated Warbler - 4 (m)
61. Palm Warbler - 6
62. Blackpoll Warbler - 1 (m)
63. Cerulean Warbler - 2 (m)
64. Black-and-white Warbler - 4 (m)
65. American Redstart - 6 (m)
66. Prothonotary Warbler - 2 (m)
67. Ovenbird - 2
68. Northern Waterthrush - 2
69. Common Yellowthroat - 18 (m)
70. Hooded Warbler - 2 (m)
71. Scarlet Tanager - 1 (m)
72. Eastern Towhee - 3 (m)
73. Chipping Sparrow - 7
74. Field Sparrow - 2
75. Song Sparrow - 27
76. Swamp Sparrow - 7
77. White-throated Sparrow - 2
78. White-crowned Sparrow - 5
79. Northern Cardinal - 31 (25m,3f,3*)
80. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 25 (18m,4f,3*)
81. Indigo Bunting - 4 (m)
82. Red-winged Blackbird - 67 (57m,10f)
83. Rusty Blackbird - 20 (1m,1f,18 mixed flock)
84. Common Grackle - 28
85. Brown-headed Cowbird - 11 (9m,2f)
86. Orchard Oriole - 7 (4m,2 imm. m,1f)
87. Baltimore Oriole - 19 (18m,1f)
88. House Finch - 3 (*)
89. American Goldfinch - 20 (14m,4f,1?,1*)
90. House Sparrow - 15
III. REPTILES: 4 SPECIES.
1. Common Snapping Turtle - 1
2. Midland Painted Turtle - 187
3. Northern Water Snake - 1
4. Eastern Garter Snake - 3
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 5 SPECIES.
1. Northern Spring Peeper - 2 (*)
2. Western Chorus Frog - 2 (*)
3. Gray Treefrog - 1 (*)
4. Bullfrog - 3
5. Green Frog - 5
V. FISHES: 2 SPECIES.
1. Creek Chub - 4
2. Hornyhead Chub - 1
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 3 SPECIES.
1. Cabbage Butterfly - 6
2. Question Mark - 1
3. Red Admiral - 1
 
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio. 

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