SEPTEMBER 03, 2011 - Cuyahoga Valley National Park & Metro Parks, Serving Summit County Monthly Towpath Trail Census.
HIKE: Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Rd. TIME: 6:40am-12:30pm TEMP.: 67-95-94 
COND.: Foggy early, burning off & giving way to sunny, hot & humid.
FT.MI.: 13.0 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 7 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Chipmunk - 34
2. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 1 (black phase)
3. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 2
4. Red Squirrel - 7
5. Beaver - 1
6. Muskrat - 1
7. White-tailed Deer - 11 (8 doe,3 fawn)
II. BIRDS: 52 SPECIES.
(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not seen)
1. Canada Goose - 22
2. Wood Duck - 10 (4m,6f)
3. Double-crested Cormorant - 34
4. Great Blue Heron - 5
5. Green Heron - 1 (immature)
6. Turkey Vulture - 5
7. Cooper's Hawk - 2 (1m,1 juv. f)
8. Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
9. Red-tailed Hawk - 2
10. Virginia Rail - 1
11. Killdeer - 4
12. Spotted Sandpiper - 1
13. Rock Pigeon - 30
14. Mourning Dove - 3
15. Chimney Swift - 42
16. Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 4 (1m,2f,1?)
17. Belted Kingfisher - 5 (2m,1f,2?)
18. Red-headed Woodpecker - 1
19. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 7 (1m,1?,5*)
20. Downy Woodpecker - 7 (2?,5*)
21. Northern Flicker - 1 (*)
22. Pileated Woodpecker - 2 (*)
23. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 5
24. Acadian Flycatcher - 1
25. Eastern Phoebe - 1
26. Yellow-throated Vireo - 1
27. Warbling Vireo - 21
28. Red-eyed Vireo - 2
29. Blue Jay - 21
30. American Crow - 14
31. Tree Swallow - 10
32. Black-capped Chickadee - 13
33. Tufted Titmouse - 9
34. White-breasted Nuthatch - 12 (*)
35. Carolina Wren - 6
36. Eastern Bluebird - 1 (*)
37. American Robin - 17
38. Gray Catbird - 9
39. European Starling - 41
40. Cedar Waxwing - 9
41. Common Yellowthroat - 5 (1 juv. m,1f,1 juv. f,2*)
42. Hooded Warbler - 1 (m)
43. Scarlet Tanager - 3 (1m,2f)
44. Field Sparrow - 1
45. Song Sparrow - 5
46. Swamp Sparrow - 1
47. Northern Cardinal - 32 (9m,4f,13*,6 juv.*)
48. Red-winged Blackbird - 38 (36m,1?,1*)
49. Common Grackle - 14
50. House Finch - 2 (*)
51. American Goldfinch - 21 (3m,3f,2?,13*)
52. House Sparrow - 18
III. REPTILES: 2 SPECIES.
1. Midland Painted Turtle - 11
2. Eastern Spiny Softshell - 5
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 3 SPECIES.
1. Northern Spring Peeper - 8 (*)
2. Gray Treefrog - 3 (*)
3. Bullfrog - 1
V. FISHES: 2 SPECIES.
1. Common Carp - 4
2. Creek Chub - 24
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 4 SPECIES.
1. Cabbage Butterfly - 19
2. Clouded Sulphur - 2
3. Pearl Crescent - 6
4. Silver-spotted Skipper - 4
 
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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