MARCH 02, 2012 - Cuyahoga Valley National Park & Metro Parks, Serving Summit County - Monthly Towpath Trail Census.
HIKE: Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Rd. TIME: 6:55am-1:50pm TEMP.: 30-56 COND.: Cloudy & calm; no snow cover.
FT.MI.: 13.0 OBS.: John Henry & Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 6 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Chipmunk - 7
2. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 3 (1 black phase)
3. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 10
4. Red Squirrel - 11
5. Meadow Vole - 1
6. White-tailed Deer - 11
II. BIRDS: 47 SPECIES, plus 1 EXOTIC.
(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
1. Canada Goose - 119
E. Greylag Goose - 1
2. Wood Duck - 6 (4m,2f)
3. Mallard - 19 (10m,8f,1*)
4. Ring-necked Duck - 4 (3m,1f)
5. Great Blue Heron - 42
6. Bald Eagle - 2 (1 adult,1 immature)
7. Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
8. Red-tailed Hawk - 3
9. Peregrine Falcon - 2 (1m,1f - Ohio Turnpike bridge pair)
10. American Coot - 1
11. Killdeer - 2
12. Ring-billed Gull - 2
13. Herring Gull - 1
14. Rock Pigeon - 21
15. Mourning Dove - 32
16. Belted Kingfisher - 3 (2?,1*)
17. Red-headed Woodpecker - 1 (Stanford Swamp)
18. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 21 (4m,3f,1?,13*)
19. Downy Woodpecker - 20 (7m,11f,1?,1*)
20. Hairy Woodpecker - 8 (2f,3?,3*)
21. Northern Flicker - 4 (2m,2*)
22. Pileated Woodpecker - 4 (1m,2?,1*)
23. Blue Jay - 34
24. American Crow - 58
25. Black-capped Chickadee - 38
26. Tufted Titmouse - 30
27. White-breasted Nuthatch - 14 (8m,2f,1?,3*)
28. Brown Creeper - 1
29. Carolina Wren - 1
30. Eastern Bluebird - 8 (3m,1f,4*)
31. American Robin - 25
32. European Starling - 41
33. Cedar Waxwing - 19
34. Eastern Towhee - 2 (f)
35. American Tree Sparrow - 9
36. Song Sparrow - 47
37. Swamp Sparrow - 1
38. White-throated Sparrow - 14
39. Dark-eyed Junco - 25 (7m,3f,15?)
40. Northern Cardinal - 84 (53m,26f,5*)
41. Red-winged Blackbird - 96 (65m,31?)
42. Rusty Blackbird - 2 (m)
43. Common Grackle - 91
44. Brown-headed Cowbird - 2 (m)
45. House Finch - 7 (2m,1f,4*)
46. American Goldfinch - 18
47. House Sparrow - 22

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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