APRIL 06, 2012 - Cuyahoga Valley National Park & Metro Parks, Serving Summit County Monthly Towpath Trail Census.
HIKE: Red Lock Trailhead to Merriman Rd. TIME: 7:15am-4:00pm TEMP.: 29-57-52 
COND.: Chilly & foggy early; fog burning off, sunny, beautiful with blue skies, breezy; wind NW at 5-10mph.
FT.MI.: 13.0 OBS.: Dan Fish (Red Lock to Lock 29 in Peninsula), John Henry, Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 6 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Chipmunk - 1
2. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 7
3. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 8
4. Red Squirrel - 8
5. Muskrat - 1
6. White-tailed Deer - 42
II. BIRDS: 57 SPECIES.
(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
1. Canada Goose - 49 (2 nests)
2. Wood Duck - 15 (9m,6f)
3. Mallard - 22 (19m,3f)
4. Wild Turkey - 1 (?)
5. Double-crested Cormorant - 28 (1 flock headed north)
6. Great Blue Heron - 11
7. Turkey Vulture - 9
8. Bald Eagle - 2 (adults flying together)
9. Cooper's Hawk - 1 (immature female)
10. Red-tailed Hawk - 5
11. Peregrine Falcon - 1 (male - Ohio Turnpike)
12. American Coot - 3
13. Killdeer - 2
14. Herring Gull - 2
15. Rock Pigeon - 10
16. Mourning Dove - 9
17. Belted Kingfisher - 4 (2m,2*)
18. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 9 (5m,1?,3*)
19. Downy Woodpecker - 11 (3m,3f,5?)
20. Hairy Woodpecker - 1 (?)
21. Northern Flicker - 7 (1m,1f,1?,4*)
22. Pileated Woodpecker - 2 (*)
23. Eastern Phoebe - 6
24. Blue Jay - 17
25. American Crow - 54
26. Tree Swallow - 9
27. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1
28. Black-capped Chickadee - 27
29. Tufted Titmouse - 12
30. White-breasted Nuthatch - 8 (3m,5*)
31. Brown Creeper - 2
32. Carolina Wren - 6
33. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 21 (4m,4f,11?,2*)
34. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3 (?)
35. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 (?)
36. Eastern Bluebird - 5 (2m,3f)
37. American Robin - 42 (1 nest)
38. Brown Thrasher - 1
39. European Starling - 20
40. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
41. Eastern Towhee - 2 (1m,1*)
42. American Tree Sparrow - 1
43. Chipping Sparrow - 3
44. Field Sparrow - 4
45. Fox Sparrow - 1
46. Song Sparrow - 45
47. Swamp Sparrow - 8
48. White-throated Sparrow - 16
49. Dark-eyed Junco - 1 (m)
50. Northern Cardinal - 47 (24m,17f,6*)
51. Red-winged Blackbird - 37 (28m,1f,8?)
52. Rusty Blackbird - 3 (1m,1f,1*)
53. Common Grackle - 55
54. Brown-headed Cowbird - 6 (5m,1f)
55. House Finch - 5 (2m,2f,1* - 1 nest)
56. American Goldfinch - 13
57. House Sparrow - 13
III. REPTILES: 2 SPECIES.
1. Common Snapping Turtle - 1
2. Midland Painted Turtle - 47
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 3 SPECIES.
1. Northern Spring Peeper - 2 (heard)
2. Bullfrog - 2
3. Green Frog - 2
V. FISHES: 2 SPECIES.
1. Creek Chub - many
2. Largemouth Bass - 1
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 3 SPECIES.
1. Cabbage Butterfly - 9
2. Mourning Cloak - 1
3. Red Admiral - 7

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.


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