AUGUST 04, 2012 - Cuyahoga Valley National Park & Metro Parks, Serving Summit County Monthly Towpath Trail Census.
HIKE: Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Rd. TIME: 5:50am-12:50pm TEMP.: 67-87 COND.: Mostly sunny & warm.
FT. MI.: 13.0 OBS.: John Henry & Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 3 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Chipmunk - 8
2. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 2
3. Red Squirrel - 6
II. BIRDS: 55 SPECIES.
(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed.)
1. Canada Goose - 24
2. Wood Duck - 9 (3m,3f,2?,1 juvenile)
3. Mallard - 2 (1f,1*)
4. Great Blue Heron - 8
5. Green Heron - 9 (5 adult, 4 juvenile - 1 juvenile with broken left wing)
6. Turkey Vulture - 4
7. Bald Eagle - 2 (adults - 1 adult broke a dead branch off of a cottonwood & flew away with it)
8. Red-tailed Hawk - 3 (1 juvenile)
9. Killdeer - 2
10. Spotted Sandpiper - 1
11. Rock Pigeon - 13
12. Mourning Dove - 3
13. Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 2
14. Black-billed Cuckoo - 1
15. Chimney Swift - 8
16. Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2 (?)
17. Belted Kingfisher - 4 (2m,1f,1?)
18. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 (1?,3*)
19. Hairy Woodpecker - 1 (*)
20. Northern Flicker - 1 (?)
21. Pileated Woodpecker - 1 (*)
22. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 4
23. Acadian Flycatcher - 1
24. Eastern Phoebe - 2
25. Great Crested Flycatcher - 2
26. Eastern Kingbird - 2
27. Warbling Vireo - 2
28. Red-eyed Vireo - 3
29. Blue Jay - 14
30. American Crow - 11
31. Tree Swallow - 21
32. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1
33. Barn Swallow - 4
34. Black-capped Chickadee - 7
35. Tufted Titmouse - 8
36. White-breasted Nuthatch - 5 (1m,4*)
37. Carolina Wren - 4
38. House Wren - 1
39. Eastern Bluebird - 4 (?)
40. American Robin - 41
41. Gray Catbird - 13
42. European Starling - 744
43. Cedar Waxwing - 9
44. Common Yellowthroat - 5 (3m,1f,1*)
45. Hooded Warbler - 2 (1m,1*)
46. Yellow Warbler - 3 (2m,1f)
47. Chipping Sparrow - 3
48. Song Sparrow - 11
49. Swamp Sparrow - 1
50. Northern Cardinal - 27 (16m,3f,6*,2 juv. *)
51. Indigo Bunting - 4 (3m,1*)
52. Red-winged Blackbird - 31 (6m,3f,20?,2 juv.)
53. Common Grackle - 316
54. American Goldfinch - 21 (13m,2f,3?,4*)
55. House Sparrow - 14
III. REPTILES: 3 SPECIES.
1. Common Snapping Turtle - 2
2. Midland Painted Turtle - 15
3. Eastern Spiny Softshell - 1
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 2 SPECIES.
1. Bullfrog - 7
2. Green Frog - 4
V. FISHES: 6 SPECIES.
1. Common Carp - 2
2. Creek Chub - 23
3. Northern Hog Sucker - 5
4. Largemouth Bass - 2
5. Bluegill - 2
6. Redear Sunfish - 9
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 5 SPECIES. 
1. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 4
2. Cabbage Butterfly - 13
3. Clouded Sulphur - 1
4. Red-spotted Purple - 2
5. Silver-spotted Skipper - 3
VII. WILDFLOWER (of note)
1. Cardinal-flower

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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