DECEMBER 01, 2012 - Cuyahoga Valley National Park & Metro Parks, Serving Summit County Monthly Towpath Trail Census.
HIKE: Red Lock south to Merriman Rd. TEMP.: 30-57 COND.: Crisp early, warming up, clouds/sun mix all day.
FT.MI.: 13.0 OBS.: John Henry & Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 7 SPECIES.
1. Shorttail Shrew - 2
2. Eastern Chipmunk - 1
3. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 4 (1 black phase)
4. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 5
5. Red Squirrel - 23
6. Beaver - 1
7. White-tailed Deer - 2 (doe - both with injured front legs)
II. BIRDS: 42 SPECIES, 1 ESCAPE/EXOTIC.
(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not seen)
1. Canada Goose - 73
E. Greylag Goose - 1
2. American Black Duck - 6 (2m,4f)
3. Mallard - 89 (28m,19f,40?,2*)
4. Hooded Merganser - 8 (2m,1f,5?)
5. Pied-billed Grebe - 1
6. Great Blue Heron - 4
7. Cooper's Hawk - 2 (1 adult male,1 juvenile female)
8. Red-tailed Hawk - 4
9. Peregrine Falcon - 2 (1m,1f)
10. American Coot - 1
11. Ring-billed Gull - 170
12. Herring Gull - 13
13. Rock Pigeon - 5
14. Eastern Screech-Owl - 1 (gray phase)
15. Belted Kingfisher - 4 (3m,1*)
16. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 15 (5m,4f,2?,4*)
17. Downy Woodpecker - 14 (2m,6f,3?,3*)
18. Hairy Woodpecker - 8 (1m,2f,1?,4*)
19. Pileated Woodpecker - 2 (?)
20. Blue Jay - 23
21. American Crow - 41
22. Black-capped Chickadee - 21
23. Tufted Titmouse - 12
24. White-breasted Nuthatch - 16 (8m,1?,7*)
25. Brown Creeper - 2
26. Carolina Wren - 12
27. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2 (1f,1*)
28. Eastern Bluebird - 9 (2m,6f,1?)
29. American Robin - 2
30. European Starling - 106
31. Cedar Waxwing - 118
32. Eastern Towhee - 3 (1m,2f)
33. American Tree Sparrow - 36
34. Song Sparrow - 8
35. Swamp Sparrow - 3
36. White-throated Sparrow - 12
37. Dark-eyed Junco - 11 (2m,4f,2?,3*)
38. Northern Cardinal - 37 (16m,15f,6*)
39. Red-winged Blackbird - 8 (m)
40. House Finch - 4 (2?,2*)
41. American Goldfinch - 32
42. House Sparrow - 58
III. REPTILES: 1 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Garter Snake - 1
IV. FISHES: 1 SPECIES.
1. Creek Chub - 6

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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