MAY 10, 2013 - Cuyahoga Valley National Park & Metro Parks, Serving Summit County Monthly Towpath Trail Census.
HIKE: Red Lock Trailhead to Merriman Rd. TIME: 5:45am-3:40pm TEMP.: 63-75 COND.: Overcast & breezy. Rain ending
at start of hike & rain starting at end of hike. FT.MI.: 13.0 OBS.: John Henry & Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 7 SPECIES.
1. Woodchuck - 2
2. Eastern Chipmunk - 49
3. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 5 (1 black phase)
4. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 8
5. Red Squirrel - 5
6. Beaver - 1
7. White-tailed Deer - 11 (doe)
II. BIRDS: 83 SPECIES, 1 EXOTIC/ESCAPE.
(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
1. Canada Goose - 84 (7 goslings)
E. "Greylag" Goose - 1
2. Wood Duck - 12 (10m,2f)
3. Mallard - 27 (20m,5f,2*)
4. Great Blue Heron - 12
5. Green Heron - 1
6. Turkey Vulture - 9
7. Cooper's Hawk - 2 (1 imm. male, 1 imm. female)
8. Red-tailed Hawk - 4
9. Killdeer - 3
10. Spotted Sandpiper - 10
11. Solitary Sandpiper - 1
12. Rock Pigeon - 5
13. Mourning Dove - 20
14. Chimney Swift - 6
15. Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 (f)
16. Belted Kingfisher - 3 (*)
17. Red-headed Woodpecker - 1
18. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 7 (1f,6*)
19. Downy Woodpecker - 6 (1?,5*)
20. Hairy Woodpecker - 4 (1m,1f,2*)
21. Northern Flicker - 6 (1m,1f,4*)
22. Pileated Woodpecker - 2 (1?,1*)
23. Merlin - 1 (?)
24. Acadian Flycatcher - 1
25. Least Flycatcher - 1
26. Eastern Phoebe - 4
27. Great Crested Flycatcher - 8
28. Yellow-throated Vireo - 7
29. Warbling Vireo - 26
30. Red-eyed Vireo - 6
31. Blue Jay - 16
32. American Crow - 13
33. Tree Swallow - 14
34. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 22
35. Barn Swallow - 2
36. Black-capped Chickadee - 26
37. Tufted Titmouse - 20
38. White-breasted Nuthatch - 5 (1m,4*)
39. Carolina Wren - 9
40. House Wren - 11
41. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 16 (1m,1f,3?,11*)
42. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 (?)
43. Eastern Bluebird - 3 (2m,1f)
44. Veery - 2
45. Wood Thrush - 1
46. American Robin - 50 (1 young in nest)
47. Gray Catbird - 17
48. European Starling - 22
49. Cedar Waxwing - 11
50. Northern Waterthrush - 1
51. Blue-winged Warbler - 5 (m)
52. Black-and-white Warbler - 1 (m)
53. Tennessee Warbler - 4 (m)
54. Common Yellowthroat - 28 (m)
55. Hooded Warbler - 8 (m)
56. American Redstart - 9 (m)
57. Cape May Warbler - 1 (m)
58. Cerulean Warbler - 5 (m)
59. Northern Parula - 1 (m)
60. Yellow Warbler - 44 (40m,4f)
61. Palm Warbler - 1
62. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 8 (5m,3f)
63. Yellow-throated Warbler - 10 (m)
64. Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 (m)
65. Eastern Towhee - 4 (m)
66. Chipping Sparrow - 5
67. Field Sparrow - 2
68. Song Sparrow - 54
69. Swamp Sparrow - 11
70. White-throated Sparrow - 1
71. White-crowned Sparrow - 6
72. Scarlet Tanager - 10 (9m,1*)
73. Northern Cardinal - 42 (33m,6f,3*)
74. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 19 (13m,3f,3*)
75. Indigo Bunting - 14 (m)
76. Red-winged Blackbird - 55 (43m,12f)
77. Common Grackle - 27
78. Brown-headed Cowbird - 22 (16m,4f,2?)
79. Orchard Oriole - 4 (3m,1f)
80. Baltimore Oriole - 25 (23m,2f)
81. House Finch - 6 (3m,2f,1*)
82. American Goldfinch - 20 (11m,4f,1?,4*)
83. House Sparrow - 24
(Also - I had 3 Pine Siskins on my thistle feeder once I got home)
III. REPTILES: 4 SPECIES.
1. Common Snapping Turtle - 3
2. Midland Painted Turtle - 25
3. Eastern Spiny Softshell - 25
4. Northern Water Snake - 2
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 6 SPECIES.
1. American Toad - (heard many)
2. Northern Spring Peeper - 1 (heard)
3. Gray Treefrog - 7 (heard)
4. Bullfrog - 1 (heard)
5. Green Frog - 13
6. Northern Leopard Frog - 1 (heard)
V. FISHES: 3 SPECIES.
1. Creek Chub - 6
2. Bluegill - 7
3. Pumpkinseed - 3
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 4 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Black Swallowtail - 1
2. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 2
3. Cabbage Butterfly - 10
4. Wild Indigo Dusky Wing - 2

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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