JUNE 01, 2013 - Cuyahoga Valley National Park & Metro Parks, Serving Summit County Monthly Towpath Trail Census.

HIKE: Towpath Trail from Red Lock south to Merriman Rd. TIME: 5:40am-2:20pm TEMP.: 65-86-85
COND.: Mostly cloudy, at times partly sunny, breezy throughout the day.
FT.MI.: 13.0 OBS.: John Henry & Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 7 SPECIES.
1. Shorttail Shrew - 1
2. Mink - 1
3. Eastern Chipmunk - 40
4. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 3 (1 black morph)
5. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 3
6. Red Squirrel - 10
7. White-tailed Deer - 6 (does)
II. BIRDS: 79 SPECIES.
(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
1. Canada Goose - 65 (4 goslings)
2. Wood Duck - 38 (1m,6f,1?, 30 ducklings - duckling groups consisted of 6, 5, 10, 6 & 3 groups)
3. Mallard - 10 (8m,2f)
4. Great Blue Heron - 17
5. Green Heron - 2
6. Turkey Vulture - 8
7. Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
8. Broad-winged Hawk - 1
9. Red-tailed Hawk - 6
10. Killdeer - 5
11. Spotted Sandpiper - 3
12. Ring-billed Gull - 2
13. Herring Gull - 4
14. Rock Pigeon - 3
15. Mourning Dove - 8 (1 nest)
16. Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 3
17. Chimney Swift - 7
18. Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2 (1f,1*)
19. Belted Kingfisher - 2 (1m,1*)
20. Red-headed Woodpecker - 1
21. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 15 (1m,2f,3?,9*)
22. Downy Woodpecker - 8 (1m,2f,1?,4* - 1 nest)
23. Hairy Woodpecker - 4 (1m,1f,1 juvenile,1* - 1 nest)
24. Northern Flicker - 7 (2m,5*)
25. Pileated Woodpecker - 2 (1m,1*)
26. Peregrine Falcon - 2 (1m,1f - young at Ohio Turnpike bridge have not fledged yet)
27. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 14
28. Acadian Flycatcher - 7
29. Willow Flycatcher - 4
30. Eastern Phoebe - 3
31. Great Crested Flycatcher - 10
32. Eastern Kingbird - 9
33. White-eyed Vireo - 1
34. Yellow-throated Vireo - 7
35. Warbling Vireo - 19
36. Red-eyed Vireo - 18
37. Blue Jay - 12 (1 nest)
38. American Crow - 10
39. Tree Swallow - 7 (1 nest)
40. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 18
41. Bank Swallow - 3
42. Barn Swallow - 6 (1 nest)
43. Black-capped Chickadee - 15 (1 nest)
44. Tufted Titmouse - 12
45. White-breasted Nuthatch - 8 (2m,6* - 1 nest)
46. Carolina Wren - 5
47. House Wren - 6
48. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 9 (1m,2?,6*)
49. Eastern Bluebird - 3 (1m,2?)
50. Veery - 2
51. Wood Thrush - 4
52. American Robin - 39 (4 juvenile, 1 nest)
53. Gray Catbird - 28
54. European Starling - 57
55. Cedar Waxwing - 39 (1 nest)
56. Blue-winged Warbler - 1 (m)
57. Common Yellowthroat - 31 (28m,3f)
58. Hooded Warbler - 7 (m)
59. American Redstart - 14 (13m,1 first spring m)
60. Cerulean Warbler - 4 (m)
61. Yellow Warbler - 23 (21m,2f)
62. Yellow-throated Warbler - 6 (m)
63. Eastern Towhee - 2 (1m,1*)
64. Chipping Sparrow - 4
65. Field Sparrow - 1
66. Song Sparrow - 50
67. Swamp Sparrow - 14
68. Scarlet Tanager - 3 (m)
69. Northern Cardinal - 43 (30m,4f,1 juvenile f,4*,4 juvenile *)
70. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 8 (m)
71. Indigo Bunting - 24 (22m,2f)
72. Red-winged Blackbird - 48 (32m,16f)
73. Common Grackle - 33 (3 juvenile)
74. Brown-headed Cowbird - 11 (8m,2f,1*)
75. Orchard Oriole - 4 (2m,1 first spring m,1f - 1 nest)
76. Baltimore Oriole - 20 (18m,1f,1* - 2 nests)
77. House Finch - 11 (1m,1f,1 juvenile,3?,5*)
78. American Goldfinch - 19 (5m,6f,2?,6*)
79. House Sparrow - 23
III. REPTILES: 5 SPECIES.
1. Common Snapping Turtle - 3
2. Midland Painted Turtle - 45
3. Eastern Spiny Softshell - 15
4. Northern Water Snake - 1 (young)
5. Eastern Garter Snake - 1
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 3 SPECIES.
1. American Toad - (heard many)
2. Bullfrog - 1
3. Green Frog - 9
V. FISHES: 3 SPECIES.
1. Common Carp - 2
2. Creek Chub - 15
3. Bluegill - 23
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 7 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 5
2. Cabbage Butterfly - 4
3. Summer Azure - 2
4. Mourning Cloak - 1
5. Red-spotted Purple - 2
6. Northern Pearly Eye - 23
7. Zabulon Skipper - 2

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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