FEBRUARY 01, 2014 - Cuyahoga Valley National Park & Metro Parks, Serving Summit County Monthly Towpath Trail Census.
HIKE: Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Rd. TIME: 7:25am-2:50pm TEMP.: 29-47-39
COND.: Wet snow from 7:25am-8:20am switching over to freezing rain until 9:10am, then switching to light rain from 9:10am-11:55am; no rain from 11:55am-1:10pm; light sprinkles from 1:10pm until 2:50pm; overcast all day.
TRAIL COND.: Snow-covered, difficult walking. FT.MI.: 13.0 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 4 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 3 (1 black morph)
2. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 9
3. Red Squirrel - 21
4. White-tailed Deer - 7
II. BIRDS: 45 SPECIES.
(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
1. Canada Goose - 639
2. American Black Duck - 10 (4m,5f,1?)
3. Mallard - 264 (161m,103f)
4. Common Merganser - 5 (m)
5. Pied-billed Grebe - 1
6. Great Blue Heron - 7
7. Bald Eagle - 1 (adult)
8. Cooper's Hawk - 2 (1f,1 immature f)
9. Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 (immature)
10. Red-tailed Hawk - 9 (3 immature)
11. Ring-billed Gull - 227
12. Herring Gull - 23
13. Iceland Gull - 1 (New Species on Towpath Census - #158 since 01/2010)
14. Rock Pigeon - 24
15. Mourning Dove - 2
16. Eastern Screech-Owl - 1 (calling)
17. Belted Kingfisher - 5 (2m,1?,2*)
18. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 20 (7m,4f,3?,6*)
19. Downy Woodpecker - 21 (5m,3f,5?,8*)
20. Hairy Woodpecker - 7 (1m,3f,3*)
21. Northern Flicker - 2 (*)
22. Pileated Woodpecker - 5 (1?,4*)
23. Peregrine Falcon - 1 (f)
24. Northern Shrike - 1 (New Species on Towpath Census - #159 since 01/2010)
25. Blue Jay - 30
26. American Crow - 31
27. Black-capped Chickadee - 36
28. Tufted Titmouse - 17
29. White-breasted Nuthatch - 14 (6m,1?,7*)
30. Brown Creeper - 1
31. Carolina Wren - 9
32. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 5 (1m,4f)
33. Eastern Bluebird - 6 (4m,2f)
34. American Robin - 106
35. European Starling - 136
36. Eastern Towhee - 6 (5m,1f)
37. American Tree Sparrow - 17
38. Song Sparrow - 12
39. Swamp Sparrow - 1
40. White-throated Sparrow - 36
41. Dark-eyed Junco - 26 (8m,10f,7?,1*)
42. Northern Cardinal - 67 (28m,30f,9*)
43. Red-winged Blackbird - 1 (f)
44. American Goldfinch - 4
45. House Sparrow - 12

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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