APRIL 05, 2014 - Cuyahoga Valley National Park & Metro Parks, Serving Summit County Monthly Towpath Trail Census.
HIKE: From Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Rd.
TIME: 7:00am-4:00pm TEMP.: 36-34-48 COND.: Cloudy & cold early - overcast & trying to snow; gusting winds at 10-20mph;
winds dying down & turning partly sunny from 12:50pm-2:00pm then turning mostly sunny & breezy.
FT.MI.: 13.0 OBS.: Dan Fish (Red Lock to Lock 29), John Henry & Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 7 SPECIES.
1. Woodchuck - 3 (new Census high)
2. Eastern Chipmunk - 3
3. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 3
4. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 2
5. Red Squirrel - 19
6. Muskrat - 3 (tied Census high)
7. White-tailed Deer - 5 (doe)
II. BIRDS: 57 SPECIES (tied Census high for most species in April - 04/06/2012)
(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
1. Canada Goose - 101 (1 nest)
2. Wood Duck - 18 (9m,8f,1*)
3. American Black Duck - 2 (1m,1f)
4. Mallard - 25 (15m,10f)
5. Blue-winged Teal - 1 (m) (new species on Census - Bird #164)
6. Ring-necked Duck - 13 (7m,6f)
7. Bufflehead - 2 (1m,1f) (new species on Census - Bird #166)
8. Hooded Merganser - 5 (1m,4f)
9. Great Blue Heron - 25
10. Great Egret - 1 (Lock 29 Beaver Marsh - tied Census high)
11. Turkey Vulture - 14
12. Bald Eagle - 3 (adults)
13. Cooper's Hawk - 2 (1m,1f) (tied Census high)
14. Red-shouldered Hawk - 3 (1 pair building nest in Boston)
15. Red-tailed Hawk - 3 (1 immature)
16. American Coot - 4 (new Census high)
17. Killdeer - 2
18. Ring-billed Gull - 9
19. Herring Gull - 4
20. Rock Pigeon - 38
21. Mourning Dove - 7
22. Belted Kingfisher - 3 (1m,2*)
23. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 8 (3m,1f,4*)
24. Downy Woodpecker - 5 (2m,3f)
25. Hairy Woodpecker - 5 (2f,3*)
26. Northern Flicker - 6 (1f,2?,3*)
27. Pileated Woodpecker - 4 (2?,2*)
28. Eastern Phoebe - 2
29. Blue Jay - 18
30. American Crow - 17
31. Tree Swallow - 12
32. Black-capped Chickadee - 21 (1 pair excavating nest hole)
33. Tufted Titmouse - 8
34. White-breasted Nuthatch - 11 (4m,2f,2?,3*)
35. Brown Creeper - 1
36. Carolina Wren - 3
37. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 4 (1f,1?,2*)
38. Eastern Bluebird - 1 (*)
39. Hermit Thrush - 1 (new species on Census - Bird #165)
40. American Robin - 46 (1 gathering nest material)
41. European Starling - 60
42. Eastern Towhee - 1 (m)
43. American Tree Sparrow - 8
44. Field Sparrow - 1
45. Fox Sparrow - 2
46. Song Sparrow - 28
47. Swamp Sparrow - 2
48. White-throated Sparrow - 11
49. White-crowned Sparrow - 2
50. Dark-eyed Junco - 20 (7m,7f,6?)
51. Northern Cardinal - 35 (21m,13f,1*)
52. Red-winged Blackbird - 117
53. Common Grackle - 91
54. Brown-headed Cowbird - 7 (6m,1f)
55. House Finch - 5 (3m,2f)
56. American Goldfinch - 14
57. House Sparrow - 5
III. REPTILES: 1 SPECIES.
1. Midland Painted Turtle - 8
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 2 SPECIES.
1. Northern Spring Peeper - (many calling)
2. Wood Frog - (many calling)

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio. 

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