MAY 09, 2014 - Cuyahoga Valley National Park & Metro Parks, Serving Summit County Monthly Towpath Trail Census.
HIKE: Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Rd. TIME: 6:05am-5:00pm TEMP.: 64-80-73
COND.: Partly cloudy early, warm with light winds; turning overcast - rain from 1:20pm-2:30pm; after that mostly cloudy & cooler.
FT.MI.: 13.0 OBS.: John Henry & Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 6 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Chipmunk - 32
2. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 4
3. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 8
4. Red Squirrel - 16
5. Muskrat - 2
6. White-tailed Deer - 17
II. BIRDS: 102 SPECIES.
(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
1. Canada Goose - 57 (3 nests)
2. Wood Duck - 1 (m)
3. Mallard - 13 (8m,5f)
4. Hooded Merganser - 1 (f)
5. Wild Turkey - 1 (m)
6. Great Blue Heron - 21
7. Green Heron - 1
8. Turkey Vulture - 8
9. Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 (1 nest)
10. Broad-winged Hawk - 1
11. Red-tailed Hawk - 4
12. KIlldeer - 2
13. Spotted Sandpiper - 5
14. Solitary Sandpiper - 1
15. Ring-billed Gull - 1
16. Rock Pigeon - 6
17. Mourning Dove - 17
18. Chimney Swift - 3
19. Belted Kingfisher - 3 (1m,1f,1?)
20. Red-headed Woodpecker - 3 (Tied Census High)
21. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 14 (4m,2f,1?,7*)
22. Downy Woodpecker - 9 (2m,2f,1?,4* - 1 nest)
23. Hairy Woodpecker - 6 (4f,1?,1*)
24. Northern Flicker - 4 (1?,3*)
25. Pileated Woodpecker - 4 (2?,2*)
26. Peregrine Falcon - 1 (m)
27. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2
28. Acadian Flycatcher - 2
29. Least Flycatcher - 2 (New Census High - was 1)
30. Eastern Phoebe - 4
31. Great Crested Flycatcher - 7
32. Eastern Kingbird - 2
33. White-eyed Vireo - 2
34. Yellow-throated Vireo - 9
35. Warbling Vireo - 34 (New Census High - was 30)
36. Red-eyed Vireo - 16
37. Blue Jay - 24 (1 nest)
38. American Crow - 11
39. Tree Swallow - 14
40. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 10 (1 nest)
41. Bank Swallow - 6
42. Barn Swallow - 9 (1 nest)
43. Black-capped Chickadee - 15
44. Tufted Titmouse - 16
45. White-breasted Nuthatch - 4 (2m,2*)
46. Brown Creeper - 1
47. Carolina Wren - 9
48. House Wren - 5
49. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 26 (2m,1f,9?,14* - 2 nests) (New Census High - was 16)
50. Eastern Bluebird - 1 (*)
51. Veery - 2
52. Gray-cheeked Thrush - 1 (New Bird on Census - #167)
53. Swainson's Thrush - 10 (New Census High - was 2)
54. Wood Thrush - 1
55. American Robin - 41 (1 nest)
56. Gray Catbird - 37
57. European Starling - 11
58. Cedar Waxwing - 1
59. Ovenbird - 2 (Tied Census High)
60. Louisiana Waterthrush - 2 (Tied Census High)
61. Northern Waterthrush - 1
62. Blue-winged Warbler - 1 (m)
63. Black-and-white Warbler - 3 (m)
64. Tennessee Warbler - 11 (m) (New Census High - was 4)
65. Nashville Warbler - 13 (m) (New Census High - was 5)
66. Mourning Warbler - 1 (m) (Tied Census High)
67. Common Yellowthroat - 41 (39m,1f,1*) (New Census High - was 40)
68. Hooded Warbler - 9 (m)
69. American Redstart - 10 (8m,2f)
70. Cape May Warbler - 1 (m) (Tied Census High)
71. Cerulean Warbler - 2 (m)
72. Northern Parula - 7 (m) (New Census High - was 1)
73. Magnolia Warbler - 10 (m) (New Census High - was 7)
74. Bay-breasted Warbler - 2 (m) (Tied Census High)
75. Blackburnian Warbler - 7 (m) (New Census High - was 2)
76. Yellow Warbler - 52 (44m,7f,1*) (New Census High - was 48)
77. Chestnut-sided Warbler - 10 (m) (New Census High - was 2)
78. Blackpoll Warbler - 2 (m)
79. Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 (m) (New Census High - was 1)
80. Palm Warbler - 2
81. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 28 (16m,12f)
82. Yellow-throated Warbler - 6 (m)
83. Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 (m)
84. Eastern Towhee - 6 (5m,1f) (Tied Census High)
85. Chipping Sparrow - 10
86. Song Sparrow - 50
87. Lincoln's Sparrow - 1
88. Swamp Sparrow - 9
89. White-throated Sparrow - 2
90. White-crowned Sparrow - 2
91. Scarlet Tanager - 5 (2m,1f,2*)
92. Northern Cardinal - 54 (42m,11f,1*)
93. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 17 (13m,2f,2*)
94. Indigo Bunting - 17 (m)
95. Red-winged Blackbird - 77 (52m,25f - 4 nests)
96. Common Grackle - 30 (1 nest)
97. Brown-headed Cowbird - 18 (14m,4f)
98. Orchard Oriole - 7 (5m,1 immature m,1f) (Tied Census High)
99. Baltimore Oriole - 33 (28m,2f,3*) (New Census High - was 26)
100. House Finch - 6 (4m,1f,1* - 1 nest)
101. American Goldfinch - 29 (20m,5f,1?,3*)
102. House Sparrow - 12
III. REPTILES: 4 SPECIES.
1. Common Snapping Turtle - 5
2. Red-eared Turtle - 2
3. Midland Painted Turtle - 42
4. Eastern Spiny Softshell - 5
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 4 SPECIES.
1. American Toad - many heard
2. Gray Treefrog - 3 (heard)
3. Western Chorus Frog - 3 (heard)
4. Green Frog - 3
V. FISHES: 1 SPECIES.
1. Common Carp - 6
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 3 SPECIES.
1. Cabbage Butterfly - 7
2. Meadow Fritillary - 1
3. Eastern Comma - 1

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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