JUNE 07, 2014 - Cuyahoga Valley National Park & Metro Parks, Serving Summit County Monthly Towpath Trail Census.
HIKE: Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Rd. TIME: 5:45am-3:15pm TEMP.: 44-81-78
COND.: Unseasonably cool early, turning sunny & warm.
FT.MI.: 13.0 OBS.: John Henry & Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 7 SPECIES.
1. Woodchuck - 1
2. Eastern Chipmunk - 46
3. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 2 (1 black morph)
4. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 3
5. Red Squirrel - 18
6. Muskrat - 2
7. White-tailed Deer - 16 (1 buck,14 does,1 fawn)
II. BIRDS: 75 SPECIES.
(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
1. Canada Goose - 30 (4 goslings)
2. Wood Duck - 8 (3f,5 ducklings)
3. Mallard - 2 (m)
4. Great Blue Heron - 12
5. Green Heron - 1
6. Turkey Vulture - 12
7. Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
8. Red-tailed Hawk - 3 (1 leucistic)
9. Killdeer - 3
10. Spotted Sandpiper - 3
11. Mourning Dove - 16
12. Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 3
13. Chimney Swift - 8
14. Belted Kingfisher - 3 (1m,2f)
15. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 10 (2m,1f,1?,6*)
16. Downy Woodpecker - 11 (1m,1f,1?,8*)
17. Hairy Woodpecker - 3 (*)
18. Northern Flicker - 9 (1m,2f,1?,5* - 1 nest)
19. Pileated Woodpecker - 2 (*)
20. Peregrine Falcon - 1 (m)
21. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 12
22. Acadian Flycatcher - 10 (New High for Census - previous: 7)
23. Willow Flycatcher - 5
24. Eastern Phoebe - 5
25. Great Crested Flycatcher - 9
26. Eastern Kingbird - 1
27. Yellow-throated Vireo - 1
28. Warbling Vireo - 24
29. Red-eyed Vireo - 20
30. Blue Jay - 9
31. American Crow - 8
32. Tree Swallow - 7
33. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 31
34. Bank Swallow - 9
35. Barn Swallow - 4 (1 nest)
36. Black-capped Chickadee - 7
37. Tufted Titmouse - 15
38. White-breasted Nuthatch - 8 (1m,1f,1?,5*)
39. Brown Creeper - 1
40. Carolina Wren - 6
41. House Wren - 4
42. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 13 (1m,1?,11*)
43. Eastern Bluebird - 1 (*)
44. Wood Thrush - 1
45. American Robin - 31 (4 juvenile)
46. Gray Catbird - 34
47. European Starling - 11
48. Cedar Waxwing - 26 (1 nest)
49. Louisiana Waterthrush - 2 (Tied Census High)
50. Blue-winged Warbler - 2 (m)
51. Common Yellowthroat - 24 (23m,1f)
52. Hooded Warbler - 9 (7m,1f,1*)
53. American Redstart - 12 (11m,1f)
54. Cerulean Warbler - 3 (m)
55. Northern Parula - 2 (m)
56. Yellow Warbler - 37 (35m,1?,1*)
57. Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2 (m)
58. Yellow-throated Warbler - 8 (m)
59. Eastern Towhee - 3 (m)
60. Chipping Sparrow - 8
61. Field Sparrow - 2
62. Song Sparrow - 61
63. Swamp Sparrow - 14
64. Scarlet Tanager - 4 (3m,1*)
65. Northern Cardinal - 43 (30m,5f,4*,4 juvenile *)
66. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 10 (9m,1f)
67. Indigo Bunting - 19 (16m,2f,1*)
68. Red-winged Blackbird - 60 (42m,18f - 1 nest)
69. Common Grackle - 48
70. Brown-headed Cowbird - 5 (m)
71. Orchard Oriole - 3 (m)
72. Baltimore Oriole - 13 (m - 1 nest)
73. House Finch - 5 (3m,1?,1*)
74. American Goldfinch - 16 (5m,2f,5?,4*)
75. House Sparrow - 19
III. REPTILES: 3 SPECIES.
1. Common Snapping Turtle - 13
2. Midland Painted Turtle - 17
3. Eastern Spiny Softshell - 7
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 2 SPECIES.
1. Bullfrog - 1
2. Green Frog - 9
V. FISHES: 3 SPECIES.
1. Common Carp - 1
2. Creek Chub - 8
3. Pumpkinseed - 2
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 10 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 2
2. Cabbage White - 3
3. Clouded Sulphur - 2
4. Harvester - 1
5. Summer Azure - 1
6. Pearl Crescent - 2
7. Red Admiral - 1
8. Little Wood Satyr - 5
9. Silver-spotted Skipper - 2
10. Hobomok Skipper - 1

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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