JULY 13, 2013 - Cuyahoga Valley National Park & Metro Parks, Serving Summit County Monthly Towpath Trail Census.
HIKE: Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Rd. TIME: 5:30am-12:55pm TEMP.: 67-78
COND.: Cloudy; rain from 7:50am-8:30am; sprinkles from 8:30am-9:00am; rain again from 9:00am-9:25am;
turning partly sunny then back to cloudy & warmer.
FT.MI.: 13.0 OBS.: John Henry & Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 8 SPECIES.
1. Big Brown Bat - 1
2. Woodchuck - 1
3. Eastern Chipmunk - 8
4. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 6
5. Red Squirrel - 14
6. Muskrat - 2
7. Eastern Cottontail - 2 (1 young)
8. White-tailed Deer - 4 (does)
II. BIRDS: 66 SPECIES.
(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
1. Canada Goose - 9
2. Wood Duck - 21 (6f,15 young)
3. Mallard - 2 (f)
4. Great Blue Heron - 6
5. Green Heron - 3 (juvenile)
6. Turkey Vulture - 9
7. Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
8. Red-tailed Hawk - 1
9. Killdeer - 1
10. Spotted Sandpiper - 1
11. Rock Pigeon - 12
12. Mourning Dove - 14
13. Chimney Swift - 12
14. Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 (?)
15. Belted Kingfisher - 2 (1m,1*)
16. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 (1 juvenile m,1f,2*)
17. Downy Woodpecker - 11 (1m,3f,2?,5*)
18. Hairy Woodpecker - 2 (*)
19. Northern Flicker - 3 (*)
20. Pileated Woodpecker - 1 (*)
21. Peregrine Falcon - 1 (m)
22. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 6
23. Acadian Flycatcher - 1
24. Eastern Phoebe - 1
25. Great Crested Flycatcher - 2
26. Eastern Kingbird - 2
27. Yellow-throated Vireo - 2
28. Warbling Vireo - 15
29. Red-eyed Vireo - 11
30. Blue Jay - 13 (1 juvenile)
31. American Crow - 13
32. Tree Swallow - 2
33. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 26
34. Bank Swallow - 1
35. Barn Swallow - 8
36. Black-capped Chickadee - 12
37. Tufted Titmouse - 12 (2 juvenile)
38. White-breasted Nuthatch - 5 (*)
39. Carolina Wren - 6
40. House Wren - 1
41. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 4 (*)
42. Veery - 1
43. American Robin - 69 (10 juvenile)
44. Gray Catbird - 32 (1 juvenile)
45. European Starling - 15
46. Cedar Waxwing - 15
47. Louisiana Waterthrush - 1
48. Common Yellowthroat - 28
49. Hooded Warbler - 6 (m)
50. Yellow Warbler - 5 (2m,3f)
51. Yellow-throated Warbler - 2 (m)
52. Eastern Towhee - 2 (m)
53. Chipping Sparrow - 4
54. Field Sparrow - 1
55. Song Sparrow - 59
56. Swamp Sparrow - 12
57. Scarlet Tanager - 4 (3m,1*)
58. Northern Cardinal - 42 (27m,7f,6*,2 juv.*)
59. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 (*)
60. Indigo Bunting - 25 (24m,1*)
61. Red-winged Blackbird - 67 (24m,14m,3 juvenile,26?)
62. Common Grackle - 271
63. Brown-headed Cowbird - 5 (3m,2?)
64. House Finch - 8 (3m,2f,2?,1 juv.*)
65. American Goldfinch - 33 (14m,3f,3?,13*)
66. House Sparrow - 23
III. REPTILES: 3 SPECIES.
1. Common Snapping Turtle - 1
2. Midland Painted Turtle - 2
3. Eastern Spiny Softshell - 3
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 4 SPECIES.
1. American Toad - 1
2. Gray Treefrog - 3
3. Bullfrog - 2
4. Green Frog - 6
V. FISHES: 2 SPECIES.
1. Common Carp - 1
2. Bluegill - 1
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 5 SPECIES.
1. Cabbage Butterfly - 6
2. Summer Azure - 3
3. Red-spotted Purple - 1
4. Great Spangled Fritillary - 1
5. Little Wood Satyr - 1

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Oh.

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