AUGUST 09, 2014 - Cuyahoga Valley National Park & Metro Parks, Serving Summit County Monthly Towpath Trail Census.
HIKE: Towpath Trail from Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Rd. TIME: 6:10am-3:20pm TEMP.: 52-81
COND.: Very foggy early, burning off, turning sunny & warm. OBS.: John Henry & Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 7 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Chipmunk - 24
2. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 1
3. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 1
4. Red Squirrel - 11
5. Beaver - 2 (New Census High - previous was 1 - 5 different times)
6. Muskrat - 2
7. White-tailed Deer - 7 (two 4-pt bucks,4 does,1 fawn)
II. BIRDS: 62 SPECIES.
(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
1. Canada Goose - 56
2. Wood Duck - 13 (3m,1 juvenile m,1f,1 juvenile f,7?)
3. Mallard - 1 (m)
4. Great Blue Heron - 8
5. Green Heron - 3 (1 juvenile)
6. Turkey Vulture - 5
7. Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
8. Red-tailed Hawk - 6 (1 juvenile)
9. Killdeer - 1
10. Spotted Sandpiper - 2
11. Rock Pigeon - 1
12. Mourning Dove - 5
13. Eastern Screech-Owl - 1
14. Chimney Swift - 21
15. Belted Kingfisher - 1 (m)
16. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6 (1 juvenile m,1?,4*)
17. Downy Woodpecker - 10 (2f,1?,7*)
18. Hairy Woodpecker - 2 (*)
19. Northern Flicker - 7 (2?,5*)
20. Pileated Woodpecker - 2 (1?,1*)
21. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 12
22. Acadian Flycatcher - 1
23. Eastern Phoebe - 5
24. Great Crested Flycatcher - 1
25. Eastern Kingbird - 2
26. Warbling Vireo - 3
27. Red-eyed Vireo - 3
28. Blue Jay - 14
29. American Crow - 12
30. Purple Martin - 2 (New Census High - previous was 1 on 08/2013)
31. Tree Swallow - 15
32. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 2
33. Barn Swallow - 12
34. Black-capped Chickadee - 18
35. Tufted Titmouse - 10
36. White-breasted Nuthatch - 14 (1f,1?,12*)
37. Carolina Wren - 10
38. House Wren - 1
39. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 8 (5?,3*)
40. Wood Thrush - 1
41. American Robin - 30 (2 juvenile)
42. Gray Catbird - 20
43. European Starling - 25
44. Cedar Waxwing - 47 (5 immature)
45. Louisiana Waterthrush - 1
46. Common Yellowthroat - 14 (4m,2 juvenile m,2f,3 juvenile f,3*)
47. Hooded Warbler - 2 (1m,1*)
48. Yellow Warbler - 1 (m)
49. Eastern Towhee - 1 (*)
50. Chipping Sparrow - 1
51. Field Sparrow - 2
52. Song Sparrow - 30
53. Swamp Sparrow - 7
54. Northern Cardinal - 48 (25m,1 juvenile m,6f,2 juvenile f,11*,3 juvenile *)
55. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 (*)
56. Indigo Bunting - 9 (6m,3*)
57. Red-winged Blackbird - 138 (14m,6f,118?)
58. Common Grackle - 371
59. Baltimore Oriole - 3 (m)
60. House Finch - 3 (2?,1*)
61. American Goldfinch - 35 (16m,2f,5?,12*)
62. House Sparrow - 10
III. REPTILES: 3 SPECIES.
1. Common Snapping Turtle - 8
2. Midland Painted Turtle - 69
3. Eastern Spiny Softshell - 6
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 3 SPECIES.
1. Northern Spring Peeper - 2 (*)
2. Bullfrog - 4
3. Green Frog - 15
V. FISHES: 5 SPECIES.
1. Gizzard Shad - many
2. Common Carp - 2
3. Creek Chub - many
4. Emerald Shiner - many
5. Largemouth Bass - 2
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 8 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 7
2. Cabbage White - 16
3. Clouded Sulphur - 2
4. Summer Azure - 4
5. Pearl Crescent - 1
6. Eastern Comma
7. Monarch - 2
8. Silver-spotted Skipper - 2

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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