SEPTEMBER 06, 2014 - Cuyahoga Valley National Park & Metro Parks, Serving Summit County Monthly Towpath Trail Census.
HIKE: Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Valley. TIME: 6:50am-3:00pm TEMP.: 67-73-63 COND.: Overcast all day; rain from
9:35am-10:15am; intermittent mist/sprinkles until 1:00pm; briefly letting up; steady light rain from 1:10pm-1:40pm; briefly stopping;
light rain/sprinkles from 1:55pm-3:00pm. FT. MI.: 13.0 OBS.: John Henry & Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 5 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Chipmunk - 26
2. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 2
3. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 6
4. Red Squirrel - 9
5. White-tailed Deer - 4 (1 doe,3 yearlings)
II. BIRDS: 56 SPECIES.
(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
1. Canada Goose - 18
2. Wood Duck - 9 (3m,6?)
3. Mallard - 2 (?)
4. Double-crested Cormorant - 1
5. Great Blue Heron - 8
6. Green Heron - 4 (2 juvenile)
7. Turkey Vulture - 15
8. Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
9. Red-tailed Hawk - 3 (1 juvenile)
10. Killdeer - 4
11. Mourning Dove - 8
12. Chimney Swift - 208 (New Census High - previous was 123 on 09/07/2013)
13. Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 (f)
14. Belted Kingfisher - 5 (2m,2?,1*)
15. Red-headed Woodpecker - 2 (juvenile)
16. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 8 (1m,1f,3?,3*)
17. Downy Woodpecker - 6 (1m,1f,1?,3*)
18. Hairy Woodpecker - 5 (1m,1f,2?,1*)
19. Northern Flicker - 7 (2?,5*)
20. Pileated Woodpecker - 4 (2?,2*)
21. American Kestrel - 2 (m) (New Census High - previous was 1 on 04/02/2010)
22. Peregrine Falcon - 1 (m)
23. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 4
24. Unidentified Empidonax Flycatcher - 3
25. Eastern Phoebe - 2
26. Warbling Vireo - 4
27. Red-eyed Vireo - 1
28. Blue Jay - 38
29. American Crow - 25
30. Tree Swallow - 7
31. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1
32. Barn Swallow - 3
33. Black-capped Chickadee - 26
34. Tufted Titmouse - 15
35. White-breasted Nuthatch - 7 (2f,1?,4*)
36. Carolina Wren - 10
37. American Robin - 116
38. Gray Catbird - 19
39. European Starling - 270
40. Cedar Waxwing - 367
41. Common Yellowthroat - 4 (2m,2*)
42. Hooded Warbler - 3 (m)
43. American Redstart - 1 (f)
44. Yellow Warbler - 1 (f)
45. Eastern Towhee - 1 (m)
46. Song Sparrow - 7
47. Swamp Sparrow - 1
48. Scarlet Tanager - 2 (1m,1f)
49. Northern Cardinal - 30 (4m,1 juv.m,3f,14*,8 juv.*)
50. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3 (1 juv.m,1f,1?)
51. Indigo Bunting - 1 (m)
52. Red-winged Blackbird - 34 (2m,32 mixed flock)
53. Common Grackle - 553
54. House Finch - 4 (2m,2f)
55. American Goldfinch - 25 (5m,8f,10?,2*)
56. House Sparrow - 167 (New Census High - previous was 72 on 12/03/2011)
??. Unidentified Passerines - 31
III. REPTILES: 1 SPECIES.
1. Midland Painted Turtle - 1
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 2 SPECIES.
1. Northern Spring Peeper - 13 (*)
2. Green Frog - 3

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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