NOVEMBER 01, 2014 - Cuyahoga Valley National Park & Metro Parks, Serving Summit County Monthly Towpath Trail Census.


HIKE: Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Valley. TIME: 7:45am-4:45pm TEMP.: 39-40-37 COND.: Gray & overcast with

intermittent mist/light sprinkles; steady light drizzle from 1:45pm-2:55pm; rain ending & becoming partly cloudy with some sun.

FT.MI.: 13.0 OBS.: John Henry & Douglas W. Vogus.

I. MAMMALS: 7 SPECIES.

   - Mink - 2 (New Census High - previous was 1 on 04/2013, 06/2013 & 03/2014)
   - Eastern Chipmunk - 3
   - Eastern Gray Squirrel - 4 (2 black morph)
   - Eastern Fox Squirrel - 5
   - Red Squirrel - 12
   - Muskrat - 1
   - White-tailed Deer - 3 (doe)


II. BIRDS: 50 SPECIES.

(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)

   - Canada Goose - 236
   - American Black Duck - 7 (4m,3f)
   - Mallard - 48 (33m,15f)
   - Ring-necked Duck - 4 (1m,3f)
   - Hooded Merganser - 2 (m)
   - Pied-billed Grebe - 1
   - Great Blue Heron - 1
   - Turkey Vulture - 1
   - Bald Eagle - 1 (adult)
   - Sharp-shinned Hawk - 2 (1 adult m,1 imm. f) (New Census High - previous was 1 on 10/2013 & 11/2013)
   - Cooper's Hawk - 2 (1 adult f,1 imm. f) (Tied Census High on 10 occasions)
   - Red-tailed Hawk - 7 (1 immature)
   - Killdeer - 6
   - Ring-billed Gull - 11
   - Rock Pigeon - 4
   - Mourning Dove - 12
   - Belted Kingfisher - 3 (2m,1*)
   - Red-bellied Woodpecker - 29 (8m,6f,2?,13*) New Census High - previous was 22 on 5 occasions)
   - Downy Woodpecker - 22 (7m,8f,1?,6*)
   - Hairy Woodpecker - 14 (3m,5f,1?,5*)
   - Pileated Woodpecker - 6 (1m,1f,4?)
   - Eastern Phoebe - 1
   - Blue Jay - 55 (New Census High - previous was 54 on 10/2010)
   - American Crow - 374
   - Black-capped Chickadee - 26
   - Tufted Titmouse - 15
   - White-breasted Nuthatch - 18 (9m,4f,2?,3*)
   - Brown Creeper - 3 (Tied Census High on 5 occasions)
   - Carolina Wren - 13
   - Golden-crowned Kinglet - 3 (2m,1*)
   - Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 (1m,1?)
   - Eastern Bluebird - 8 (3m,2f,3?)
   - American Robin - 129
   - Northern Mockingbird - 1 (Tied Census High on 10/2010)
   - European Starling - 343
   - Cedar Waxwing - 168
   - Yellow-rumped Warbler - 7
   - Fox Sparrow - 1
   - Song Sparrow - 23
   - Swamp Sparrow - 2
   - White-throated Sparrow - 59 (New Census High - previous was 36 on 11/2012 & 02/2014)
   - Dark-eyed Junco - 6 (2m,1f,3?)
   - Northern Cardinal - 52 (21m,16f,15*)
   - Red-winged Blackbird - 107 (mixed flocks)
   - Rusty Blackbird - 14 (7m,5f,2*)
   - Common Grackle - 14
   - Purple Finch - 2 (f)
   - House Finch - 2 (?)
   - American Goldfinch - 30
   - House Sparrow - 31
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Oh.



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