MARCH 06, 2015 - Cuyahoga Valley Monthly Towpath Trail Census.HIKE: Red Lock Trailhead to Merriman Valley. TIME: 6:20am-4:15pm TEMP.: minus2-30-26.COND.: Frigid early, clear with blue skies; clouding up around 11:30am; light SW winds at 5-7mph; turning partly sunny. Trail conditions were poor at best, frozen, mostly one lane; trail after Botzum Trailhead untouched, very difficult walking.FT.MI.: 13.0 OBS.: John Henry & Douglas W. Vogus.I. MAMMALS: 6 SPECIES.
   - Mink - 1

   - Eastern Chipmunk - 3
   - Eastern Gray Squirrel - 1
   - Eastern Fox Squirrel - 5
   - Red Squirrel - 10
   - White-tailed Deer - 7
II. BIRDS: 51 SPECIES.(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
   - Canada Goose - 134

   - Tundra Swan - 3
   - Wood Duck - 2 (1m,1f)
   - American Black Duck - 23 (15m,8f)
   - Mallard - 211 (118m,93f)
   - Canvasback - 12 (10m,2f - New Species on Census - #169)
   - Redhead - 12 (10m,2f - New Census High - previous was 1 on 03/2014)
   - Greater Scaup - 2 (m - New Species on Census - #172)
   - Lesser Scaup - 11 (m - New Census High - previous was 1 on 03/2014)
   - Common Goldeneye - 35 (8m,27f - New Census High - previous was 8 on 03/2014)
   - Common Merganser - 57 (32m,25f)
   - Red-breasted Merganser - 13 (8m,5f)
   - Great Blue Heron - 6
   - Bald Eagle - 5 (3 adult, 2 immature - New Census High - previous was 4 on 03/2014 & 01/2015)
   - Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
   - Red-tailed Hawk - 3
   - American Coot - 1
   - Ring-billed Gull - 377
   - Herring Gull - 211 (New Census High - previous was 132 on 03/2014)
   - Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 (New Species on Census - #171)
   - Glaucous Gull - 2 (New Species on Census - #170)
   - Great Black-backed Gull - 3 (New Census High - previous was 2 on 03/2014)
   - Rock Pigeon - 33
   - Mourning Dove - 11
   - Eastern Screech-Owl - 1 (gray morph)
   - Belted Kingfisher - 1 (m)
   - Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6 (2m,1f,1?,2*)
   - Downy Woodpecker - 8 (4f,1?,3*)
   - Hairy Woodpecker - 8 (1?,7*)
   - Pileated Woodpecker - 5 (1m,2?,2*)
   - Peregrine Falcon - 1 (m)
   - Northern Shrike - 1 (Tied Census High on 02/2014)
   - Blue Jay - 28
   - American Crow - 28
   - Black-capped Chickadee - 22
   - Tufted Titmouse - 15
   - White-breasted Nuthatch - 9 (5m,4*)
   - Carolina Wren - 2
   - Eastern Bluebird - 19 (7m,6f,6?)
   - American Robin - 7
   - European Starling - 8
   - Eastern Towhee - 1 (*)
   - American Tree Sparrow - 6
   - Song Sparrow - 2
   - White-throated Sparrow - 11
   - Dark-eyed Junco - 17 (15m,2?)
   - Northern Cardinal - 47 (32m,11f,4*)
   - Red-winged Blackbird - 3 (m)
   - House Finch - 1 (*)
   - American Goldfinch - 4
   - House Sparrow - 27
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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