APRIL 03, 2015 - Cuyahoga Valley Monthly Towpath Census.HIKE: Red Lock south to Merriman Valley. TIME: 6:55am-3:45pm TEMP.: 48-62-52 COND.: Heavy fog/low ceiling until 10:10am; fog lifting; partly sunny from 11:20am-12:10pm; partly cloudy from 12:10pm-1:45pm; cloudy, turning overcast from 1:45pm-2:40pm; sprinkles from 2:40pm-2:55pm; sprinkles/light rain from 3:15pm-3:45pm. TRAIL COND.: Wet & rutted. RIVER COND.: Higher than normal & muddy.FT.MI.: 13.0 OBS.: John Henry & Douglas W. Vogus.I. MAMMALS: 6 SPECIES.1. Opossum - 1 (Tied Census High on 02/2010 & 02/2011)2. Eastern Chipmunk - 83. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 24. Red Squirrel - 145. Muskrat - 6 (New Census High - previous was 3 on 05/2010 & 04/2014)6. White-tailed Deer - 8 (does)II. BIRDS: 59 SPECIES (Highest April Total - previous was 57 in 2012 & 2014).(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)1. Canada Goose - 96 (2 nests)2. Tundra Swan - 1 (first April record on census)3. Wood Duck - 7 (3m,3f,1*)4. American Black Duck - 3 (2m,1f)5. Mallard - 27 (18m,9f)6. Ring-necked Duck - 41 (26m,15f - New Census High - previous record was 29 on 04/2013)7. Hooded Merganser - 2 (1m,1f)8. Wild Turkey - 1 (m)9. Pied-billed Grebe - 1 (first April record on census)10. Horned Grebe - 1 (New Bird On Census - now at 173 Species since 01/2010)11. Great Blue Heron - 45 (New Census High - previous was 42 on 03/2012)12. Turkey Vulture - 1713. Red-shouldered Hawk - 4 (Tied Census High on 11/2012 & 01/2014)14. Red-tailed Hawk - 6 (1 immature; 2 active nests)15. American Coot - 4 (Tied Census High on 04/2014)16. Killdeer - 1017. Herring Gull - 118. Rock Pigeon - 319. Mourning Dove - 1220. Belted Kingfisher - 5 (3m,2f)21. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 8 (1m,7*)22. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 (m)23. Downy Woodpecker - 16 (3m,5f,1?,7*)24. Hairy Woodpecker - 5 (1m,3f,1*)25. Northern Flicker - 8 (1m,7*)26. Pileated Woodpecker - 4 (1m,3*)27. American Kestrel - 1 (m)28. Peregrine Falcon - 1 (m)29. Eastern Phoebe - 1030. Blue Jay - 2831. American Crow - 4032. Tree Swallow - 1333. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 134. Black-capped Chickadee - 16 (1 excavating a nest site)35. Tufted Titmouse - 1336. White-breasted Nuthatch - 13 (6m,1f,6*)37. Brown Creeper - 138. Carolina Wren - 139. Winter Wren - 1 (first April record on census)40. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 24 (2m,3f,13?,6* - New Census High - previous was 21 on 04/2012)41. Eastern Bluebird - 9 (3m,2f,4*)42. American Robin - 65 (1 nest)43. European Starling - 2144. Eastern Towhee - 7 (5m,2* - New Census High - previous was 6 on 02/2014 & 05/2014)45. American Tree Sparrow - 246. Field Sparrow - 147. Fox Sparrow - 248. Song Sparrow - 8649. Swamp Sparrow - 550. White-throated Sparrow - 451. Dark-eyed Junco - 13 (8m,4f,1*)52. Northern Cardinal - 59 (43m,12f,4*)53. Red-winged Blackbird - 112 (69m,3f,40?)54. Rusty Blackbird - 4 (1m,2f,1*)55. Common Grackle - 4756. Brown-headed Cowbird - 12 (9m,3f)57. House Finch - 18 (7m,7f,4* - 1 nest)58. American Goldfinch - 2359. House Sparrow - 16??. Unidentified Passerines - 3III. REPTILES: 4 SPECIES.1. Common Snapping Turtle - 42. Red-eared Turtle - 33. Midland Painted Turtle - 1714. Northern Brown Snake - 1IV. AMPHIBIANS: 4 SPECIES.1. Northern Spring Peeper - less than 20 (heard only)2. Western Chorus Frog - 4 (heard only)3. Bullfrog - 34. Wood Frog - well over 100 (7 seen and eggs laid)
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio. 

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