AUGUST 08, 2015 - Monthly Cuyahoga Valley Towpath Census.HIKE: Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Valley.TIME: 5:55am-3:20pm TEMP.: 64-84-81 COND.: Cloudy & pleasant from 5:55am-8:45am turning sunny & warmuntil 1:30pm; then turning partly cloudy to cloudy.TRAIL COND.: Dry & dusty. RIVER COND.: Very low, many rock & sandbars exposed.FT.MI.: 13.0 OBS.: John Henry & Douglas W. Vogus.I. MAMMALS: 8 SPECIES.
- Little Brown Myotis - 5 (new Census High - previous was 3 on 08/08/2010)
- Eastern Chipmunk - 22
- Eastern Fox Squirrel - 1
- Red Squirrel - 14
- Beaver - 1
- Muskrat - 1
- Eastern Cottontail - 6
- White-tailed Deer - 5 (8-pt buck,3 doe,1 yearling)
II. BIRDS: 63 SPECIES. (new August high - previous was 62 species in 2014)(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
- Canada Goose - 66
- Wood Duck - 16 (2m,2 juv. m,1 juv. f,11?)
- Mallard - 22 (1f,21 in molt)
- Great Blue Heron - 10
- Green Heron - 7 (2 immature)
- Turkey Vulture - 18
- Red-tailed Hawk - 3 (2 immature)
- Killdeer - 8
- Spotted Sandpiper - 6
- Solitary Sandpiper - 6 (first August record & New Census High - previous was 3 on 05/08/2010)
- Pectoral Sandpiper - 1 (New Species on Census - now at 175 species since 01/2010)
- Rock Pigeon - 22
- Mourning Dove - 10
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 (at nest in a willow- photo obtained of nest)
- Eastern Screech-Owl - 1 (heard calling near Brandywine Creek)
- Chimney Swift - 102
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3 (2f,1?)
- Belted Kingfisher - 4 (1m,1f,2*)
- Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5 (*)
- Downy Woodpecker - 8 (1f,7*)
- Hairy Woodpecker - 4 (1m,3*)
- Northern Flicker - 4 (1?,3*)
- Pileated Woodpecker - 1 (*)
- American Kestrel - 1 (? - first August record)
- Eastern Wood-Pewee - 7
- Acadian Flycatcher - 1
- Eastern Phoebe - 7
- Eastern Kingbird - 1
- Warbling Vireo - 3
- Red-eyed Vireo - 3
- Blue Jay - 33 (2 juvenile)
- American Crow - 70
- Tree Swallow - 5 (4 immature)
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 6
- Bank Swallow - 1
- Barn Swallow - 13
- Black-capped Chickadee - 17
- Tufted Titmouse - 9
- White-breasted Nuthatch - 11 (1?,10*)
- House Wren - 1
- Carolina Wren - 3
- Wood Thrush - 1 (first August record)
- American Robin - 20 (1 juvenile)
- Gray Catbird - 12
- European Starling - 9
- Cedar Waxwing - 18
- Common Yellowthroat - 13 (6m,2f,5*)
- Yellow Warbler - 8 (3m,1f,4?)
- Yellow-throated Warbler - 1 (m)
- Eastern Towhee - 2 (1m,1*)
- Song Sparrow - 32
- Swamp Sparrow - 7
- Scarlet Tanager - 2 (1m,1 immature)
- Northern Cardinal - 38 (16m,7f,14*,1 juv. *,1 female was incubating on nest - photo obtained)
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 (f)
- Indigo Bunting - 8 (7m,1f)
- Red-winged Blackbird - 57 (5m,12f,40?)
- Common Grackle - 136
- Baltimore Oriole - 1 (*)
- American Goldfinch - 32 (18m,3f,3?,8*)
- House Sparrow - 15
III. REPTILES: 3 SPECIES.
- Common Snapping Turtle - 8
- Midland Painted Turtle - 61
- Eastern Spiny Softshell - 1
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 2 SPECIES.
- Bullfrog - 2
- Green Frog - 9
V. FISHES: 6 SPECIES.
- Common Carp - 4
- Creek Chub - 11
- Northern Hog Sucker - 2
- Largemouth Bass - 3
- Bluegill - 2
- Pumpkinseed - 6
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 9 SPECIES.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 5
- Cabbage Butterfly - 19
- Summer Azure - 11
- Great Spangled Fritillary - 1
- Eastern Comma - 1
- Red-spotted Purple - 2
- Viceroy - 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper - 5
- Least Skipper - 1
VII. MOTH (of note): 1 SPECIES.
- A species of Dagger Moth I've never seen - (I am currently awaiting positive identification from photos taken)
VIII. WILDFLOWER (of note): 1 SPECIES.
- Cardinal-Flower is in full-bloom.
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.
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