OCTOBER 03, 2015 - Cuyahoga Valley Monthly Towpath Trail Census.HIKE: Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail from Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Valley.TIME: 7:30am-4:30pm TEMP.: 41-51-47 COND.: Light, misty rain from 7:30am-8:40am;overcast with no rain from 8:40am-9:05am; resuming misty rain from 9:05am-9:25am,turning to sprinkles, then to steady rain until 12:30pm; back to misty rain/sprinkles until2:30pm; light mist to no rain from 2:30pm-3:05pm; back to misty rain from 3:05pm-4:30pm.TRAIL COND.: Damp & fair turning to sloppy & wet. RIVER COND.: Muddy but still low.FT.MI.: 13.0 OBS.: John Henry & Douglas W. Vogus.I. MAMMALS: 6 SPECIES.
- Eastern Chipmunk - 13
- Eastern Gray Squirrel - 2 (1 black morph)
- Eastern Fox Squirrel - 6
- Red Squirrel - 18
- Muskrat - 1
- White-tailed Deer - 3 (doe)
II. BIRDS: 65 SPECIES. (2nd. Highest Total Ever - 67 in 2010)(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not seen)
- Canada Goose - 256
- Wood Duck - 6 (3m,3f)
- American Black Duck - 3 (2m,1f)
- Mallard - 21 (12m,9f)
- Great Blue Heron - 4
- Turkey Vulture - 2
- Bald Eagle - 2 (1 adult,1 immature)
- Cooper's Hawk - 1 (m)
- Broad-winged Hawk - 1 (First October Record on Census)
- Red-tailed Hawk - 1
- Killdeer - 10
- Rock Pigeon - 6
- Mourning Dove - 3
- Belted Kingfisher - 1 (m)
- Red-bellied Woodpecker - 13 (2m,1f,3?,7*)
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 (immature)
- Downy Woodpecker - 11 (5m,3f,3*)
- Hairy Woodpecker - 4 (1m,3*)
- Northern Flicker - 6 (2?,4*)
- Pileated Woodpecker - 4 (?)
- American Kestrel - 1 (m) (First October Record on Census)
- Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2
- Eastern Phoebe - 6
- Blue-headed Vireo - 1 (Tied Census High from 07/2010 & 07/2015 - First October Record on Census)
- Philadelphia Vireo - 1 (Tied Census High from 09/2012 - First October Record on Census)
- Blue Jay - 23
- American Crow - 17
- Black-capped Chickadee - 20
- Tufted Titmouse - 12
- White-breasted Nuthatch - 11 (3m,2f,2?,4*)
- Brown Creeper - 1
- Carolina Wren - 2
- Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2 (?)
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 (1?,1*)
- Eastern Bluebird - 12 (2m,3f,7?)
- Gray-cheeked Thrush - 1 (Tied Census High from 05/2014 & 05/2015 - First October Record on Census)
- Swainson's Thrush - 3
- Hermit Thrush - 1 (Tied Census High from 04/2014 - First October Record on Census)
- American Robin - 118 (3 immature)
- Gray Catbird - 5
- European Starling - 91
- Cedar Waxwing - 35
- Tennessee Warbler - 2 (1m,1f)
- Nashville Warbler - 1 (f)
- Common Yellowthroat - 1 (*)
- Hooded Warbler - 1 (m)
- Magnolia Warbler - 1 (f)
- Blackpoll Warbler - 1 (m)
- Palm Warbler - 3
- Yellow-rumped Warbler - 21
- Eastern Towhee - 2 (*)
- Chipping Sparrow - 2
- Song Sparrow - 31
- Swamp Sparrow - 7
- White-throated Sparrow - 19
- White-crowned Sparrow - 1
- Northern Cardinal - 18 (3m,5f,1 juvenile f,6*,3 juvenile *)
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 (f)
- Indigo Bunting - 1 (immature f)
- Red-winged Blackbird - 39
- Rusty Blackbird - 4 (2m,2f - Ira Beaver Marsh) (First October Record on Census)
- Common Grackle - 280
- House Finch - 4 (3m,1f)
- American Goldfinch - 18
- House Sparrow - 16
III. FISHES: 1 SPECIES.
- Creek Chub - 15
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.
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