NOVEMBER 07, 2015 - Cuyahoga Valley Monthly Towpath Trail Census.HIKE: Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Valley (this day's hike included a stop at the old Stanford House to showJohn and a side trip along the Cuyahoga River to count the number of nests at the "Wetmore Heronry" now that theleaves are all off.) TIME: 6:45am-3:55pm TEMP.: 44-57-52 COND.: Cool & cloudy early giving way to pleasant andmostly sunny; winds light and variable changing to W/SW around 1:40pm at 5-7mph.FT.MI.: 14.0 OBS.: John Henry & Douglas W. Vogus.I. MAMMALS: 9 SPECIES.
   - Mink - 1

   - Coyote - 1
   - Eastern Chipmunk - 8
   - Eastern Gray Squirrel - 5 (1 black morph)
   - Eastern Fox Squirrel - 5
   - Red Squirrel - 47 (New Census High - previous was 43 in 03/2014)
   - Meadow Vole - 1 (Tied Census High - in 03/2012)
   - Muskrat - 1
   - White-tailed Deer - 12 (buck: 10-pt., three 8-pt., two spike, 6 does)
II. BIRDS: 52 SPECIES.(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
   - Canada Goose - 46

   - Wood Duck - 4 (2m,2f)
   - American Black Duck - 15 (2m,2f,11?)
   - Mallard - 35 (19m,16f)
   - Ring-necked Duck - 5 (2m,3f)
   - Hooded Merganser - 2 (1m,1f)
   - Pied-billed Grebe - 1
   - Great Blue Heron - 5 ("Wetmore Heronry" consisted of 3 trees totaling 66 nests - 11, 15 & 40)
   - Green Heron - 1 (First November Record on Census)
   - Turkey Vulture - 1
   - Cooper's Hawk - 1 (immature male)
   - Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
   - Red-tailed Hawk - 10 (6 in the air at one time)
   - Killdeer - 2
   - Ring-billed Gull - 8
   - Herring Gull - 1
   - Rock Pigeon - 12
   - Mourning Dove - 6
   - Belted Kingfisher - 2 (m)
   - Red-bellied Woodpecker - 20 (7m,2f,4?,7*)
   - Downy Woodpecker - 16 (5m,4f,2?,7*)
   - Hairy Woodpecker - 7 (1m,2f,4*)
   - Northern Flicker - 3 (1?,2*)
   - Pileated Woodpecker - 3 (1?,2*)
   - Peregrine Falcon - 1 (f)
   - Blue Jay - 39
   - American Crow - 63
   - Black-capped Chickadee - 26
   - Tufted Titmouse - 15
   - White-breasted Nuthatch - 16 (5m,2f,2?,7*)
   - Winter Wren - 1 (First November Record on Census)
   - Carolina Wren - 6
   - Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2 (1m,1f)
   - Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 (m)
   - Eastern Bluebird - 56 (19m,11f,22?,4* - New Census High - previous was 38 in 01/2014)
   - American Robin - 20
   - European Starling - 143
   - Cedar Waxwing - 111
   - Blackpoll Warbler - 1 (First November Record on Census)
   - Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3
   - American Tree Sparrow - 5
   - Song Sparrow - 13
   - Swamp Sparrow - 4
   - White-throated Sparrow - 8
   - Dark-eyed Junco - 6 (4m,2f)
   - Northern Cardinal - 23 (5m,9f,9*)
   - Red-winged Blackbird - 59 (13m,46?)
   - Rusty Blackbird - 3 (1m,2f)
   - Common Grackle - 3
   - Unidentified Blackbird Species - 70
   - House Finch - 7 (1f,2?,4*)
   - American Goldfinch - 22
   - House Sparrow - 31
III. REPTILES: 1 SPECIES.
   - Midland Painted Turtle - 2

IV. AMPHIBIANS: 2 SPECIES.
   - Northern Spring Peeper - 3 (heard)

   - Bullfrog - 1
V. FISHES: 1 SPECIES.
   - Creek Chub - around 100

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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