AUGUST 05, 2016 - CUYAHOGA VALLEY MONTHLY TOWPATH TRAIL CENSUS.HIKE: Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Valley. TIME: 5:50am-2:00pm TEMP.: 66~92 COND.: Bright, clouds/sun mix, turning hot & humid with light, south breeze. TRAIL COND.: Dry & ideal. RIVER COND.: Muddy from last week's thunderstorm, but still very low with many rock & sandbars exposed. FT.MI.: 13.63 OBS.: John Henry & Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 10 SPECIES, 48 INDIVIDUALS, 1 SPECIES NEW TO CENSUS.
- Little Brown Myotis - 1
- Striped Skunk - 1 (New Species on Census - now at 18 Mammals total since 01/01/2010)
- Woodchuck - 1 (First August Record on Census)
- Eastern Chipmunk - 17
- Eastern Gray Squirrel - 2 (1 black morph)
- Eastern Fox Squirrel - 2
- Red Squirrel - 16
- Beaver - 1
- Eastern Cottontail - 1
- White-tailed Deer - 6 (10-pt buck,8-pt buck,2 doe,2 fawn)
II. BIRDS: 64 SPECIES (New August High - previous was 63 in 2015), 796 INDIVIDUALS.
(NOTE: m = male; f = female; ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
- Canada Goose - 3
- Wood Duck - 34 (2m,1f,4 juvenile m,12 juvenile f,15 unknown juvenile)
- Mallard - 15 (5f,10 juvenile)
- Great Blue Heron - 12
- Green Heron - 6 (2 juvenile)
- Turkey Vulture - 12
- Broad-winged Hawk - 2 (Tied Census High from 06/2012, 08/2013 & 09/2015)
- Red-tailed Hawk - 9 (2 juvenile)
- Killdeer - 11
- Spotted Sandpiper - 4
- Solitary Sandpiper - 1
- American Woodcock - 1 (First August Record on Census)
- Rock Pigeon - 2
- Mourning Dove - 10
- Great Horned Owl - 1 (calling at Red Lock - First August Record on Census & Tied Census High from 03/2016)
- Chimney Swift - 26
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2 (1f,1*)
- Belted Kingfisher - 5 (2m,1f,1?,1*)
- Red-headed Woodpecker - 2 (1 juvenile)
- Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6 (5*,1 juvenile)
- Downy Woodpecker - 11 (5m,3f,3*)
- Hairy Woodpecker - 5 (1f,1?,3*)
- Northern Flicker - 8 (2m,1f,1?,4*)
- Pileated Woodpecker - 1 (*)
- Peregrine Falcon - 1 (m - "Rocky" at the Ohio Turnpike bridge)
- Eastern Wood-Pewee - 7
- Acadian Flycatcher - 2
- Eastern Phoebe - 2
- Great Crested Flycatcher - 2
- Eastern Kingbird - 4
- White-eyed Vireo - 1
- Red-eyed Vireo - 6
- Blue Jay - 28 (2 juvenile)
- American Crow - 10
- Purple Martin - 2
- Tree Swallow - 25
- Barn Swallow - 9
- Black-capped Chickadee - 13
- Tufted Titmouse - 11
- Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 (m - First August Record on Census & Tied Census High from 10/2011)
- White-breasted Nuthatch - 15 (2m,3?,10*)
- House Wren - 1
- Carolina Wren - 7
- Eastern Bluebird - 1 (m)
- American Robin - 46 (6 juvenile)
- Gray Catbird - 18
- European Starling - 15
- Cedar Waxwing - 19 (4 juvenile)
- Common Yellowthroat - 7 (1m,1?,5*)
- Hooded Warbler - 3 (m)
- Yellow Warbler - 1 (m)
- Eastern Towhee - 2 (1m,1*)
- Field Sparrow - 2
- Song Sparrow - 14
- Swamp Sparrow - 5
- Scarlet Tanager - 3 (2m,1f)
- Northern Cardinal - 26 (9m,5f,9*,3 juvenile *)
- Indigo Bunting - 3 (2m,1f)
- Red-winged Blackbird - 12 (4m,6f,2?)
- Common Grackle - 35
- Orchard Oriole - 2 (f - First August Record on Census)
- House Finch - 1 (m)
- American Goldfinch - 31 (19m,3f,1?,8*)
- House Sparrow - 4
- Unidentified Passerines - 12
III. REPTILES: 3 SPECIES.
- Common Snapping Turtle - 6
- Midland Painted Turtle - 62
- Eastern Spiny Softshell - 3
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 2 SPECIES.
- Gray Treefrog - 1
- Green Frog - 6
V. FISHES: 5 SPECIES.
- Common Carp - 2
- Creek Chub - 63
- Northern Hog Sucker - 6
- Largemouth Bass - 1
- Bluegill - 6 (2 caught by Green Herons)
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 10 SPECIES.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 6
- Cabbage Butterfly - 23
- Summer Azure - 1
- Pearl Crescent - 3
- Question Mark - 1
- Eastern Comma - 1
- Viceroy - 1
- Northern Pearly Eye - 1
- Monarch - 5
- Silver-spotted Skipper - 6
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.
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