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SEPTEMBER 02, 2016 - CUYAHOGA VALLEY MONTHLY TOWPATH TRAIL CENSUS.ROUTE: Towpath Trail from Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Valley. TIME: 6:20am - 4:35pm TEMP.: 55~79~75COND.: Cool & foggy until 7:45am; fog burning off, mostly sunny until 9:50am then clouds/sun mix rest of day; winds light & variable.TRAIL COND.: Damp early, turning dry & ideal (some sections between Peninsula & the Ira Beaver Marsh had newly laid crushed limestone; section from Ira Rd. south to Lock 25 had newly laid asphalt by Perrin Asphalt to fix buckled sections of old asphalt trail.)RIVER COND.: Still very low with many rock and sandbars exposed.FT.MI.: 13.88 OBS.: John Henry & Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 7 SPECIES.

   - Mink - 1 (First September Record on Census)

   - Eastern Chipmunk - 28
   - Eastern Gray Squirrel - 2 (black morph)
   - Eastern Fox Squirrel - 1
   - Red Squirrel - 16
   - Eastern Cottontail - 2
   - White-tailed Deer - 3 (spike buck,2 fawns)

II. BIRDS: 68 SPECIES, 2,451 INDIVIDUALS. (New Census High for Individuals in September - previous was 2,108 in 2014)(NOTE: m = male; f = female; ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)

   - Canada Goose - 59

   - Wood Duck - 43 (8m,21f,9?)
   - Mallard - 15 (10m,5f)
   - Great Blue Heron - 9
   - Green Heron - 10 (2 juvenile - New Census High - previous was 9 on 08/2012)
   - Turkey Vulture - 16
   - Bald Eagle - 1 (adult)
   - Cooper's Hawk - 1 (m)
   - Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
   - Broad-winged Hawk - 1
   - Red-tailed Hawk - 7
   - Killdeer - 3
   - Spotted Sandpiper - 2
   - Solitary Sandpiper - 1
   - Rock Pigeon - 45
   - Mourning Dove - 8
   - Eastern Screech-Owl - 1 (calling near Brandywine Creek - First September Record on Census)
   - Chimney Swift - 8
   - Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2 (1f,1?)
   - Belted Kingfisher - 2 (1m,1?)
   - Red-headed Woodpecker - 2 (1 calling,1 juvenile)
   - Red-bellied Woodpecker - 12 (2?,10*)
   - Downy Woodpecker - 14 (2m,2f,10*)
   - Hairy Woodpecker - 7 (1f,1?,5*)
   - Northern Flicker - 5 (1m,1?,3*)
   - Pileated Woodpecker - 3 (*)
   - Peregrine Falcon - 1 (?)
   - Eastern Wood-Pewee - 4
   - Acadian Flycatcher - 1
   - Unidentified Empidonax Flycatcher - 1
   - Eastern Phoebe - 5
   - Yellow-throated Vireo - 1
   - Warbling Vireo - 12
   - Philadelphia Vireo - 1
   - Red-eyed Vireo - 3
   - Blue Jay - 35
   - American Crow - 124
   - Purple Martin - 1
   - Tree Swallow - 2
   - Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1
   - Barn Swallow - 9
   - Black-capped Chickadee - 23
   - Tufted Titmouse - 16
   - White-breasted Nuthatch - 10 (1m,1f,3?,5*)
   - House Wren - 1
   - Carolina Wren - 9
   - Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 (f)
   - Eastern Bluebird - 1 (*)
   - Veery - 1
   - American Robin - 73
   - Gray Catbird - 17
   - European Starling - 453
   - Cedar Waxwing - 139
   - Tennessee Warbler - 1 (m)
   - Common Yellowthroat - 8 (2f,1?,5*)
   - Hooded Warbler - 1 (*)
   - American Redstart - 1 (juvenile m)
   - Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 (*)
   - Song Sparrow - 12
   - Scarlet Tanager - 3 (m)
   - Northern Cardinal - 31 (8m,4f,1 juvenile f,15*,3 juvenile *)
   - Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2 (1f,1*)
   - Indigo Bunting - 2 (m)
   - Red-winged Blackbird - 36 (15m,1f,20?)
   - Common Grackle - 1,016
   - Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 (f)
   - House Finch - 2 (1f,1*)
   - American Goldfinch - 27 (7m,7f,1 juvenile,6?,6*)
   - House Sparrow - 71
   - Unidentified Passerines - 12

III. REPTILES: 4 SPECIES.

   - Common Snapping Turtle - 2

   - Red-eared Turtle - 4
   - Midland Painted Turtle - 89
   - Eastern Spiny Softshell - 1

IV. AMPHIBIANS: 2 SPECIES.

   - Bullfrog - 1

   - Green Frog - 2

V. FISHES: 6 SPECIES.

   - Common Carp - 2 (Cuyahoga River)

   - Golden Shiner - 1 (caught by Green Heron in canal south of Ohio Turnpike)
   - Creek Chub - 34 (feeder creeks)
   - Hornyhead Chub - 3 (feeder creek)
   - Largemouth Bass - 5 (3 in Cuyahoga River, 2 in canal at Ira Beaver Marsh)
   - Bluegill - 5 (canal at Ira Beaver Marsh)

VI. BUTTERFLIES: 8 SPECIES.

   - Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 2

   - Cabbage Butterfly - 17
   - Clouded Sulphur - 1
   - Summer Azure - 1
   - Great Spangled Fritillary - 1
   - Pearl Crescent - 3
   - Monarch - 3
   - Silver-spotted Skipper - 1

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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