JANUARY 02, 2017 - CUYAHOGA VALLEY MONTHLY TOWPATH TRAIL CENSUS.HIKE: Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Valley. TIME: 7:25am - 4:20pm TEMP.: 35~33~46COND.: Overcast with steady, misty rain at start turning to a light mist falling; then foggy with a verylow ceiling from 9:35am - 12:00pm; then gray & cloudy; then back to foggy with light mist and tempsslowly climbing. No snow cover. Dover Pond frozen. Ira Beaver Marsh mostly frozen except for areanear the beaver lodge towards Riverview Rd. along the north side of the marsh.TRAIL COND.: Frozen & icy, thawing to muddy, wet & sloppy. River erosion prevention along trailjust before Stanford Swamp still on-going. More dead ash trees removed near old Jaite paper mill.RIVER COND.: High, swift & muddy.FT.MI.: 13.51 OBS.: John Henry & Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 4 SPECIES, 4 FIRST OF YEAR, 18 INDIVIDUALS.
   
   - Eastern Fox Squirrel - 1
   - Red Squirrel - 6
   - American Beaver - 1  (First January Record on Census)
   - White-tailed Deer - 10 (6-pt buck,half a 6-pt buck - one antler missing,4 doe,4 yearling)
II. BIRDS: 40 SPECIES, 40 FIRST OF YEAR, 1,232 INDIVIDUALS.(NOTE: m = male; f = female; ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)   
   - Canada Goose - 363
   - American Black Duck - 22 (12m,10f)
   - Mallard - 37 (22m,14f,1*)
   - Northern Pintail - 1 (m)  (First January Record on Census)
   - Rock Pigeon - 41
   - Mourning Dove - 6
   - Ring-billed Gull - 8
   - Herring Gull - 1
   - Great Blue Heron - 3
   - Bald Eagle - 1 (adult)
   - Cooper's Hawk - 1 (immature m)
   - Red-tailed Hawk - 3 (1 immature)
   - Belted Kingfisher - 4 (1m,1f,2*)
   - Red-bellied Woodpecker - 7 (3m,1f,1?,2*)
   - Downy Woodpecker - 17 (5m,5f,2?,5*)
   - Hairy Woodpecker - 12 (4m,2f,1?,5*)
   - Pileated Woodpecker - 2 (*)
   - American Kestrel - 1 (m)  (First January Record on Census)
   - Blue Jay - 30
   - American Crow - 94
   - Black-capped Chickadee - 25
   - Tufted Titmouse - 18
   - White-breasted Nuthatch - 17 (4m,3f,4?,6*)
   - Winter Wren - 2  (Tied Census High from 11/06/2010, 12/04/2010, 11/05/2011 & 03/04/2016)
   - Carolina Wren - 5
   - Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2 (1m,1?)
   - Eastern Bluebird - 5 (2m,3f)
   - American Robin - 3
   - European Starling - 335
   - House Sparrow - 5
   - House Finch - 2 (*)
   - Purple Finch - 1 (*)
   - American Goldfinch - 12
   - Eastern Towhee - 1 (*)
   - American Tree Sparrow - 59
   - Song Sparrow - 15
   - Swamp Sparrow - 3
   - White-throated Sparrow - 11
   - Dark-eyed Junco - 6 (2m,4f)
   - Northern Cardinal - 43 (16m,15f,12*)
   
   - Unidentified Passerines - 8   

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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