*JANUARY 02, 2017 - CUYAHOGA VALLEY MONTHLY TOWPATH TRAIL CENSUS.*
*HIKE*: Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Valley. *TIME*: 7:25am -
4:20pm *TEMP.*: 35~33~46
*COND.*: Overcast with steady, misty rain at start turning to a light mist
falling; then foggy with a very
low ceiling from 9:35am - 12:00pm; then gray & cloudy; then back to foggy
with light mist and temps
slowly climbing. No snow cover. Dover Pond frozen. Ira Beaver Marsh mostly
frozen except for area
near 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 trail
just 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.*


   1. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 1
   2. Red Squirrel - 6
   3. American Beaver - 1  *(First January Record on Census)*
   4. 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)*

   1. Canada Goose - 363
   2. American Black Duck - 22 (12m,10f)
   3. Mallard - 37 (22m,14f,1*)
   4. Northern Pintail - 1 (m)  *(First January Record on Census)*
   5. Rock Pigeon - 41
   6. Mourning Dove - 6
   7. Ring-billed Gull - 8
   8. Herring Gull - 1
   9. Great Blue Heron - 3
   10. Bald Eagle - 1 (adult)
   11. Cooper's Hawk - 1 (immature m)
   12. Red-tailed Hawk - 3 (1 immature)
   13. Belted Kingfisher - 4 (1m,1f,2*)
   14. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 7 (3m,1f,1?,2*)
   15. Downy Woodpecker - 17 (5m,5f,2?,5*)
   16. Hairy Woodpecker - 12 (4m,2f,1?,5*)
   17. Pileated Woodpecker - 2 (*)
   18. American Kestrel - 1 (m)  *(First January Record on Census)*
   19. Blue Jay - 30
   20. American Crow - 94
   21. Black-capped Chickadee - 25
   22. Tufted Titmouse - 18
   23. White-breasted Nuthatch - 17 (4m,3f,4?,6*)
   24. Winter Wren - 2  *(Tied Census High from 11/06/2010, 12/04/2010,
   11/05/2011 & 03/04/2016)*
   25. Carolina Wren - 5
   26. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2 (1m,1?)
   27. Eastern Bluebird - 5 (2m,3f)
   28. American Robin - 3
   29. European Starling - 335
   30. House Sparrow - 5
   31. House Finch - 2 (*)
   32. Purple Finch - 1 (*)
   33. American Goldfinch - 12
   34. Eastern Towhee - 1 (*)
   35. American Tree Sparrow - 59
   36. Song Sparrow - 15
   37. Swamp Sparrow - 3
   38. White-throated Sparrow - 11
   39. Dark-eyed Junco - 6 (2m,4f)
   40. Northern Cardinal - 43 (16m,15f,12*)


   - Unidentified Passerines - 8

Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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