APRIL 05, 2014 - Cuyahoga Valley National Park & Metro Parks, Serving Summit County Monthly Towpath Trail Census. HIKE: From Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Rd. TIME: 7:00am-4:00pm TEMP.: 36-34-48 COND.: Cloudy & cold early - overcast & trying to snow; gusting winds at 10-20mph; winds dying down & turning partly sunny from 12:50pm-2:00pm then turning mostly sunny & breezy. FT.MI.: 13.0 OBS.: Dan Fish (Red Lock to Lock 29), John Henry & Douglas W. Vogus. I. MAMMALS: 7 SPECIES. 1. Woodchuck - 3 (new Census high) 2. Eastern Chipmunk - 3 3. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 3 4. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 2 5. Red Squirrel - 19 6. Muskrat - 3 (tied Census high) 7. White-tailed Deer - 5 (doe) II. BIRDS: 57 SPECIES (tied Census high for most species in April - 04/06/2012) (NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed) 1. Canada Goose - 101 (1 nest) 2. Wood Duck - 18 (9m,8f,1*) 3. American Black Duck - 2 (1m,1f) 4. Mallard - 25 (15m,10f) 5. Blue-winged Teal - 1 (m) (new species on Census - Bird #164) 6. Ring-necked Duck - 13 (7m,6f) 7. Bufflehead - 2 (1m,1f) (new species on Census - Bird #166) 8. Hooded Merganser - 5 (1m,4f) 9. Great Blue Heron - 25 10. Great Egret - 1 (Lock 29 Beaver Marsh - tied Census high) 11. Turkey Vulture - 14 12. Bald Eagle - 3 (adults) 13. Cooper's Hawk - 2 (1m,1f) (tied Census high) 14. Red-shouldered Hawk - 3 (1 pair building nest in Boston) 15. Red-tailed Hawk - 3 (1 immature) 16. American Coot - 4 (new Census high) 17. Killdeer - 2 18. Ring-billed Gull - 9 19. Herring Gull - 4 20. Rock Pigeon - 38 21. Mourning Dove - 7 22. Belted Kingfisher - 3 (1m,2*) 23. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 8 (3m,1f,4*) 24. Downy Woodpecker - 5 (2m,3f) 25. Hairy Woodpecker - 5 (2f,3*) 26. Northern Flicker - 6 (1f,2?,3*) 27. Pileated Woodpecker - 4 (2?,2*) 28. Eastern Phoebe - 2 29. Blue Jay - 18 30. American Crow - 17 31. Tree Swallow - 12 32. Black-capped Chickadee - 21 (1 pair excavating nest hole) 33. Tufted Titmouse - 8 34. White-breasted Nuthatch - 11 (4m,2f,2?,3*) 35. Brown Creeper - 1 36. Carolina Wren - 3 37. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 4 (1f,1?,2*) 38. Eastern Bluebird - 1 (*) 39. Hermit Thrush - 1 (new species on Census - Bird #165) 40. American Robin - 46 (1 gathering nest material) 41. European Starling - 60 42. Eastern Towhee - 1 (m) 43. American Tree Sparrow - 8 44. Field Sparrow - 1 45. Fox Sparrow - 2 46. Song Sparrow - 28 47. Swamp Sparrow - 2 48. White-throated Sparrow - 11 49. White-crowned Sparrow - 2 50. Dark-eyed Junco - 20 (7m,7f,6?) 51. Northern Cardinal - 35 (21m,13f,1*) 52. Red-winged Blackbird - 117 53. Common Grackle - 91 54. Brown-headed Cowbird - 7 (6m,1f) 55. House Finch - 5 (3m,2f) 56. American Goldfinch - 14 57. House Sparrow - 5 III. REPTILES: 1 SPECIES. 1. Midland Painted Turtle - 8 IV. AMPHIBIANS: 2 SPECIES. 1. Northern Spring Peeper - (many calling) 2. Wood Frog - (many calling) Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]