JUNE 06, 2015 - Cuyahoga Valley Towpath Trail Census.HIKE: Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Valley TIME: 6:00am-3:00pm TEMP.: 65-77COND.: Cloudy, cool & breezy early, cloud cover moving out by 10:00am & turning sunny, warm & pleasant with light winds.FT.MI.: 13.0 OBS.: John Henry & Douglas W. Vogus.I. MAMMALS: 10 SPECIES. - Raccoon - 2 (Tied Census High on 05/2012) - Mink - 1 - Eastern Chipmunk - 47 - Eastern Gray Squirrel - 1 - Eastern Fox Squirrel - 4 - Red Squirrel - 17 - Beaver - 2 (Tied Census High on 08/2014) - Muskrat - 2 - Eastern Cottontail - 1 - White-tailed Deer - 2 (1 buck,1 doe) BIRDS: 78 SPECIES.(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed) - Canada Goose - 9 - Wood Duck - 29 (3f,26 ducklings) - Mallard - 6 (m) - Great Blue Heron - 17 - Green Heron - 1 - Turkey Vulture - 7 - Cooper's Hawk - 1 (f) - Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 - Red-tailed Hawk - 3 - Killdeer - 1 - Spotted Sandpiper - 2 - American Woodcock - 3 (mother with 2 young - New Bird on Census - now at 174 Species since 01/2010) - Herring Gull - 2 - Mourning Dove - 12 - Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 3 - Eastern Screech-Owl - 1 (calling) - Chimney Swift - 8 - Belted Kingfisher - 1 (*) - Red-headed Woodpecker - 2 - Red-bellied Woodpecker - 7 (2m,1f,1?,3*) - Downy Woodpecker - 6 (1m,2f,1?,1*,1 juvenile *) - Hairy Woodpecker - 4 (1m,1f,2*) - Northern Flicker - 8 (2m,2f,2?,2*,1 nest) - Pileated Woodpecker - 4 (1?,3*) - Peregrine Falcon - 1 (m) - Eastern Wood-Pewee - 18 (New Census High - previous was 14 on 06/2013) - Acadian Flycatcher - 4 - Willow Flycatcher - 2 - Eastern Phoebe - 2 - Great Crested Flycatcher - 8 - Eastern Kingbird - 5 - White-eyed Vireo - 1 - Yellow-throated Vireo - 4 (1 nest) - Warbling Vireo - 18 - Red-eyed Vireo - 17 - Blue Jay - 13 - American Crow - 8 - Tree Swallow - 10 - Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 16 (1 nest) - Bank Swallow - 1 - Barn Swallow - 5 - Black-capped Chickadee - 9 - Tufted Titmouse - 7 - White-breasted Nuthatch - 3 (1m,1f,1*) - Carolina Wren - 1 - Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 8 (*) - Veery - 2 - Wood Thrush - 1 - American Robin - 28 (2 juveniles,1 nest) - Gray Catbird - 17 - European Starling - 11 - Cedar Waxwing - 16 - Blue-winged Warbler - 1 (m) - Common Yellowthroat - 17 (15m,2*) - Hooded Warbler - 3 (m) - American Redstart - 9 (m) - Cerulean Warbler - 3 (m) - Northern Parula - 1 (m) - Yellow Warbler - 36 (33m,1f,2?) - Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 (m) - Yellow-throated Warbler - 5 (m) - Eastern Towhee - 1 (m) - Chipping Sparrow - 5 - Field Sparrow - 1 - Song Sparrow - 44 - Swamp Sparrow - 10 - Scarlet Tanager - 5 (m) - Northern Cardinal - 37 (24m,6f,3*,4 juvenile *) - Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 10 (m) - Indigo Bunting - 21 (20m,1f) - Red-winged Blackbird - 55 (40m,15f) - Common Grackle - 22 - Brown-headed Cowbird - 11 (6m,3f,2 juvenile - 1 being fed by an Eastern Phoebe & 1 being fed by a Song Sparrow) - Orchard Oriole - 6 (4m,1 immature m,1f) - Baltimore Oriole - 20 (17m,3f,1 nest) - House Finch - 2 (1m,1*) - American Goldfinch - 24 (16m,5f,1?,2*) - House Sparrow - 21 REPTILES: 4 SPECIES. - Common Snapping Turtle - 10 - Red-eared Turtle - 1 - Midland Painted Turtle - 39 - Eastern Spiny Softshell - 6 AMPHIBIANS: 3 SPECIES. - American Toad - 9 (all young smaller than a pencil's eraser) - Bullfrog - 1 - Green Frog - 15 FISHES: 1 SPECIES. - Creek Chub - many BUTTERFLIES: 5 SPECIES. - Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 5 - Cabbage Butterfly - 11 - Spring Azure - 2 - Red-spotted Purple - 2 - Little Wood Satyr - 8 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.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]