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.
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