MAY 12, 2017 - CUYAHOGA VALLEY MONTHLY TOWPATH TRAIL CENSUS.
HIKE: Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Valley. TIME: 5:50am - 4:05pm
TEMP.: 53 ~ 60.
COND.: Cloudy and cool all day. TRAIL COND.: Fair - some puddling and muddy
spots. RIVER COND.: Higher than normal and muddy - few rock and sandbars
visible.
FT.MI.: 13.51 OBS.: John Henry and Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 6 SPECIES, 52 TOTAL.
1. Eastern Chipmunk - 34
2. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 1 (black morph)
3. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 3
4. Red Squirrel - 9
5. Common Muskrat - 1
6. White-tailed Deer - 4 (doe)
II. BIRDS: 89 SPECIES, 1,213 TOTAL BIRDS.
(Third highest species in May since 2010 (104 in 2014 and 90 in 2011);
Highest total birds in May (previous was 1,202 in 2010)
(NOTE: M = male; f = female; ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was
heard calling but not sexed)
1. Canada Goose - 85 (6 goslings,2 nests)
2. Wood Duck - 6 (4m,1f,1*)
3. Mallard - 18 (14m,4f)
4. Rock Pigeon - 6
5. Mourning Dove - 16
6. Chimney Swift - 34
7. Virginia Rail - 1
8. Killdeer - 3
9. Spotted Sandpiper - 5
10. Double-crested Cormorant - 2
11. Great Blue Heron - 37
12. Green Heron - 2
13. Turkey Vulture - 10
14. Osprey - 1 (Tied Census High from 6 other occasions)
15. Red-tailed Hawk - 1
16. Belted Kingfisher - 3 (1m,2*)
17. Red-headed Woodpecker - 2
18. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 8 (2?,6*)
19. Downy Woodpecker - 16 (8m,1f,1?,6*)
20. Hairy Woodpecker - 7 (3m,1f,2?,1*)
21. Northern Flicker - 6 (3m,1f,2*)
22. Pileated Woodpecker - 5 (2?,3*)
23. Peregrine Falcon - 2 (1m,1f)
24. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
25. Least Flycatcher - 2 (Tied Census High from 05/2014)
26. Eastern Phoebe - 5
27. Great Crested Flycatcher - 7
28. Eastern Kingbird - 5
29. Yellow-throated Vireo - 9
30. Blue-headed Vireo - 2 (First May Record on Census - Tied Census
High from 10/2016)
31. Warbling Vireo - 19
32. Red-eyed Vireo - 7
33. Blue Jay - 16
34. American Crow - 11
35. Tree Swallow - 9
36. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 23
37. Bank Swallow - 9
38. Barn Swallow - 17
39. Black-capped Chickadee - 26
40. Tufted Titmouse - 17
41. White-breasted Nuthatch - 7 (3m,1f,3?)
42. House Wren - 8
43. Carolina Wren - 6
44. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 21 (2m,4f,7?,8* - 1 nest in a black walnut
tree)
45. Eastern Bluebird - 2 (*)
46. Veery - 2
47. Wood Thrush - 5 (Tied Census High from 06/2016)
48. American Robin - 60
49. Gray Catbird - 28
50. Brown Thrasher - 1 (First May Record on Census)
51. European Starling - 35
52. House Sparrow - 14
53. House Finch - 6 (4m,2f)
54. American Goldfinch - 29 (12m,4f,10?,3*)
55. Louisiana Waterthrush - 2 (Tied Census High from 6 other occasions)
56. Northern Waterthrush - 3
57. Blue-winged Warbler - 1 (m)
58. Tennessee Warbler - 1 (f)
59. Orange-crowned Warbler - 1 (f - First May Record on Census)
60. Nashville Warbler - 1 (m)
61. Common Yellowthroat - 44 (41m,3* - New Census High - previous was 41
from 05/2014)
62. Hooded Warbler - 6 (m)
63. American Redstart - 11 (m)
64. Cerulean Warbler - 1 (m)
65. Northern Parula - 1 (m)
66. Magnolia Warbler - 4 (m)
67. Blackburnian Warbler - 1 (m)
68. Yellow Warbler - 43 (36m,3f,3?,1*)
69. Chestnut-sided Warbler - 4 (m)
70. Palm Warbler - 1
71. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 5 (2m,3f)
72. Yellow-throated Warbler - 6 (m)
73. Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 (m)
74. Eastern Towhee - 3 (2m,1*)
75. Chipping Sparrow - 3
76. Field Sparrow - 3
77. Song Sparrow - 65
78. Swamp Sparrow - 16
79. White-throated Sparrow - 5
80. White-crowned Sparrow - 12 (New Census High - previous was 6 from
05/2013)
81. Scarlet Tanager - 3 (m)
82. Northern Cardinal - 52 (39m,9f,4*)
83. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 11 (10m,1*)
84. Indigo Bunting - 8 (7m,1f)
85. Red-winged Blackbird - 84 (61m,21f,2? - 1 nest in cattails)
86. Common Grackle - 34
87. Brown-headed Cowbird - 26 (20m,6f)
88. Orchard Oriole - 10 (7m,1 immature m,2f - New Census High - previous
was 8 from 06/2016)
89. Baltimore Oriole - 36 (m - 1 nest in a silver maple - New Census
High - previous was 33 from 05/2014)
Unidentified Passerines - 12
Unidentified Empidonax Flycatcher - 1
Unidentified Warblers (fly-overs) - 6
III. REPTILES: 3 SPECIES.
1. Common Snapping Turtle - 1
2. Midland Painted Turtle - 18
3. Eastern Spiny Softshell - 1
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 3 SPECIES.
1. American Toad - heard calling
2. Bullfrog - 2
3. Green Frog - 7
V. FISHES: 1 SPECIES.
1. Common Carp - 2
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.
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