*DECEMBER 02, 2017* - CUYAHOGA VALLEY TOWPATH TRAIL MONTHLY CENSUS.
*HIKE*: Towpath Trail from Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Valley.
*TIME*: 7:40am - 4:20pm  *TEMP.*: 27 ~ 49 ~ 46
*COND.*: Brief sun in the morning at sunrise and cold, turning partly sunny
at 12:50pm; warming to mostly sunny from 1:45pm on; Dover Pond ice-free;
Lock 29 Marsh was mostly skim-ice with one small opening; Ira Beaver Marsh
ice-free, but canal had skim-ice; no snow cover.
*TRAIL COND.*: Frozen early, thawing to wet and mushy in some spots; many
wind-blown trees down from Red Lock to Boston from previous week's high
winds.
*RIVER COND.*: Low but muddy.  *FT.MI.*: 13.43  *OBS.*: John Henry &
Douglas W. Vogus.

*I. MAMMALS*: 5 SPECIES, 36 INDIVIDUALS.

   1. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 4 (1 black morph)
   2. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 2
   3. Red Squirrel - 23
   4. Common Muskrat - 1
   5. White-tailed Deer - 6 (does)


*II. BIRDS*: 48 SPECIES, 980 INDIVIDUALS.  *(New Census High for Species -
previous was 47 in 2013 & 2016; Previous Average for Individuals was 1,169
Total)*
*(NOTE: m = male; f = female; ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was
heard calling but not sexed)*

   1. Canada Goose - 33
   2. Wood Duck - 1 (m)  *(Lock 29 Swamp)*
   3. Gadwall - 1 (f)  *(Ira Beaver Marsh)  (Tied Census High from 09/2017
   - first December Record on Census)*
   4. American Black Duck - 19 (10m,9f)  *(Ira Beaver Marsh)*
   5. Mallard - 37 (18m,12f,2?)
   6. Bufflehead - 1 (f)  *(Dover Pond)  (First December Record on Census)*
   7. Pied-billed Grebe - 1  *(Ira Beaver Marsh)*
   8. Rock Pigeon - 4
   9. Mourning Dove - 17
   10. Ring-billed Gull - 18
   11. Great Blue Heron - 4
   12. Bald Eagle - 1 (adult)  *(Cuyahoga River at Bath Rd.)*
   13. Red-tailed Hawk - 5 (1 immature)
   14. Belted Kingfisher - 5 (4m,1*)
   15. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 15 (6m,3f,6*)
   16. Downy Woodpecker - 23 (8m,8f,1?,6*)
   17. Hairy Woodpecker - 8 (1m,3f,4*)
   18. Northern Flicker  - 3 (*)
   19. Pileated Woodpecker - 4 (*)
   20. Peregrine Falcon - 1 (f)  *("Gatewood" at the Ohio Turnpike bridge)*
   21. Eastern Phoebe - 1  *(Ira Beaver Marsh)  (First December Record on
   Census)*
   22. Blue Jay - 32
   23. American Crow - 315
   24. Black-capped Chickadee - 42
   25. Tufted Titmouse - 24
   26. White-breasted Nuthatch - 21 (8m,1f,2?,10*)
   27. Brown Creeper - 2
   28. Winter Wren - 1
   29. Carolina Wren - 15
   30. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 6 (2f,1?,3*)
   31. Eastern Bluebird - 21 (10m,6f,3?,2*)
   32. American Robin - 8
   33. European Starling - 96
   34. Cedar Waxwing - 20
   35. House Sparrow - 13
   36. House Finch - 3 (1m,2*)
   37. American Goldfinch - 32
   38. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
   39. Eastern Towhee - 5 (3m,1f,1*)
   40. American Tree Sparrow - 33
   41. Fox Sparrow - 1
   42. Song Sparrow - 24
   43. Swamp Sparrow - 4
   44. White-throated Sparrow - 28
   45. Dark-eyed Junco - 2 (1m,1f)
   46. Northern Cardinal - 20 (10m,7f,3*)
   47. Red-winged Blackbird - 1 (m)
   48. Common Grackle - 1 (m)

Unidentified Passerines - 7

*III. REPTILES*: 1 SPECIES.

   1. Midland Painted Turtle - 1  *(First December Record on Census)*


*IV. FISHES*: 1 SPECIES.

   1. Creek Chub - 76


Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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