NOVEMBER 03, 2023 - CUYAHOGA VALLEY MONTHLY TOWPATH TRAIL CENSUS.
ROUTE: Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Valley, with a stop at Trail
Mix in Peninsula.
TIME: 7:50am - 5:20pm TEMP.: 36F ~ 60F ~ 57F COND.: Brisk early with full
sun and blue
skies, breezy all day with winds from the south; turning partly cloudy from
2:20pm until end of census.
TRAIL COND.: Recently leaf-blown and good with a few wet and muddy spots in
the usual low areas;
Freshly laid crushed limestone from Botzum Trailhead south to Merriman
Valley (Summit Metro Parks section).
RIVER COND.: Normal and very clear.
FT. MI.: 13.55 OBS.: John Henry and Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 5 SPECIES.
1. Eastern Chipmunk - 44
2. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 6 (1 black morph)
3. Red Squirrel - 15
4. Common Raccoon - 1 (Second November Record on Census)
5. White-tailed Deer - 8 (10-pt. buck,9-point buck,5-point buck,half a
4-point buck - the other antler was sheared off,4 does)
II. BIRDS: 53 SPECIES, 1,854 TOTAL BIRDS.
(NOTE: m = male; f = female; ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was
heard calling but not sexed)
1. Canada Goose - 61
2. Wood Duck - 13 (7m,6f)
3. American Black Duck - 40
4. Mallard - 36 (25m,11f)
5. Ruddy Duck - 1 (f) (at Ira Beaver Marsh - Second Record on Census,
Second November Record on Census & Tied Census High from 11/2019)
6. Pied-billed Grebe - 1 (Ira Beaver Marsh)
7. Rock Pigeon - 8
8. Mourning Dove - 14
9. Killdeer - 3
10. Ring-billed Gull - 2
11. Great Blue Heron - 6
12. Cooper's Hawk - 3 (1 immature m,1f,1 immature f)
13. Bald Eagle - 6 (4 adult,2 immature)
14. Red-tailed Hawk - 14
15. Eastern Screech-Owl - 2 (gray morph)
16. Belted Kingfisher - 3 (2m,1*)
17. Red-headed Woodpecker - 1 (along Stumpy Basin boardwalk - Second
November Record on Census)
18. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 18 (8m,3f,1?,6*)
19. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 (f) (Third November Record on Census)
20. Downy Woodpecker - 9 (4m,4?,1*)
21. Hairy Woodpecker - 3 (?)
22. Northern Flicker - 6 (1m,1f,1?,3*)
23. Pileated Woodpecker - 5 (2m,1f,2*)
24. Merlin - 2 (m) (Fourth November Record on Census & New Census High
- previous was 1 on 19 other occasions)
25. Peregrine Falcon - 2 (1m,1f)
26. Eastern Phoebe - 1 (Fifth November Record on Census)
27. Blue Jay - 35
28. American Crow - 712 (two flocks of 635 birds total heading to roost
at end of census)
29. Black-capped Chickadee - 21
30. Tufted Titmouse - 5
31. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 (?) (Fifth November Record on Census)
32. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1 (f)
33. Cedar Waxwing - 67
34. White-breasted Nuthatch - 13 (1m,1f,11*)
35. Carolina Wren - 9
36. Winter Wren - 1
37. European Starling - 311
38. Eastern Bluebird - 41 (6m,4f,29?,1*)
39. American Robin - 130
40. House Sparrow - 68
41. House Finch - 8 (3m,1f,4?)
42. Purple Finch - 3 (f) (feeding on berries along Stumpy Basin
boardwalk - Third November Record on Census)
43. American Goldfinch - 15
44. American Tree Sparrow - 2
45. Dark-eyed Junco - 2 (1m,1f)
46. White-throated Sparrow - 42
47. Song Sparrow - 8
48. Swamp Sparrow - 3
49. Eastern Towhee - 1 (*)
50. Red-winged Blackbird - 27 (21m,6f)
51. Rusty Blackbird - 35 (1m,34 mixed flock)
52. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 11
53. Northern Cardinal - 17 (8m,5f,4*)
??. Unidentified Passerines - 4
III. REPTILES: 1 SPECIES.
1. Midland Painted Turtle - 15
IV. FISHES: 3 SPECIES.
1. Creek Chub - 4
2. Bluntnose Minnow - 27 (Fourth November Record on Census)
3. Northern Hog Sucker - 1 (Third November Record on Census)
V. DRAGONFLIES: 2 SPECIES.
1. Shadow Darner - 1 (Third November Record on Census)
2. Autumn Meadowhawk - 4 (Fourth November Record on Census)
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.
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