*SEPTEMBER 01, 2018 - CUYAHOGA VALLEY MONTHLY TOWPATH TRAIL CENSUS.*
*ROUTE*: Towpath Trail from Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Valley
with stops at Trail Mix in Peninsula and Szalay's Sweet Corn Farm.
*TIME*: 6:55am - 4:15pm  *TEMP.*: 61F ~ 86F  *COND.*: Sunny to mostly
sunny, hot and humid with light southern breezes.
*TRAIL COND.*: Ideal - all bridges open to travel, although first bridge
south of Deep Lock is not complete - just steel plates over creek.
*RIVER COND.*: Normal to slightly above normal.  *FT.MI.*: 13.63  *OBS.*:
John Henry and Douglas W. Vogus.

*I. MAMMALS*: 3 SPECIES.

   1. Eastern Cottontail - 1
   2. Eastern Chipmunk - 19
   3. Red Squirrel - 15


*II. BIRDS*: 56 SPECIES, 722 TOTAL BIRDS, 1 SPECIES NEW TO CENSUS.
*(NOTE: m = male; f = female; ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was
heard calling but not sexed)*

   1. Canada Goose - 9
   2. Wood Duck - 18 (5m,9f,4?)
   3. Wild Turkey - 5 (1m,4f)  (all immatures and First September Record on
   Census)
   4. Rock Pigeon - 20
   5. Mourning Dove - 10
   6. Chimney Swift - 25
   7. Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2 (1f,1?)
   8. Killdeer - 5
   9. Caspian Tern - 3  (at 7:00am at Red Lock following the river south -
   New Species on Census - now at 184 Species since 01/2010)
   10. Great Blue Heron - 8
   11. Green Heron - 3 (2 immatures)
   12. Turkey Vulture - 7
   13. Cooper's Hawk - 1 (immature f)
   14. Broad-winged Hawk - 1 (immature)
   15. Red-tailed Hawk - 3 (1 immature)
   16. Belted Kingfisher - 4 (2m,2*)
   17. Red-headed Woodpecker - 4 (1 immature,3*)
   18. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 7 (2m,1f,4*)
   19. Downy Woodpecker - 11 (4m,3f,1?,3*)
   20. Hairy Woodpecker - 3 (1f,2*)
   21. Northern Flicker - 3 (1m,2?)
   22. Pileated Woodpecker - 4 (1m,1?,2*)
   23. Peregrine Falcon - 2 (1m,1 immature m)
   24. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 5
   25. Acadian Flycatcher - 1
   26. Eastern Phoebe - 4
   27. Great Crested Flycatcher - 1
   28. Warbling Vireo - 11
   29. Red-eyed Vireo - 4
   30. Blue Jay - 19
   31. American Crow - 51
   32. Tree Swallow - 3
   33. Barn Swallow - 31
   34. Black-capped Chickadee - 15
   35. Tufted Titmouse - 11
   36. White-breasted Nuthatch - 12 (2m,3?,7*)
   37. House Wren - 3
   38. Carolina Wren - 13
   39. Eastern Bluebird - 2 (1m,1*)
   40. American Robin - 18
   41. Gray Catbird - 19
   42. European Starling - 56
   43. Cedar Waxwing - 149
   44. House Sparrow - 5
   45. House Finch - 2 (*)
   46. American Goldfinch - 42 (18m,6f,7?,11*)
   47. Common Yellowthroat - 4 (2m,2f)
   48. Blackburnian Warbler - 1 (m)
   49. Yellow-breasted Chat - 1  (north end of Stanford Swamp - First
   September Record on Census and Tied Census High from 05/2018)
   50. Song Sparrow - 9
   51. Scarlet Tanager - 3 (1m,2f)
   52. Northern Cardinal - 25 (6m,6f,10*,3 juvenile*)
   53. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 (f)
   54. Indigo Bunting - 4 (1m,3f/immature - all together)
   55. Red-winged Blackbird - 10 (5m,4?,1*)
   56. Common Grackle - 12

Unidentified *Empidonax* Flycatcher - 1
Unidentified Warbler - 3  (fly-overs)
Unidentified Passerines - 13

*III. REPTILES*: 4 SPECIES.

   1. Common Snapping Turtle - 5
   2. Red-eared Turtle - 4
   3. Midland Painted Turtle - 80
   4. Eastern Spiny Softshell - 3


*IV. AMPHIBIANS*: 5 SPECIES.

   1. American Toad - 1 (heard)
   2. Northern Spring Peeper - 6 (heard)
   3. Gray Treefrog - 3 (heard)
   4. Bullfrog - 5
   5. Green Frog - 4


*V. FISHES*: 7 SPECIES, 1 SPECIES NEW TO CENSUS.

   1. Central Mudminnow - 2  (in Deep Lock - First September Record on
   Census)
   2. Creek Chub - 215+
   3. Northern Hog Sucker - 8  (in Cuyahoga River at Peninsula - New Census
   High - previous was 6 on 08/2016)
   4. Channel Catfish - 2  (2 three-inch young landlocked in a small pool
   in creek south of Peninsula - New Fish Species on Census - now at 19
   Species since 01/2010)
   5. Largemouth Bass - 1  (about 5-inches long landlocked with the catfish)
   6. Bluegill - 5
   7. Pumpkinseed - 7


*VI. BUTTERFLIES*: 10 SPECIES, 1 SPECIES NEW TO CENSUS.

   1. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 2
   2. Cabbage Butterfly - 32
   3. Clouded Sulphur - 4  (Tied Census High from 10/2017)
   4. Eastern Tailed-Blue - 1  (Tied Census High from 07/2018 & 08/2018)
   5. Summer Azure - 4
   6. Pearl Crescent - 12  (New Census High - previous was 9 on 07/2016)
   7. Viceroy - 4  (New Census High - previous was 2 on 07/2010 & 08/2013)
   8. Monarch - 3
   9. Least Skipper - 2  (Tied Census High from 06/2012)
   10. Northern Broken-Dash - 1  (New Butterfly Species on Census - now at
   31 Species since 01/2010)


*VII. DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES*: 9 SPECIES.

   1. Common Green Darner - 4
   2. Eastern Pondhawk - 1 (f)
   3. Slaty Skimmer - 2
   4. Eastern Amberwing - 1
   5. Ruby Meadowhawk - 5
   6. Black Saddlebags - 1
   7. Ebony Jewelwing - 2 (m)
   8. Blue-fronted Dancer - 2
   9. Blue-tipped Dancer - 2


Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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