DECEMBER 06, 2014 - Cuyahoga Valley Monthly Towpath Trail Census.HIKE: Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Rd. TIME: 8:30am-4:25pm TEMP.: 38-40-39COND.: Overcast with rain from 8:30am-9:15am; cloudy from 9:15am-3:15pm, turning partly cloudy from 3:15pm-3:50pm; clouding up again & turning breezy. FT.MI.: 13.0 OBS.: John Henry & Douglas W. Vogus.I. MAMMALS: 5 SPECIES.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel - 5 (3 black morph)
- Eastern Fox Squirrel - 6
- Red Squirrel - 12
- Muskrat - 2
- White-tailed Deer - 3 (1 doe with 2 yearlings)
II. BIRDS: 40 SPECIES.(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
- Canada Goose - 335
- Wood Duck - 2 (1m,1f)
- American Black Duck - 13 (7m,6f)
- Mallard - 22 (14m,8f)
- Great Blue Heron - 3
- Bald Eagle - 2 (1 adult,1 immature)
- Cooper's Hawk - 1 (m)
- Red-tailed Hawk - 6 (1 immature)
- Killdeer - 4
- Ring-billed Gull - 6
- Herring Gull - 1
- Rock Pigeon - 61 (New Census High - previous was 57 on 11/05/2011)
- Mourning Dove - 12
- Belted Kingfisher - 2 (m)
- Red-bellied Woodpecker - 15 (3m,6f,2?,4*)
- Downy Woodpecker - 10 (4m,3f,1?,2*)
- Hairy Woodpecker - 9 (2m,3?,4*)
- Northern Flicker - 2 (*)
- Pileated Woodpecker - 2 (*)
- Blue Jay - 30
- American Crow - 958 (New Census High - previous was 376 on 01/01/2013)
- Black-capped Chickadee - 36
- Tufted Titmouse - 21
- White-breasted Nuthatch - 20 (6m,3f,2?,9*)
- Brown Creeper - 4 (New Census High - previous was on 6 different occasions)
- Carolina Wren - 5
- Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2 (1?,1*)
- Eastern Bluebird - 8 (4m,4f)
- American Robin - 5
- Northern Mockingbird - 1 (Tied Census High - also on 10/01/2010 & 11/01/2014)
- European Starling - 30
- Cedar Waxwing - 14
- American Tree Sparrow - 13
- Song Sparrow - 5
- Swamp Sparrow - 5
- White-throated Sparrow - 11
- Dark-eyed Junco - 3 (1m,2f)
- Northern Cardinal - 57 (25m,23f,2?,7*)
- American Goldfinch - 10
- House Sparrow - 41
III. FISHES: 1 SPECIES.
- Creek Chub - 1
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.
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