SEPTEMBER 05, 2015 - Cuyahoga Valley Monthly Towpath Trail CensusHIKE: Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Valley.TIME: 7:30am-4:00pm TEMP.: 67-87 COND.: Warm, turning sunny, hot & humid.FT.MI.: 13.0 OBS.: John Henry & Douglas W. Vogus.I. MAMMALS: 6 SPECIES.
- Eastern Chipmunk - 29
- Eastern Gray Squirrel - 3
- Eastern Fox Squirrel - 1
- Red Squirrel - 13
- Muskrat - 1
- White-tailed Deer - 1 (doe)
II. BIRDS: 58 SPECIES.(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not seen)
- Canada Goose - 32
- Wood Duck - 23 (8m,15f)
- Mallard - 11 (3m,3f,5?)
- Great Blue Heron - 5
- Green Heron - 6 (3 immature)
- Turkey Vulture - 11
- Bald Eagle - 1 (adult)
- Broad-winged Hawk - 2 (1 immature) (First September Record & Tied Census High on 06/2012 & 08/2013)
- Red-tailed Hawk - 5 (1 immature)
- Killdeer - 12
- Spotted Sandpiper - 1
- Solitary Sandpiper - 4
- Least Sandpiper - 1 (along river at Stumpy Basin - 8 photos taken) (New Bird on Census - now at 176 Species since 01/01/2010)
- Rock Pigeon - 2
- Mourning Dove - 7
- Chimney Swift - 35
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3 (1f,2?)
- Belted Kingfisher - 2 (*)
- Red-headed Woodpecker - 4 (1 immature) (New Census High - previous was 3 on 07/2010, 08/2010, 07/2012 & 05/2014)
- Red-bellied Woodpecker - 9 (4m,2f,1?,1 immature,1*)
- Downy Woodpecker - 5 (2f,3*)
- Hairy Woodpecker - 3 (1f,2?)
- Northern Flicker - 9 (3m,1f,2?,3*)
- Pileated Woodpecker - 3 (*)
- Eastern Wood-Pewee - 3
- Eastern Phoebe - 3
- Eastern Kingbird - 1 (First September Record)
- Yellow-throated Vireo - 1
- Warbling Vireo - 13
- Blue Jay - 31
- American Crow - 10
- Purple Martin - 3 (First September Record & New Census High - previous was 2 on 08/2014)
- Tree Swallow - 24
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 5
- Barn Swallow - 3
- Black-capped Chickadee - 19
- Tufted Titmouse - 9
- White-breasted Nuthatch - 10 (2m,1f,1?,6*)
- Carolina Wren - 4
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 (?)
- Eastern Bluebird - 3 (1f,2 immature)
- Veery - 1 (First September Record)
- American Robin - 16
- Gray Catbird - 18
- European Starling - 16
- Cedar Waxwing - 9
- Common Yellowthroat - 7 (1m,1 immature m,2f,3*)
- Hooded Warbler - 1 (immature m)
- Blackpoll Warbler - 1 (m)
- Eastern Towhee - 1 (m)
- Song Sparrow - 5
- Swamp Sparrow - 1
- Northern Cardinal - 20 (4m,3f,12*,1 immature*)
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 (immature m)
- Red-winged Blackbird - 29 (24m,4f,1?)
- Common Grackle - 4
- House Finch - 4 (1f,2?,1*)
- American Goldfinch - 23 (5m,4f,2?,12*)
III. REPTILES: 3 SPECIES.
- Common Snapping Turtle - 1
- Midland Painted Turtle - 45
- Eastern Spiny Softshell - 2
AMPHIBIANS: 4 SPECIES.
- Northern Spring Peeper - 6 (heard)
- Gray Treefrog - 1 (heard)
- Bullfrog - 5
- Green Frog - 4
FISHES: 4 SPECIES.
- Common Carp - 10
- Creek Chub - 33
- Common Shiner - 100+ (Ira Beaver Marsh)
- Bluegill - 14
BUTTERFLIES: 8 SPECIES.
- Cabbage Butterfly - 29
- Summer Azure - 6
- Great Spangled Fritillary - 1
- Pearl Crescent - 2
- Red-spotted Purple - 1
- Monarch - 3
- Wild Indigo Dusky Wing - 1
- Least Skipper - 1
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.
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