NOVEMBER 07, 2015 - Cuyahoga Valley Monthly Towpath Trail Census.HIKE: Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Valley (this day's hike included a stop at the old Stanford House to showJohn and a side trip along the Cuyahoga River to count the number of nests at the "Wetmore Heronry" now that theleaves are all off.) TIME: 6:45am-3:55pm TEMP.: 44-57-52 COND.: Cool & cloudy early giving way to pleasant andmostly sunny; winds light and variable changing to W/SW around 1:40pm at 5-7mph.FT.MI.: 14.0 OBS.: John Henry & Douglas W. Vogus.I. MAMMALS: 9 SPECIES.
- Mink - 1
- Coyote - 1
- Eastern Chipmunk - 8
- Eastern Gray Squirrel - 5 (1 black morph)
- Eastern Fox Squirrel - 5
- Red Squirrel - 47 (New Census High - previous was 43 in 03/2014)
- Meadow Vole - 1 (Tied Census High - in 03/2012)
- Muskrat - 1
- White-tailed Deer - 12 (buck: 10-pt., three 8-pt., two spike, 6 does)
II. BIRDS: 52 SPECIES.(NOTE: ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
- Canada Goose - 46
- Wood Duck - 4 (2m,2f)
- American Black Duck - 15 (2m,2f,11?)
- Mallard - 35 (19m,16f)
- Ring-necked Duck - 5 (2m,3f)
- Hooded Merganser - 2 (1m,1f)
- Pied-billed Grebe - 1
- Great Blue Heron - 5 ("Wetmore Heronry" consisted of 3 trees totaling 66 nests - 11, 15 & 40)
- Green Heron - 1 (First November Record on Census)
- Turkey Vulture - 1
- Cooper's Hawk - 1 (immature male)
- Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
- Red-tailed Hawk - 10 (6 in the air at one time)
- Killdeer - 2
- Ring-billed Gull - 8
- Herring Gull - 1
- Rock Pigeon - 12
- Mourning Dove - 6
- Belted Kingfisher - 2 (m)
- Red-bellied Woodpecker - 20 (7m,2f,4?,7*)
- Downy Woodpecker - 16 (5m,4f,2?,7*)
- Hairy Woodpecker - 7 (1m,2f,4*)
- Northern Flicker - 3 (1?,2*)
- Pileated Woodpecker - 3 (1?,2*)
- Peregrine Falcon - 1 (f)
- Blue Jay - 39
- American Crow - 63
- Black-capped Chickadee - 26
- Tufted Titmouse - 15
- White-breasted Nuthatch - 16 (5m,2f,2?,7*)
- Winter Wren - 1 (First November Record on Census)
- Carolina Wren - 6
- Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2 (1m,1f)
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 (m)
- Eastern Bluebird - 56 (19m,11f,22?,4* - New Census High - previous was 38 in 01/2014)
- American Robin - 20
- European Starling - 143
- Cedar Waxwing - 111
- Blackpoll Warbler - 1 (First November Record on Census)
- Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3
- American Tree Sparrow - 5
- Song Sparrow - 13
- Swamp Sparrow - 4
- White-throated Sparrow - 8
- Dark-eyed Junco - 6 (4m,2f)
- Northern Cardinal - 23 (5m,9f,9*)
- Red-winged Blackbird - 59 (13m,46?)
- Rusty Blackbird - 3 (1m,2f)
- Common Grackle - 3
- Unidentified Blackbird Species - 70
- House Finch - 7 (1f,2?,4*)
- American Goldfinch - 22
- House Sparrow - 31
III. REPTILES: 1 SPECIES.
- Midland Painted Turtle - 2
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 2 SPECIES.
- Northern Spring Peeper - 3 (heard)
- Bullfrog - 1
V. FISHES: 1 SPECIES.
- Creek Chub - around 100
Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.
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