Date: 11/9/25 7:06 am From: Douglas Vogus <vogeye...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Cuyahoga Valley Towpath Census
NOVEMBER 08, 2025 - CUYAHOGA VALLEY MONTHLY TOWPATH TRAIL CENSUS. ROUTE: Merriman Valley north to Red Lock Trailhead. TIME: 6:45am - 4:50pm TIME AFIELD: 10:05 TEMP.: 42F ~ 51F ~ 47F COND.: Cloudy and calm early, turning mostly cloudy, then gray and overcast from 9:20am until end of census. TRAIL COND.: Fair; littered with leaves and twigs from recent high winds; puddling in the usual low spots. RIVER COND.: Slightly above normal from previous day's rains. FT. MI.: 13.85 OBS.: John Henry and Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 6 SPECIES, (1 NEW TO CENSUS), 84 TOTAL.
1. Eastern Cottontail - 1 (Third November Record on Census) 2. Eastern Chipmunk - 37 3. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 21 (7 black morph) (New Census High - previous was 14 on 04/2022) 4. Red Squirrel - 19 5. White-footed Mouse - 1 (New Species on Census - currently at 23 Mammal Species since 01/2010) 6. White-tailed Deer - 5 (6-pt buck,3 does,1 yearling)
II. BIRDS: 53 SPECIES, 1,900 TOTAL. (NOTE: m = male; f = female; ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
1. Canada Goose - 69 2. Trumpeter Swan - 2 (First November Record on Census) 3. Wood Duck - 2 (1m,1f) 4. American Black Duck - 41 (26m,15f) 5. Mallard - 65 (42m,23f) 6. Common Merganser - 3 (f/immature) (Third November Record on Census) 7. Mourning Dove - 33 8. Killdeer - 4 9. Ring-billed Gull - 7 10. American Herring Gull - 1 (Fifth November Record on Census) 11. Great Blue Heron - 1 12. Cooper's Hawk - 2 (immature m) 13. Bald Eagle - 1 (adult) 14. Red-tailed Hawk - 10 (2 immature) 15. Great Horned Owl - 2 (calling at Red Lock - Fourth Record on Census, First November Record on Census & New Census High - previous was 1 on 03/2016, 08/2016 & 12/2022) 16. Belted Kingfisher - 1 (m) 17. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 31 (12m,7f,3?,9*) 18. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 (immature) (Fifth November Record on Census) 19. Downy Woodpecker - 13 (6m,2f,1?,4*) 20. Hairy Woodpecker - 4 (2m,1?,1*) 21. Northern Flicker - 5 (3m,1?,1*) 22. Pileated Woodpecker - 4 (1?,3*) 23. American Kestrel - 1 (m) (Second November Record on Census) 24. Merlin - 1 (m) (eating a Cedar Waxwing - Fifth November Record on Census) 25. Peregrine Falcon - 1 (m) 26. Blue Jay - 61 27. American Crow - 140 28. Black-capped Chickadee - 20 29. Tufted Titmouse - 10 30. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 (?) 31. Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2 (1f,1*) 32. Cedar Waxwing - 202 33. White-breasted Nuthatch - 25 (8m,3f,2?,12*) 34. Brown Creeper - 2 35. Carolina Wren - 31 36. Winter Wren - 1 37. European Starling - 162 38. Eastern Bluebird - 11 (3m,4f,4?) 39. Hermit Thrush - 1 (Second November Record on Census) 40. American Robin - 358 41. House Sparrow - 86 42. House Finch - 4 (2m,2f) 43. Purple Finch - 2 (m) (Fifth November Record on Census) 44. American Goldfinch - 42 45. Dark-eyed Junco - 5 (2m,2f,1*) 46. White-crowned Sparrow - 4 47. White-throated Sparrow - 72 (New Census High - previous was 64 on 12/2021) 48. Song Sparrow - 12 49. Swamp Sparrow - 4 50. Eastern Towhee - 3 (1m,2*) 51. Red-winged Blackbird - 122 (68m,27f,27?) 52. Common Grackle - 151 53. Northern Cardinal - 34 (9m,8f,17*)
HYBRID - American Black Duck X Mallard - 2 (m) (Third November Record on Census & New Census High - previous was 1 on 22 other occasions) ??. Unidentified Sparrow Species - 1 ??. Unidentified Blackbird Species - 20 ??. Unidentified Passerines - 4
III. REPTILES: 1 SPECIES, 1 TOTAL.
1. Midland Painted Turtle - 1
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 3 SPECIES, 9 TOTAL.
1. Northern Spring Peeper - 7 (heard only) 2. American Bullfrog - 1 3. Green Frog - 1 (tadpole) (Fifth November Record on Census)
V. FISHES: 4 SPECIES, 70 TOTAL.
1. Central Mudminnow - 11 (Fourth November Record on Census) 2. Creek Chub - 2 3. Bluntnose Minnow - 56 4. Northern Hog Sucker - 1 (Fourth November Record on Census)
VI. MOTHS/CATERPILLAR: 1 SPECIES, 1 TOTAL.
1. Isabella Tiger Moth - 1 (caterpillar) (Third Record on Census, First November Record on Census & Tied Census High from 10/2024 & 10/2025)
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