Date: 6/3/26 4:30 pm From: Douglas Vogus <vogeye...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Cuyahoga Valley Towpath Trail Census 06/02/26
JUNE 02, 2026 - CUYAHOGA VALLEY MONTHLY TOWPATH TRAIL CENSUS. ROUTE: Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Valley, with a stop at the Peninsula Coffee House for lunch. TIME: 5:55am - 5:30pm TIME AFIELD: 11:25 TEMP.: 45F ~ 76F ~ 75F COND.: Cool early, turning sunny with blue skies; winds light and variable; warm, pleasant, and beautiful. TRAIL COND.: Excellent - dry, no puddles or mud. RIVER COND.: Normal, but still slightly turbid even with the lack of rain. FT. MI.: 14.40 OBS.: John Henry and Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 10 SPECIES, 132 TOTAL MAMMALS.
1. Eastern Cottontail - 3 2. Eastern Chipmunk - 81 3. Woodchuck - 2 4. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 10 (3 black morph) 5. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 2 6. Red Squirrel - 13 7. American Beaver - 1 (Third June Record on Census) 8. Common Muskrat - 2 9. Common Raccoon - 7 (2 adults,one with 5 young) (Third June Record on Census & New Census High - previous was 3 on 07/2017) 10. White-tailed Deer - 11 (4 buck,6 does,1 unknown)
II. BIRDS: 85 SPECIES, 911 TOTAL BIRDS. (New June High - previous was 82 in 2023) (NOTE: m = male; f = female; ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
1. Canada Goose - 71 (26 goslings) 2. Wood Duck - 32 (8f,24 goslings - in family groups of 5,6,6 & 7) 3. Mallard - 13 (11m,2f) 4. Common Merganser - 4 (f) (Fifth June Record on Census) 5. Rock Pigeon - 2 6. Mourning Dove - 21 7. Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 3 8. Common Nighthawk - 3 (over Red Lock Trailhead at start of census - First June Record on Census) 9. Chimney Swift - 8 10. Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 (*) 11. Killdeer - 4 12. Spotted Sandpiper - 3 13. Ring-billed Gull - 1 (fly-over at Boston - Fifth June Record on Census) 14. Double-crested Cormorant - 1 (adult) (fly-over at Boston - Second June Record on Census) 15. Green Heron - 3 16. Great Blue Heron - 8 (one caught an unknown prey item - vole, duckling, other?) 17. Turkey Vulture - 16 18. Osprey - 1 (Third June Record on Census) 19. Cooper's Hawk - 1 (m) (Fifth June Record on Census) 20. Bald Eagle - 1 (adult) 21. Broad-winged Hawk - 4 22. Red-tailed Hawk - 6 23. Belted Kingfisher - 2 (1m,1f) 24. Red-headed Woodpecker - 4 25. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 13 (1f,1 juvenile,1?,10*) 26. Downy Woodpecker - 8 (1?,3 juv.?,3 juv.*,1*) 27. Hairy Woodpecker - 3 (1?,2*) 28. Northern Flicker - 4 (2m,1?,1*) (one nest in a dead snag) 29. Pileated Woodpecker - 5 (1?,4*) 30. American Kestrel - 1 (f) (being chased by an Eastern Kingbird behind the Akron Compost Facility - Third June Record on Census) 31. Great Crested Flycatcher - 8 (one bird on ground gathering nesting material) 32. Eastern Kingbird - 3 33. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 5 34. Acadian Flycatcher - 4 35. Alder Flycatcher - 1 (East side of Stanford Swamp - Third Record on Census & Third June Record on Census) 36. Willow Flycatcher - 3 (one nest in a willow patch) 37. Eastern Phoebe - 5 38. Yellow-throated Vireo - 2 39. Eastern Warbling Vireo - 24 40. Red-eyed Vireo - 35 (New Census High - previous was 33 on 06/2019) 41. Blue Jay - 10 42. American Crow - 10 43. Black-capped Chickadee - 5 44. Tufted Titmouse - 8 45. Bank Swallow - 4 46. Tree Swallow - 10 47. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 13 48. Barn Swallow - 9 49. Cliff Swallow - 4 (Second June Record on Census & New Census High - previous was 3 on 06/2024) 50. Cedar Waxwing - 21 51. White-breasted Nuthatch - 5 (1m,1f,3*) 52. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 3 (1f,1?,1*) 53. Carolina Wren - 7 54. Northern House Wren - 4 55. Gray Catbird - 21 56. European Starling - 53 57. Eastern Bluebird - 2 (1f,1*) 58. Veery - 2 59. Wood Thrush - 3 60. American Robin - 44 (2 juvenile) 61. House Sparrow - 23 62. House Finch - 6 (5m,1f) 63. American Goldfinch - 9 (4m,1f,4*) 64. Chipping Sparrow - 2 65. Field Sparrow - 1 66. Song Sparrow - 44 67. Swamp Sparrow - 9 68. Eastern Towhee - 1 (m) 69. Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 (calling east of Stanford Trailhead - same place as last year - Third June Record on Census) 70. Orchard Oriole - 7 (6m,1 immature m) 71. Baltimore Oriole - 20 (18m,2f) (one nest in an eastern sycamore) 72. Red-winged Blackbird - 68 (38m,25f,5 juvenile) (one female gathering nesting material) 73. Brown-headed Cowbird - 5 (4m,1f) 74. Common Grackle - 26 75. Louisiana Waterthrush - 2 76. Blue-winged Warbler - 1 (m) 77. Common Yellowthroat - 18 (m) 78. Hooded Warbler - 5 (4m,1*) 79. American Redstart - 1 (m) 80. Northern Yellow Warbler - 24 (21m,3f) (one nest in a currently unidentified "ornamental dogwood" tree & one nest in a multi-flora rose) 81. Yellow-throated Warbler - 1 (m) 82. Scarlet Tanager - 2 (m) 83. Northern Cardinal - 28 (21m,5f,2 juv.*) 84. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 8 (7m,1f) 85. Indigo Bunting - 12 (11m,1f)
??. Unidentified Passerines - 6
III. REPTILES: 3 SPECIES, 67 TOTAL REPTILES.
1. Common Snapping Turtle - 19 (New Census High - previous was 18 on 06/2020) 2. Red-eared Turtle - 1 3. Midland Painted Turtle - 47
IV. AMPHIBIANS: 2 SPECIES, 17 TOTAL AMPHIBIANS.
1. American Bullfrog - 2 (1 seen,1 heard) 2. Green Frog - 15 (3 seen,12 heard)
V. FISHES: 4 SPECIES, 79 TOTAL FISHES.
1. Central Mudminnow - 2 2. Golden Shiner - 70 (Second June Record on Census & New Census High - previous was 60 on 07/2016) 3. Bluntnose Minnow - 4 4. Pumpkinseed - 3
VI. BUTTERFLIES: 12 SPECIES, 35 TOTAL BUTTERFLIES.
1. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 6 2. Cabbage Butterfly - 13 3. Clouded Sulphur - 1 (Fifth June Record on Census) 4. Summer Azure - 1 5. Pearl Crescent - 2 6. Question Mark - 1 (Third June Record on Census) 7. Red Admiral - 3 8. Little Wood Satyr - 2 9. Monarch - 1 10. Silver-spotted Skipper - 2 11. Wild Indigo Duskywing - 1 (First June Record on Census) 12. Zabulon Skipper - 2
VII. MOTHS/CATERPILLARS: 5 SPECIES, (3 FIRST OF CENSUS), 6 TOTAL MOTHS.
1. Three-patched Bigwing - 1 (Second Record on Census, Second June Record on Census & Tied Census High from 06/2022) 2. Grayish Zanclagnotha - 2 (New Species on Census - currently at 58 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 01/2010) 3. White Spring Moth - 1 (New Species on Census - currently ay 59 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 01/2010) 4. Spotted Thyris - 1 (New Species on Census - currently at 60 Moth/Caterpillar Species since 01/2010) 5. White-striped Black Moth - 1 (Fourth Record on Census & First June Record on Census)
VIII. DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES: 11 SPECIES, 49 TOTAL ODONATA.
1. Common Green Darner - 2 2. Swamp Darner - 2 (Third Record on Census, Second June Record on Census & Tied Census High from 06/2022) 3. Common Baskettail - 3 4. Eastern Pondhawk - 2 (Fifth June Record on Census) 5. Dot-tailed Whiteface - 13 (all at Ira Beaver Marsh - New Census High - previous was 8 on 06/2023) 6. Slaty Skimmer - 1 7. Common Whitetail - 4 8. Ebony Jewelwing - 16 9. Blue-tipped Dancer - 3 10. Azure Bluet - 1 11. Double-striped Bluet - 2 (Second Record on Census, Second June Record on Census & New Census High - previous was 1 on 06/2023)
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