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Date: 7/4/26 5:13 am
From: Douglas Vogus <vogeye...>
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Cuyahoga Valley Towpath Census 07/03/26
JULY 03, 2026 - CUYAHOGA VALLEY MONTHLY TOWPATH TRAIL CENSUS.
ROUTE: Red Lock Trailhead south to Merriman Valley, with a stop at Szalay's
Farm & Market for snacks and refreshments.
TIME: 5:45am - 12:55pm TIME AFIELD: 7:10 TEMP.: 76F ~ 93F
COND.: Humid and muggy early, turning sunny and very hot - 90F by 11:30am -
with heat index reaching triple digits.
TRAIL COND.: Good.
RIVER COND.: Low and clear due to lack of rain.
FT. MI.: 13.85 OBS.: Douglas W. Vogus.

I. MAMMALS: 10 SPECIES, (1 DEAD), 79 TOTAL.

1. Little Brown Myotis - 7 (Fifth July Record on Census & New Census
High - previous was 6 on 08/2018)
2. Eastern Cottontail - 12 (5 bunnies)
3. Eastern Chipmunk - 32
4. Woodchuck - 6 (2 pups) (Tied Census High from 10/2020)
5. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 3
6. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 1
7. Red Squirrel - 10
8. Common Muskrat - 1
9. Common Raccoon - 1 (Third July Record on Census)
10. White-tailed Deer - 6 (4 doe,1 yearling,1 unknown)

X. Northern Short-tailed Shrew - 2 (dead - trail casualties)

II. BIRDS: 67 SPECIES, 1,007 TOTAL.
(NOTE: m = male; f = female; ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was
heard calling but not sexed)

1. Trumpeter Swan - 3 (adults flying over Stumpy Basin - Second July
Record on Census)
2. Wood Duck - 43 (5 juvenile m,8f,4 juvenile f,26 half-grown ducklings
in groups of 4,4,4,5 & 9)
3. Mallard - 1 (m)
4. Mourning Dove - 19
5. Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 2
6. Chimney Swift - 9
7. Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3 (1m,1f,1?)
8. Killdeer - 4
9. American Woodcock - 6 (Second July Record on Census & New Census
High - previous was 3 on 06/2015 & 05/2021)
10. Green Heron - 8 (4 immature)
11. Great Blue Heron - 4
12. Turkey Vulture - 23
13. Osprey - 1 (Fourth July Record on Census)
14. Bald Eagle - 2 (adult) (Fifth July Record on Census)
15. Red-tailed Hawk - 2 (1 immature)
16. Belted Kingfisher - 7 (6m,1*)
17. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6 (1?,5*)
18. Downy Woodpecker - 6 (1?,5*)
19. Northern Flicker - 5 (1m,1 immature m,1?,2*)
20. Pileated Woodpecker - 1 (drumming)
21. Great Crested Flycatcher - 2
22. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 6
23. Acadian Flycatcher - 2
24. Eastern Phoebe - 3
25. White-eyed Vireo - 3
26. Yellow-throated Vireo - 3
27. Eastern Warbling Vireo - 10
28. Red-eyed Vireo - 32
29. Blue Jay - 19
30. American Crow - 4
31. Black-capped Chickadee - 6
32. Tufted Titmouse - 11
33. Bank Swallow - 2
34. Tree Swallow - 2 (immature)
35. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 4
36. Barn Swallow - 28
37. Cliff Swallow - 2 (Second July Record on Census)
38. Cedar Waxwing - 8
39. White-breasted Nuthatch - 12 (1f,1?,10*)
40. Carolina Wren - 14
41. Northern House Wren - 2
42. Gray Catbird - 31
43. European Starling - 27
44. Eastern Bluebird - 1 (*)
45. Veery - 3
46. Wood Thrush - 10 (New Census High - previous was 5 on 06/2016,
05/2017 & 05/2024)
47. American Robin - 38 (1 immature)
48. House Sparrow - 18
49. House Finch - 2 (m)
50. American Goldfinch - 11 (1m,1f,1?,8*)
51. Chipping Sparrow - 11 (Tied Census High from 05/2010)
52. Song Sparrow - 53
53. Swamp Sparrow - 16
54. Eastern Towhee - 3 (m)
55. Baltimore Oriole - 1 (m)
56. Red-winged Blackbird - 114 (24m,6f,84?)
57. Brown-headed Cowbird - 3 (m)
58. Common Grackle - 189
59. Ovenbird - 1 (Second July Record on Census)
60. Common Yellowthroat - 29 (27m,2f)
61. Hooded Warbler - 11 (m)
62. American Redstart - 2 (m)
63. Northern Yellow Warbler - 4 (3m,1*)
64. Scarlet Tanager - 7 (m)
65. Northern Cardinal - 58 (42m,4f,11*,1 juvenile*)
66. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 4 (3m,1*)
67. Indigo Bunting - 24 (m)

XX. Unidentified Passerines - 6

III. REPTILES: 3 SPECIES, 48 TOTAL.

1. Common Snapping Turtle - 1
2. Midland Painted Turtle - 46
3. Eastern Spiny Softshell - 1


IV. AMPHIBIANS: 4 SPECIES, 21 TOTAL.

1. American Toad - 2 (seen)
2. Gray Treefrog - 5 (heard)
3. American Bullfrog - 1 (heard)
4. Green Frog - 13 (2 seen,11 heard)


V. FISHES: 10 SPECIES, 279 TOTAL.

1. Central Mudminnow - 62 (New Census High - previous was 58 on 08/2021)
2. Common Carp - 2
3. Golden Shiner - 18 (Fifth July Record on Census)
4. Creek Chub - 12
5. Bluntnose Minnow - 159
6. Northern Hog Sucker - 11
7. Largemouth Bass - 2
8. Smallmouth Bass - 3 (Second July Record on Census)
9. Bluegill - 8
10. Barred Fantail Darter - 2 (Second July Record on Census)


VI. CRUSTACEANS: 1 SPECIES, 8 TOTAL.

1. Rusty Crayfish - 8 (Third July Record on Census)


VII. BUTTERFLIES: 7 SPECIES, (1 NEW TO CENSUS), 20 TOTAL.

1. Cabbage Butterfly - 14
2. Clouded Sulphur - 1
3. Summer Azure - 1
4. Great Spangled Fritillary - 1
5. Eastern Comma - 1 (Second July Record on Census)
6. Peck's Skipper - 1 (First July Record on Census)
7. Delaware Skipper - 1 (New Species on Census - currently at 41
Butterfly Species since 01/2010)


VIII. MOTHS/CATERPILLARS: 5 SPECIES, (4 NEW TO CENSUS), 5 TOTAL.

1. Snowy Urola Moth - 1 (New Species on Census - currently at 61
Moth/Caterpillar Species since 01/2010)
2. Spangled Pelochrista - 1 (New Species on Census - currently at 62
Moth/Caterpillar Species since 01/2010)
3. Brown House Moth - 1 (New Species on Census - currently at 63
Moth/Caterpillar Species since 01/2010)
4. Northern Eudeilinia - 1 (New Species on Census - currently at 64
Moth/Caterpillar Species since 01/2010)
5. LeConte's Haploa Moth - 1 (Second Record on Census, Second July
Record on Census & Tied Census High from 07/2021)


IX. DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES: 17 SPECIES, 88 TOTAL.

1. Common Green Darner - 1
2. Swift River Cruiser - 1 (Fourth July Record on Census)
3. Eastern Pondhawk - 3
4. Slaty Skimmer - 4
5. Widow Skimmer - 3
6. Twelve-spotted Skimmer - 1
7. Blue Dasher - 24
8. Eastern Amberwing - 2 (Fifth July Record on Census)
9. Common Whitetail - 5
10. Ruby Meadowhawk - 2
11. Black Saddlebags - 1 (Fifth July Record on Census)
12. Ebony Jewelwing - 9
13. Blue-fronted Dancer - 17
14. Powdered Dancer - 1 (Third July Record on Census)
15. Blue-tipped Dancer - 6
16. Azure Bluet - 2
17. Skimming Bluet - 6 (Fourth July Record on Census)


Compiler: Douglas W. Vogus - Akron, Ohio.

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