Date: 11/8/26 7:19 am From: Douglas Vogus <vogeye...> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Cuyahoga Valley Census 11/07
NOVEMBER 07, 2026 - CUYAHOGA VALLEY MONTHLY TOWPATH TRAIL CENSUS. ROUTE: Red Lock Trailhead south to Boston - Stumpy Basin Boardwalk being replaced - so detour onto the Valley Trail up to the eastern rim and connect with the Buckeye Trail to old Akron-Peninsula Rd. down into Peninsula and re-join the Towpath Trail there at Lock 29 Trailhead. Stop at the Peninsula Coffee Hose for lunch. Continue on the Towpath Trail south from Peninsula to Botzum Trailhead and finish there as the detour continues to delay finishing in Merriman Valley. TIME: 7:00am - 4:25pm TIME AFIELD: 9:25 TEMP.: Gray, cloudy and overcast; briefly changing to mostly cloudy, then back to overcast and gray; intermittent mist through most of the census, but never amounting to any rain; winds from the south at 5-7mph. TRAIL COND.: Great - Towpath Trail recently leaf-blown and free of debris; Buckeye Trail - leaf covered. RIVER COND.: Very low due to lack of any substantial rain. FT. MI.: 13.35 OBS.: John Henry and Douglas W. Vogus.
I. MAMMALS: 9 SPECIES, 80 TOTAL.
1. Eastern Cottontail - 2 (Fourth November Record on Census) 2. Eastern Chipmunk - 1 3. Eastern Gray Squirrel - 11 (3 black morph) 4. Eastern Fox Squirrel - 2 5. Red Squirrel - 14 6. White-footed Mouse - 7 (1 adult with 6 full-grown young) (Third Record on Census, Second November Record on Census & New Census High - previous was 5 on 10/2026) 7. Common Muskrat - 1 (Fifth November Record on Census) 8. American Mink - 1 (Third November Record on Census) 9. White-tailed Deer - 41 (one 9-point buck,six 8-point bucks,four 6-point bucks,25 does,4 yearlings,1 unknown)
II. BIRDS: 50 SPECIES, 1,594 TOTAL. (HISTORICAL - HIGH: 55 (2012) LOW: 43 (2020) AVG.: 49.6) (NOTE: m = male; f = female; ? = bird was seen but not sexed; * = bird was heard calling but not sexed)
1. Canada Goose - 111 2. Wood Duck - 26 (14m,12f) 3. Gadwall - 1 (m) (at Ira Beaver Marsh - First November Record on Census) 4. American Wigeon - 3 (1m,2f) (at Ira Beaver Marsh - First November Record on Census & Tied Census High from 03/2022 & 01/2023) 5. American Black Duck - 36 (5m,5f,26?) 6. Mallard - 54 (37m,17f) 7. Northern Pintail - 4 (1m,3f) (at Ira Beaver Marsh - Third November Record on Census) 8. Common Merganser - 5 (f/immatures) (Fourth November Record on Census) 9. Wild Turkey - 13 (2m,11f) (in Szalay's southwest corn field along the railroad tracks) 10. Rock Pigeon - 3 11. Mourning Dove - 5 12. Ring-billed Gull - 9 13. Great Blue Heron - 4 14. Turkey Vulture - 17 15. Cooper's Hawk - 2 (1m,1f) 16. Bald Eagle - 3 (2 adult,1 immature) 17. Red-tailed Hawk - 6 18. Eastern Screech-Owl - 1 (gray morph) 19. Belted Kingfisher - 1 (*) 20. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 25 (11m,5f,2?,7*) 21. Downy Woodpecker - 13 (2m,5f,3?,3*) 22. Hairy Woodpecker - 9 (4f,5*) 23. Northern Flicker - 6 (2m,2?,2*) 24. Pileated Woodpecker - 4 (2?,2*) 25. Merlin - 1 (f) 26. Blue Jay - 33 27. American Crow - 522 28. Black-capped Chickadee - 18 29. Tufted Titmouse - 11 30. Cedar Waxwing - 84 31. White-breasted Nuthatch - 11 (5m,2f,1?,3*) 32. Carolina Wren - 11 33. European Starling - 76 34. Eastern Bluebird - 2 (1?,1*) 35. American Robin - 236 36. House Sparrow - 11 37. American Pipit - 4 (Szalay's dump field along Bolanz Rd. - Second Record on Census - (12/2010) & First November Record on Census) 38. House Finch - 2 (f) 39. American Goldfinch - 16 40. American Tree Sparrow - 1 41. Dark-eyed Junco - 1 (f) 42. White-throated Sparrow - 19 43. Song Sparrow - 5 44. Swamp Sparrow - 2 45. Red-winged Blackbird - 102 (39m,9f,52?,2*) 46. Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 (f) 47. Rusty Blackbird - 11 (5m,6f) 48. Common Grackle - 1 49. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 19 50. Northern Cardinal - 26 (10m,8f,8*)
1. Northern Spring Peeper - 1 (heard) 2. Green Frog - 1 (tadpole)
V. FISHES: 3 SPECIES, 176 TOTAL.
1. Central Mudminnow - 143 (Fifth November Record on Census & New Census High - previous was 62 on 07/2026) 2. Common Carp - 1 (Fourth November Record on Census) 3. Creek Chub - 11 4. Bluntnose Minnow - 21
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