Apr 2, 2012: Wolf's March Wildlife Count

Spring arrives at Jensen Pond, 4/1/12 (Kevin Kane)











Wolf keeping a careful eye on the wildlife in the park, on the trail south of Jensen Pond, 4/1/12 (Kevin Kane)

March:

A total of 82 avian species was recorded this month.

Listed below, following the species’ names, are the date(s) of sighting(s), plus the occasional miscellaneous information regarding numbers, gender (♂=male, ♀=female), age (im=immature, ju=juvenile, abp=adult breeding plumage, ad=adult, anb=adult non-breeding), color phase (b=blue, w=white), and location (BY=back yard). The order follows the 52nd Supplement (2011) to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds and the 11th Supplement to the 7th Edition (1998).

AVIAN
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE: 1 (early am in flight), 2 (4), 5 (8)
SNOW GOOSE: 6 (72 in flight), 8 (~20 in flight), 17 (~50 in flight)
ROSS’S GOOSE: 6 (2 in flight)
CACKLING GOOSE: 1 (3), 5-6, 8 (1)
CANADA GOOSE: 1 (117+), 2-8, 9 (30+), 10-11, 12 (26), 13, 14 (11), 15 (9), 16 (18), 17-18, 19 (27),
20 (25+), 21-31
WOOD DUCK: 2 (3♂ + 1♀), 8 (4♂ + 2♀), 9 (6), 30 (1)
GADWALL: 1 (2♂), 5 (2♂ + 1♀), 6 (2♂), 8 (47♂ + 34♀), 12 (6), 13 (18), 18 (3♂ + 4♀), 19 (9♂ + 4♀),
20 (13♂ + 11♀), 24, 27 (27♂ + 23♀), 28 (8♂ + 9♀), 30 (1♂), 31
AMERICAN WIGEON: 1 (2♂ + 2♀), 8 (9♂ + 4♀), 9 (7), 11 (1♂), 19 (2♂ + 1♀), 28 (3♂), 27 (1♂)
MALLARD: 1 (112+), 2-3, 5, 6 (35+), 7, 8 (84), 9 (107+), 10 (48+), 11, 12 (38), 13 (21), 14 (15),
15 (19), 16 (29), 17-18, 19 (10+), 20 (19+), 21 (9), 22-31
BLUE-WINGED TEAL: 17 (6), 21 (1♂), 22 (8), 27 (1♂ + 1♀), 30 (22♂ + 16♀), 31
NORTHERN SHOVELER: 8 (4♂ + 6♀), 9 (1♂ + 1♀), 17, 20 (4♂ + 1♀), 23 (4♂ + 3♀), 24,
27 (48♂ + 31♀), 31
NORTHERN PINTAIL: 1 (3)
GREEN-WINGED TEAL: 1 (6♂), 2 (20♂), 3 (12 in flight), 6 (1♂), 8 (9♂ + 3♀), 9 (4), 11 (2), 14 (1♂),
17 (1♂), 20 (5♂ + 3♀), 23 (7), 24 (1♂), 25 (2), 27 (1♂ + 1♀), 28 (4♀), 31
CANVASBACK: 5 (5♂ + 2♀), 27 (1♂)
REDHEAD: 9 (3♂ + 8♀), 27 (1♂ + 2♀)
RING-NECKED DUCK: 5 (2♂), 6 (6♂ + 3♀), 8 (14♂ + 2♀), 13, 16 (1♂ + 1♀), 18 (10♂ + 5♀),
19 (16♂ + 21♀), 20 (8♂ + 10♀), 23 (5♂ + 3♀), 26 (2♂ + 2♀), 17 (14♂ + 17♀),
28 (1♀), 30 (1♂ + 1♀)
LESSER SCAUP: 1 (1♂), 5 (5♂ + 4♀), 6 (8♂ + 2♀), 10 (~24), 14 (1♂), 16 (22♂ + 7♀), 17 (1♂),
18 (7♂ + 3♀), 19 (123♂ + 16♀), 20 (26♂ + 14♀), 21 (1♂ + 1♀), 22 (9♂),
23 (47♂ + 27♀), 24 (2♂), 26 (57♂ + 49♀), 27 (21♂ + 6♀), 30 (6♂ + 7♀)
BUFFLEHEAD: 6 (2♂ + 2♀), 8 (1♂ + 1♀), 13 (4♂ + 2♀), 17 (3♂ + 3♀), 18 (1♂ + 1♀), 19 (5♂ + 2♀),
24 (2♂ + 2♀), 25 (1♂), 27 (1♂), 28 (1♂ + 3♀), 29-30 (1♀)
COMMON GOLDENEYE: 2 (2♂ + 1♀), 8 (1♀)
HOODED MERGANSER: 1 (6♂ + 2♀), 9 (2♂ + 2♀), 27 (1♂)
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER: 16 (1♂), 24 (1♂), 27 (3♂ + 3♀), 30 (1♂ + 2♀), 31 (1♂ + 1♀)
RUDDY DUCK: 11 (1♂ + 3♀), 20 (1♀), 21 (1♂), 22 (8), 26 (1♀), 27 (3♂ + 2♀), 28 (4♂ + 3♀),
30 (13♂ + 6♀), 31 (6)
RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 1, 3 (1♂ BY), 5-6 (1♂ BY), 7 (7+), 8 (1♂ BY), 9, 10 (1♂ BY), 12, 15-16,
17 (many + 1♂ BY), 18-21, 22 (1♂ BY), 23-24, 25 (1♂ BY + more), 26-31
WILD TURKEY: 26 (1♀ Front Yard)
PIED-BILLED GREBE: 15 (1), 17-18 (1), 20-21 (2), 22 (5), 23 (2), 25 (1), 26 (2), 27-28 (1), 30 (18),
31 (8)
HORNED GREBE: 30 (1)
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT: 18 (1)
GREAT BLUE HERON: 17-18 (1), 20-21 (1), 24 (1)
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON: 30 (3)
TURKEY VULTURE: 13 (3), 17, 18 (5+), 20-21 (1), 22 (2), 26 (6), 27 (1), 28 (3), 29 (2), 31 (2)
OSPREY: 31 (1)
BALD EAGLE: 1 (1 ad), 5 (1 ad), 6 (3 ad + 2 im), 7-8 (1 ad), 10 (2 ad), 11 (1 ad + 1 im), 18 (1 im),
24 (1 ad)
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK: 11 (1 BY)
COOPER’S HAWK: 1 (1 ad BY), 5 (1 ad BY), 10 (1 ad BY)
RED-TAILED HAWK: 1-2 (1), 3 (2), 5 (1 dark phase), 7 (3), 8-10 (2), 12 (1), 15 (1), 17 (3), 19 (1),
21-22 (1), 24-26 (1), 28 (1), 30-31 (1)
AMERICAN KESTREL: 10-11 (1)
AMERICAN COOT: 6-7 (2), 8-14 (1), 15 (4), 19 (6), 20 (5), 21 (11), 22 (29), 23 (10), 24 (14), 25 (6),
26 (10), 27 (24), 28 (8), 29 (16), 30 (300+), 31 (13)
SANDHILL CRANE: 10 (2 in flight)
KILLDEER: 1 (1), 6 (1), 7 (14), 8 (2), 9 (1), 10 (10+), 11 (3+), 12 (3), 14-15 (2), 16-22, 24-28, 30-31
GREATER YELLOWLEGS: 30 (2)
LESSER YELLOWLEGS: 30 (11)
RING-BILLED GULL: 6 (3), 7 (12), 9 (1), 10 (33+), 11 (12+), 12 (10), 13-14 (9), 15 (1), 16 (7),
17-18 (1), 19 (4), 20 (3), 22 (2), 26 (1), 27 (7), 28 (2)
MOURNING DOVE: 3, 5-31
BELTED KINGFISHER: 15 (1), 27 (1♂), 29 (2)
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 1-2 (1), 8 (1), 10, 22 (1), 25-28
DOWNY WOODPECKER: 1-3, 5, 7-30
HAIRY WOODPECKER: 22, 24
NORTHERN FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 19 (1♀), 20 (3), 21 (1♂ + 2♀), 22 (1), 23 (4), 24 (1), 25 (2),
26, 27 (23+), 28 (25+), 29 (6+), 30 (12+), 31
EASTERN PHOEBE: 18 (1), 21 (1), 25 (1), 27 (1), 30 (1)
NORTHERN SHRIKE: 9-10 (1), 13 (1), 15 (1)
BLUE JAY: 11, 14, 16, 18, 22, 25, 31
AMERICAN CROW: 1-28, 31
PURPLE MARTIN: 17 (1)
TREE SWALLOW: 15 (1), 17-18 (1), 21 (1), 23 (2), 27 (3), 28 (9), 29 (4), 30 (3), 31 (15+)
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 1-3, 5-31
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 5, 10-11, 13, 15-18, 20-21, 24-25, 30
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET: 27-28 (1), 31 (1)
EASTERN BLUEBIRD: 10 (3), 11 (1), 14 (1♂ + 1♀), 15, 17 (1♂ + 1♀), 19 (1), 20 (1♂), 21 (1♂ + 1♀),
22 (1♂), 23-24 (1♂ + 1♀), 27 (1♀), 29-30 (1♂ + 1♀), 31 (2♂)
HERMIT THRUSH: 31 (1)
AMERICAN ROBIN: 1 (2), 4, 6-31
EUROPEAN STARLING: 1, 3, 5, 7-21, 23-31
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (Myrtle): 31 (2)
EASTERN TOWHEE: 19 (1♂)
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW: 1-3, 5, 7-9, 11-17, 18 (1), 22 (5), 25 (4)
CHIPPING SPARROW: 28, 30
FIELD SPARROW: 18 (2), 27 (1), 31 (2)
SAVANNAH SPARROW: 27 (1)
FOX SPARROW: 14 (3 + 1 BY), 15 (1 BY), 16 (2), 19 (1), 21 (1), 22 (3), 26 (1), 27 (8), 28-29 (1),
31 (2)
SONG SPARROW: 6-8 (1), 14 (1), 15-31
SWAMP SPARROW: 15 (1), 28-29 (1)
HARRIS’S SPARROW: 22 (4)
DARK-EYED JUNCO (Slate-colored): 1-3, 5-25, 26 (9), 27 (20+), 28 (7), 30 (30+)
NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1-31
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 1, 2-3 (1♂ BY), 5 (3♂ BY), 6-31
EASTERN MEADOWLARK: 15 (4), 16, 18, 20-22, 24-25, 27-31
RUSTY BLACKBIRD: 7 (~35), 18 (1 BY)
BREWER’S BLACKBIRD: 7 (~15)
COMMON GRACKLE: 7 (3), 9-31
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD: 7, 17 (1♂ + 1♀), 20 (1♂), 22, 26-27, 30 (3)
HOUSE FINCH: 1, 3, 5-31
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 3, 14-15, 17-18, 20-22, 25-28, 30-31
HOUSE SPARROW: 1-3, 5, 9-31

MAMMALIAN
WHITE-TAILED DEER: 3 (2 BY), 8 (3), 9 (7), 10 (4), 12 (2), 15 (1), 19 (3), 20 (3), 23 (7), 24 (6)
FOX SQUIRREL: 2-3, 5-6, 8-11, 15-22, 25-26
THIRTEEN-LINED GROUND SQUIRREL: 15-16 (1), 18, 20-21, 23, 25-31
EASTERN CHIPMUNK: 21 (1), 31
EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 1-4, 8-9, 11-13, 16-31

REPTILIAN
EASTERN GARTER SNAKE: 23 (3), 29 (1)
NORTHERN PAINTED TURTLE: 12 (5), 13 (>30), 14-21, 23-31
RED-EARED SLIDER: 12 (1), 14 (1), 29 (1), 30 (2)

AMPHIBIAN
AMERICAN TOAD: 19 (1), 25 (1), 31
BOREAL CHORUS FROG: 15-29, 31
BULLFROG: 17 (1), 23-25, 27-31
NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG: 23 (1 calling)

LEPIDOPTERA
BLACK SWALLOWTAIL: 29 (1)
CABBAGE WHITE: 21, 23-25, 27-28, 30-31
QUESTION MARK: 27 (1)
MOURNING CLOAK: 14-16 (1), 23-26 (1), 27 (3), 28 (2), 29 (3), 31 (1)
RED ADMIRAL: 24 (1), 27 (3), 29 (1), 30-31 (3)
WOOLLY BEAR (Isabella Tiger Moth): 13 (1)

ODONATA
COMMON GREEN DARNER: 21 (2♂ + 1♀), 23 (5♂ + 3♀), 25 (1♂), 27 (3♂ + 1♀), 28 (2♂ + 2♀),
31 (5♂ + 1♀)
VARIEGATED MEADOWHAWK: 27 (1)

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