Sunday, May 6, 2012

May 6, 2012: Wolf's April Wildlife List


Red-winged blackbird flies from its perch west of the southwest wetlands, 5/5/12 (Kevin Kane)


A total of 109 avian species were recorded at Ada Hayden Heritage Park in April.

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
     CANADA GOOSE: 1 (12), 2-30
     WOOD DUCK: 1 (2♂ + 2♀), 4 (1♂), 8 (1♂ + 1♀), 15 (2♂ + 1♀), 16 (1♂ + 2♀), 17 (3), 18 (3♂), 21 (2♂),                                     23 (2♂ + 1♀), 24 (1♂ + 1♀), 25 (2♂ + 2♀), 26, 27 (1♂ + 2♀), 28 (4), 29 (2)
     GADWALL: 1(3♂ + 3♀), 2 (1♂), 3 (23), 4 (2), 5 (1♂ + 1♀), 6-7 (1♂), 8 (5♂ + 5♀), 9 (8), 10 (5♂ + 4♀),
                                    11 (1♂), 12 (2♂), 13 (2♂ + 2♀), 14 (2), 15-17 (3♂ + 1♀), 18 (22♂ + 14♀),
                                    19 (3♂), 20 (3♂), 21, 22 (6), 23 (1♂ + 1♀), 24, 25 (2♂), 26, 27 (1♂ + 1♀), 28 (4),
                                    29-30
     AMERICAN WIGEON: 1 (6♂ + 2♀), 26 (8)
     MALLARD: 1 (9), 2-3, 4 (16), 5-8, 9 (19), 10 (10♂ + 8♀), 11 (5♂ + 6♀), 12-13 (11♂ + 9♀), 14,
                                    15 (6♂ + 6♀), 16 (12♂ + 7♀), 17 (24), 18 (13♂ + 8♀), 19 (9♂ + 6♀), 20 (18),
                                    21, 22 (12), 23-26, 27 (25+), 28-30
     BLUE-WINGED TEAL: 1 (19♂ + 13♀), 2 (31+), 3 (2♂ + 2♀), 4 (8), 6 (10♂ + 8♀), 7 (13), 8 (6♂ + 4♀),
                                    9 (10), 10 (11♂ + 8♀), 11 (6♂ + 8♀), 12 (15♂ + 14♀), 13 (9♂ + 6♀), 14, 15 (125),
                                    16 (15♂ + 11♀), 17 (27), 18 (26♂ + 21♀), 19 (137), 20 (107+), 21, 22 (109+),
                                    23-26, 27 (22+), 28-30
     NORTHERN SHOVELER: 1 (2♂), 3 (9♂ + 3♀), 4 (25♂ + 11♀), 5 (4♂ + 2♀), 6 (1♂), 7 (10♂ + 11♀),
                                    9 (15), 10 (2♂ + 1♀), 11 (3♂ + 1♀), 13 (28♂ + 7♀), 14, 16 (2♂ + 1♀), 17 (1♂),
                                    18 (10♂ + 5♀), 19 (2♂), 20 (15+), 21, 22 (14♂ + 3♀), 23-30
     GREEN-WINGED TEAL: 1 (6♂ + 9♀), 2 (2), 4 (6♂ + 3♀), 5 (2), 9 (4), 10 (2♂ + 2♀), 11 (9),
                                    12 (2♂ + 1♀), 13 (10), 19 (1♂ + 1♀), 30 (1♂)
     RING-NECKED DUCK: 3 (3♀)
     LESSER SCAUP: 4 (8♂ + 8♀), 6 (8♂ + 29♀), 9 (1♀), 11 (10♂ + 20♀), 15 (15♂ + 6♀), 17 (1♂ + 2♀),
                                    18 (4♀), 22 (1♀), 25 (1♂ + 4♀), 27 (1♀)
     BUFFLEHEAD: 4 (1♂), 22 (2♀)
     HOODED MEGANSER: 8 (1♀), 11 (1♂ + 4♀), 13 (4♀)
     RED-BREASTED MERGANSER: 7 (2♀), 9 (3♀), 10-11 (4♀), 13 (2♀), 15 (1♀), 16 (2♂), 18 (1♀),
                                    19-20 (3), 22 (1♀), 25-26 (1♀), 27 (3♀), 28 (4♀), 30 (1♀)
     RUDDY DUCK: 3 (2), 4 (25), 9 (5), 11 (7), 12 (1♂ + 4♀), 13-15 (1♂), 17 (6), 19 (14), 28 (4), 30 (2)
     RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 1-24, 25 (1♂ BY +), 26-30
     COMMON LOON: 10-18 (1), 19-23 (2), 26 (1)
     PIED-BILLED GREBE: 1 (13), 2 (2), 3 (7), 4 (12), 5 (6), 6 (7), 7 (5), 8 (6), 9 (12), 10 (2), 11 (8),
                                    12 (14), 13 (20), 14 (11), 15 (87), 16 (23), 17 (14), 18 (9), 19 (1), 20 (7), 21 (2),
                                    22 (43+), 23-24 (2), 25 (4), 26 (9), 27 (2), 28-29, 30 (2)
     HORNED GREBE: 8 (4), 17 (1)
     RED-NECKED GREBE: 30 (1)
     DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT: 8 (3 in flight), 10 (1), 12 (1), 14 (28), 21 (24)
     GREAT BLUE HERON: 1 (2), 6 (1), 12 (1), 14 (1), 16 (2), 18 (1), 20-21 (3), 22-24 (1), 26 (1), 27 (2),
                                    28 (1), 30 (2)
     GREAT EGRET: 14-15 (1), 21 (1)
     GREEN HERON: 15 (1)
     TURKEY VULTURE: 1, 3 (3), 4-6, 7-8 (7), 10 (9), 12 (2), 13 (3), 14 (2), 15-16 (3), 17 (5), 18-30
     OSPREY: 9 (1), 12 (1), 15 (1), 17-18 (1), 19-21 (2), 23 (1), 25-26 (1), 28-30 (1)
     BALD EAGLE: 4 (1 ad), 13 (1 ad), 15 (1 ad), 19 (1 im), 21 (1 ad), 28 (1 ad)
     SHARP-SHINNED HAWK: 21 (1)
     BROAD-WINGED HAWK: 19 (1)
     RED-TAILED HAWK: 2-4 (1), 5 (2), 6 (1), 7 (2), 9-11 (1), 13 (1), 15 (3), 16 (2), 17 (3), 18 (2), 19 (1),
                                    20 (2), 21 (3), 22 (1), 23 (3), 24-26 (1), 27 (2), 28 (4), 29-30 (1)
     AMERICAN KESTREL: 21 (1♀)
     MERLIN: 29 (1)
     PEREGRINE FALCON: 21 (1), 27 (1)
     SORA: 30 (2)
     AMERICAN COOT: 1 (15), 2 (47), 3 (2), 4 (9), 6 (6), 7 (3), 9 (7), 10 (6), 11 (13), 12 (12), 13 (25),
                                    14 (9), 15 (34), 16 (24), 17 (10), 18 (159), 19 (11), 20 (38), 21, 22 (68+),
                                    23 (49+), 24 (30+), 25 (21+), 26, 27 (6+), 28 (52+), 29-30
     SEMIPALMATED PLOVER: 25 (4), 28 (1)
     KILLDEER: 1, 4-5, 7-30
     SPOTTED SANDPIPER: 13 (1), 16 (1), 19-22 (1), 28 (2), 29, 30 (3)
     SOLITARY SANDPIPER: 20 (1)
     GREATER YELLOWLEGS: 16 (2), 17-20 (5), 21 (3), 22 (4), 23-26, 27 (1), 28 (2), 30 (2)
     LESSER YELLOWLEGS: 16 (11), 17 (7), 18 (30+), 19 (40+), 20 (99+), 21, 22 (100+), 23-30
     SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER: 25 (1), 28-29 (2)
     LEAST SANDPIPER: 25 (1), 28 (5), 29 (6)
     PECTORAL SANDPIPER: 16 (6), 17 (10), 19 (3), 20 (30+), 21 (1), 22 (5), 23 (~50), 24-25, 27 (4),
                                    28 (3), 29
     Sandpiper sp.: 30
     DUNLIN: 20 (1)
     WILSON’S SNIPE: 9 (1), 16 (1), 18 (1), 24 (3), 25 (1), 28 (4)
     WILSON’S PHALAROPE: 30 (3)
     BONAPARTE’S GULL: 8 (7)
     RING-BILLED GULL: 18 (5), 21 (1)
     Gull sp.: 15
     CASPIAN TERN: 28 (2)
     FORSTER’S TERN: 15 (1), 16 (2), 21 (2), 26 (6)
     ROCK PIGEON: 21 (1)
     MOURNING DOVE: 1-30
     GREAT HORNED OWL: 14 (1)
     BARRED OWL: 22 (1)
     BELTED KINGFISHER: 3 (1♂), 7 (1), 16 (2), 17 (1), 19 (1), 21-22 (1), 24-25 (2), 30 (1)
     RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 3
     YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER: 13-14 (1)
     DOWNY WOODPECKER: 1-9, 12-15, 20-22, 24-26, 29-30
     HAIRY WOODPECKER: 7, 22, 28-29
     NORTHERN FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 1-9, 12-14, 17, 20, 22-23, 28-30
     EASTERN PHOEBE: 11 (1), 13 (1), 18 (1), 20 (1), 21 (2), 24 (1)
     WARBLING VIREO: 28 (1), 29 (4+), 30 (5)
     PHILADELPHIA WARBLER: 25 (1)
     BLUE JAY: 8, 10, 13, 15, 21-22, 25, 28-29
     AMERICAN CROW: 1-18, 20-30
     PURPLE MARTIN: 4 (3), 5 (2), 8 (3), 9 (2), 13 (2), 15 (7), 16-17, 18 (6), 19-30
     TREE SWALLOW: 1-3, 5-12, 14, 15 (75+), 16-30
     NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW: 18 (2), 19 (1), 27-29
     BANK SWALLOW: 28 (2), 29
     BARN SWALLOW: 18 (1), 21, 24-30
     BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 2-13, 15-22, 27, 30
     WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 2-3, 6-8, 15-16, 18, 21, 29
     HOUSE WREN: 22 (1 BY), 24-30
     BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER: 12 (1), 18 (1)
     RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET: 6-7 (1), 9-11 (1), 13 (1), 14 (3), 18 (1), 21 (2), 22 (1), 23-24 (2), 28 (1)
     EASTERN BLUEBIRD: 1 (1♂), 2 (2), 3 (1♂), 4 (1♂ + 1♀), 5 (1♀), 7 (1♀), 8 (2), 10 (1♂), 11 (1♂ + 2♀),
                                    12-13 (1♂ + 1♀), 15 (2), 16 (3♂), 17 (1♂), 20 (1), 22 (2♂), 23, 24 (1♂ + 1♀),
                                    25 (1), 29, 30 (1♂)
     SWAINSON’S THRUSH: 25 (1), 29 (1)
     HERMIT THRUSH: 9-11 (1), 14 (1), 23 (1)
     AMERICAN ROBIN: 1-30
     BROWN THRASHER: 1 (1 BY), 2 (1), 3 (2), 4-5 (1), 7 (2), 9 (1), 11 (4), 13-15 (3), 16 (1), 17 (2),
                                    18-19 (1), 21 (1), 22 (2), 23 (1), 24 (1 BY + 2), 25 (3), 26-28, 29 (2 BY +), 30
     EUROPEAN STARLING: 1-30
     CEDAR WAXWING: 2 (~10), 27-28 (15+)
     LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH: 30 (1)
     ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER: 11 (1), 25-26 (1)
     NORTHERN PARULA: 15 (1)
     PALM WARBLER: 28 (2)
     YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (Myrtle): 2 (1), 10 (1), 11-12 (2), 13 (15+), 18 (2), 21 (1), 22 (3),
                                    25 (4), 26, 27 (1), 28 (3), 29-30
     CHIPPING SPARROW: 1, 7-10, 13-18, 20-30
     CLAY-COLORED SPARROW: 30 (1)
     FIELD SPARROW: 8 (1), 11 (4), 13 (2), 15-16 (1), 18 (1), 20 (1)
     SAVANNAH SPARROW: 17 (1), 20 (1), 22 (2), 23 (6)
     FOX SPARROW: 1 (1)
     SONG SPARROW: 1-30
     LINCOLN’S SPARROW: 28 (1)
     SWAMP SPARROW: 1 (1), 5 (1), 11 (1), 18 (1), 20 (1), 21 (3), 22 (1), 29 (1)
     WHITE-THROATED SPARROW: 14 (1), 15 (2), 18 (3), 19 (1), 21 (3 BY +), 22, 24, 25 (8), 26, 27 (4),
                                    28 (3), 29-30
     HARRIS’S SPARROW: 21 (1)
     WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW: 25 (1), 27 (1), 29 (1 BY), 30 (1)
     DARK-EYED JUNCO (Slate-colored): 7 (2 BY), 8 (1 BY), 9-11 (1), 13 (3), 14 (1 BY), 15 (4)
     NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1-30
     RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 1-30
     EASTERN MEADOWLARK: 1-18, 20-28, 30
     RUSTY BLACKBIRD: 13 (2♂ + 2♀), 22 (3)
     COMMON GRACKLE: 1-30
     BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD: 1, 6-30
     BALTIMORE ORIOLE: 26 (1♂), 29 (1♂), 30
     HOUSE FINCH: 1-30
     AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1-30
     HOUSE SPARROW: 1-18, 20-30

MAMMALIAN
     WHITE-TAILED DEER: 3 (1), 5 (10), 8 (4), 12 (2), 13 (4), 16 (2), 19 (4), 21 (2 BY), 22 (2), 24-25 (2),
                                    26 (4), 30 (1)
     FOX SQUIRREL: 1-2, 4, 7-9, 11-15, 18-22, 24, 26-29
     THIRTEEN-LINED GROUND SQUIRREL: 1-18, 20, 22-23, 25-26, 28, 30
     EASTERN CHIPMUNK: 13-14, 17, 21, 29
     NORTH AMERICAN BEAVER: 29 (1)
     EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 1, 3, 5-9, 11-22, 24-30

REPTILIAN
     EASTERN GARTER SNAKE: 1 (1), 8 (1), 10 (1), 18 (1)
     NORTHERN PAINTED TURTLE: 1-12, 14-18, 20-27, 30
     RED-EARED SLIDER: 3 (1), 8-9 (1), 11 (1), 30 (1)

AMPHIBIAN
     AMERICAN TOAD: 1-4, 14-20, 24-26
     BLANCHARD’S CRICKET FROG: 25, 30
     EASTERN GRAY TREEFROG: 1-2, 6 (1 BY)
     BOREAL CHORUS FROG: 1-3, 15-23, 25, 30
     BULLFROG: 1, 3, 5-6, 8, 11-15, 17-18, 20, 23-27, 29-30
     NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG: 1-2, 18, 20, 24

LEPIDOPTERA
     BLACK SWALLOWTAIL: 2, 9-10, 25
     EASTERN TIGER SWALLOWTAIL: 5 (1), 6 (2), 8 (1), 23-25, 30
     CABBAGE WHITE: 1-6, 8, 10-12, 15-18, 23-26, 30
     CLOUDED SULPHUR: 1-3
     ORANGE SULPHUR: 18, 20, 22-26, 30
     Sulphur sp.: 3-6, 8-12, 15-18, 23-26, 30
     PEARL CRESCENT: 11-12, 17, 23-25, 30
     Anglewing sp.: 24 (1)
     MOURNING CLOAK: 1-4 (1), 5 (2), 6 (1), 12, 17-18 (2), 23 (2), 24-26 (1)
     PAINTED LADY: 6 (1), 8, 16-18, 20-21, 23-27, 30
     RED ADMIRAL: 1 (3), 2-4, 6, 8-10, 12-27, 30
     COMMON BUCKEYE: 30
     MONARCH: 24 (2), 25, 30
     Duskywing sp.: 6 (1), 18 (1)

ODONATA
     FAMILIAR BLUET: 24, 30
     EASTERN FORKTAIL: 2 (1♂), 5 (1♀), 6 (1♂), 24-25
     COMMON GREEN DARNER: 1-5, 15-18, 23-27, 30
     VARIEGATED MEADOWHAWK: 1-3, 6, 11, 15-19, 23-25, 30
Wolf
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