This lone Pied-billed Grebe was still present on the 30th, in the sliver of open water along the north lake's north shore. 11/30/13 (Wolf. Oesterreich)
November Report for Ada Hayden Heritage Park.
A total of 65 avian species (plus 1 sp.) was recorded this month, ranking this month as the 4th highest November (tied with November 2004 & 2008) among 16 years of records.
The Red-throated Loon on the 8th was a new record (#264) for my Park List.
Based on citations in the 3rd Edition of “The Birds of Story County, Iowa,” by Stephen J. Dinsmore and Hank Zaletel (2001), plus my personal updates to the records, the Red-throated Loon was the first record for Story County.
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 53rd Supplement (2012) to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds and the 12th Supplement to the 7th Edition (1998).
AVIAN
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE: 24 (1 im), 27 (1 im), 30 (1 im)
ROSS’S GOOSE: 8 (1)
CACKLING GOOSE: 8, 10-12, 14, 18, 23-30
CANADA GOOSE: 1-20, 22-30
TRUMPETER SWAN: 12 (2 ad + 2 im), 23 (2 ad), 25 (3 ad + 3 im), 26 (1 ad + 1 im), 27 (1 im)
TUNDRA SWAN: 22-23 (1 im)
GADWALL: 1 (8), 4 (1♂), 6 (3), 7 (63), 8 (2♀), 9 (13♂ + 6♀), 10 (1♂), 11 (9)
AMERICAN WIGEON: 10 (2♂), 12 (2♂), 13 (1♂), 18 (1♂)
MALLARD: 1-4, 6-12, 13 (356+), 14, 15 (300+), 16-20, 22-30
BLUE-WINGED TEAL: 4 (1♀)
NORTHERN SHOVELER: 1 (1♀), 7 (19), 10 (2♀), 12 (1♀), 13 (3♀), 15 (1♀), 17 (2♀), 27 (1♂ + 2♀),
28 (1♂ + 3♀), 29 (1♂ + 2♀), 30 (1♂ + 3♀)
NORTHERN PINTAIL: 2 (1♀), 24 (1♂), 26 (1♀), 27 (1♂), 29 (1♂)
GREEN-WINGED TEAL: 1 (1♀), 2 (1♂), 6 (20), 7 (71), 10 (1♂ + 1♀), 13 (6♂ + 2♀), 14 (2♀), 18 (1♀),
22 (2♂)
REDHEAD: 8 (2♂)
RING-NECKED DUCK: 2 (1♀), 6 (6♀), 7 (1♀), 8 (20), 10 (3♀), 12-13 (1♂), 15 (3♂), 24 (1♀), 27 (1♀)
LESSER SCAUP: 3 (1♂ + 1♀), 6 (59), 7 (8), 8 (7), 9 (1♂), 10 (2♀), 13 (2♂), 14 (2♂ + 2♀), 18 (1♂)
BUFFLEHEAD: 6-7 (3♀), 9 (1♀), 11 (2♀), 12 (1♀), 13 (1♂), 22 (1♂)
COMMON GOLDENEYE: 23 (3♀), 24 (1♀), 25-26 (1♂ + 2♀), 27 (7♂ + 9♀), 29 (2♂)
HOODED MERGANSER: 12 (2♀), 18 (7♀), 22 (2♀), 23 (1♀)
COMMON MERGANSER: 16 (1♀), 23-25 (2♀), 27 (3♀), 28-29 (2♀)
RUDDY DUCK: 9 (1♂ + 1♀), 13 (2♀), 23 (1♀), 24 (2♀)
RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 1, 3-4, 6-7, 9-10, 12, 15, 17-18, 20, 22, 25, 27, 30
RED-THROATED LOON: 8 (1 anb)
COMMON LOON: 1 (1), 8 (1 anb)
PIED-BILLED GREBE: 1 (6), 2 (5), 3 (4), 4 (9), 6 (25), 7 (10), 8 (2), 9 (5), 10 (9), 11 (4), 12 (8), 13 (2),
14 (6), 15 (4), 16 (5), 17 (3), 18-19 (4), 20 (3), 22 (3), 23 (1), 28-30 (1)
OSPREY: 1-2 (1)
BALD EAGLE: 2 (1 im), 12-13 (1 ad), 14 (1 ad + 1 4-yr), 16 (1 ad + 1 4-yr), 19 (2 ad), 23 (1 ad),
29 (1 ad)
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK: 10 (1)
COOPER’S HAWK: 6 (1), 9 (1), 10 (2), 15 (1 im), 21 (1 ad), 23 (1 BY), 24 (1 ad), 29 (1 ad BY)
Accipiter sp.: 13 (1), 30 (1)
RED-TAILED HAWK: 2 (2), 7-10 (1), 12 (1), 14 (1), 16-17 (1), 19 (4), 22 (1), 24 (1), 27-30 (1)
AMERICAN COOT: 1 (8), 2 (14), 3 (4), 4 (3), 6 (15), 7 (14), 8 (18), 9 (17), 10 (6), 11 (10), 12 (8),
13 (2), 14 (12), 15 (7), 16 (10), 17 (4), 18 (6), 19 (5), 20 (4), 22 (4), 23-24 (3),
25 (12), 26 (1), 27-28 (3), 29 (4), 30 (3)
GREATER YELLOWLEGS: 10 (1)
WILSON’S SNIPE: 12 (1), 14 (1)
RING-BILLED GULL: 15 (1), 16 (4), 21 (~15)
MOURNING DOVE: 6-11, 13, 15-17, 19-20, 26-28
BELTED KINGFISHER: 4 (1), 10 (1), 12 (1), 20 (1), 23 (1), 25 (1), 27 (1)
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 9-10, 18, 22, 27-28, 30
DOWNY WOODPECKER: 2-3, 7-8, 10, 12, 14-16, 19-21, 23-30
HAIRY WOODPECKER: 2, 4, 10, 12, 14, 16-17, 23-26, 28
NORTHERN FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 6-7 (1), 9 (1), 26 (1)
NORTHERN SHRIKE: 24 (1)
BLUE JAY: 1-4, 7, 10-12, 15-16, 18-20, 22-30
AMERICAN CROW: 1-4, 6-16, 19-24, 26-30
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 2, 4, 6, 8-16, 18-19, 21-30
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 2, 4, R15-16, 30
BROWN CREEPER: 14 (1)
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET: 7 (1)
EASTERN BLUEBIRD: 2 (1), 6, 7 (3), 10 (5), 27 95), 28-29 (3)
AMERICAN ROBIN: 1-7, 9-10, 12, 14-20, 22-24, 27, 30
EUROPEAN STARLING: 1-3, 6, 9-12, 15-17, 19-20, 23-25, 27-30
CEDAR WAXWING: 15 (5 BY), 27 (2 BY)
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW: 1-2, 6-20, 22-25, 27-30
FOX SPARROW: 2 (1 BY + 3), 4 (3), 15 (1 BY), 19 (1)
SONG SPARROW: 1, 3-4, 6-7, 10, 12, 20, 22
SWAMP SPARROW: 2-3, 10 (1), 15 (1)
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW: 2-3
HARRIS’S SPARROW: 1 (1), 27 (1 BY)
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW: 2 (1)
DARK-EYED JUNCO (Slate-colored): 1-16, 18-30
NORTHERN CARDINAL: 2, 12-16, 18-19, 21, 23-30
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 1-2, 4, 6-8, 13, 15, 18
COMMON GRACKLE: 7, 8 (1)
HOUSE FINCH: 2, 6-19, 22-30
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1-3, 9-11, 24, 28-30
HOUSE SPARROW: 1-19, 22-30
Unless indicated otherwise, the White-tailed Deer were antlerless. The yearlings were just about the same size as the adults.
MAMMALIAN
VIRGINIA OPOSSUM: 13 (1 BY)
COYOTE: 10 (1), 22, 24 (1)
WHITE-TAILED DEER: 1 (6 + 1♂), 4 (1), 6 (3), 9 (2), 10 (3 + 1♂), 12 (4 + 1♂), 13 (10), 15 (6), 16 (1♂),
17 (11), 18 (1♂), 19 (2), 20 (2 + 4♂), 22 (4), 23 (3 BY), 24 (2♂), 25 (8),
26 (7 + 1♂), 27-28 (1 BY), 30 (3 BY)
FOX SQUIRREL: 3, 8-14, 16-17, 20, 22-24, 27-30
THIRTEEN-LINED GROUND SQUIRREL: 10 (1), 17 (1)
MUSKRAT: 26 (1)
EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 1-11, 16-17, 19, 23-27, 29-30
REPTILIAN
PLAINS GARTER SNAKE: 3 (1)
NORTHERN PAINTED TURTLE: 19 (1)
RED-EARED SLIDER: 1 (1)
AMPHIBIAN
BULLFROG: 1 (1), 3 (1), 4 (1+)
LEPIDOPTERA
WOOLLY BEAR (Isabella Tiger Moth): 2 (2), 9 (1)
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