This male Northern Pintail has been present for most of December and now into January. 12/1/13 (Wolf. Oesterreich)
A total of 46 avian species was recorded this month, ranking this month as the 6th highest December (tied with December 2009) among 17 years of records. There are no records for the 24th through the end of the month (I was in California) and minimal records for the 15th (participating in the Saylorville Christmas Bird Count).
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 last Fox Sparrow on the 22nd may represent a new extreme late Fall record for Story County (former record set on 29 November 2008 at AHHP).
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
SNOW GOOSE: 17-19 (1), 23 (1)
ROSS’S GOOSE: 4-7 (1), 9 (1)
CACKLING GOOSE: 1 (50+), 2-7, 9-10, 12 (2), 13, 14 (1), 16 (1), 18 (1), 19 (2)
CANADA GOOSE: 1-23
TRUMPETER SWAN: 2 (3 ad + 3 im), 4 (6 ad + 3 im), 6 (12 ad + 7 im), 7 (6 ad + 2 im), 8 (1 ad)
GADWALL: 5 (1♂)
MALLARD: 1-7, 9-14, 16-23
NORTHERN SHOVELER: 1-5 (1♂ + 3♀), 7 (1♂ + 3♀), 10 (1♂), 12 (1♂)
NORTHERN PINTAIL: 1-6 (1♂), 13-14 (1♂), 16 (1♂), 18-19 (1♂)
GREATER SCAUP: 1-4 (1♀)
COMMON GOLDENEYE: 3 (1♀), 5 (4♂), 6-7 (1♂), 9 (1♀)
COMMON MERGANSER: 5 (1♂), 6 (3♂)
RUDDY DUCK: 6 (4♀)
RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 2, 3 (1♂ BY +), 4-7, 9-11, 12 (1♂ BY + 6), 13 (12 + 1♂ BY), 14, 17, 19,
20 (1♂ BY), 23 (1♂ BY)
PIED-BILLED GREBE: 1-7 (1)
BALD EAGLE: 4 (1), 5 (2 ad), 10 (1 ad), 14 (2 ad), 19 (2 ad + 1 im)
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK: 9 (1 ad), 13 (1 ad BY), 16 (1 ad BY), 23 (1 ad BY)
COOPER’S HAWK: 3 (1 ad BY), 5 (1 ad), 10-11 (1 ad BY), 16 (1 ad BY), 21 (1 ad), 22 (1 im)
RED-TAILED HAWK: 2 (2), 3 (1), 7 (2), 9-10 (1), 12-13 (2), 14 (1), 16 (3), 21 (1), 22 (2)
AMERICAN COOT: 1 (5), 2 (2), 3 (5), 4-6 (3), 7 (6)
MOURNING DOVE: 5, 8-14, 16-17, 19-21
GREAT HORNED OWL: 7 (1)
BELTED KINGFISHER: 1 (1), 5 (1)
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 1, 3, 11-12, 16, 19, 22
DOWNY WOODPECKER: 1-5, 7-22
HAIRY WOODPECKER: 5, 8-14, 16-19, 21
NORTHERN FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 1 (1)
NORTHERN SHRIKE: 19 (1)
BLUE JAY: 1-2, 4-5, 7-10, 12-13, 16-19, 21-23
AMERICAN CROW: 1-7, 9-14, 16-23
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 1-23
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 1-2, 14, 16, 18-19
EASTERN BLUEBIRD: 1 (3), 5 (5), 9 (6), 13 (4), 18 (4)
AMERICAN ROBIN: 1, 3, 5, 8-10, 12-14, 19 (3 BY), 20-21
EUROPEAN STARLING: 1-5, 7-10, 12-14, 16-21, 23
CEDAR WAXWING: 3 (9), 5 (7 BY), 7 (5 BY), 9 (14 (BY), 10 (2 BY), 11 (1 BY)
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW: 1-7, 9-14, 16-19
FOX SPARROW: 8 (1 BY), 10-11 (1 BY), 20 (1 BY), 22 (1 BY)
SONG SPARROW: 5, 12 (1), 16, 18, 19 (1)
HARRIS’S SPARROW: 8 (1 BY), 9 (1 BY + 2), 11 (1 BY), 18 (1)
DARK-EYED JUNCO (Slate-colored): 1-23
DARK-EYED JUNCO (Oregon): 18 (1 BY), 20 (1 BY)
NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1-5, 7-23
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 7 (1♂)
HOUSE FINCH: 1-23
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1-2, 4-5, 11-14, 18-20, 22-23
HOUSE SPARROW: 1-23
Unless indicated otherwise, the White-tailed Deer were antlerless. The yearlings were just about the same size as the adults.
MAMMALIAN
WHITE-TAILED DEER: 1 (1), 2 (1 + 5♂), 3 (8), 4 (3), 5 (2 + 1 BY), 6 (3 BY + 13 + 1♂), 7 (1♂),
10 (5 BY), 11 (3 BY), 12 (5), 16 (4 BY), 19 (1), 22 (4 BY)
FOX SQUIRREL: 1, 4-5, 7-14, 16-23
EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 1, 3-4, 6-8, 11-23
Wolf. Oesterreich
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