This adult Snow Goose, which was first found on 17 December, continued its presence through the end of the month. [It's probably a male........refused to stop and ask for directions! He's not lost, just misplaced.] 1/29/14 (Wolf Oesterreich)
A total of 34 avian species was recorded this month, ranking this month as the 4th highest January among 17 years of records. [I didn't return from California until the evening of the 6th.]
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, FY=front 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: 7-9 (1 ad), 11-15 (1 ad), 17-21 (1 ad), 23-31 (1 ad)
CACKLING GOOSE: 19 (1), 26 (~6)
CANADA GOOSE: 7-31
TRUMPETER SWAN: 21 (1 ad)
TUNDRA SWAN: 23-24 (1 ad), 26-29 (1 ad)
MALLARD: 7-10, 11 (300+), 12-31
NORTHERN PINTAIL: 7-9 (1♂), 11-15 (1♂), 17-21 (1♂), 23-31 (1♂)
RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 7 (1♂ BY), 9, 11 (9), 12 (3), 13 (14), 15-16 (3), 17 (1), 18 (4),
19-20 (1♂ BY), 25 (3), 27, 29-31 (1)
BALD EAGLE: 9 (1 ad), 14 (1 im), 18 (1 ad), 28 (1 im), 29 (1 ad), 31 (1 ad)
COOPER’S HAWK: 10 (1), 15 (1 im BY), 17 (1 ad), 23 (1 ad BY)
RED-TAILED HAWK: 7 (2), 8 (1), 14 (1), 16 (1), 18-19 (1), 20-21 (2), 23-24 (1), 26 (1), 28 (1),
29-30 (2), 31 (1)
MOURNING DOVE: 13 (1 BY), 16 (1), 21 (2), 30 (1 BY)
GREAT HORNED OWL:6 (1), 21 (1)
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 7, 19-20, 24, 26
DOWNY WOODPECKER: 7, 9-15, 17-31
HAIRY WOODPECKER: 7, 9, 18-19, 26, 31
NORTHERN FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 21 (1)
NORTHERN SHRIKE: 18 (1), 23 (1), 27 (1)
BLUE JAY: 7-12, 17-19, 21-23, 25-27, 29-30
AMERICAN CROW: 7-12, 14-24, 26-29, 31
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 7-31
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 7-8, 10-12, 19
EASTERN BLUEBIRD: 19 (4)
AMERICAN ROBIN: 7-8 (1), 16 (5), 17 (11), 18 (1), 20 (1), 29 (3 BY + 15), 30 (3 BY)
EUROPEAN STARLING: 7-14, 16-21, 23-26, 29-30
CEDAR WAXWING: 11 (15+ BY), 12 (45 BY)
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW: 7-9, 11-19, 21, 23-31
SONG SPARROW: 7-8, 9 (1), 12 (1), 21 (1), 23 (1)
DARK-EYED JUNCO (Slate-colored): 7-31
DARK-EYED JUNCO (Oregon): 15 (1 BY)
NORTHERN CARDINAL: 7-16, 18-31
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 23 (1♂ BY)
HOUSE FINCH: 7-13, 15-16, 18-31
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 10 (2), 23-24 (1)
HOUSE SPARROW: 7-31
Unless indicated otherwise, the White-tailed Deer were antlerless.
MAMMALIAN
WHITE-TAILED DEER: 7 (2 BY), 8 (3 BY), 9 (2), 12 (8 BY), 13 (2), 14 (4♂ + 1 BY), 15 (6 + 4♂),
17 (5), 19 (3♂), 20-21 (4 BY), 23 (1), 27 (20 + 4♂), 28 (11), 29 (12 + 5♂),
30 (2), 31 (4)
FOX SQUIRREL: 7-12, 18-20, 24-26, 31
EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 7-8, 10-13, 15-23, 25-26, 29-31
Wolf. Oesterreich
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