One of the first Monarch caterpillars that I have seen this season was feeding on a Common Milkweed (on the day of the Tyler's butterfly talk). 8/28/14 (Wolf. Oesterreich)
A total of 86 avian species (plus 1 sp.) was recorded this month, ranking this month as the 6th highest (tied with 2011) August among 17 years of records.
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 11 American White Pelicans on the 6th may represent a new extreme early Fall record for Story County (former record set on 10 Aug 2005 at Ada Hayden Heritage Park). The 2 Chestnut-sided Warblers on the 13th may also set a new extreme early Fall record (former record set on 14 Aug 1986 at Brookside Park).
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
CANADA GOOSE: 1-20, 27 (1), 28-29, 30-31 (1)
WOOD DUCK: 1-10, 13-19, 21-31
MALLARD: 1-31
GREEN-WINGED TEAL: 11 (4)
RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 1, 3, 8, 11, 13-14, 17, 19-22, 25, 27, 29
PIED-BILLED GREBE: 8 (1)
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT: 28 (1)
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN: 6 (11)
GREAT BLUE HERON: 1 (14), 2 (17), 3 (18), 4 (12), 5 (17), 6 (10), 7 (8), 8 (5), 9 (11),
10-11 (8), 12 (9), 13 (13), 14 (15), 15 (16), 16 (15), 17 (10), 18 (14), 19 (9),
20 (14), 21 (8), 22-23 (4), 24 (9), 25 (4), 26 (7), 27 (4), 28 (13), 29 (9), 30 (13),
31 (11)
GREAT EGRET: 1 (4), 2 (3), 3-4 (4), 5 (5), 6 (4), 7-9 (5), 10 (4), 11-12 (7), 13 (6), 14 (7), 15 (8),
16-19 (7), 20 (3), 21 (4), 24 (3), 26 (2), 27 (7), 28 (5), 29 (8), 30 (9), 31 (10)
GREEN HERON: 4 (1), 14 (1), 15 (3), 16 (2), 18 (1), 20 (2), 23 (1), 24 (2), 25-26 (4), 27-30 (1)
TURKEY VULTURE: 2 (4), 3 (1), 5 (2), 7-8 (1), 11 (3), 12-13 (1), 15-16 (1), 18 (2), 19 (1), 21 (3),
24-25 (1), 26 (6), 28-30 (1), 31 (3)
OSPREY: 8 (1), 14-15 (1), 17 (1), 22 (1), 27-28 (1), 31 (1)
BALD EAGLE: 3 (1 ad), 7 (1 ad), 29 (1 ad), 31 (1 ad)
COOPER’S HAWK: 18-19 (1)
RED-TAILED HAWK: 2 (1), 3 (2), 4-5 (1), 13 (1), 16-17 (1), 19 (1), 22 (2), 26 (1), 27 (2), 29-30 (1)
KILLDEER: 1-19, 21-22, 25, 29
SPOTTED SANDPIPER: 1 (2), 2 (3), 3 (1), 4 (2), 5 (1), 7 (1), 8 (2), 10 (2), 11 (4), 12 (2), 13-15 (1),
16-17 (2), 27 (1), 29 (1)
SOLITARY SANDPIPER: 1 (3), 2 (5), 3 (3), 4 (9), 5 (4), 7 (5), 8-10 (6), 11 (12), 13 (3), 14 (1), 16 (3),
17-18 (1), 26 (1)
GREATER YELLOWLEGS: 13-14 (1), 17 (2), 18 (1)
LESSER YELLOWLEGS: 9 (1), 12-14 (1), 16 (3), 17 (1)
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER: 1 (5), 2 (9), 3 (8), 4 (4), 5 (7), 7 (2), 9 (3), 10 (5), 11 (3), 12 (1), 13 (3),
14 (1), 16-18 (1)
LEAST SANDPIPER: 1 (3), 2 (2), 3 (1)
PECTORAL SANDPIPER: 1 (7), 2 (1), 3 (3), 4 (13), 5 (3), 7-8 (2), 9 (1), 10 (2), 11 (5), 12 (2), 13 (4),
14-15 (1)
RING-BILLED GULL: 19 (1)
CASPIAN TERN: 27 (6)
FORSTER’S TERN: 3 (4), 25 (2), 28 (6)
MOURNING DOVE: 1-5, 7-10, 13-31
CHIMNEY SWIFT: 5, 10, 14, 17, 20
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD: 2 (1♀), 5 (1♀), 15 (1♀), 18 (1♀), 23 (2), 27 (2)
BELTED KINGFISHER: 3 (1♂), 4 (1), 12-13 (1), 15 (1), 17 (2), 24 (1), 26 (1), 30 (1)
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 16, 27, 29
DOWNY WOODPECKER: 1, 5-6, 8, 12-14, 16-17, 23, 25-27, 29
HAIRY WOODPECKER: 3, 27-28
NORTHERN FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 22 (1)
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER: 23-24 (1), 27-28 (1)
EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE: 3-4 (1), 7 (1), 9, 15 (2), 17 (1), 23 (1), 27 (2)
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER: 28 (1)
LEAST FLYCATCHER: 25 (1), 28-30 (1)
Empidonax sp.: 15 (1), 19 (3), 24 (1), 25 (3), 27 (3), 28 (1), 29 (4), 30 (5), 31 (1)
EASTERN PHOEBE: 22 (1)
GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER: 18 (1 im), 20 (1), 28-29 (1)
EASTERN KINGBIRD: 1 (3), 2 (1), 3 (2), 4-6 (1), 7-8 (3), 10 (3), 12 (1), 15-16 (1), 17 (4), 20 (3),
21 (1), 22 (2), 25-26 (1), 27 (2), 28-30 (1), 31 (3)
WARBLING VIREO: 1-2, 9, 16, 27-28, 29 (2), 30 (1)
PHILADELPHIA VIREO: 29 (1)
RED-EYED VIREO: 25-27 (3), 28-29 (4), 30 (3), 31 (1)
BLUE JAY: 1-5, 7-10, 12-14, 16-17, 20-24, 26-28, 30-31
AMERICAN CROW: 1-31
PURPLE MARTIN: 1-19, 21-24, 31 (2)
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW: 28
BANK SWALLOW: 2, 6, 26
CLIFF SWALLOW: 1, 3, 9, 11, 16, 20, 22, 26, 29-31
BARN SWALLOW: 1-31
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 1-7, 9-23, 25-31
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 2, 5, 17, 23
HOUSE WREN: 1-8, 10-11, 13-16, 19, 22-23, 25-27, 30-31
SEDGE WREN: 1-27, 29
EASTERN BLUEBIRD: 20 (2), 22 (1), 28-30
AMERICAN ROBIN: 1-31
GRAY CATBIRD: 1, 3, 6, 8-10, 12-14, 16-18, 20, 22-30
EUROPEAN STARLING: 4-6, 19, 23, 25, 27-31
CEDAR WAXWING: 12 (2), 16 (1), 19 (1), 21 (1), 24 (5), 26 (8), 27 (9+), 28 (3), 29 (5), 30 (3)
OVENBIRD: 29 (1)
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH: 13 (1), 19 (1)
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER: 27 (1), 29 (1)
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER: 27 (1), 29-30 (1)
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER: 27 (1)
MOURNING WARBLER: 25 (1)
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT: 1-11, 13-14, 16-17, 19-20, 22, 28 (2), 29
AMERICAN REDSTART: 27 (1), 29 (1)
YELLOW WARBLER: 20 (1)
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER: 13 (2), 25 (2), 27 (1), 29 (1)
CANADA WARBLER: 25 (1), 29-30 (1)
WILSON’S WARBLER: 25 (1), 27 (1), 30 (1)
CHIPPING SPARROW: 1-2, 10, 13, 15, 19-20, 22, 24, 27
SONG SPARROW: 1-31
NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1-10, 12-16, 18-31
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK: 16 (2)
INDIGO BUNTING: 1, 3-4, 8-9, 15-16, 18
DICKCISSEL: 10 (1♂)
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 1-16, 18-24
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD: 7 (1)
ORCHARD ORIOLE: 20 (1)
BALTIMORE ORIOLE: 18 (1♂), 20 (1), 25 (1), 27 (2), 28, 30
HOUSE FINCH: 1-4, 7-10, 23-26, 29
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1-31
HOUSE SPARROW: 1-31
MAMMALIAN
AMERICAN MINK: 8 (1)
WHITE-TAILED DEER: 2 (1), 7 (1♀ w/2 fawns), 8 (2♀, each w/1 fawn), 11 (1♀ w/2 older fawns),
15 (1♀ w/1 fawn), 19 (1), 20 (1♀ w/2 fawns), 21 (1♀ w/1 fawn), 22 (1 fawn, 1♀,
1♀ w/2 fawns, 1♀ w/1 fawn), 25 (2 fawns), 28 (3♀ & 2 fawns), 29 (1♀ w/2 fawns)
FOX SQUIRREL: 3-5, 10, 15-17, 19-20, 27-29
EASTERN CHIPMUNK: 10, 17
THIRTEEN-LINED GROUND SQUIRREL: 1, 4-5, 8-10, 13, 16, 19, 25-27, 29
EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 1-30
REPTILIAN
Garter Snake sp.: 18 (1), 28 (1)
NORTHERN PAINTED TURTLE: 1-7, 9-14, 16-31
RED-EARED SLIDER: 28 (1)
WESTERN SPINY SOFTSHELL: 12 (1)
AMPHIBIAN
AMERICAN TOAD: 1, 5, 8, 10, 14, 16-17, 21
EASTERN GRAY TREE FROG: 28-29
AMERICAN BULLFROG: 1-5, 8, 10-14, 16-22, 24-25
NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG: 3, 9, 13, 15, 17, 19, 26, 31
LEPIDOPTERA
BLACK SWALLOWTAIL: 4-5, 9-10, 12, 14-22, 24-25, 27, 29-30
GIANT SWALLOWTAIL: 3 (1)
EASTERN TIGER SWALLOWTAIL: 1-5, 8-22, 24, 26, 28-31
CHECKERED WHITE: 2 (1)
CABBAGE WHITE: 1, 3-5, 8-12, 14, 16-22, 24-31
ORANGE SULPHUR: 1-4, 8-13, 16, 19, 21-22, 24-25, 27, 29
LITTLE YELLOW: 24, 27-30
Sulphur sp.: 1-5, 7-10, 13-14, 16-19, 22-23, 27, 29-30
EASTERN TAILED BLUE: 1-5, 8-10, 12-14, 16, 19-30
SUMMER AZURE: 8
AMERICAN SNOUT: 8 (1), 26 (1)
GREAT SPANGLED FRITILLARY: 29 (1)
PEARL CRESCENT: 8, 11-12, 14, 16-19, 21, 24-30
QUESTION MARK: 2, 8, 10, 29 (1)
MOURNING CLOAK: 4 (2)
PAINTED LADY: 17, 20, 22-23, 25-26, 28-30
RED ADMIRAL: 1, 8-9, 11, 13, 16-17, 19-20, 22-28
COMMON BUCKEYE: 9-10, 17, 24, 26, 29-30
RED-SPOTTED PURPLE: 9-10, 13, 17, 25-27
VICEROY: 1-2, 4-5, 8-13, 16-25, 27, 29-31
MONARCH: 1-5, 7-14, 16-22, 24-31
LEAST SKIPPER: 2-3, 5, 8-10, 13-14, 16-17, 24, 30-31
FIERY SKIPPER: 29
Skipper sp.: 26, 29
DOGBANE SAUCROBOTYS: 14, 16-18
CHICKWEED GEOMETER: 7-9, 11, 14, 20, 22, 26-30
WHITE-LINED SPHINX: 26
Sphinx sp.: 27
VIRGINIAN TIGER MOTH: 28
OLIVE-SHADED BIRD-DROPPING MOTH: 22 (1)
ODONATA
SLENDER SPREADWING: 4, 11
LYRE-TIPPED SPREADWING: 25 (1♀)
Spreadwing sp.: 5, 14, 18
BLUE-FRONTED DANCER: 1-5, 8-14, 16-19, 21-22, 24-30
POWDERED DANCER: 1, 4, 18-19, 21, 26
RAINBOW BLUET: 1
DOUBLE-STRIPED BLUET: 1, 11, 18, 24-25, 27-28, 31
TULE BLUET: 1, 3-4, 9, 11, 13-14, 18, 21, 29
FAMILIAR BLUET: 1-2, 4-5, 8-14, 17-19, 21-22, 24-26
STREAM BLUET: 1, 4-5, 9
SKIMMING BLUET: 5, 24
ORANGE BLUET: 8, 11, 13, 21, 24
Bluet sp.: 1-2, 4-5, 9, 11, 13, 17-19, 25-26, 29
EASTERN FORKTAIL: 1-5, 8-14, 16, 18-19, 21-22, 24-31
COMMON GREEN DARNER: 1-5, 7-10, 12-14, 16-31
JADE CLUBTAIL: 4 (1), 8 (1), 12 (1), 14 (1), 18 (1)
FLAG-TAILED SPINYLEG: 1 (1), 12-13 (1), 17 (1), 19 (2), 22 (1), 25 (2), 26 (1), 29 (1)
PRINCE BASKETTAIL: 1, 3-5, 10-12, 14, 17-19, 25-27, 30
HALLOWEEN PENNANT: 1-5, 8-10, 12-14, 17-19, 31 (2)
EASTERN PONDHAWK: 1-2, 4, 8-9, 11-14, 16, 19, 24, 27, 29
WIDOW SKIMMER: 1-5, 8-14, 16-19, 21-22, 24-30
COMMON WHITETAIL: 2, 4-5, 8-12, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28
TWELVE-SPOTTED SKIMMER: 1-5, 8-9, 11-14, 17-19
BLUE DASHER: 1-3, 14, 17, 19, 24
WANDERING GLIDER: 1, 3-4, 8, 12, 18-19, 21, 29-30
EASTERN AMBERWING: 1-2, 4-5, 8-9, 11-14, 16-19, 21-22
VARIEGATED MEADOWHAWK: 4-5, 28, 31
SAFFRON-WINGED MEADOWHAWK: 3 (1♂)
WHITE-FACED MEADOWHAWK: 12-14, 18, 21-22, 24-27, 30-31
RUBY MEADOWHAWK: 5 (1♀), 12
BAND-WINGED MEADOWHAWK: 1-3, 5, 8-10, 13-14, 17, 21, 26-27, 29-31
Meadowhawk sp.: 9, 19, 24-25, 27-29, 31
BLACK SADDLEBAGS: 1-2, 8-11, 13, 17-18, 24, 28, 30-31
RED SADDLEBAGS: 2
ORTHOPTERA
CAROLINA GRASSHOPPER: 1-4, 8-14, 16-22, 24-31
Wolf. Oesterreich
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