Sept 4, 2015: Wolf's August 2015 Wildlife Report

This male Stream Bluet (Enallagma exsulans) was found near Weir N (south wetland complex). 8/22/15 (Wolf. Oesterreich)

Total Length = 31-37mm

Hindwing Length = 17-21mm

Flight Season = May - September

A total of 83 avian species (plus 1 sp.) was recorded this month at Ada Hayden Heritage Park, ranking this month as the 7^th highest August among 18 years of records.

Many of the local breeders had left by the end of July or early August.  By the end of the month some of these same species were showing up again, most likely migrants from the north.

Based on citations in the 3^rd Edition of “The Birds of Story County, Iowa,” by Stephen J. Dinsmore and Hank Zaletel (2001), plus my personal updates to the records, the male Gadwall on the 19^th may represent a new extreme early Fall record for Story County (former record set on 4 September 1984 at Hendrickson Marsh).

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 55^th Supplement (2014) to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds and the 14^th Supplement to the 7^th Edition (1998).

AVIAN

     CANADA GOOSE: 1-18, 22-25, 27-31

     WOOD DUCK: 1 (28+), 2 (22+), 3 (28+), 4 (30+), 5 (17+), 6 (22+), 7-9, 10 (6), 11-14,

          16-31

     GADWALL: 19 (1♂)

     MALLARD: 1-30

     BLUE-WINGED TEAL: 6 (3), 20 (6), 25 (4), 27 (10), 28, 29 (4), 31 (4)

     RING-NECKED PH-EASANT: 1, 3, 5-7, 12-13, 17-18, 20, 23, 27-28, 30

     PIED-BILLED GREBE: 24-25 (2), 27 (1), 29 (1)

     DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT: 1 (1), 2 (2), 4 (2), 5 (3), 6 (1), 8-10 (2), 11 (1), 12 (2),

          14 (2), 15 (1), 18 (2), 19-21 (1), 23 (1), 25 (1), 26 (3), 27 (2), 28-29 (1)

     GREAT BLUE HERON: 1 (4), 2 (5), 3 (8), 4 (3), 5 (8), 6 (3), 7-9 (4), 10 (1), 11 (7),

          12-13 (5), 14 (7), 15 (6), 16 (5), 17 (7), 18 (6), 19 (3), 20 (7), 21 (4), 22 (7), 23 (8),

          24 (5), 25-26 (4), 27 (7), 28 (2), 29 (3), 30 (2), 31 (4)

     GREEN HERON: 2 (2), 9 (1), 12 (1), 14 (1), 17 (3), 19-20 (1), 21 (2), 22-27 (1), 28-29 (2),

          31 (1)

     BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON: 11 (1), 14 (1), 17-22, 24-25, 30-31 (all 1^st Summer)

     TURKEY VULTURE: 1 (1), 2 (3), 3 (2), 4 (1), 8 (1), 10 (3), 11 (1), 13-15 (1), 16 (6), 19 (2),

          20-21 (4), 23-24 (1), 25 (2), 27 (1), 30 (13), 31 (1)

     OSPREY: 12 (1), 19 (1), 22 (1), 23 (2), 24 (1), 30-31 (1)

     BALD EAGLE: 6 (1 ad), 8 (1 ad), 14 (2 ad), 18 (1 ad), 19 (1 im), 21-23 (1 ad), 28 (2 ad)

     COOPER’S HAWK: 8 (1), 14 (1), 17 (1)

     RED-TAILED HAWK: 2 (1), 5 (2), 6-7 (1), 14 (1), 15-17 (2), 19 (2), 20 (1), 23-24 (1),

          26-27 (1)

     KILLDEER: 1 (5), 2 (15), 3 (7), 4 (6), 5-6 (4), 7 (8), 8 (5), 9 (1), 12 (2), 14-15 (1), 16 (2),

          18 (5), 28 (3)

     SPOTTED SANDPIPER: 25 (1)

     SOLITARY SANDPIPER: 1 (3), 2 (2), 3-4 (1), 8 (1)

     WILLET: 17 (1)

     SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER: 2 (2), 3 (1)

     LEAST SANDPIPER: 1 (4)

     SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER: 7 (1)

     RING-BILLED GULL: 7 (1), 19 (1), 23 (2)

     CASPIAN TERN: 14 (1), 17 (11), 18 (2)

     BLACK TERN: 17 (4)

     FORSTER’S TERN: 8 (1)

     EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE: 1 (1), 19 (1), 29-30 (1)

     MOURNING DOVE: 1-9, 11-19, 22-24, 26-27. 29-31

     CHIMNEY SWIFT: 1, 7, 18, 20-23, 25, 27, 31

     RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD: 8 (1), 12 (1), 16 (1), 17 (2), 18 (1), 19 (3), 20 (1),

          25-26 (1), 29-30 (1)

     BELTED KINGFISHER: 2 (1), 4 (1), 6 (1), 9 (2), 10 (1), 11 (4), 12 (2), 13-15 (1), 16 (2),

          17-20 (1), 21-22 (2), 24-27 (1), 28 (3), 29 (2), 30-31 (1)

     RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 1, 5-6, 9, 14, 16-17, 27

     DOWNY WOODPECKER: 1, 4, 11, 14, 16-18, 20, 26, 29-30

     HAIRY WOODPECKER: 8, 13, 19, 29

     NORTHERN FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 1 (1), 10 (1), 15-17 (1), 28-29 (1), 31 (1)

     OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER: 27 (1), 29 (1)

     YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER: 19 (1)

     LEAST FLYCATCHER: 18 (1), 24 (1), 28 (1)

     Empidonax sp.: 18 (1), 23 (2), 24 (1), 26-27 (1), 29-30 (1)

     EASTERN PHOEBE: 23 (1), 25 (1), 27 (3), 29 (1)

     EASTERN KINGBIRD: 1 (2), 2 (1), 3 (3), 4-5 (1), 7 (1), 8-13 (2), 14 (4), 16 (2), 17 (3),

          18 (4), 19 (2), 20-21 (1), 23 (3), 24 (2), 25 (3), 27 (4), 28 (2), 29 (1), 30-31 (3)

     WARBLING VIREO: 2, 4, 18, 23-27, 30

     PHILADELPHIA VIREO: 19 (1), 26 (1), 29 (2)

     RED-EYED VIREO: 20 (1), 23 (1), 27 (1), 30 (1)

     BLUE JAY: 1-2, 4-5, 11-12, 16, 18-20, 28-30

     AMERICAN CROW: 3, 5, 9, 12, 14, 16, 18, 22, 28-31

     PURPLE MARTIN: 1-9, 10 (27+), 11-18, 20-23, 26-27, 28 (3), 29 (1), 31 (1)

     TREE SWALLOW: 1, 19, 22

     NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW: 19, 31

     BANK SWALLOW: 7 (1), 21

     CLIFF SWALLOW: 1, 7, 9-10, 12, 18-21, 26-27, 29-30

     BARN SWALLOW: 1-30

     BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 1-2, 4-7, 9-10, 12, 14-16, 18-20, 22-23, 25-27, 29-30

     WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 1-2, 8, 12, 15-16, 26, 30

     HOUSE WREN: 1-12, 14, 16-20, 22-24, 28-30

     SEDGE WREN: 1 (2), 2 (3), 3 (1), 4 (3), 6 (2), 7 (4), 8 (1), 11-12 (1), 20 (1)

     EASTERN BLUEBIRD: 16 (3), 23 (1), 26 (2), 28 (2), 29, 30 (1)

     AMERICAN ROBIN: 1-11, 13-14, 16-18, 20, 22, 25-27, 29-31

     GRAY CATBIRD: 1, 3-9, 11, 13, 15, 17-22, 24, 26-31

     EUROPEAN STARLING: 16, 18, 20, 26-27, 29-30

     CEDAR WAXWING: 1 (7), 2 (4), 6 (6), 17 (1), 18 (2), 19 (3), 20 (1), 21 (2), 22 (1),

          25 (~20), 26 (1), 27 (2), 28 (1), 29 (~20), 30 (1)

     GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER: 28 (1), 29-30 (2)

     BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER: 25 (1), 29 (1), 30 (2)

     NASHVILLE WARBLER: 13-14 (1)

     MOURNING WARBLER: 26 (1), 28 (1)

     COMMON YELLOWTHROAT: 1-16, 26-31

     AMERICAN REDSTART: 20 (1♀), 23 (1♀), 30 (1)

     CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER: 28-30 (1)

     WILSON’S WARBLER: 27 (1), 30 (1)

     CHIPPING SPARROW: 2, 27 (1)

     FIELD SPARROW: 1 (1), 10 (1)

     SONG SPARROW: 1-31

     NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1-20, 22-23, 25-30

     ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK: 5 (1♂), 18

     INDIGO BUNTING: 1-8, 11-12, 14-17, 29 (1)

     RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 1-23, 25-28, 31

     COMMON GRACKLE: 3

     BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD: 17, 19, 26

     ORCHARD ORIOLE: 1, 11 (1♂ + 1♀), 12, 15 (1♂), 18 (1♂), 20 (1♂)

     BALTIMORE ORIOLE: 3 (1), 4 (1♂), 8 (1), 18, 20, 26 (1♂)

     HOUSE FINCH: 1-2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 17-18, 23, 26. 31

     AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1-31

     HOUSE SPARROW: 1-23, 25-31

MAMMALIAN

     Bat sp: 1

     AMERICAN MINK: 27 (1), 31 (2)

     WHITE-TAILED DEER: 2 (1 fawn), 4 (1♀ w/1 fawn & 1 fawn), 18 (1), 19 (1+ 1 fawn), 22 (1)

     FOX SQUIRREL: 9, 16, 18-19, 22-24, 26-31

     EASTERN CHIPMUNK: 19, 29

     THIRTEEN-LINED GROUND SQUIRREL: 7, 17, 20

     EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 1-14, 16-20, 22-31

REPTILIAN

     PLAINS GARTER SNAKE: 5 (1)

     Garter Snake sp.: 22 (1)

     COMMON SNAPPING TURTLE: 21 (1)

     NORTHERN PAINTED TURTLE: 1-27, 29-31

     RED-EARED SLIDER: 7 (1), 11 (1), 16 (1)

     SPINY SOFTSHELL TURTLE: 28 (1)

AMPHIBIAN

     AMERICAN TOAD: 9, 11, 16-17, 22-23, 28

     BLANCHARD’S CRICKET FROG: 3, 16-17, 20, 24-27

     EASTERN GRAY TREE FROG: 8

     BOREAL CHORUS FROG: 31 (1)

     AMERICAN BULLFROG: 1-9, 11-22, 24, 26-27. 29-31

     NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG: 2-4, 7-11, 15, 19-23, 25, 30-31

LEPIDOPTERA

     BLACK SWALLOWTAIL: 1, 3-15, 17, 20-26, 29, 31

     EASTERN TIGER SWALLOWTAIL: 1-11, 13, 16, 27 (3)

     CABBAGE WHITE: 1-22, 24-27, 29-31

     ORANGE SULPHUR: 1-11, 13-17, 20-27, 29-31

     DAINTY YELLOW: 24

     Sulphur sp.: 1-3, 9, 11-12, 14-17, 20-22, 27, 30-31

     EASTERN TAILED BLUE: 1-2, 4, 7-8, 10-18, 20-22, 24-26, 28-31

     GREAT SPANGLED FRITILLARY:

     PEARL CRESCENT: 1, 3-17, 19-27, 30-31

     QUESTION MARK: 3, 7, 9, 16, 22

     anglewing sp.: 3-4

     MOURNING CLOAK: 2 (1), 11 (1)

     PAINTED LADY: 30 (1)

     RED ADMIRAL: 1, 4-8, 13, 15-17, 22, 29

     COMMON BUCKEYE: 1-3, 5-8, 11-13, 30

     RED-SPOTTED PURPLE: 3-4, 6, 8-9, 15

     VICEROY: 1, 3-14, 16, 18-22, 26-27, 29-31

     MONARCH: 1 (16), 2 (9), 3 (17), 4 (9), 5 (21), 6 (9), 7 (17), 8 (16), 9 (10), 10 (14), 11 (15),

          12 (14), 13 (11), 14 (16), 15 (11), 16 (13), 17 (7), 18 (1), 19 (3), 20 (13), 21-22 (7),

           23-24 (3), 25 (4), 26 (11), 27 (5), 28 (1), 29 (9), 30 (11), 31 (17)

     LEAST SKIPPER: 1-7, 9, 11, 14-16, 18-19, 21-24, 26

     FIERY SKIPPER: 24

     Skipper sp.: 8

     CHICKWEED GEOMETER: 28, 30

     CELERY LOOPER: 11

ODONATA

     GREAT SPREADWING: 9 (1), 24 (1)

     LYRE-TIPPED SPREADWING: 2-3

     BLUE-FRONTED DANCER: 1-7, 9-17, 20-22, 24-27, 30-31

     POWDERED DANCER: 17

     RAINBOW BLUET: 4

     DOUBLE-STRIPED BLUET: 6, 21, 24

     TULE BLUET: 13, 24

     FAMILIAR BLUET: 1-2, 4, 6-7, 9-12, 14-16, 20-21, 24-26, 31

     STREAM BLUET: 1, 6, 12, 22, 24, 26, 31

     ORANGE BLUET: 1, 6, 13, 27, 31

     Bluet sp.: 4, 20, 26, 31

     EASTERN FORKTAIL: 1-17, 19, 21, 24-27, 31

     COMMON GREEN DARNER: 1-17, 20-26, 29-31

     JADE CLUBTAIL: 10 (2), 12 (1)

     FLAG-TAILED SPINYLEG: 4 (2), 5 (1), 13 (1), 24 (1)

     PRINCE BASKETTAIL: 4, 6-8, 10, 16, 20

     HALLOWEEN PENNANT: 1, 3-4, 7-8, 14

     EASTERN PONDHAWK: 1-7, 10-15, 20, 23-24, 26

     WIDOW SKIMMER: 1-17, 20-26, 30-31

     COMMON WHITETAIL: 3-13, 16-17, 22-27, 30

     TWELVE-SPOTTED SKIMMER: 2-16, 21-22, 25, 31

     BLUE DASHER: 1-4, 6, 8, 11-12, 14-15, 20-21, 26

     WANDERING GLIDER: 8-9, 15-16, 18, 20-23, 25, 27

     EASTERN AMBERWING: 1-4, 6-7, 10-14, 21, 24-26, 31

     VARIEGATED MEADOWHAWK: 3-19, 22-24, 27, 29-30

     CHERRY-FACED MEADOWHAWK: 1-2, 4

     WHITE-FACED MEADOWHAWK: 3-4

     BAND-WINGED MEADOWHAWK: 3, 9, 12-13

     Meadowhawk sp.: 1, 3, 5, 10, 20-21

     BLACK SADDLEBAGS: 1-12, 14-16, 18, 20, 22-25, 31

     RED SADDLEBAGS: 6

ORTHOPTERA

     CAROLINA GRASSHOPPER: 2-31

Wolf. Oesterreich