October 2016 photos from the blog by Wolf. Oesterreich, Kevin Kane, Alex Braidwood, Paul Domoto, and Kelly Poole.
Monday, October 31, 2016
Oct 31, 2016: October 2016 Photo Collage
October 2016 photos from the blog by Wolf. Oesterreich, Kevin Kane, Alex Braidwood, Paul Domoto, and Kelly Poole.
Oct 30, 2016: White-tail Buck
A white-tailed buck scampers across the wetland fringe. Contributed by Paul Domoto, 10/31/16.
Oct 29, 2016: White Feather
Some say that white feathers are a sign that loved
ones that have died are near by. This is from the west shore of the north lake at Ada this morning (Kelly Poole, 10/24/16).
Sunday, October 30, 2016
Oct 27, 2016: Sunset
The sun sets to the west: looking SW across the south lake's west bay, towards the Ames water tower. (Wolf. Oesterreich, 10/18/16)
Oct 26, 2016: Fallen Leaves
Fallen leaves floating in Pool F's outflow channel. (Wolf. Oesterreich, 10/25/16)
Saturday, October 29, 2016
Oct 24, 2016: Northern Leopard Frog
This Northern Leopard Frog was found along on the lakes trail (the
section along the north lake's west bay). I moved it to the adjacent
vegetated area, but found it on the trail again during the next passing. (Wolf. Oesterreich, 10/23/16)
Oct 22, 2016: Bluff Colors
The Fall colors of the bluff reflected onto the waters of the south lake. (Wolf. Oesterreich, 10/22/16)
Friday, October 28, 2016
Oct 21, 2016: A Peaceful Goodbye to the Day
The sun sets over the serene south lake. (Kevin Kane, 10/7/16)
Oct 20, 2016: American Coots
Three American Coots (one partially hidden between the two facing
left) perch on a submerged snag (SW corner of the north lake's west
bay). These waterbirds are not ducks, but rather, a member of the Rail
family (Rallidae). (Wolf. Oesterreich, 10/19/16)
Oct 19, 2016: Eastern Comma
One of the few butterflies still flying about is this Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma), a member of the Nymphalidae family. (Wolf. Oesterreich, 10/17/16)
Oct 18, 2016: Autumn in the Park
Fall colors at the Park: looking NE across the south lake's west bay, towards the bluff area. (Wolf. Oesterreich, 10/18/16)
Thursday, October 20, 2016
Oct 16, 2016: Sumac Reflection
Oct 15, 2016: Franklin's Gull
A single Franklin's Gull was found at the main parking lot on the
14th. Sometimes the gull joined a small group of Canada Geese.This gull
is now in it's Winter plumage. (In late September and on the 1st of
this month, hundreds of Franklin's Gulls passed through the area, many
dropping down briefly onto the main lakes.) (Wolf. Oesterreich, 10/14/16)
Thursday, October 13, 2016
Oct 14, 2016: In the Willows
A Great Blue Heron fishes along the edge of the back bay on the south lake. (Kevin Kane, 10/7/16)
Oct 13, 2016: Turning of the Sumac
Sumac turning orange and red along the northwest shore of the south lake. (Kevin Kane, 10/7/16)
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Oct 11, 2016: Raccoon
This juvenile Raccoon (Procyon lotor) was found along the lakes trail, east side of the south lake. (Wolf. Oesterreich, 10/4/16)
Monday, October 10, 2016
Saturday, October 8, 2016
Oct 8, 2016: Setting Sun
The rays of the setting sun through the trees along the east side of Pool F. (Wolf. Oesterreich, 10/3/16)
Oct 7, 2016: The Proposal
With the help of some stealthy friends, a man proposes to his bride-to-be at sunset Friday evening. (Kevin Kane, 10/7/2016)
Oct 6, 2016: Wolf's September 2016 Wildlife Report
This Double-crested Cormorant was present from the 23rd through the
28th and was found several times on the log just north of the spillway
(SE corner of the south lake). (Wolf. Oesterreich, 9/25/16)
A total of 89 (+ 1 sp.) avian species was recorded this month, ranking this month as the 8th highest and 8th lowest September (& tied with 2013) among 19 years of records. September 2007 with 126 species remains as the highest September, while September 1998 and 2002 are the lowest with 61 species.
Wolf. Oesterreich
A total of 89 (+ 1 sp.) avian species was recorded this month, ranking this month as the 8th highest and 8th lowest September (& tied with 2013) among 19 years of records. September 2007 with 126 species remains as the highest September, while September 1998 and 2002 are the lowest with 61 species.
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 single Merlin on the 1st may be a new extreme early
Fall record for Story County (former record set on 2 Sep 1984 at Larson Marsh). The single Lark Sparrow on the 6th
ties with 2004 as the extreme early Fall record. The 200+ Franklin’s Gulls observed on the 28th
may set a new peak number for the Fall migration (former peak of 161 set on 5
Nov 1995 at Hallett’s Quarry).
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 55th Supplement (2014) to the American Ornithologists’
Union Check-list of North American Birds
and the 14th Supplement to the 7th Edition (1998).
AVIAN
CANADA
GOOSE: 1, 4-5, 19-30
WOOD
DUCK: 1-8, 19-23, 25 (1), 26 (1♂), 27-30
MALLARD:
1-8, 19-30
BLUE-WINGED
TEAL: 5 (5), 7 (~15), 26 (28), 27 (12+), 29 (12+), 30 (4)
GREEN-WINGED
TEAL: 7 (1)
RING-NECKED
PHEASANT: 6 (1♀), 7, 23, 25, 27, 30
PIED-BILLED
GREBE: 8 (4), 24 (2), 27 (1), 28 (2), 30 (1)
HORNED
GREBE: 27 (1)
DOUBLE-CRESTED
CORMORANT: 2-3 (1), 7 (1), 23-28 (1)
AMERICAN
WHITE PELICAN: 22 (1), 28-30 (1)
GREAT
BLUE HERON: 1-2 (5), 3 (4), 4 (5), 5 (6), 6 (4), 7 (6), 8 (4), 9 (3), 19-20
(2), 21 (6),
22 (4), 23-24
(2), 25 (1), 26-27 (3), 28 (2), 29 (4), 30 (3)
GREAT
EGRET: 1-4 (1), 5-7 (2), 8 (1), 9 (4), 20 (1), 21-22 (2), 23 (3), 25-26 (2),
27-30 (1)
GREEN
HERON: 1-8 (1), 21-22 (1), 24 (1), 28 (1)
TURKEY
VULTURE: 1 (5), 2 (11), 3 (3), 4 (1), 5 (3), 6 (6), 7 (1), 8 (2), 20 (2), 21
(8), 23 (3),
24 (6), 25
(2), 26 (11), 27 (6), 28-39 (4)
OSPREY:
8 (1), 20 (1), 22-23 (1), 25-26 (1)
BALD
EAGLE: 4 (1 ad), 7 (1 ad), 25 (1 ad)
COOPER’S
HAWK: 3 (1), 23 (1), 27 (1)
SHARP-SHINNED
HAWK: 27 (1)
RED-TAILED
HAWK: 1-2 (1), 4 (1), 6-8 (1), 20 (1), 26 (1), 30 (2)
SORA:
1 (1), 24 (1)
AMERICAN
COOT: 24-26 (2), 27 (4), 28 (6), 29 (1), 30 (3)
KILLDEER:
1 (1), 3 (1), 4 (2), 6 (1), 8 (1), 23 (1)
FRANKLIN’S
GULL: 25 (25+), 26 (100+), 28 (200-300), 30 (~100)
RING-BILLED
GULL: 26 (13+), 28 (2)
CASPIAN
TERN: 8 (3)
EURASIAN
COLLARED-DOVE: 28-29 (2)
MOURNING
DOVE: 1-8, 19-23, 28, 30
COMMON
NIGHTHAWK: 7 (20+), 8 (110+)
CHIMNEY
SWIFT: 2-4, 6-8, 19, 22, 27, 29
RUBY-THROATED
HUMMINGBIRD: 1 (2), 2-3 (1)
BELTED
KINGFISHER: 9 (1), 22 (1), 24 (1), 25 (2), 26 (1), 28-30 (1)
RED-BELLIED
WOODPECKER: 4, 20, 26, 30
DOWNY
WOODPECKER: 1, 3-5, 7-9, 23
NORTHERN
FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 1 (4), 5 (1), 7 (1), 19-20, 22 (2), 24-25 (1), 26
(2),
27-28 (1), 29
(2)
MERLIN:
1 (1)
EASTERN
WOOD-PEWEE: 3 (1)
LEAST
FLYCATCHER: 7 (1)
Empidonax sp.: 1 (1), 2-3 (2), 4 (1), 5
(2), 8-9 (1)
EASTERN
PHOEBE: 1 (3), 2 (2), 3 (1), 7 (1), 20 (1), 28 (1), 30 (1)
BLUE-HEADED
VIREO: 9 (2)
WARBLING
VIREO: 1-2 (1), 5 (1)
PHILADELPHIA
VIREO: 1 (1)
RED-EYED
VIREO: 1 (1), 2, 4 (1), 24 (1)
BLUE
JAY: 2-5, 7-8, 19-30
AMERICAN
CROW: 1-2, 4-9, 19-27, 29-30
TREE
SWALLOW: 24 (1), 27
CLIFF
SWALLOW: 2-6
BARN
SWALLOW: 1-6, 19, 22-24, 26-29
BLACK-CAPPED
CHICKADEE: 1, 3-9, 19-20, 22-24, 26-30
WHITE-BREASTED
NUTHATCH: 1, 3-5, 19-20, 22, 28
HOUSE
WREN: 1-7, 19, 22-23, 24 (2), 29 (1)
SEDGE
WREN: 29 (1)
RUBY-CROWNED
KINGLET: 26-28 (1)
EASTERN
BLUEBIRD: 2, 25 (2), 30 (10)
SWAINSON’S
THRUSH: 8 (1), 24 (1)
AMERICAN
ROBIN: 2-6, 20, 30
GRAY
CATBIRD: 1-2, 4-6, 8, 21
BROWN
THRASHER: 20 (2)
EUROPEAN
STARLING: 1-2, 4-5, 7
CEDAR
WAXWING: 19, 22 (6), 24 (6), 30 (25+)
OVENBIRD:
2 (1)
GOLDEN-WINGED
WARBLER: 4 (1♂ + 1♀), 8 (1♂ + 1♀)
BLACK-AND-WHITE
WARBLER: 8 (3), 9 (2)
TENNESSEE
WARBLER: 8 (1)
ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLER: 27 (2)
NASHVILLE
WARBLER: 1 (1), 8 (1)
COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT: 4 (1), 7, 27-28 (1)
AMERICAN
REDSTART: 1 (1), 2 (2), 4 (2), 8 (2), 9 (4)
MAGNOLIA
WARBLER: 1 (2), 2 (1), 4 (1), 8 (2)
BLACKBURNIAN
WARBLER: 4 (1♀)
CHESTNUT-SIDED
WARBLER: 1 (1), 4-5 (1), 8 (1)
YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLER (Myrtle): 27-28 (1), 30 (1)
CANADA
WARBLER: 5 (1)
CHIPPING
SPARROW: 2 (1), 30 (4)
FIELD
SPARROW: 30 (3)
LARK
SPARROW: 2 (1), 6 (1)
LE
CONTE’S SPARROW: 28 (1)
SONG
SPARROW: 1, 4-8, 19-20, 22-23, 28 (5), 29 (2), 30 (4)
LINCOLN’S
SPARROW: 28 (5), 29-30 (2)
WHITE-THROATED
SPARROW: 27 (3), 28 (6), 29 (17+), 30 (3)
HARRIS’S
SPARROW: 29-30 (1)
WHITE-CROWNED
SPARROW: 30 (4)
NORTHERN
CARDINAL: 1-3, 5-7, 19-20, 25-27, 29
DICKCISSEL:
1-2 (1)
RED-WINGED
BLACKBIRD: 22 (~25), 29-30
COMMON
GRACKLE: 5
BALTIMORE
ORIOLE: 3 (1♂)
HOUSE
FINCH: 1, 3-4, 7, 19, 22, 30
AMERICAN
GOLDFINCH: 1-9, 19-30
HOUSE
SPARROW: 1-8, 21, 26-30
MAMMALIAN
WHITE-TAILED
DEER: 3-4 (2), 5 (1♀ w/2 yearlings), 9 (1), 19 (2), 20 (1), 22 (4), 28 (1)
FOX
SQUIRREL: 2-5, 7-8, 21-24, 30
EASTERN
COTTONTAIL: 1-5, 7-8, 19-21
REPTILIAN
NORTHERN
PAINTED TURTLE: 1-8, 20-21, 23-27, 29
RED-EARED
SLIDER: 2 (1), 5 (1), 20-21 (1)
SPINY
SOFTSHELL TURTLE: 1 (1)
AMPHIBIAN
AMERICAN
TOAD: 1, 8, 19, 27
BLANCHARD’S
CRICKET FROG: 1
AMERICAN
BULLFROG: 1-8, 19-24, 30
LEPIDOPTERA
BLACK
SWALLOWTAIL: 1-7, 20-21, 26
EASTERN
TIGER SWALLOWTAIL: 1 (1), 3 (3), 4 (1), 6 (1)
CABBAGE
WHITE: 1-6, 8-9, 20-27, 29-30
CLOUDED
SULPHUR: 4, 23, 26-27, 29
ORANGE
SULPHUR: 1-9, 20-27, 29
LITTLE
YELLOW: 1-6, 8, 20-21, 23-24, 29
EASTERN
TAILED-BLUE: 1-3, 5-8, 23-24
SUMMER
AZURE: 23 (1)
PEARL
CRESCENT: 1-3, 5-6, 8, 20-27, 30
PAINTED
LADY: 26-27, 29
RED
ADMIRAL: 5, 20, 23-24
COMMON
BUCKEYE: 1-6, 8, 20-21, 23-26
VICEROY:
1-5, 7-8, 20, 22, 24
MONARCH:
1 (8), 2 (6), 3 (7), 4 (2), 5 (5), 6 (9), 7-8 (6), 9 (1), 20 (77+), 21 (49+),
22 (21+),
23 (16), 24
(15), 25 (8), 26 (17), 27 (11), 28 (5), 30 (1)
SIKVER-SPOTTED
SKIPPER: 8 (1), 21 (1), 23 (2), 26-27 (1)
COMMON
CHECKERED-SKIPPER: 3 (1)
LEAST
SKIPPER: 1, 3
FIERY
SKIPPER: 1, 6, 20-21, 23, 26-27, 30
PECK’S
SKIPPER: 1, 8, 20, 22-23, 30
SACHEM:
23-24, 26-27
Skipper
sp.: 5, 25
HAWAIIAN
BEET WEBWORM: 22 (1)
CHICKWEED
GEOMETER: 2, 7, 24
WOOLLY
BEAR (ISABELLA TIGER MOTH): 5, 23, 25-28
YELLOW
BEAR (Virginian Tiger Moth): 24, 26-27
GREAT
TIGER MOTH: 20 (1 caterpillar), 25 (1 caterpillar)
CORN
EARWORM MOTH: 24
Other “bears” (black, yellow, brown,
golden, etc.) may be color variations of the Woolly Bear or other Arctiidae
species:
ODONATE
AMERICAN
RUBYSPOT: 1 (2♂), 2-3 (3♂), 4 (1♂), 5 (4♂), 6 (2♂), 7 (1♂), 8 (5♂),
9 (2♂ + 1♀), 19
(1♂), 20 (2♂ + 1♀), 21 (2♂), 22 (1♀), 30 (1)
GREAT
SPREADWING: 1 (4), 2-3 (1), 5-6 (1), 8 (2), 29 (5), 30 (1)
BLUE-FRONTED
DANCER: 1-3, 6, 8-9, 20-21, 29 (1)
POWDERED
DANCER: 2-4, 6-9, 20-21, 23-24
DOUBLE-STRIPED
BLUET: 1-3, 5, 8-9
TULE
BLUET: 21, 26
FAMILIAR
BLUET: 1-6, 8-9, 20-21, 23, 25-27, 29-30
STREAM
BLUET: 1-5, 24
ORANGE
BLUET: 2, 6-8, 26
EASTERN
FORKTAIL: 1-9, 20-24, 26, 29
COMMON
GREEN DARNER: 1-8, 21, 23-24, 27, 29 (1)
“Blue
Mosaic” Darner sp.: 22, 26 (3), 29 (2)
Darner
sp.: 19, 28
PRINCE
BASKETTAIL: 20 (1)
EASTERN
PONDHAWK: 1, 6, 24, 26
WIDOW
SKIMMER: 1-6, 8, 20, 22-23
COMMON
WHITETAIL: 1-6, 8-9
TWELVE-SPOTTED
SKIMMER: 8, 24
BLUE
DASHER: 1-2, 4, 20-21
WANDERING
GLIDER: 4, 6, 20-21, 23, 26
EASTERN
AMBERWING: 1, 8 (2), 9 (1), 20, 22, 23
VARIEGATED
MEADOWHAWK: 22, 25-27, 29
CHERRY-FACED
MEADOWHAWK: 21, 25-27, 29-30
BAND-WINGED
MEADOWHAWK: 1-3, 26
AUTUMN
MEADOWHAWK: 20 (1), 26-27
Meadowhawk
sp.: 1-5, 7-8, 21, 24-27, 29-30
BLACK
SADDLEBAGS: 2-7, 21, 24, 27
ORTHOPTERA
CAROLINA
GRASSHOPPER: 1-9, 19-24, 26-27, 29-30
NORTHWESTERN
RED-WINGED GRASSHOPPER: 1
Thursday, October 6, 2016
Oct 4, 2016: Fake Mountains
Went for a run around some fake mountains. #Ames #Iowa #run #getoutside #sky #clouds #adahayden
(Alex Braidwood, 10/1/16) Shared from the Ada Hayden Park Facebook page.
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Oct 3, 2016: Yellow-collared Scape Moth
Yellow-collared Scape Moths (Cisseps fulvicollis) are seen in
Summer and Fall. They consume nectar from milkweeds and composites and
range from southern Canada to the Gulf states. (Wolf. Oesterreich, 9/30/16)
Monday, October 3, 2016
Oct 2, 2016: Black-capped Chickadee
A favorite visitor to our feeders, Black-capped Chickadees can be found throughout the Park. (Wolf. Oesterreich, 10/2/16)
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