Saturday, October 8, 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.

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
Wolf. Oesterreich

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