Sep 8, 2017: Wolf's August 2017 Wildlife Report

This male Green-winged Teal is in "eclipse" plumage.  he will soon molt into his basic plumage. (Wolf. Oesterreich, 8/26/17)

A total of 95 avian species (plus 1 sp.) was recorded this month, ranking this month as the 4^th highest August among 20 years of records.  August 2007 with 107 species remains as the highest August and August 2001 with 46, as the lowest.  This total is 15 species more than last month and 10 more than August 2016.

The Red-shouldered Hawk was #273 for my Park List.

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 14 Northern Shovelers on the 31^st may represent a new extreme early Fall record for Story County (former record set on 1 Sep 1998 at a location south of Ames).  The single Chestnut-sided Warbler on the 4^th may also set a new extreme early Fall record (former record set on 13 Aug 2014 at Ada Hayden HP).

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 58^th Supplement (2017) to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds and the 17^th Supplement to the 7^th Edition (1998).

AVIAN

     CANADA GOOSE: 1-13, 15-20, 22-25, 27-31

     WOOD DUCK: 1 (44), 2 (31), 3 (29), 4 (41), 5 (47), 6 (25), 7 (42+), 8 (50), 9 (41), 10 (68),

          11 (15), 12 (19), 13 (26), 14 (45), 15 (29), 16 (30), 17 (37), 18 (11), 19 (42), 20 (31),

          21 (16), 22 (54), 23 (33), 24 (32), 25 (17), 26 (25), 27 (16), 28 (17), 29 (21), 30 (24), 31 (34)

     BLUE-WINGED TEAL: 13 (1), 17 (3), 20 (1), 29 (6)

     NORTHERN SHOVELER: 31 (14)

     MALLARD: 1 (42), 2 (11), 3 (45+), 4 (29), 5 (54), 6 (49+), 7 (42), 8 (30), 9 (34), 10 (29),

          11 (42), 12 (34), 13 (24), 14 (26), 15 (27), 16 (33), 17 (39), 18 (60), 19 (41), 20 (31),

          21 (63), 22 (53), 23 (53), 24 (32), 25 (13), 26 (26), 27 (32), 28 (62), 29 (103+), 30 (23),

          31 (41)

     GREEN-WINGED TEAL: 26 (1♂)

     HOODED MERGANSER: 13 (1), 14 (2)

     NORTHERN BOBWHITE: 23 (1)

     RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 1, 9 (1♂), 12, 15, 23-24, 27, 29-30

     PIED-BILLED GREBE: 23 (7)

     EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE: 5-6 (1), 13 (1), 14 (2), 15 (1), 17 (1), 20 (1), 27 (1), 28 (2)

     MOURNING DOVE: 1, 3-31

     YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO: 3 (1), 6 (1)

     COMMON NIGHTHAWK: 2 (1), 29 (10+), 30 (5+)

     CHIMNEY SWIFT: 13-14, 19-21, 23, 25

     RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD: 6 (2), 15 (1), 19 (1), 21-22 (1), 27 (2), 29-30 (1)

     KILLDEER: 1 (26), 2 (3), 3 (20), 4 (17), 5 (13), 6 (19), 7 (16), 8 (12), 9 (9), 10 (11), 12-13 (10),

          14 (3), 15-16 (1), 17 (5), 18 (4), 19 (2), 20 (4), 21 (1), 24 (3), 27 (4), 28 (6), 29 (4), 30 (10),

          31 (5)

     LEAST SANDPIPER: 2 (1), 3 (2), 5 (1), 6 (7), 7 (1), 8 (4), 11 (2), 12 (1), 13 (2), 24 (2), 26 (2)

     PECTORAL SANDPIPER: 6-7 (1), 8 (2)

     SPOTTED SANDPIPER: 1 (1), 3 (3), 4 (2), 5 (4), 6 (2), 7 (6), 8 (3), 9-10 (1), 17 (1), 20 (1),

          22 (2), 27 (1), 29 (2), 31 (1)

     SOLITARY SANDPIPER: 1 (3), 3 (1), 4-5 (4), 6-7 (3), 8 (1), 11 (1)

     LESSER YELLOWLEGS: 3 (5), 4-5 (3)

     RING-BILLED GULL: 8 (2), 21 (1), 29 (4)

     CASPIAN TERN: 27-28 (2)

     BLACK TERN: 5 (14), 21 (56)

     FORSTER’S TERN: 7 (3), 9 (8)

     DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT: 1 (1), 2 (4), 5 (1), 11 (1), 22 (1)

     GREAT BLUE HERON: 1 (5), 2 (4), 3 (5), 4 (1), 5-6 (4), 7-8 (3), 9-10 (5), 11-12 (1), 13 (5),

          14 (4), 15-17 (3), 18 (2), 19 (3), 20 (2), 21 (3), 22 (2), 24 (1), 25 (3), 26 (4), 27 (1),

          28-30 (3), 31 (4)

     GREEN HERON: 1-2 (2), 4 (2), 5 (5), 6 (3), 7 (7), 8-9 (2), 10 (1), 11 (2), 12-13 (4), 14 (2),

          15 (4), 16 (1), 17 (2), 18 (1), 20 (2), 21 (1), 22 (5), 23 (4), 24 (2), 25-26 (4), 27 (2),

          28-29 (3), 30 (4), 31 (2)

     TURKEY VULTURE: 1-2 (4), 3 (3), 4 (4), 5 (1), 6 (2), 7 (5), 8 (4), 10-11 (3), 12 (1), 13 (10),

          14 (1), 16 (3), 17-19 (1), 20 (2), 22 (2), 23 (6), 24 (1), 25 (9), 26 (3), 27 (6), 28 (4), 29 (5),

          30-31 (3)

     OSPREY: 5 (1), 7 (1), 11-12 (1), 17 (1), 25 (1)

     BALD EAGLE: 6 (1 ad)

     COOPER’S HAWK: 6 (1 ad), 7 (1), 14 (1), 16 (1), 27 (1), 30 (2)

     RED-SHOULDERED HAWK: 3 (1), 6 (1)

     RED-TAILED HAWK: 2 (1), 7 (1), 9 (1), 12-14 (1), 17 (1), 27 (1)

     BELTED KINGFISHER: 4 (1), 6 (1), 9 (1), 12 (2), 13-16 (1), 18 (1), 21-22 (2), 23 (1), 24 (2),

          28 (1), 29 (2), 30-31 (1)

     RED-HEADED WOODPECKER: 1-2 (2 ad + 1 ju), 3 (1 ad), 6 (1 ad + 1 ju), 7 (2 ad + 1 ju),

          8-9 (2 ad), 10 (1 ad), 11-12 (2 ad), 13 (2 ad + 1 ju), 14-15 (2 ad), 16-21 (1 ad),

          22-23 (2 ad), 24-25 (1 ad), 27 (1 ad + 1 ju), 28-29 (1 ad)

     RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 23-24

     DOWNY WOODPECKER: 3-5, 8, 10, 12, 14-15, 18, 20-21, 23-24, 26-31

     HAIRY WOODPECKER: 22 (1)

     NORTHERN FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 5-6 (1), 11 (1), 20-21 (1), 23-24 (1), 28 (1)

     OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER: 15 (1), 20 (1)

     EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE: 15 (2), 21 (1), 27 (1), 30 (1)

     YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER: 22 (1)

     ALDER FLYCATCHER: 22 (1), 25 (1)

     LEAST FLYCATCHER: 25 (1), 27 (1), 30 (1)

     Empidonax sp.: 15 (1), 19 (6), 20 (4), 21 (3), 22-26 (1), 27-28 (3), 29 (1), 30 (2), 31 (1)

     EASTERN PHOEBE: 7-8 (1), 13 (1), 22 (1), 23 (3), 29 (1), 30 (2)

     GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER: 27 (1)

     EASTERN KINGBIRD: 1 (8), 3 (1), 4 (6), 5-6 (1), 7 (3), 8 (1), 9 (4), 11 (1), 12 (6), 13-14 (2),

          15-18 (1), 20 (1), 21 (2), 23 (1), 30 (1)

     BELL’S VIREO: 5 (1)

     WARBLING VIREO: 3 (1), 5 (2), 8 (1), 12 (2), 13 (3), 20 (1), 21 (2), 23 (3), 27 (2), 28 (1),

          29 (3), 30-31 (2)

     PHILADELPHIA VIREO: 29 (1)

     RED-EYED VIREO: 19-23 (2), 26 (2), 27 (7), 28-30 (4)

     BLUE JAY: 1-5, 7-9, 11-15, 18, 20, 22-31

     AMERICAN CROW: 1-19, 22-28, 30-31

     PURPLE MARTIN: 1 (26+), 2 (22+), 3 (11+), 4 (30+), 5 (16+), 6, 7 (40+), 12-13, 14 (3), 18 (1)

     TREE SWALLOW: 3, 5, 19 (2)

     BANK SWALLOW: 21 (1), 23 (2)

     CLIFF SWALLOW: 2-3, 6, 8, 12, 14-16, 18, 20-21, 23, 26-27, 29-31

     BARN SWALLOW: 1-31

     BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 3, 5-9, 11-30

     WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 5, 11-12, 14-15, 18-21, 26, 28

     HOUSE WREN: 1, 4-15, 17, 19-24, 26-31

     SEDGE WREN: 1 (2), 3 (1), 4 (2), 5 (3), 6 (2), 7 (1), 8 (2), 14 (1), 16 (1), 18 (1)

     BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER: 27 (1)

     EASTERN BLUEBIRD: 1-2 (2), 3 (3), 5 (3), 9 (1), 12-13, 15 (4), 16 (2), 18 (1)

     AMERICAN ROBIN: 1-29, 31

     GRAY CATBIRD: 1, 4, 6, 8-15, 17-31

     EUROPEAN STARLING: 3-7, 16, 18, 20-21, 23-24, 28, 30-31

     CEDAR WAXWING: 2 (1), 5 (5), 17 (1), 22 (1), 23 (2), 26 (1), 29 (1), 31 (1)

     HOUSE SPARROW: 1-31

     HOUSE FINCH: 1-3, 5-7, 11-13, 15-16, 18-19, 22, 24-26, 29-30

     AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1-31

     CHIPPING SPARROW: 1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 16, 18, 23 (1), 31

     FIELD SPARROW: 4-8 (1), 18 (1), 22 (1)

     VESPER SPARROW: 18 (1), 30 (1)

     LARK SPARROW: 1 (2), 4 (2), 6 (1), 17 (1)

     SONG SPARROW: 1-21. 23-30

     BALTIMORE ORIOLE: 3-4 (1), 12 (1♂), 13 (3), 15 (1♂), 18 (1), 20 (2♂), 27 (1)

     RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 1-11, 14-15, 16-17 (1), 18 (7+), 19-21 (1), 22-24 (2), 26 (1),

          28 (1♀), 30-31 (1)

     BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD: 5, 11-12, 14 (2), 17 (2), 22 (2), 23-24 (1), 26 (1), 28-30 (1)

     COMMON GRACKLE: 3

     OVENBIRD: 20 (1), 25 (1)

     BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER: 20 (1), 22 (4), 25 (1), 27 (4), 28-29 (1), 31 (1)

     NASHVILLE WARBLER: 29 (1)

     COMMON YELLOWTHROAT: 1-3, 5-6, 11 (1♂), 12 (2), 15 (2), 19 (1♀), 21 (4), 22 (1♂), 25 (2),

          27-28 (1), 29 (2)

     AMERICAN REDSTART: 4 (1), 6 (1), 11 (1), 19 (1), 20 (1♂ + 1♀), 26 (1), 27 (1♀), 30 (1)

     MAGNOLIA WARBLER: 30 (1♀)

     YELLOW WARBLER: 19-20 (1), 23 (1)

     CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER: 4 (1), 22 (2), 28-29 (1)

     CANADA WARBLER: 19-20 (1), 27 (1)

     WILSON’S WARBLER: 25-27 (2)

     NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1-21, 23-24, 26-31

     INDIGO BUNTING: 1-2 (1♂), 4 (1), 5 (2), 6 (1), 7 (2♂), 8 (2), 10 (1), 11 (1♂), 12 (2♂), 13 (1),

          15 (2), 18 (6), 19 (3), 20 (1♀), 21 (1), 23 (2♂ + 2♀), 24 (1♀), 25-26 (1♂ + 1♀),

          27 (2♂ + 1♀), 28 (2♀), 29 (4♂), 30 (2), 31 (3)

     DICKCISSEL: 5 (1), 10-11 (2), 12 (1), 15 (2), 18 (8+), 19 (2), 20 (1), 23 (5), 29 (4), 30 (2)

MAMMALIAN

     Bat sp.: 10 (1)

     EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 1-2, 4-13, 15-19, 21, 23-24, 26-27, 29-31

     EASTERN CHIPMUNK: 1, 3, 5, 12, 16, 28-29

     THIRTEEN-LINED GROUND SQUIRREL: 8 (1), 10 (1), 29 (1)

     EASTERN FOX SQUIRREL: 1-5, 12, 14, 16-17, 20-22, 25, 27, 30-31

     COMMON MUSKRAT: 3 (1), 5-6 (1), 7 (2), 11 (1), 17 (1), 28 (1)

     AMERICAN MINK: 1 (1), 12 (1)

     WHITE-TAILED DEER: 1 (2♀), 2 (1♀ + 1♀ w/1 fawn), 4 (1), 6 (3 + 1♀ w/1 fawn),

          11 (1♀ w/1 fawn), 12 (2 + 1♀ w/1 fawn), 13 (1 + 1♀ w/1 fawn), 15 (1♀ w/2 fawns),

          17 (1♀ w/1 fawn, 1♀ w/2 fawns), 18 (1), 19 (1♂ + 2♀), 21 (1♀ w/1 fawn), 22-24 (2),

          25-26 (1♀ w/1 fawn), 30 (1♀ w/1 fawn)

REPTILIAN

     PLAINS GARTER SNAKE: 3 (1)

     SNAPPING TURTLE: 3 (1)

     NORTHERN PAINTED TURTLE: 1-10, 12-14, 16-20, 22-31

     RED-EARED SLIDER: 26-27 (2), 29 (1), 31 (1)

     WESTERN SPINY SOFTSHELL: 1 (2)

AMPHIBIAN

     AMERICAN TOAD: 16, 23, 28

     AMERICAN BULLFROG: 1-31

     NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG: 2 (1), 6 (2), 9 (2), 16, 17-18 (1), 20 (1), 24 (1), 27-28 (1),

          29 (2)

LEPIDOPTERA

     BLACK SWALLOWTAIL: 1 (1), 2 (2), 4 (3), 7-8 (3), 9 (1), 11 (3), 12 (4), 14 (6), 16 (5), 18 (2),

          19-20 (1), 22 (1), 24 (1), 27 (1), 29-30 (1)

     GIANT SWALLOWTAIL: 1 (2), 6 (1), 8 (1), 19 (1), 20 (2), 22 (1)

     EASTERN TIGER SWALLOWTAIL: 1-2 (3), 3-4 (1), 5 (2), 6 (5), 7 (1), 8 (5), 9 (4), 10 (6),

          11 (2), 12 (6), 13 (2), 14 (5), 16 (2), 17 (3), 18 (2), 19 (4), 20 (5), 21 (4), 22 (5), 23-26 (2),

          27 (3), 29-30 (1), 31 (2)

     CHECKERED WHITE: 15 (1)

     CABBAGE WHITE: 1, 4-14, 16-20, 22-23, 25-31

     CLOUDED SULPHUR: 5-7, 31

     ORANGE SULPHUR: 1 (2), 2-6, 9-14, 16-23, 25-28, 30

     LITTLE YELLOW: 20 (1), 24 (1), 27 (1), 29 (1)

     EASTERN TAILED BLUE: 1 (1), 2, 4, 6-12, 14, 17, 19, 21, 26-29, 31

     PEARL CRESCENT: 4-5 (1), 6-8 (2), 10-11 (1), 12 (2), 16 (1), 17 (2), 18-19 (1), 22 (1), 27 (1)

     QUESTION MARK: 6 (1)

     PAINTED LADY: 2 (1), 4 (1), 6-8 (3), 10 (2), 11 (11), 12 (7), 13 (5), 14 (3), 16 (2), 17 (3),

          18 (14), 19 (5), 20 (4), 22 (6), 23 (13), 24 (11), 25 (10), 26 (2), 27 (10), 28 (3), 29 (1), 30 (4)

     RED ADMIRAL: 3 (1), 6 (1), 8 (1), 11-13 (1), 14 (3), 16 (1), 25 (1)

     COMMON BUCKEYE: 1-2 (1), 3-4 (2), 5 (1), 6-7 (3), 8 (2), 11-12 (1), 13-14 (3), 16-17 (3),

          18 (4), 19 (1), 20 (3), 22 (1), 25 (2), 26 (1), 27 (4), 29 (1), 31 (1)

     RED-SPOTTED PURPLE: 6 (2), 7-8 (1), 10 (2), 11 (1), 16 (2), 18 (3), 19-21 (1), 23 (2), 27 (1)

     VICEROY: 1 (2), 4 (4), 5 (2), 6 (3), 7 (2), 8 (4), 9 (1), 12 (4), 13 (3), 14 (1), 16 (1), 17 (2),

          19 (1), 20 (3), 23-25 (1), 26 (2), 27 (3), 28 (1), 30-31 (3)

     MONARCH: 1 (10), 2 (18), 3 (4), 4 (6), 5 (9), 6 (8), 7 (12), 8 (13), 9 (14), 10 (13), 11 (4),

          12 (15), 13 (9), 14 (15), 15 (2), 16 (10), 17 (4), 18 (14), 19 (8), 20 (13), 21-22 (7), 23 (12),

          24 (7), 25 (8), 26 (2), 27 (12), 28 (40+), 29 (45+), 30 (22+), 31 (21+)

     SILVER-SPOTTED SKIPPER: 9 (1), 12 (2), 17-18 (1), 19 (2), 20 (1), 25 (1)

     COMMON CHECKED-SKIPPER: 9 (1), 22 (1), 29 (1)

     COMMON SOOTYWING: 6 (1), 11 (1), 21 (1)

     LEAST SKIPPER: 3-4 (1), 5 (3), 6 (2), 7 (1), 8 (3), 9 (2), 10 (3), 13 (3), 23 (2), 26 (1)

     SACHEM: 21 (1), 23 (1), 24 (2)

     Skipper sp.: 2 (2), 6 (4), 11-12 (1), 17-18 (1), 20 (1), 23 (3)

ODONATA

     EBONY JEWELWING: 7 (1♀), 9 (1)

     AMERICAN RUBYSPOT: 8 (2♂), 10 (1♂), 11 (2♂), 14 (2♂), 16 (2♂ + 1♀), 17 (2♂),

          18 (1♂ + 1♀), 29 (1♂), 30 (4♂)

     SLENDER SPREADWING: 8 (1)

     Spreadwing sp.: 4 (1)

     BLUE-FRONTED DANCER: 1-12, 14, 16-19, 21, 22 (6), 23-25, 27, 28 (3)

     POWDERED DANCER: 2-4, 7-10, 12, 17-19, 22 (2), 23, 25, 27, 29 (1), 30-31

     RAINBOW BLUET: 24 (1)

     AZURE BLUET: 27

     DOUBLE-STRIPED BLUET: 21 (3), 22 (2), 23 (1), 25 (1)

     TULE BLUET: 16 (1)

     FAMILIAR BLUET: 1, 6-10, 14 (1), 16, 19-20, 23, 25, 27, 29

     NORTHERN BLUET: 23 (1♂ + 1♀)

     STREAM BLUET: 4, 7, 14 (1), 20 (2), 23 (1), 25

     ORANGE BLUET: 1-2, 10, 17-19, 22 (2), 24 (1)

     EASTERN FORKTAIL: 3, 5-9, 11-12, 16-18, 20-21, 23-24, 26, 28-30

     COMMON GREEN DARNER: 1-6, 8, 10, 13-14, 15 (1), 16, 18, 20-21, 23-27, 29

     “Blue Mosaic” DARNER: 8 (1)

     JADE CLUBTAIL: 1 (1)

     FLAG-TAILED SPINYLEG: 2 (1), 22 (1)

     PRINCE BASKETTAIL: 18 (3), 19-20 (1), 30 (1)

     CALICO PENNANT: 8 (1)

     EASTERN PONDHAWK: 1-12,1 4, 16-19, 22 (1), 23, 29 (1)

     WIDOW SKIMMER: 1-12, 14, 16-21, 22 (3), 23-27, 29-31

     COMMON WHITETAIL: 1-2, 5-10, 12-14, 16-17, 19, 22 (2), 23-25, 27, 29-31

     TWELVE-SPOTTED SKIMMER: 1-12, 16-18, 20, 23-24, 27

     BLUE DASHER: 1-4, 6-12, 16-18, 20, 23-24, 29 (1), 30-31

     WANDERING GLIDER: 1-3, 5-8, 10, 13-14, 16-17, 19, 23, 29-30

     EASTERN AMBERWING: 1-4, 7-10, 12, 14, 16-19, 22 (1), 29 (2), 30

     WHITE-FACED MEADOWHAWK: 6 (1)

     BAND-WINGED MEADOWHAWK: 4 (1), 8 (1), 17 (1), 19 (1)

     Meadowhawk sp.: 20, 23, 25, 27, 30

     BLACK SADDLEBAGS: 1-4, 6-9, 12-14, 16-17, 19, 27 (1)

ORTHOPTERA

     CAROLINA GRASSHOPPER: 1-31

     NORTHWESTERN RED-WINGED GRASSHOPPER: 20 (2)

Wolf. Oesterreich