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February 2023 photos from the blog by Wolf. Oesterreich, Greg Courtney, Kirk Moloney, Kevin Kane, Tom Meyer, Kelly Poole, and Tana Tesdall.
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Feb 28, 2023: February 2023 AHHP Photo Collage
February 2023 photos from the blog by Wolf. Oesterreich, Greg Courtney, Kirk Moloney, Kevin Kane, Tom Meyer, Kelly Poole, and Tana Tesdall.
Monday, February 27, 2023
Feb 27, 2023: Ice Everywhere
Even the prairie plants could not escape getting a layer of ice from this week's storm. (Kelly Poole, 2/25/23)
Feb 25, 2023: Icy Trail
The recent freezing rain left hazardous conditions at the Park. More than 98% of the length of the lakes trail is coated with ice. (Wolf. Oesterreich, 2/24/23).
Feb 23, 2023: Regal
Immature Bald Eagle perched in a tree on the south side of South Lake (2/18/2023, Greg Courtney)
Saturday, February 25, 2023
Feb 21, 2023: Frozen Wetland
The sun sets on one of the recently dredged wetlands in the west central part of the park. (Kevin Kane, 2/10/23)
Feb 19, 2023: Coyote
After eating a goose carcass on the south lake, this coyote trotted off to the bluff. (Tana Tesdall, 1/29/23)
Feb 17, 2023: Eagle in Flight
Bald Eagle hunting over Ada Hayden near the North Lake. (Kirk Moloney, 2/13/23)
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Monday, February 20, 2023
Feb 11, 2023: Lots of Points!
A White-tailed Deer buck (10-11 points) found near the Upland Trail's south trailhead. Another buck with a more abnormal rack followed closely behind. They should be dropping their racks soon. (Wolf. Oesterreich, 2/4/23)
Feb 9, 2023: Dramatic Sunset
Dramatic clouds near sunset on Feb. 9 provided a stunning backdrop for some flying ducks. (Tom Meyer, 2/9/23)
Feb 7, 2023: Refreeze
Ice fishing past: refrozen lake surface with encased air bubbles over an old ice fishing hole, just north of the bridge separating North and South lakes. (Kirk Moloney, 2/7/23)
Thursday, February 16, 2023
Feb 5, 2023: Red-bellied Woodpecker
The "red belly" of this female Red-bellied Woodpecker is visible in this shot. Most of the time, one doesn't see the "red belly". (Wolf. Oesterreich, 2/2/23)
Feb 3, 2023: Etchings of Snow and Wind
Wind-formed etchings in the snow on South Lake (2/2/2023, Greg Courtney)
Feb 1, 2023: Wolf's January 2023 Wildlife Report
Snow Buntings breed in the high arctic regions, but can be found in our area during the Winter months. The best time to find them is after a snowfall that has covered fields. The buntings are then forced to seek food along road edges and are many times in mixed flocks with Horned Larks and/or Lapland Longspurs. I have records from 2005 and 2006 of this species at the Park, but this is the first time that I have observed so many (16). They were present on the south lake ice, at the SE corner where some corn had been dumped for the waterfowl. Their Winter plumage always reminds me of vanilla ice cream with caramel swirls. (Wolf. Oesterreich, 1/22/23)
A total of 45 avian species (plus 2 sp. & 1 hybrid) was recorded this month, ranking this month as the 3rd highest January among 26 years of records. This total is 17 species less than last month and 2 more than January 2022. January 2019 with 49 species remains as the highest January total, while January 1998, with only 18 species, remains as the lowest.
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, bp=breeding plumage, ad=adult, nb=non-breeding), color phase (b=blue, w=white), and location (BY=back yard, FY=front yard). The order follows the 63rd Supplement (2022) to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds and the 22nd Supplement to the 7th Edition (1998).
AVIAN
SNOW GOOSE: 1 (1 w im), 2 (1 w im + 1 b im), 5 (1 w im + 1 b im), 7-8 (1 w im), 11-15 (1 w im), 16 (BY 1 w), 18 (1 w im)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE: 5 (4), 6 (27), 9 (2 ad + 2 im), 10 (1 im), 11-12 (1 ad + 2 im), 15 (2 ad + 1 im)
CACKLING GOOSE: 1 (1 + BY 1), 2 (4 + BY 1), 3 (4), 5-7 (2), 9 (1), 10 (3), 11 (2), 12-13 (1), 14 (1 + BY 1), 15 (4), 18 (3), 23 (BY 1)
CANADA GOOSE: 1 (2944 + BY 780), 2 (3719 + BY 300), 3 (3400 + BY 170), 5 (2779 + BY 14), 6 (2550 + BY 20), 7 (2700 + BY 1649), 8 (2700 + BY 419), 9 (2256), 10 (2300 + BY 295), 11 (2800), 12 (2700 + BY 160), 13 (2100 + BY 901), 14 (2700 + BY 1769), 15 (2800), 16 (2800 + BY 280), 17 (2600), 18 (2440 + BY 3), 19 (BY 486), 20 (2100 + BY 2), 21 (1200 + BY 7), 22 (1200 + BY 165), 23 (1400 + BY 172), 24 (1200), 25 (1300 + BY 2), 26 (1100), 27 (1100 + BY 59), 28 (BY 24), 29 (BY 2), 30 (1000), 31 (1000 + BY 5)
TRUMPETER SWAN: 1 (146 ad + 57 im + BY 12), 2 (159 ad + 53 im), 3 (162 ad + 55 im), 5 (154 ad + 57 im), 6 (180 ad + 45 im + BY 3 ad), 7 (187 ad + 43 im + BY 9), 8 (181 ad + 58 im), 9 (187 ad + 54 im), 10 (191 ad + 47 im + BY 20), 11 (205 ad + 49 im + BY 25), 12 (208 ad + 51 im), 13 (205 ad + 56 im + BY 6), 14 (204 ad + 50 im), 15 (192 ad + 47 im + 31), 16 (213 ad + 59 im), 17 (208 ad + 65 im), 18 (218 ad + 61 im), 19 (BY 3 ad), 20 (217 ad + 67 im), 21 (209 ad + 55 im), 22 (192 ad + 58 im + BY 47), 23 (196 ad + 51 im + BY 2 im), 24 (200 ad + 48 im), 25 (191 ad + 60 im), 26 (173 ad + 49 im), 27 (196 ad + 57 im), 30 (206 ad + 52 im), 31 (192 ad + 42 im)
MALLARD: 1 (275), 2 (258), 3 (275 + BY 6), 5 (225 + BY 6), 6 (225), 7 (250 + BY 16), 8 (250), 9 (185), 10 (200), 11 (225), 12 (320), 13 (225 + BY 2), 14 (235 + BY 4), 15 (245), 16 (275 + BY 77), 17 (313), 18 (290), 20 (325), 21 (315), 22 (310), 23 9150), 24 (185), 25 (195), 26 (185), 27 (210), 30 (265), 31 (185)
NORTHERN PINTAIL: 20 (1♂), 22 (1♂), 25 (1♂), 27 (1♂), 30 (1♂)
COMMON GOLDENEYE: 2 (2♂ + 2♀), 3 (1♂ + 1♀), 5 (2♂ + 2♀), 6 (1♂ + 1♀), 7 (1♂ + 2♀), 8-9 (2♂ + 2♀), 16-17 (2♂), 24 (1♂)
HOODED MERGANSER: 25-27 (1♂ + 1♀), 30-31 (1♂ + 1♀)
COMMON MERGANSER: 1 (4♂), 2 (2♂)
RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 6 (1♀)
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE: 20 (1)
MOURNING DOVE: 1 (1 + BY 2), 2 (BY 1), 4 (BY 1), 5 (BY 1), 6 (3 + BY 1), 7 (BY 2), 8 (3), 10 (1 + BY 2), 11 (BY 2), 12 (BY 1), 13 (1 + BY 1), 14 (1 + BY 3), 15-16 (BY 2), 20 (1), 22 (1), 23 (BY 1), 24 (1), 25 (8 + BY 1), 26 (BY 1), 28 (BY 1)
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK: 5 (1 im), 14 (1), 22 (1 im)
COOPER’S HAWK: 7 (1 im), 10 (1 im), 20 (BY 1 im), 26 (1 im), 27 (BY 1 im)
BALD EAGLE: 2-3 (1 ad), 5 (3 ad + I im), 7 (1 ad + 1 im), 8 (2 ad + 1 im), 9 (1 ad), 10 (2 ad), 11 (1 ad + 1 im + BY 1 ad), 12-13 (2 ad + 1 im), 14 (2 ad), 15 (2 ad + 3 im), 16 (3 ad + 2 im), 17 (2 ad + 1 im), 18 (1 ad + 1 im), 20 (1 ad), 23 (2 ad + BY 1 ad), 25-26 (2 im), 27 (1 im + BY 1 ad), 30 (1 ad)
RED-TAILED HAWK: 1 (3), 2 (1), 6-8 (1), 9 (2), 10 (2 + BY 1), 11-12 (1), 13 (3), 14-16 (2), 17 (3 + 1 dark + BY 1), 20-21 (1), 22 (3), 23 (1 + BY 1), 24 (2), 26 (2), 27 (1 + BY 1)
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK: 12 (1)
BARRED OWL: 2 (1), 26 (BY 1)
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 1 (1 + BY 1), 2-3 (BY 1), 6 (1), 7 (BY 1), 8 (2), 10 (2), 12 (BY 1), 14 (1), 15 (2), 17 (BY 1), 18 (1 + BY 1), 21 (3), 22 (2), 23 (3), 24 (2), 25 (2 + BY 1), 30 (1 + BY 1)
DOWNY WOODPECKER: 1 (2 + BY 1), 2 (FY 1), 3 (BY 2), 4 (BY 1), 5 (1 + BY 2), 6 (5 + BY 2), 7-8 (3 + BY 1), 9 (4 + BY 1), 10 (8 + BY 2), 11 (BY 2), 12 (1 + BY 2), 13 (4 + BY 2), 14 (1 + BY 3), 15 (4 + BY 2), 16 (1 + BY 2), 17 (1 + BY 2), 18-19 (BY 2), 20 (5 + BY 1), 21 (5), 22 (1 + BY 1), 23 (3 + BY 1), 24 (3), 25 (3 + BY 1), 26 (1 + BY 2), 27 (BY 3), 28-29 (BY 2), 30 (2 + BY 2), 31 (BY 2)
HAIRY WOODPECKER: 6 (1), 7 (BY 1), 13 (1 + BY 1), 14 (1), 26 (1), 28 (BY 1), 30 (2)
NORTHERN FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 1 (2), 2 (1), 10 (3), 21 (1), 24 (1)
Woodpecker sp.: 14 (1), 17 (2), 30-31 (1)
AMERICAN KESTREL: 22 (BY 1♀)
MERLIN: 10 (1♀)
NORTHERN SHRIKE: 7 (1), 15 (1)
BLUE JAY: 1 (3), 2-3 (BY 1), 5 (1), 6 (4 + BY 1), 7 (4), 8 (1), 9 (2 + BY 2), 10 (4), 11 (BY 1), 13 (2), 15-16 (2), 18 (BY 2), 20 (2), 21 (6), 22-23 (1), 24 (6), 25 (5), 26-27 (1), 28 (BY 1), 30 (BY 1)
AMERICAN CROW: 1 (13), 2 (5), 3 (2 + BY 1), 4 (FY 3), 5 (16 + FY 2), 6 (12 + FY 5), 7 (13), 8 (9), 9 (14), 10 (7), 11 (2 + FY 3), 12 (4 + BY 4), 13 (10 + BY 1), 14 (17 + BY 2), 15 (15), 16 (3), 17 (1), 18 (12 + BY 1), 19 (BY 1), 20 (9 + BY 1), 21 (19), 22 (4 + BY 5), 23 (7), 24 (9 + BY 1), 25 (7), 26 (2 + BY 2), 27 (5), 28 (BY 7), 29 (BY 3), 30 (3 + BY 6), 31 (1 + BY 3)
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 1 (1 + BY 1), 2-3 (2 + BY 3), 4 (BY 4), 5 (5 + BY 3), 6 (7 + BY 4), 7 (2 + BY 2), 8 (1 + BY 2), 9 (5 + BY 2), 10 (6 + BY 2), 11 (8 + BY 2), 12 (2 + BY 3), 13 (1 + BY 4), 14 (BY 2), 15 (5 + BY 2), 16 (1 + BY 2), 17 (5 + BY 2), 18 (3 + BY 4), 19 (BY 2), 20 (3 + BY 4), 21 (1 + BY 4), 22 (1 + BY 3), 23 (1 + BY 2), 24 (3 + BY 2), 25 (2 + BY 2), 26 (1 + BY 3), 27 (BY 2), 28-29 (BY 4), 30 (2 + BY 2), 31 (BY 4)
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 1 (4), 2 (1), 5 (1), 6 (3 + BY 1), 7 (5), 8 (1), 9 (3), 10 (4), 11 (3), 13 (4), 14 (2 + BY 1), 15 (1), 16 (2), 17 (4), 18 (1), 20 (1), 22-23 (2), 24 (2 + FY 1), 26 (2), 27 (1), 28 (BY 1)
EUROPEAN STARLING: 2 (9 + BY 1), 3 (BY 35), 5 (12), 6 (80), 7 (14 + BY 1), 8 (24 + BY 1), 9 (40 + BY 1), 10 (40 + BY 3), 11 (1), 12 (FY 35), 13 (4 + BY 19), 14 (1), 15 (23), 16 (49), 19 (BY 33), 20 (7 + BY 34), 21 (18), 22 (58 + BY 1), 23 (71), 24 (10 + BY 1), 25 (13 + BY 5), 26 (10 + BY 1), 27 (1 + BY 1), 28 (BY 5), 29 (BY 6), 30 (29), 31 (7 + BY 2)
EASTERN BLUEBIRD: 1-2 (1♂ + 1♀), 6 (1♂), 10 (3♂ + 2♀), 14 (1♂), 16 (1♂ + 1♀), 17 (1♂), 22 (2♂)
AMERICAN ROBIN: 24 (1)
HOUSE SPARROW: 1 (10 + BY 7), 2 (BY 17), 3 (BY 13), 4 (BY 6), 5 (12), 6 (19 + BY 3), 7 (15 + BY 9), 8 (3 + BY 16), 9 (12 + BY 7), 10 (17 + BY 10), 11 (20 + BY 12), 12 (2 + BY 4), 13 (6 + BY 6), 14 (7 + BY 3), 15 (15 + BY 3), 16 (2 + BY 3), 17 (3 + BY 8), 18 (12 + BY 7), 19 (BY 6), 20 (18 + BY 8), 21 (15 + BY 2), 22 (5 + BY 4), 23 (11 + BY 2), 24 (14 + BY 4), 25 (18 + BY 4), 26 (8 + BY 9), 27 (4 + BY 5), 28 (BY 10), 29 (BY 4), 30 (12 + BY 3), 31 (9 + BY 3)
House X Eurasian Tree Sparrow: 5-7 (1♂), 9 (1♂), 11 (1♂)
EURASIAN TREE SPARROW: 1 (1♀), 2 (BY 1), 7-10 (1♀), 15 (1♀), 24 (1♀), 31 (1♀)
HOUSE FINCH: 1 (BY 24), 2 (BY 18), 3 (BY 21), 4 (BY 3), 5 (BY 3), 6 (11 + BY 9), 7 (33 + BY 15), 8 (13 + BY 15), 9 (4 + BY 18), 10 (13 + BY 28), 11 (3 + BY 16), 12 (6 + BY 8), 13 (13 + BY 12), 14 (2 + BY 17), 15 (2 + BY 7), 16 (1 + BY 11), 17 (5 + BY 9), 18 (2 + BY 14), 19 (BY 7), 20 (9 + BY 7), 21 (21 + BY 33), 22 (20 + BY 34), 23 (41 + BY 7), 24 (23 + BY 9), 25 (28 + BY 11), 26 (24 + BY 13), 27 (8 + BY 8), 28 (BY 23), 29 (BY 19), 30 (6 + BY 13), 31 (3 + BY 10)
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1 (2), 2 (4), 6 (5), 7 (18), 8 (6), 9 (1), 11-12 (3), 16 (BY 1), 18 (2), 20 (8), 21 (1), 22 (2), 23 (1), 24 (2 + BY 1), 25 (BY 1), 29 (BY 1), 30 (4)
SNOW BUNTING: 22 (16)
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW: 1 (20 + BY 1), 2 (21), 3 (6), 5 (18 + BY 1), 6 (63), 7 (52), 8 (84 + BY 2), 9 (56 + BY 2), 10 (13 + BY 1), 11 (35), 12 (73), 13 (67), 14 (24), 15 (4), 16 (54), 17 (28), 18 (96), 20 (45), 21 (39), 22 (27 + BY 1), 23 (17), 24 (25), 25 (16 + BY 2), 26 (8), 27 (29 + BY 2), 28-29 (BY 1), 30 (9 + BY 2), 31 (3 + BY 1)
DARK-EYED JUNCO (Slate-colored): 1 (14 + BY 3), 2 (1 + BY 5), 3 (1 + BY 3), 4 (BY 6), 5 (4 + BY 5), 6 (17 + BY 3), 7 (15 + BY 7), 8 (9 + BY 4), 9 (6 + BY 5), 10 (11 + BY 4), 11 (3 + BY 4), 12 (2 + BY 7), 13 (7 + BY 3), 14 (2 + BY 3), 15 (1 + BY 3), 16 (5 + BY 7), 17 (BY 8), 18 (BY 3), 19 (BY 4), 20 (5 + BY 4), 21 (3 + BY 4), 22 (5 + BY 3), 23 (5 + BY 2), 24 (5 + BY 5), 25 (4 + BY 12), 26 (3 + BY 7), 27 (BY 7), 28 (BY 10), 29 (BY 4), 30 (1 + BY 5), 31 (BY 5)
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW: 5 (2 im), 6 (1 ad + 3 im), 7 (1 ad + 10 im), 8 (4 im), 11 (4 im), 13 (1 im), 14 (2 im), 15 (5 im), 18 (4 im), 22 (BY 1), 25 (1 ad + 4 im), 30 (1 im)
HARRIS’S SPARROW: 2 (BY 2), 3 (BY 3), 4 (BY 1), 6 (BY 4), 7 (5), 8 (BY 4), 9 (BY 2), 10 (BY 6), 11 (BY 4), 14 (BY 1), 15 (BY 2), 16 (1 + BY 3), 18 (BY 1), 20 (1), 22 (1), 24 (1), 25 (BY 5), 26 (BY 2), 27 (BY 1), 28-29 (BY 3), 30 (BY 5), 31 (BY 1)
SONG SPARROW: 1 (3), 5 (1), 7-8 (3), 9-10 (1), 12 (2), 13 (1), 20 (2), 21 (1), 24-25 (2), 27 (3), 31 (1)
Sparrow sp.: 10 (2), 12 (2), 13 (3), 14 (1), 15 (3), 16 (2), 17 (5)
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 24 (1)
NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1 (3 + BY 4), 2 (1 + BY 8), 3 (BY 5), 4 (BY 4), 5 (2 + BY 2), 6 (2 + BY 10), 7 (2 + BY 7), 8 (2 + BY 5), 9 (BY 3), 10 (BY 7), 11 (6 + BY 4), 12 (3 + BY 8), 13 (4 + BY 7), 14 (BY 10), 15 (1 + BY 4), 16 (BY 3), 17 (1 + BY 6), 18 (2 + BY 10), 19 (BY 5), 20 (2 + BY 10), 21 (3 + BY 5), 22 (4 + BY 7), 23 (3 + BY 5), 24 (4 + BY 10), 25 (3 + BY 8), 26 (7 + BY 4), 27 (1 + BY 8), 28 (BY 11), 29 (BY 10), 30 (1 + BY 4), 31 (1 + BY 6)
Unless indicated otherwise, the White-tailed Deer were antlerless.
MAMMALIAN
EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 1, 3, 5-15, 18, 20-31
EASTERN CHIPMUNK: 10 (1), 16 (1)
EASTERN FOX SQUIRREL: 1-3, 5-18, 20-31
RED FOX: 13 (BY 1), 26 (BY 1)
WHITE-TAILED DEER: 2 (7), 3 (6), 5 (BY 1♂), 6 (4), 7 (7 + BY 2), 8 (1♂ + 10 + BY 1), 9 (14), 10 (4), 14 (BY 1 + 2♂ yearlings), 15 (2), 16 (BY 3), 17 (BY 3), 18 (BY 4), 19 (BY 2), 20 (2 + BY 4), 21-22 (BY 4), (BY 4), 24 (10), 25 (5 + BY 2♂ + 1), 26 (BY 1♂ + 8), 27 (BY 1♂ + 4), 28 (BY 2), 29 (BY 4), 30 (2♂ + 7 + BY 4), 31 (BY 4)
Wolf. Oesterreich
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