May 31, 2023: May 2023 AHHP Photo Collage

May 2023 photos from the blog by Wolf. Oesterreich, Greg Courtney, Paul Domoto, Kevin Kane, and Tana Tesdall.

May 29, 2023: The Chase

Red-winged blackbirds are fearless and territorial. This one has no qualms about chasing a mature bald eagle many times his size! Near pond M. (Tana Tesdall,5/20/23)

May 27, 2023: Spooked

Carp are spawning in the ponds around Ada Hayden. These Blue-winged Teal were surprised by a Carp in the shallows of Pond J. (Greg Courtney, 4/27/2023).

May 25, 2023: Hooded Merganser Family

A female Hooded Merganser was accompanied by her 8 ducklings on a wetland pond. (Wolf. Oesterreich, 5/11/23)

May 23, 2023: A Look Back...

 ...ten years ago looking northwest over the southwest wetlands and south lake to the bluff. The amount of vegetation has changed dramatically.  (Kevin Kane, 5/13/13)

May 21, 2023: Watching the World

Paul and I watched this Northern Raccoon enter the hole.  After several seconds the head popped out and the raccoon appeared to be chewing on something. (Wolf. Oesterreich, 5/20/23)

May 19, 2023: Calm April Sunrise

Mid-April was characterized by dramatic changes in weather and lots of windy days. This sunrise image at South Lake was captured on one of the few calm mornings (Greg Courtney, 4/23/2023).

May 17, 2023: Guardian Goose

A Canada Goose views the landscape from the top of the "Big House", while 6 Purple Martins perch underneath. (Wolf. Oesterreich, 5/5/23)

May 15, 2023: Attentive Deer

One of several White-tailed Deer that had been browsing on fresh vegetation at the Bluff (Greg Courtney, 4/23/2023).

May 13, 2023: Common Merganser

A male Common Merganser continues his presence on the south lake. He has been present since the 11th of April. (Wolf. Oesterreich, 5/2/23)

May 11, 2023: Eastern Kingbird

The many faces of an Eastern Kingbird interacting with other kingbirds at Pond P (Greg Courtney, 5/10/2023).

May 9, 2023: Prairie Burn

The prairie on the furthest east slope (behind the maintenance building) was burned this morning.  Afterwards, the crew moved westward to other slopes to burn other areas.
Wolf. Oesterreich

May 7, 2023: Calm Morning Lake

Another calm morning at South Lake. (Greg Courtney, 4/25/2023).

May 5, 2023: American Mink

 

An American Mink resting at the entrance to a Woodchuck burrow. (Wolf. Oesterreich, 4/22/23)

May 3, 2023: Great Egret

 

Great egret at pond F (Paul Domoto, 5/3/2023).

May 2, 2023: Tree Swallows are Back

Early April has seen a dramatic return of Tree Swallows at Ada Hayden. This male was near the “Big House" on North Lake. Many more have settled into nest boxes along the Upland Trail (Greg Courtney, 4/11/2023).

May 1, 2023: Wolf's April 2023 Wildlife Report

Red-breasted Mergansers are the last merganser species to migrate through our area.  Both sexes always appear to have a shaggy "hair style".  Unlike most other waterfowl , mergansers consume fish, about 15-20 per day.  The more-colorful male is on the left. (Wolf. Oesterreich, 4/7/23)

A total of 113 avian species (plus 3 sp. & 1 hybrid) was recorded this month, ranking this month as the 9th highest April among 26 years of records. April 2022 with 138 species remains as the highest April, while April 1998 with 61 species is the lowest. This total is 35 species more than last month and 25 less than April 2022.

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: 17 (3 w + 2 b)

     GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE: 2 (2), 8 (1), 11-13 (4), 14 (2), 18 (1), 24 (3), 27-30 (1)

     CANADA GOOSE: 1 (82), 2 (52), 3 (41), 4 (56), 5 (68), 6 (76), 7 (62), 8 (65), 9 (60), 10 (44), 11 (69), 12 (81), 13 (61), 14 (62), 15 (67), 16 50 + BY 2), 17 (45), 18 (41), 19 (54), 20 (28 + BY 3), 21 (50), 22 (37), 23 (49), 24 (39), 25 (56), 26 (58), 27 (40), 28 (46 + BY 2), 29 (62), 30 (63)

     TRUMPETER SWAN: 2 (3 ad), 4 (1 im), 23 (1 ad)

     WOOD DUCK: 1 (5♂ + 4♀), 2 (2♂ + 1♀), 3 (10♂ + 5♀), 4 (3♂ + 3♀), 5 (4♂ + 4♀), 6 (3♂ + 2♀), 7 (4♂ + 2♀), 8 (6♂ + 3♀), 10 (1♂ + 1♀), 11 (2♂ + 1♀), 12 (1♂ + 1♀), 13 (1♂), 14 (2♂ + 2♀), 15 (4♂ + 1♀), 16 (4♂), 17 (2♂), 18 (2♂ + 1♀), 19 (6♂ + 3♀), 21 (14), 22 (1♂ + 1♀), 23 (1♂), 24 (3♂ + 1♀), 25 (2♂), 26 (5♂ + 1♀), 27 (2♂), 28 (1♂ + 1♀), 30 (2♂ + 1♀)

     BLUE-WINGED TEAL: 1 (5♂), 2 (7), 3 (14♂ + 2♀), 4 (28♂ + 14♀), 5 (15♂ + 5♀), 6 (16♂ + 10♀), 7 (23♂ + 12♀), 8 (15♂ + 8♀), 9 (6♂ + 4♀), 10 (4♂ + 3♀), 11 (12♂ + 8♀), 12 (19♂ + 6♀), 13 (16♂ + 6♀), 14 (19♂ + 9♀), 15 (155), 16 (41♂ + 21♀), 17 (48♂ + 29♀), 18 (41♂ + 30♀), 19 (70), 20 (209), 21 (113), 22 (76), 23 (110), 24 (29♂ + 23♀), 25 (45♂ + 34♀), 26 (20♂ + 16♀), 27 (17♂ + 14♀), 28 (12♂ + 9♀), 29 (7♂ + 7♀), 30 (9♂ + 7♀)

     NORTHERN SHOVELER: 1 (51♂ + 29♀), 2 (23♂ + 17♀), 3 (59♂ + 40♀), 4 (69♂ + 33♀), 5 (14♂ + 9♀), 6 (11♂ + 10♀), 7 (14♂ + 11♀), 8 (5♂ + 4♀), 9 (10♂ + 6♀), 10 (5♂ + 4♀), 11 (42♂ + 28♀), 12 (11♂ + 11♀), 13 (18♂ + 12♀), 14 (17♂ + 10♀), 15 (56♂ + 27♀), 16 (101 + BY 1), 17 (35♂ + 19♀), 18 (52♂ + 30♀), 19 (22♂ + 10♀), 20 (15♂ + 11♀), 21 (31♂ + 20♀), 22 (22♂ + 11♀), 23 (29♂ + 17♀), 24 (18♂ + 9♀), 25 (21♂ + 8♀), 26 (4♂ + 2♀), 27 (2♂ + 1♀), 28 (3♂ + 2♀), 29 (2♂ + 2♀), 30 (9)

     GADWALL: 1 (3♂ + 1♀), 3 (9♂ + 4♀), 4 (4♂ + 2♀), 6-7 (1♂), 9 (10), 10 (3♂ + 1♀), 11 (42♂ + 22♀), 12 (1♂), 14 (1♂), 15 (37♂ + 24♀), 17 (1♂), 18 (3♂ + 1♀), 20 (30♂ + 20♀), 21 (4♂ + 1♀), 25 (2♂ + 2♀)

     AMERICAN WIGEON: 3-4 (2♂ + 1♀), 15 (2♀), 16 (2♂ + 1♀), 18 (2♂ + 1♀), 20 (1♀), 24 (1♀)

     MALLARD: 1 (74), 2 (32), 3 (31), 4 (51), 5 (16), 6 (31), 7 (47), 8-9 (20), 10 (3), 11 (16), 12-14 (15), 15 (16), 16 (6), 17 (13), 18 (16), 19 (7), 20 (4), 21 (8), 22 (9), 23 (7), 24 (9), 25 (11), 26 (13), 27 (9), 28 (3), 29 (4), 30 (10)

     NORTHERN PINTAIL: 2 (1♂ + 1♀), 6 (8♂ + 4♀), 7 (1♂), 17 (1♀), 18 (3♂ + 1♀), 19 (1♂ + 1♀)

     GREEN-WINGED TEAL: 1 (40), 3 (26♂ + 2♀), 4 (17♂ + 5♀), 5 (2♂ + 1♀), 6 (37♂ + 27♀), 7 (15♂ + 7♀), 8 (9♂ + 5♀), 9 (2♂ + 2♀), 11 (11♂ + 3♀), 12 (8♂ + 3♀), 13 (9♂ + 3♀), 14 (3♂ + 1♀), 15 (19♂ + 17♀), 16 (8♂ + 7♀), 17 (36♂ + 20♀), 18 (18♂ + 15♀), 19 (7♂ + 9♀), 20 (6♂ + 5♀), 21 (1♂), 22 (2♂ + 1♀), 23 (3♂ + 3♀), 26 (1♂), 30 (1♂)

     CANVASBACK: 1 (1♂ + 1♀), 3 (1♂ + 1♀), 15 (1♂)

     REDHEAD: 3 (1♂), 20 (1♂)

     RING-NECKED DUCK: 1 (58), 2 (5♂ + 1♀), 3 (25♂ + 15♀), 4 (13♂ + 10♀), 5 (9♂ + 7♀), 6 (22♂ + 11♀), 7-8 (1♂), 11 (1♂ + 1♀), 15 (1♂ + 1♀)

     LESSER SCAUP: 1 (7♂ + 1♀), 3 (18♂ + 36♀), 4 (1♂ + 3♀), 5 (7♂ + 3♀), 6 (4♂ + 4♀), 7 (2♂ + 2♀), 8 (1♂ + 1♀), 9 (5♂ + 9♀), 10 (3♂ + 2♀), 11 (1♂ + 2♀), 13 (4♂ + 4♀), 15 (8♂ + 7♀), 16 (1♂ + 1♀), 19 (1♂ + 1♀), 20 (3♂ + 2♀), 21 (1♀), 25 (1♂)

     BUFFLEHEAD: 1 (4♂ + 17♀), 3 (12♂ + 9♀), 5 (13♂ + 11♀), 6 (1♀), 7 (5♂ + 6♀), 8-9 (2♂ + 2♀), 15 (7 ♀/1^st Winter ♂)

     COMMON GOLDENEYE: 1 (1♂)

     HOODED MERGANSER: 1 (6♂ + 4♀), 2 (1♀), 4 (2♀), 6 (1♀), 12 (2♀), 15 (4♂ + 23 ♀/1^st Spring ♂), 16 (2♀), 17 (1♂ + 9♀), 18 (6), 19 (2♂ + 2♀), 25 (2♀), 27 (1♀), 28 (1♂ + 1♀), 30 (1♀)

     COMMON MERGANSER: 1 (9♂ + 6♀), 3 (1♂), 4 (1♂ + 1♀), 5 (2♂ + 2♀), 6 (4♂ + 6♀), 7 (3♂ + 1♀), 8-9 (1♂), 10 (1♀), 11-15 (1♂), 17-20 (1♂), 22-30 (1♂)

     RED-BREASTED MERGANSER: 1 (17♂ + 4♀), 2 (5♂ + 2♀), 3 (2♂ + 2♀), 4 (4♂ + 3♀), 6 (4♂ + 2♀), 7 (1♂ + 1♀), 10 (1♂ + 3♀), 15 (1♂ + 2♀), 16 (2♀), 17 (2♂ + 1♀), 18 (1♂ + 1♀), 24-25 (2♀), 26 (4♀)

     RUDDY DUCK: 3 (3♂ + 1♀), 5 (15♂ + 14♀), 6 (1♀), 10 (2♂ + 1♀), (1♂ + 1♀), 26 (2♀)

     RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 3-5 (1), 7-9 (1), 11 (1), 12 (2), 13-14 (1), 15 (4), 16 (1), 17 (4), 18-19 (2), 20 (3), 21 (2), 22 (3), 23 (4), 24 (2), 25 (1), 26 (5), 27-28 (3), 29-30 (2)

     PIED-BILLED GREBE: 1 (10), 2 (7), 3 (9), 4 (3), 5 (9), 6 (22), 7 (4), 8 (10), 9-10 (2), 11 (9), 12 (3), 13 (1), 14 (2), 15 (79), 16 (26), 17 (20), 18 (16), 19 (29), 20 (70), 21 (4), 22 (3), 23 (5), 24 (3), 25 (11), 26 (3), 27 (1), 30 (2)

     HORNED GREBE: 20 (1 bp)

     EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE: 1 (1 + FY 1), 2 (1), 4 (FY 1), 5-6 (FY 1), 8 (2), 9 (BY 1), 12-14 (1), 15 (2), 17-18 (1 + FY 1), 19 (FY 1), 20 (2 + FY 1), 21 (3 + FY 2), 23 (1), 24 (FY 1), 25-26 (1), 27-28 (1 + FY 1), 29 (1), 30 (1 + FY 1)

     MOURNING DOVE: 1 (4 + BY 1), 2 (6 + B Y 2), 3 (6 + BY 3), 4 (8 + BY 2), 5 (5 + BY 3), 6 (3 + BY 4), 7 (10 + BY 2), 8 (14 + BY 3), 9 (5 + BY 3), 10 (1 + BY 3), 11 (5 + BY 3), 12 (6 + BY 3), 13 (2 + BY 3), 14 (3 + BY 2), 15 (8 + BY 2), 16 (3 + BY 3), 17 (8 + BY 2), 18 (16 + BY 2), 19 (10 + BY 1), 20 (2 + BY 3), 21 (8 + FY 1), 22-23 (4 + BY 2), 24 (6 + BY 2), 25 (2 + BY 2), 26 (2 + BY 1), 27 (6 + BY 1), 28 (7 + BY 2), 29 (4 + BY 1), 30 (4 + BY 1)

     SORA: 27-28 (1)

     AMERICAN COOT: 1 (16), 2 (17), 3 (58), 4 (39), 5 (60), 6 (61), 7 (37), 8 (40), 9-10 (33), 11 (29), 12 (43), 13-14 (18), 15 (133), 16 (107), 17 (109), 18 (86), 19 (45), 20 (107), 21 (43), 22 (37),

          23 (52), 24 (70), 25 (48), 26 (29), 27 (5), 28 (17), 29 (21) 30 (20) 

     KILLDEER: 5 (2), 10 (1), 12 (2), 13 (1), 14 (2), 15 (1), 17 (1), 19 (2), 22 (1), 24 (2), 25 (1), 26-27 (2), 28 (1), 30 (1)

     PECTORAL SANDPIPER: 18 (7), 19 (1), 29 (10)

     LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER: 23 (18)

     AMERICAN WOODCOCK: 1 (2), 6 (1)

     WILSON’S SNIPE: 14 (2), 15 (5), 16 (1), 17 (2), 18 (1), 21 (21), 22 (17), 23 (15), 24 (10), 27 (1), 30 (1)

     SPOTTED SANDPIPER: 20 (1), 26 (1)

     LESSER YELLOWLEGS: 3 (1), 5-6 (2), 7-9 (1), 15 (12), 16 (1), 19 (3), 21 (1), 23 (7), 24 (12), 25 (5), 26 (4), 27 (1), 28 (3), 29 (14), 30 (6)

     WILLET: 24 (1)

     GREATER YELLOWLEGS: 6 (1), 18 (8), 21 (3), 23 (3)

     Yellowlegs sp.: 18 (1)

     BONAPARTE’S GULL: 5 (1), 15 (1)

     FRANKLIN’S GULL: 21 (20)

     RING-BILLED GULL: 1 (35), 2 (114 + BY 2), 3 (2), 4 (3), 5 (5), 6 (4), 7 (17), 8 (8), 9 (10), 11-12 (2), 18 (4), 19 (5), 21 (1), 25 (2)

     HERRING GULL: 1 (2)

     FORSTER’S TERN: 30 (1)

     COMMON LOON: 1 (4 bp), 2 (9 bp), 3 (12 bp), 4 (16 bp), 5 (24 bp), 6 (26 bp + 2 nb), 7 (17 bp + 2 nb), 8 (9 bp + 2 nb), 9-10 (7 bp + 2 nb), 11 (3 bp + 2 nb), 12 (1 bp + 2 nb), 13-15 (2 nb), 16 (1 bp + 1 nb), 17 (2 nb), 18 (1 bp + 1 nb), 19 (1 nb), 20 (2 nb), 21 (1 nb), 23-24 (2 nb), 25 (1 nb), 29 (1 bp)

     DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT: 1 (87), 2 (3), 3 (9), 5 (4), 6 (64), 7 (99), 8 (12), 9 (18), 11-12 (3), 14 (1), 16 (3), 17 (9), 18 (13), 19 (19), 20 (6), 21 (26), 22 (57), 25 (2), 26 (1)

     AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN: 1 (1), 11 (26), 19 (11), 28 (BY 27)

     AMERICAN BITTERN: 21 (1)

     GREAT BLUE HERON: 1 (5), 3 (2), 4 (6), 6 (5), 7 (3), 8-9 (2), 10 (1), 11 (2), 12 (3), 13 (2), 14 (3), 15 (6), 16 (5), 17 (7), 18 (4), 19 (3), 20 (1 + BY 1), 21 (2), 22 (7), 23 (4), 24 (1), 25 (2), 26 (6), 27 (3), 28 (1), 29 (2 + BY 1), 30 (3)

     GREAT EGRET: 16 (3), 19 (BY 1), 22 (1), 26 (1)

     GREEN HERON: 19 (1), 23-28 (1)

     TURKEY VULTURE: 1 (6), 2 (7), 3 (5 + BY 1), 4 (11), 5 (4 + BY 1), 6 (3), 7 (1), 8 (4), 9 (5 + BY 4), 10 (3), 11 (13), 12 (21), 13 (8), 14 (2), 15 (3), 17 (3), 18 (7), 19 (14 + BY 4), 20 (6 + BY 1), 21 (6), 22 (2), 23 (3 + BY 1), 24 (4), 25 (2), 26 (4), 27 (2), 28 (5 + BY 1), 29 (4 + BY 1), 30 (3)

     OSPREY: 4 (1), 5 (5), 6 (2), 7 (1 + BY 1), 18 (1), 19 (2 + BY 2), 20 (1), 21 (2), 22 (3), 23 (4), 24 (3), 25 (5), 26 (1), 27 (2), 28 (1), 30 (4)

     SHARP-SHINNED HAWK: 2 (1), 8 (1 im), 9 (1), 14 (1 im), 19 (1), 26 (1)

     COOPER’S HAWK: 5 (1 ad), 8 (BY 1 ad), 11 (1 ad), 19 (1), 21 (1 ad), 27-29 (1 im)

     BALD EAGLE: 1-3 (1 ad), 4 (2 ad), 5 (1 im), 7 (1 ad), 15-16 (1 ad), 18 (1 ad + 1 im), 19 (1 ad + 2 im), 20 (1 ad), 21-22 (1 ad + 1 im), 23 (3 ad + 3 im), 24 (1 ad + 1 im), 25 (1 ad), 26 (2 ad), 27 (1 ad), 29 (1 ad + BY 1 ad), 30 (3 ad)

     BROAD-WINGED HAWK: 19 (BY 1), 22 (1), 26 (1)

     RED-TAILED HAWK: 1-2 (1), 4-6 (1), 9 (1), 18-19 (1), 22 (2), 24-25 (1), 30 (1)

     GREAT HORNED OWL: 19 (1)

     BARRED OWL: 17 (BY 2)

     BELTED KINGFISHER: 5 (1), 19 (1♀), 21 (1), 23 (1), 25-26 (1), 28 (1)

     RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 1 (2), 2-3 (3), 4 (2), 6-8 (2), 9 (1), 11 (2), 13-15 (3), 16-17 (1), 18 (3), 19-21 (2), 23 (2), 24 (4), 25 (2), 26 (4), 27-28 (2)

     DOWNY WOODPECKER: 1 (4), 2 (7 + BY 2), 3 (10), 4 (4), 5 (2), 6 (6 + BY 1), 7 (5 + BY 1), 8 (9 + BY 1), 9 (7), 10 (3), 11 (4), 12 (7 + BY 1), 12 (5), 14 (9 + BY 1), 15 (7 + BY 1), 16 (4 + BY 2), 17 (3), 18 (7), 19 (7 + BY 1), 20 (2 + BY 1), 21 (3 + BY 1), 22 (4 + BY 1), 23 (5 + BY 1), 24 (4), 25 (5 + BY 1), 26 (5 + BY 2), 27 (3), 28 (6 + BY 1), 29 (3 + BY 1), 30 (5 + BY 1)

     NORTHERN FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 1 (4), 2 (2), 3 (3), 4 (5), 5 (11 + BY 1), 6 (8), 7 (7), 8 (6), 9 (5), 10 (2), 11 (3), 12-13 (1), 14-15 (2), 17 (2), 19-20 (1), 21-23 (2), 24 (1), 25 (4), 26 (3), 27 (2), 28 (1), 30 (1)

     AMERICAN KESTREL: 1-2 (1♀), 3 (1), 5 (1♂ + 1♀), 6 (2♀), 21 (1♀)

     EASTERN PHOEBE: 1 (1), 5 (3), 8 (1), 19 (1), 22 (2), 24 (1)

     WARBLING VIREO: 28 (1)

     BLUE JAY: 1 (1), 2 (4 + BY 1), 3 (5 + BY 1), 4 (2), 5-7 (4), 8 (1), 9 (4), 10 (2), 11 (7), 12 (4), 13 (8), 14 (5), 15 (8 + BY 1), 16 (3 + BY 1), 17 (4 + BY 1), 18 (1), 19 (5 + BY 1), 20 (8), 21 (5), 22 (6 + BY 1), 23 (5), 24 (21 + BY 1), 25 (4), 26 (3 + BY 1), 27 (6), 28 (10 + BY 1), 29 (6 + BY 1), 30 (9 + BY 2)

     AMERICAN CROW: 1 (2), 2 (6), 3 (4 + BY 1), 4 (3), 5 (2), 6 (3), 7 (1 + BY 1), 8 (3 + BY 2), 9 (7 + BY 1), 10 (2), 11 (3), 12 (4), 13 (2 + BY 1), 16 (4), 17 (3), 18-19 (2), 20 (4 + BY 1), 21 (3), 22 (9), 23 (7), 24 (4 + BY 1), 25 (3 + BY 1), 26 (13 + BY 1), 27 (5), 28 (9), 29 (2), 30 (8 + BY 1)

     BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 1 (2 + BY 1), 2 (3 + BY 2), 3 (4), 4 (1), 5 (6 + BY 4), 6 (4 + BY 2), 7 (4 + BY 1), 8 (2 + BY 2), 9 (5 + BY 2), 10 (BY 1), 11 (6), 12 (3 + BY 2), 13 (7), 14 (5 + BY 3), 15 (4 + BY 2), 16 (6 + BY 3), 17 (3 + BY 1), 18 (4), 19 (3 + BY 1), 20 (1 + BY 2), 21 (1 + BY 3), 22 (BY 1), 23 (3 + BY 1), 24 (2 + BY 3), 25 (1 + BY 2), 26 (1 + BY 3), 27 (2), 28 (2 + BY 2), 29 (1 + BY 3), 30 (1 + BY 2)

     BANK SWALLOW: 29 (1)

     TREE SWALLOW: 1 (4), 2 (3), 3 (114), 6 (2), 7-8 (16), 9 (21), 11 (37), 12 (42), 13 (36), 14 (107), 15 (73+), 16 (15), 17 (8), 18 (70), 19 (125 + BY 7), 20 (24), 21 (21), 23 (5), 24 (43), 25 (225), 26 (209), 27 (95), 28 (51), 29 (158), 30 (91)

     NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW: 15 (4), 16 (1), 17 (2), 19 (3), 21 (7), 23 (1), 24 (6), 25 (4), 26 (7), 29-30 (5)

     PURPLE MARTIN: 6 (1♂), 8 (2♂ + 2♀), 14 (1♂), 17 (1♂), 18 (8♂ + 4♀), 20 (18), 21 (8), 23 (11), 24 (10 + BY 6), 25 (20), 26 (23), 27 (17), 28 (21 + BY 1), 29 (12 + BY 1), 30 (7)

     BARN SWALLOW: 19 (2), 20-21 (1), 23-24 (1), 25 (3), 26 (6), 27 (3), 28 (4), 29 (7), 30 (6)

     RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET: 4 (2), 9 (1), 17 (1), 18 (5), 19 (8), 20-21 (3), 22 (8), 23 (1), 24 (5), 25 (2)

     GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET: 2 (4), 3 (1), 4 (2), 6 (4)

     CEDAR WAXWING: 1 (BY 10), 2 (10 + BY 8)

     WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 1 (1), 2 (2), 3 (4), 4 (1), 6 (3), 7 (1), 8 (3), 9 (2 + BY 1), 10 (2), 11 (2 + BY 1), 12-13 (2), 14-15 (1), 18 (2), 19-20 (1), 21 (3 + BY 1), 23 (2), 24 (3), 25 (2), 26 (4), 27 (2), 28 (1 + BY 1), 29-30 (1)

     HOUSE WREN: 19-20 (2), 24 (1), 26-27 (1), 28-29 (3)

     MARSH WREN: 23 (1), 25 (1), 27 (1), 29 (1)

     BROWN THRASHER: 5 (1), 6 (1 + BY 1), 15 (1), 19 (2 + BY 1), 20 (1 + BY 1), 22-25 (1), 27 (2), 28 (7 + BY 1), 29 (1), 30 (2)

     EUROPEAN STARLING: 1 (6), 2-4 (10), 5 (6), 6 (8 + BY 1), 7 (7), 8 (9), 9 (7 + BY 2), 11 (9), 12 (8 + BY 3), 13 (13 + BY 2), 14 (5), 15 (3 + BY 2), 16 (1 + BY 1), 17 (17 + BY 1), 18 (5), 19 (8), 20 (4), 21 (2), 22 (1), 23 (5 + BY 1), 24 (5), 25 (4), 26 (6), 27 (2), 28 (10), 29 (9), 30 (3)

     EASTERN BLUEBIRD: 1 (5♂ + 1♀), 2 (2♂), 3-4 (1♂), 6 (2♂ + 1♀), 7-8 (2♂), 9 (1♂), 10 (1♂ + 1♀), 11-12 (1♂), 13 (1♀), 14 (1♂ + 1♀), 20 (1♂ + 1♀), 21 (1♂), 22 (1♂ + 1♀), 24 (1♀), 27 (2♂ + 2♀), 28 (1♂)

     HERMIT THRUSH: 16 (1), 19 (2), 20-21 (1), 22 (2)

     AMERICAN ROBIN: 1 (136), 2 (25 + BY 1), 3 (43 + BY 1), 4 (79), 5 (70 + BY 1), 6 (55 + BY 1), 7 (56 + BY 1), 8 (41 + BY 2), 9 (62 + BY 1), 10 (11 + BY 1), 11 (38 + BY 1), 12 (44 + BY 1), 13 (35 + BY 1), 14 (46 + BY 2), 15 (52 + BY 2), 16 (54 + BY 2), 17 (69 + BY 3), 18 (56 + BY 1), 19 (38 + BY 1), 20 (28 + BY 3), 21 (74 + BY 1), 22 (71 + BY 1), 23 (54 + BY 1), 24 (50 + BY 2), 25 (54 + BY 3), 26 (50 + BY 2), 27 (57 + BY 1), 28 (57 + BY 2), 29 (25 + BY 1), 30 (36 + BY 2)

     HOUSE SPARROW: 1 (8), 2 (5), 3 (6), 4 (3 + BY 3), 5 (6 + BY 2), 6 (11), 7 (6), 8 (7), 9 (10 + BY 2), 10 (4), 11 (8), 12 (14), 13 (17), 14 (17 + BY 1), 15 (6 + BY 1), 16-17 (17), 18 (9), 19 (12), 20 (5 + BY 1), 21 (8), 22 (19), 23 (13), 24 (9), 25 (10), 26 (7), 27 (10), 28 (12), 29 (9 + BY 1), 30 (12)

     House X Eurasian Tree Sparrow: 16 (1♂)

     HOUSE FINCH: 1 (9 + BY 5), 2 (12 + BY 3), 3 (18 + BY 6), 4 (8 + BY 2), 5 (19 + BY 4), 6 (9 + BY 3), 7-8 (10 + BY 3), 9 (5 + BY 3), 10 (2 + BY 1), 11 (8 + BY 1), 12 (8 + BY 4), 13 (12 + BY 4), 14 (13 + BY 3), 15 (9 + BY 7), 16 (19 + BY 5), 17 (13 + BY 1), 18 (5 + BY 5), 19 (4 + BY 3), 20 (12 + BY 4), 21 (7 + BY 5), 22 (6 + BY 4), 23 (12 + BY 8), 24 (5 + BY 3), 25 (7 + BY 4), 26 (5 + BY 3), 27 (8 + BY 2), 28 (14 + BY 2), 29 (8 + BY 4), 30 (11 + BY 3)

     AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1 (3), 3 (2), 6 (8), 7 (6), 8 (8), 9 (7), 10 (3), 11 (7), 12 (10), 13-14 (11), 15 (3), 16 (1), 17 (4), 18 (8), 19 (5), 20 (4), 22 (2), 23 (5), 24 (7), 25 (4), 26 (13), 27-28 (12), 29 (10), 30 (7)

     CHIPPING SPARROW: 14 (1 + BY 1), 16 (3), 17 (2), 19 (2), 21 (3), 22 (1), 27 (1), 29-30 (1)

     FIELD SPARROW: 22-23 (1), 25 (1)

     FOX SPARROW: 1 (4), 2 (BY 1), 3 (3 + BY 1), 4 (4 + BY 3), 5 (3 + BY 2), 6 (1 + BY 3), 7 (1 + BY 1)

     AMERICAN TREE SPARROW: 1 (37), 2 (24), 3 (61), 4 (47 + BY 1), 5 (39), 6 (10), 7 (11), 8 (6), 9 (3)

     DARK-EYED JUNCO (Slate-colored): 1 (41 + BY 11), 2 (15 + BY 8), 3 (29 + BY 6), 4 (25 + BY 4), 5 (12 + BY 5), 6 (5 + BY 3), 7 (1 + BY 2), 8 (2 + BY 2), 12 (1), 16 (BY 1), 20 (1 + BY 1), 24 (BY 1)

     WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW: 1 (2 im), 2 (1 im), 3 (2 im), 4-6(1 im), 9 (1 ad + 2 im), 12 (1 ad + 1 im), 13 (2 ad), 15 (1 im), 16 (1 ad + 3 im), 17 (1 im), 21 (1 ad + 1 im), 22 (2 ad), 24 (1 ad), 28 (2 ad), 30 (3 ad)

     HARRIS’S SPARROW: 4 (BY 1), 15 (BY 1), 16 (BY 3), 20 (BY 2), 24 (BY 1)

     WHITE-THROATED SPARROW: 15 (3 + BY 1), 16 (BY 1), 19 (3 + BY 1), 20 (1 + BY 1), 21 (4 + BY 1), 24 (BY 2), 25 (2), 27 (1), 28 (10 + BY 20), 29-30 (BY 2)

     VESPER SPARROW: 7 (2), 22 (1)

     SAVANNAH SPARROW: 19 (1), 25 (1)

     SONG SPARROW: 1 (36 + BY 1), 2 (30), 3 (44), 4 (51), 5 (43), 6 (49), 7 (31), 8 (28), 9 (23), 10 (6), 11 (23), 12 (33), 13 (27), 14 (31), 15 (27), 16 (21), 17 (25), 18 (30), 19 (19), 20 (12), 21 (20), 22 (29), 23 (28), 24 (24), 25 (21 + BY 1), 26 (17), 27 (12), 28 (22), 29 (26), 30 (23)

     LINCOLN’S SPARROW: 15 (1), 19 (4), 20-21 (BY 1), 22 (3 + BY 1), 23-24 (2 + BY 1), 25 (1), 26 (2 + BY 1), 28 (1)

     SWAMP SPARROW: 6 (2), 8 (1), 9 (2), 10 (1), 14 (2), 15 (1), 17 (4), 18 (7), 19 (8), 20 (4), 21-22 (5), 23 (4), 24 (13), 25 (7), 26 (5), 27 (1), 28 (4), 29 (1), 30  (3)

     SPOTTED TOWHEE: 10 (1♂)

     YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD: 17 (1♂)

     EASTERN MEADOWLARK: 3 (1), 11 (1), 13 (2), 15 (1), 17-18 (2), 19 (3), 20-22 (1), 24-25 (1), 26 (2), 27-28 (1), 29 (4)

     Meadowlark sp.: 1 (3)

     RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 1 (41 + BY 1), 2 (76), 3 (92), 4 (73 + BY 2), 5 (81), 6-7 (65 + BY 1), 8 (86), 9 (85 + BY 1), 10 (14), 11 (95), 12 (101), 13 (93), 14 (81), 15 (97 + BY 1), 16 (43), 17 (76 + BY 3), 18 (114 + BY 2), 19 (95 + BY 1), 20 (56 + BY 1), 21 (82), 22 (76), 23 (89 + BY 1), 24 (99 + BY 1), 25 (83 + BY 1), 26 (87 + BY 1), 27 (86 + BY 1), 28 (93 + BY 2), 29 (84 + BY 3), 30 (68 + BY 2)

     BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD: 1 (1), 2 (7), 3 (13), 4 (8), 5 (4), 6 (19), 7 (10), 8 (19), 9 (26), 11 (18), 12 (40), 13 (22), 14 (34), 15 (22), 16 (9), 17-18 (27), 19 (21), 20 (11), 21 (42), 22 (24), 23 (19), 24 (45), 25 (27), 26 (28), 27 (30), 28 (27), 29 (24), 30 (29)

     RUSTY BLACKBIRD: 25 (1)

     COMMON GRACKLE: 1 (43 + BY 21), 2 (85 + BY 6), 3 (161 + BY 18), 4 (126 + BY 12), 5 (162 + BY 14), 6 (130 + BY 48), 7 (182 + BY 6), 8 (78 + BY 14), 9 (162 + BY 46), 10 (18 + BY 14), 11 (103 + BY 10), 12 (113 + BY 10), 13 (117 + BY 5), 14 (92 + BY 6), 15 (134 + BY 19), 16 (85 + BY 6), 17 (74 + BY 9), 18 (96 + BY 36), 19 (54 + BY 12), 20 (36 + BY 8), 21 (71 + BY 3), 22 (83 + BY 18), 23 (75 + BY 10), 24 (84 + BY 10), 25 (62 + BY 5), 26 (77 + BY 5), 27 (54 + BY 4), 28 (91 + BY 5), 29 (37 + BY 3), 30 (72 + BY 2)

     Blackbird sp.: 6 (21)

     ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER: 24 (1), 28 (1)

     NORTHERN PARULA: 18 (1♂)

     PALM WARBLER: 19 (2), 25 (1), 27 (1), 28 (2), 30 (4)

     YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (Myrtle’s): 4 (3), 7 (1), 12 (1), 14 (1), 18 (4), 19 (9), 20 (1), 22 (2), 24 (8), 25 (12), 26 (6), 27 (1), 28 (5), 29 (12), 30 (8)

     YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (Audubon’s): 26 (1)

     NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1 (6), 2 (12 + BY 1), 3 (13 + BY 2), 4 (11 + BY 1), 5 (8 + BY 1), 6 (11 + BY 2), 7 (17 + BY 1), 8 (8 + BY 1), 9 (11 + BY 1), 10 (4 + BY 1), 11 (10), 12 (15), 13 (7 + BY 2), 14 (13 + BY 2), 15 (12 + BY 2), 16 (3 + BY 2), 17 (7 + BY 2), 18 (12 + BY 1), 19 (11 + BY 2), 20 (7 + BY 1), 21 (10 + BY 2), 22 (6 + BY 2), 23 (5 + BY 3), 24 (12 + BY 2), 25 (8 + BY 2), 26 (9 + BY 2), 27-28 (9 + BY 1), 29 (11 + BY 2), 30 (4 + BY 2)

 

 MAMMALIAN

     EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 2-26, 28-30

     EASTERN CHIPMUNK: 4 (BY 1), 6 (1), 8-10 (BY 1), 19 (BY 1), 20-26 (BY 1)

     WOODCHUCK: 9 (2), 19 (1)

     EASTERN FOX SQUIRREL: 1-30

     AMERICAN BEAVER: 13 (1), 15-16 (1), 23-24 (1)

     COMMON MUSKRAT: 11-12 (1), 20 (2), 26 (1)

     COYOTE: 18 (1)

     NORTHERN RACCOON: 14 (BY 1), 18 (BY 2), 21 (BY 1), 22 (BY 3)

     AMERICAN MINK: 22 (1)

     NORTHERN RIVER OTTER: 3 (1), 6 (1), 20 (1), 22 (1), 25 (1)

     WHITE-TAILED DEER: 1 (BY 2), 2 (1), 3 (6 + BY 3), 4 (14), 5 (2 + BY 4), 6 (BY 8), 7 (2 + BY 2), 8 (4 + BY 4), 9 (5), 10 (2), 11 (6), 13 (7 + BY 1), 14 (10 + BY 4), 15 (19), 16 (2 + BY 4), 17 (BY 2), 18 (14 + BY 3), 19 (27 + BY 2), 20 (5 + BY 3), 21 (20 + BY 3), 22 (15), 23 (14 + 1♂), 24 (2 + BY 1), 25 (27 + BY 1), 26 (16), 27 (26), 28 (17), 29 (5), 30 (9)

 

REPTILIAN

     PLAINS GARTER SNAKE: 11 (1), 13 (1), 18 (2), 26 (2), 27-29 (1)

     WESTERN PAINTED TURTLE: 7-9 (1), 10-14, 18, 20, 25 (3), 26 (4), 27-28 (5), 29 (3)

     RED-EARED SLIDER: 8-9 (1), 11-12 (2), 13 (3), 14 (1), 19 (1), 22 (1), 25 (2), 26 (1), 28 (1)

     SPINY SOFTSHELL TURTLE:

 

AMPHIBIAN

     AMERICAN TOAD: 15, 27-29

     BOREAL CHORUS FROG: 1-4, 6-15, 18-22, 24-25, 27-29

     NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG: 1 (1), 3, 9-13, 20 (1), 22 (1), 27-28

     AMERICAN BULLFROG: 11 (1), 24 (1), 25 (2), 26 (4), 27 (2), 28 (5), 29 (1), 30 (3)

 

LEPIDOPTERA

     CABBAGE WHITE: 27 (1), 28 (2)

     ORANGE SULPHUR: 26 (1), 27 (2), 28 (1)

     EASTERN COMMA: 8 (1), 18 (1)

     RED ADMIRAL: 11 (1), 13 (1), 19 (1 + BY 2), 20 (1), 28 (1)

ODONATA

     COMMON GREEN DARNER: 7 (1 + FY 1), 8 (6), 9 (2), 10-14, 18 (2), 20 (1), 26 (2), 27-28 (1)

     VARIEGATED MEADOWHAWK: 12-14

     Meadowhawk sp.: 10-12

 

Wolf. Oesterreich