Feb 29, 2012: Wolf's February AHHP Bird Count

Mallards on south lake, 2/25/12 (Kevin Kane)

Kevin:
Below are my sightings for the entire month.
Wolf
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A total of 37 avian species (plus 1 sp.) was recorded this month.

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 52^nd Supplement (2011) to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds and the 11^th Supplement to the 7^th Edition (1998).

AVIAN

     GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE: 6 (7), 8 (9), 9-10 (8), 12 (8), 13 (4), 14 (9), 15-16 (12),

                                    21 (18), 22 (in flight), 28 (~40 in flight)

     CACKLING GOOSE: 1, 2 (~150), 4 (~12), 6, 8, (~150), 9-16, 21 (~6), 23

     CANADA GOOSE: 1, 2 (~1000), 3 (<100), 4-7, 8 (~1500), 9-17, 20, 21 (150-200), 23, 24 (109), 25-26,

                                    27 (54), 28

     TRUMPETER SWAN: 5 (2 ad), 11 (6 ad), 14 (7 ad + 1 im), 15 (5 ad + 1 im), 27 (6 ad + 1im)

     GADWALL: 1 (1♂ + 1♀), 21 (3♂), 22 (2♂)

     AMERICAN BLACK DUCK: 1-3 (1♂), 5-9 (1♂), 12 (1♂), 15 (1♂)

     MALLARD: 1 (286+), 2, 3 (197+), 4 (342+), 5 (191+), 6-7, 8 (361), 9-15, 16 (394+), 17, 21 (181+),

                                    22 (87), 23, 24 (47), 25-26, 27 (34), 28, 29

     NORTHERN PINTAIL: 1 (1♂), 21 (3♂ + 2♀)

     RING-NECKED DUCK: 15 (2♂)

     HOODED MERGANSER: 25 (2♂), 26 (1♂ + 1♀)

     COMMON MERGANSER: 6 (1♂), 29 (2♂ + 1♀)

     RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 1-2, 4-5 (1♂ BY), 6, 10, 12 (1♂ BY + 2), 15, 22, 25, 26 (1♂ BY), 28

     BALD EAGLE: 2 (1 im), 3 (1 im + 1 sub-ad), 4 (1 im), 5 (1 sub-ad), 6 (1 ad + 1 im), 7 (1 im), 12 (1 im),

                                    14 (1 ad + 1 im), 17 (1 im), 25 (3 ad), 26 (1 ad + 1 im), 28 (1 ad + 1 im)

     SHARP-SHINNED HAWK: 24 (1)

     COOPER’S HAWK: 1 (1), 4 (1 ad BY), 5 (1 im BY), 8-9 (1 im), 24 (1 ad), 26 (1 ad BY), 27 (1 ad),

                                    29 (1 ad BY)

     RED-TAILED HAWK: 1 (1), 2 (2), 3 (1), 4 (3), 5-6 (2), 7 (3), 8 (1), 9 (2), 10 (1), 12-13 (1), 14-15 (2),

                                    16 (1), 21 (2), 22 (1), 25 (3), 27 (1), 28 (2)

     KILLDEER: 21 (1), 28 (2)

     MOURNING DOVE: 1-2, 4-5, 7-16, 21, 24, 26-27, 29

     Owl sp.: 11 (1)

     RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 4, 6, 7 (1♂ BY), 12-13, 15, 28

     DOWNY WOODPECKER: 1-2, 4-9, 12-17, 21, 23, 25-29

     HAIRY WOODPECKER: 6, 8, 14-15

     NORTHERN SHRIKE: 3-4 (1), 6-7 (1), 10 (1), 15-16 (1), 21-22 (1), 28 (1)

     BLUE JAY: 4-5, 12, 16

     AMERICAN CROW: 1-17, 21-29

     BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 1-10, 12-13, 15-16, 21-27, 29

     WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 2, 4-6, 8-9, 15-16, 25

     BROWN CREEPER: 9 (1)

     EUROPEAN STARLING: 1-2, 4-10, 12-17, 21-22, 24-27, 29

     CEDAR WAXWING: 4 (~20)

     AMERICAN TREE SPARROW: 1-5, 7-10, 12-17, 21, 24-29

     SONG SPARROW: 4 (1), 7 (2), 10 (1), 12 (2), 13-15 (1), 21 (1), 24-25 (1), 28 (1)

     DARK-EYED JUNCO (Slate-colored): 1-8, 10, 12-17, 25-29

     NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1-8, 10-17, 21-22, 25-29

     RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 26 (1♂ BY)

     HOUSE FINCH: 1-10, 12-17, 21-29

     AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1, 4-8, 10, 13-15, 17, 25

     HOUSE SPARROW: 1-16, 22-29