Tuesday, June 5, 2012

June 3, 2012: Wolf's May Species Report


Pheasant flies into cover east of the central pond, 5/5/12 (Kevin Kane)

A total of 132 avian species (+ 2 sp.) was recorded this month, ranking this month as the 4th highest (also tied with May 2005) May among 15 years of records.

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

AVIAN
    CANADA GOOSE: 1-31
    WOOD DUCK: 1 (1♂), 2 (1♂ + 1♀), 3, 6 (1♂ + 1♀), 7, 10 (2), 11-12, 16, 17 (6+), 18-21, 22 (2♂ + 1♀),
                                   23 (5♂ + 1♀), 24-27, 29-30
    GADWALL: 2 (8+), 4, 5 (1), 6 (9), 7-11, 13 (2), 29 (1♂)
    MALLARD: 1 (11+), 2 (13+), 3-13, 15-30
    BLUE-WINGED TEAL: 1 (65+), 2 (150+), 3-11, 13, 14-21, 22-23 (1♂), 24 (6♂ + 2♀), 25-26, 27 (1♂),
                                   28 (8), 29 (2), 30 (2♂ + 1♀)
    NORTHERN SHOVELER: 1 (16+), 2-12
    NORTHERN PINTAIL: 10 (1♂)
    GREEN-WINGED TEAL: 3 (2+)
    REDHEAD: 9 (1♂), 11-13 (2♂), 15 (2♂), 17-21 (2♂)
    RING-NECKED DUCK: 20 (1♀), 22-24 (1♀), 26 (1♀)
    LESSER SCAUP: 2 (16), 6 (1♂), 26 (1♀)
    HOODED MERGANSER: 11 (1♂)
    RED-BREASTED MERGANSER: 22 (1♀)
    RUDDY DUCK: 2 (4), 8 (4)
    RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 1-30, 31 (1♂ BY)
    COMMON LOON: 25 (1 anb)
    PIED-BILLED GREBE: 1 (1), 2 (3), 4-5 (1), 6 (2), 8 (1), 10 (1)
    HORNED GREBE: 2 (1)
    DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT: 1-2 (1), 27 (1)
    AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN: 2 (2)
    LEAST BITTERN: 28 (1)
    GREAT BLUE HERON: 3 (1), 4-6 (2), 7 (1), 8 (2), 10-11 (2), 13 (1), 15 (5), 16-18 (2), 20 (1), 21-22 (2),
                                   23-24 (2), 25-26 (1), 27 (5), 28 (3), 29 (4), 30 (6)
    GREAT EGRET: 16 (1)
    GREEN HERON: 2 (3), 3 (1), 4 (3), 5 (2), 7 (1), 9 (3), 10 (1), 11 (2), 15-16 (1), 22 (1), 24 (2), 26 (1)
    BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON: 15 (1 1st Summer)
    TURKEY VULTURE: 1-4, 6-8, 11, 15, 18-20, 23-29
    OSPREY: 25 (1)
    BALD EAGLE: 5 (1 ad), 17 (1 ad)
    COOPER’S HAWK: 8 (1)
    RED-TAILED HAWK: 1-6 (1), 11 (2), 16 (1), 22 (1), 24-30 (1)
    SORA: 3 (3), 4 (1), 5-6 (2), 7 (1), 8-10 (2), 11 (1), 15-17 (1), 20-21 (1), 23 (1)
    AMERICAN COOT: 1 (55+), 2 (127+), 3-15, 16 (11), 17-19, 20 (7), 21-22 (6), 23 (5), 24 (7), 25 (5),
                                   26 (7), 27 (10), 28 (9), 29 (4), 30 (7)
    SEMIPALMATED PLOVER: 2 (1), 11 (2), 13 (6), 16 (5), 30 (2)
    KILLDEER: 1-13, 15-30
    AMERICAN AVOCET: 2 (4)
    SPOTTED SANDPIPER: 1 (3), 2 (13), 3-5, 6 (7), 7-13, 15-17, 19, 21, 23-25, 28-30
    SOLITARY SANDPIPER: 11 (2), 16-17 (1)
    GREATER YELLOWLEGS: 3 (1), 7 (2), 9, 10 (3)
    WILLET: 2 (5)
    LESSER YELLOWLEGS: 2, 3 (50+), 6-13, 15-16, 18, 24-25 (2), 30 (1)
    SANDERLING: 15 (3)
    SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER: 2 (2), 4 (1), 10 (3), 11, 13, 15-17, 26 (6), 30 (2)
    LEAST SANDPIPER: 10 (2), 11, 13, 15-16
    WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER: 10-11 (1), 30 (5)
    PECTORAL SANDPIPER: 2 (1), 10 (4), 11, 15-17, 19 (3), 24 (6), 26 (1), 29 (1), 30 (3)
    DUNLIN: 11 (1), 16 (2)
    Sandpiper sp.: 20 (13), 21 (4), 25 (4)
    WILSON’S SNIPE: 1 (1)
    WILSON’S PHALAROPE: 2 (1), 3 (2)
    BONAPARTE’S GULL: 9 (1)
    FRANKLIN’S GULL: 24 (7)
    RING-BILLED GULL: 2 (7)
    CASPIAN TERN: 31 (1)
    FORSTER’S TERN: 2-3 (1), 10 (1)
    MOURNING DOVE: 1-11, 13-31
    BARRED OWL: 3 (1), 6 (2), 12-13 (1), 21 (1), 25 (2), 30 (2)
    COMMON NIGHTHAWK: 18 (1), 22 (1)
    RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD: 20 (1), 22 (1♂), 24, 27
    BELTED KINGFISHER: 1 (1), 3 (2), 4 (1♂), 6 (1♂), 9 (1), 13, 15-16, 22 (1♂), 27
    RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 6, 10, 19
    DOWNY WOODPECKER: 2-3, 5-7, 10-11, 13, 15-17, 19-20, 25, 27-28, 30
    HAIRY WOODPECKER: 1, 6, 17, 27-29
    NORTHERN FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 2-6, 13, 16, 20 (1)
    OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER: 25 (1)
    EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE: 11 (1), 19, 23-24, 26-28, 30
    ALDER FLYCATCHER: 25-26 (1), 28 (2)
    LEAST FLYCATCHER: 2 (1), 5 (1), 9 (1)
    Empidonax sp.: 24, 29
    EASTERN PHOEBE: 13, 30 (1)
    GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER: 5 (1), 13, 16, 25, 30
    EASTERN KINGBIRD: 2 (1), 3 (3), 5 (2), 6 (1), 7-8 (2), 9 (1), 11 (2), 13, 15 (2), 16-17 (3), 19 (3),
                                   21 (2), 22 (1), 24 (3), 25-26, 29 (2), 30 (2), 31
    WARBLING VIREO: 1 (6), 2-7, 9-11, 13, 15-30
    RED-EYED VIREO: 6 (2), 24
    BLUE JAY: 2-6, 9-11, 13, 22, 30
    AMERICAN CROW: 1-11, 13, 15-31
    PURPLE MARTIN: 1-7, 9-11, 13-31
    TREE SWALLOW: 1-11, 13, 15-31
    NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLLOW: 1, 5, 7-8, 11, 23, 25-26
    BANK SWALLOW: 8, 15
    CLIFF SWALLOW: 24
    BARN SWALLOW: 1-11, 13, 15-31
    BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 1-6, 8-11, 13, 15-16, 18-31
    WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 4-6, 10, 19, 26
    HOUSE WREN: 1-11, 13-31
    WINTER WREN: 6 (1)
    MARSH WREN: 9 (1), 11 (1), 16 (2), 17 (1), 19-20 (1), 23 (1), 25-26 (1), 29-30 (1)
    RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET: 6 (1), 8 (2)
    EASTERN BLUEBIRD: 1 (2), 2 (1♂ + 1♀), 3-4 (2), 5 (1), 8 (1), 9 (1♂ + 1♀), 11 (2♂), 13 (1♂), 15 (1♂),
                                   17 (1♂ + 2♀), 19-21 (1), 23 (1), 24 (1♂), 27-28 (2), 29-30 (1)
    GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH: 6 (2)
    SWAINSON’S THRUSH: 2 (2), 3 (1), 5 (1), 6 (5+), 7, 8 (2), 11
    AMERICAN ROBIN: 1-31
    GRAY CATBIRD: 1 (1), 3, 5-11, 13, 16-25, 27-31
    BROWN THRASHER: 1 (2 BY + 1), 2-11, 13-18, 20-30
    EUROPEAN STARLING: 1-11, 13, 15-31
    CEDAR WAXWING: 5 (4 BY + ), 19 (2), 20, 25, 28 (8), 29, 30 (4)
    OVENBIRD: 6 (2), 7 (1)
    NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH: 2-3 (1), 5-6 (1), 11 (1), 16 (1), 28 (1)
    BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER: 6 (3), 20 (1)
    TENNESSEE WARBLER: 4-6, 10
    ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER: 2 (1)
    NASHVILLE WARBLER: 3 (1), 6, 9-10, 13
    MOURNING WARBLER: 20 (1♀)
    COMMON YELLOWTHROAT: 2 (1♂), 3-13, 15-30
    AMERICAN REDSTART: 2 (1♂), 5 (1♂), 6 (10+), 7, 10-11, 13, 20 (1♀), 22 (2♀), 23 (1♀), 25 (1♀),
                                   26 (2♀), 28-30 (1♀)
    MAGNOLIA WARBLER: 5 (1), 6 (3), 8 (1), 9 (2), 11 (1), 20 (1)
    YELLOW WARBLER: 1 (1), 2 (3+), 3-6, 10-11, 13, 16-17, 21, 27, 30
    BLACKPOLL WARBLER: 5 (1), 6 (3)
    PALM WARBLER: 5 (2), 6 (4), 7 (3)
    YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (Myrtle): 1-2, 5-11, 13
    WILSON’S WARBLER: 2 (1♂), 6 (1♂), 7, 11, 19 (1♂)
    EASTERN TOWHEE: 2 (1♂)
    CHIPPING SPARROW: 1-11, 13-31
    CLAY-COLORED SPARROW: 2 (4+)
    FIELD SPARROW: 1 (1), 4 (1), 28 (1)
    LARK SPARROW: 2 (2)
    SONG SPARROW: 1-13, 15-30
    LINCOLN’S SPARROW: 1 (1), 6 (1)
    WHITE-THROATED SPARROW: 2-3, 6-7
    HARRIS’S SPARROW: 2 (9+), 3, 4 (2), 5 (1), 7 (2), 8 (5), 9 (2), 11 (1)
    WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW: 1 (1 BY), 2 (4+), 3, 4 (1), 8 (2), 9-10 (1)
    NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1-11, 13-31
    ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK: 5 (1♀), 30 (1♂)
    INDIGO BUNTING: 6 (1), 13, 15, 17, 19, 26-28, 30
    DICKCISSEL: 19 (1), 20-31
    BOBOLINK: 13 (1♂)
    RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 1-13, 15-31
    EASTERN MEADOWLARK: 1-11, 13, 16, 18, 21-28, 30
    COMMON GRACKLE: 1-11, 13-31
    BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD: 1-11, 13, 15-31
    ORCHARD ORIOLE: 4 (1♀), 5 (1 1st Spring ♂), 9 (1♂), 10 (1), 13 (1♂), 16-17, 19, 24 (4♂ + 2♀), 25,
                                   27, 30
    BALTIMORE ORIOLE: 1-11, 13, 15-30
    HOUSE FINCH: 1-11, 13-31
    AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1-11, 13-31
    HOUSE SPARROW: 1-11, 13-31

MAMMALIAN
    WHITE-TAILED DEER: 2 (10), 4 (3), 6 (3), 9 (3), 11 (2), 15-16 (2), 18 (3), 19 (2 + 1 fawn), 21 (1),
                                   22 (1 + 1 fawn), 24 (1), 28 (1 + 1♂), 29 (1), 30 (2 + 1♂)
    WOODCHUCK: 30 (1)
    FOX SQUIRREL: 1, 4-8, 10-11, 13
    THIRTEEN-LINED GROUND SQUIRREL: 1, 3-11, 13, 15-18, 20-22, 24-25, 29-30
    EASTERN CHIPMUNK: 3-4, 6, 11, 15, 19, 28
    EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 1-2, 4-11, 13-31

REPTILIAN
    EASTERN GARTER SNAKE: 1 (1), 3-4 (1), 20 (1)
    COMMON SNAPPING TURTLE: 6 (1), 16 (1)
    NORTHERN PAINTED TURTLE: 1-4, 6-1, 13, 15-17, 19-30
    RED-EARED SLIDER: 3 91), 5 91), 16 (1)

AMPHIBIAN
    AMERICAN TOAD: 1-4, 16-18, 22, 27
    BLANCHARD’S CRICKET FROG: 1-11, 13, 15-22, 24-30
    EASTERN GRAY TREEFROG: 1-6, 11, 19, 21
    BOREAL CHORUS FROG: 1, 4, 7
    BULLFROG: 1-7, 9-11, 13, 15-17, 19-30
    NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG: 6

LEPIDOPTERA
    BLACK SWALLOWTAIL: 3, 20, 26, 28
    EASTERN TIGER SWALLOWTAIL: 6, 10-11, 13
    CHECKERED WHITE: 29 (1)
    CABBAGE WHITE: 1, 3-6, 10-11, 13, 15, 17, 20-22, 24-27, 31
    ORANGE SULPHUR: 1-11, 13, 15-17, 19-22, 24-30
    Sulphur sp.: 1-4, 6, 8, 10
    EASTERN TAILED BLUE: 9
    SUMMER AZURE: 19-24, 26-30
    AMERICAN SNOUT: 10 (1), 22 (2)
    Fritillary sp.: 26
    PEARL CRESCENT: 1, 3-4, 6, 10, 30
    QUESTIONMARK: 4, 6-7, 9-11, 13, 15-17, 19-24
    GRAY COMMA: 22, 26-28, 30
    MOURNING CLOAK: 1, 3, 4 (4), 6-7, 9, 11, 13, 15-17, 20-22
    PAINTED LADY: 1, 3, 5, 7-11, 13, 15
    RED ADMIRAL: 1-2, 4-9, 11, 13, 15-16, 21-22, 24, 26, 30
    COMMON BUCKEYE: 3-11, 13, 16-17, 20-23, 26-29
    VICEROY: 17
    HACKBERRY EMPEROR: 10
    MONARCH: 1-11, 13, 15-17, 21-23, 26, 28-29
    LEAST SKIPPER: 23, 28

ODONATE
    Spreadwing sp.: 16-17, 22
    BLUE-FRONTED DANCER: 21 (1♀)
    DOUBLE-STRIPED BLUET: 17 (1♂ + 1♀), 21, 28
    FAMILIAR BLUET: 1, 3-4, 13, 16-17, 22-23, 26, 28
    ORANGE BLUET: 17
    SLENDER BLUET: 11, 13, 16-17, 20
    EASTERN FORKTAIL: 1, 3, 7, 10-11, 13, 15-17, 19-24, 26-30
    COMMON GREEN DARNER: 1-6, 10-11, 13, 15-17, 19-21, 23, 26-28
    COMMON BASKETTAIL: 16-17, 20-23, 26-30
    EASTERN PONDHAWK: 17, 20, 22-23, 27
    DOT-TAILED WHITEFACE: 17
    COMMON WHITETAIL: 11, 16-17, 21-23, 26-30
    TWELVE-SPOTTED SKIMMER: 11, 15-17, 20-23, 26-28, 30
    BLUE DASHER: 27
    VARIEGATED MEADOWHAWK: 1, 3, 5, 16, 19, 21
    BLACK SADDLEBAGS: 21, 23, 26-30
    RED SADDLEBAGS: 23 (1), 26-28


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Wolfgang Oesterreich
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