Sunday, November 11, 2012

Nov 10, 2012: Wolf's October Wildlife Report


Geese and Pelicans share a bright sunrise on the south lake, 10/10/12 (Kevin Kane)

A total of 95 avian species (plus 3 sp.) was recorded this month.

Based on citations in the 3rd Edition of “The Birds of Story County, Iowa,” by Stephen J. Dinsmore and Hank Zaletel (2001), plus my personal updates to the records, the Ruddy Ducks (5) on the 5th may have set a new extreme early Fall record for Story County (former record set on 7 October 2010 at this Park). 

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

AVIAN

CACKLING GOOSE: 21 (5)
CANADA GOOSE: 1-31
WOOD DUCK: 2 (4♂, 2♀), 22 (2), 26 (1♂, 1♀), 28 (1♂), 29 (1♀)
GADWALL: 1 (1♂, 1♀), 2 (1♂, 3♀), 9 (1♀, 8♀), 19 (1♀), 21 (1♀), 22 (30+), 23 (4), 25 (56), 26 (15)
AMERICAN WIGEON: 1 (1♂). 9 (3♀), 14 (1♂), 22 (1♂, 1♀), 26 (1♀), 28 (1♀)
MALLARD: 1-16, 17 (54), 19 (22♂, 23♀), 20-31
BLUE-WINGED TEAL: 1 (150+), 2, 4 (12), 5 (47), 6 (8), 7 (1), 8 (17), 9 (20), 10 (2), 13 (20), 14 (1),
19 (11), 22 (8+)
NORTHERN SHOVELER: 3 (1♂), 5 (2), 9 (1♂, 1♀), 22 (15+), 25 (21+), 26 (10), 27 (6), 28 (1♀)
NORTHERN PINTAIL: 14 (1♀)
GREEN-WINGED TEAL: 1 (147+), 2, 3 (2), 14 (9), 19 (12), 22 (3♂, 5♀), 23 (1), 24 (28), 25 (13),
26 (166+), 27 (30), 28 (1♀), 31 (1♀)
REDHEAD: 1-16 (1 ju), 19 (1 ju), 21 (1 ju), 25 (3), 26 (1 ju), 30-31 (1 ju)
RING-NECKED DUCK: 4 (1♂), 10 (2♂), 14 (1♂), 25 (2♀), 26 (46), 28 (1♂, 1♀), 30-31 (1♂)
LESSER SCAUP: 19 (1♀), 21-22 (1♀), 26 (1♂), 27 (2♂), 28 (3♂, 15♀)
RUDDY DUCK: 1 (5), 11 (1♀), 14 (4), 22 (1), 25 (19), 26 (4), 27 (10)
RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 1-5, 8-11, 13, 15-17, 20-27, 28 (+ 1 BY), 29, 31
PIED-BILLED GREBE: 1 (54), 2 (14), 3 (1), 4 (64), 5 (25), 6 (10), 7 (2), 8 (3), 9 (13), 10 (9), 11 (4),
12 (24), 13 (13), 14 (14), 15-16 (1), 17 (3), 19 (3), 20-21 (2), 22-24 (6), 25 (2),
26 (27), 27 (12), 28 (4), 31 (1)
HORNED GREBE: 1 (1), 6 (3), 19 (1)
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT: 9-10 (1), 29 (1)
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN: 9 (19), 17 (1)
GREAT BLUE HERON: 1-2 (1), 3 (2), 8 (1), 12-13 (1), 15 (1), 27 (1)
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON: 10 (1 im), 13 (1 im), 19-20 (1 im)
TURKEY VULTURE: 1, 3, 5-6 (1), 8 (3), 9 (2), 10-11 (1), 13 (2), 14 (3), 15 (1)
OSPREY: 9 (1), 13 (1), 15 (1), 17 (2), 27 (1)
BALD EAGLE: 5 (1 ad), 28 (1 ad)
NORTHERN HARRIER: 9 (1 brown), 25 (1 brown)
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK: 9-10 (1 im), 13 (1 im)
COOPER’S HAWK: 6 (1), 11 (1), 17 (1), 22-23 (1), 26-27 (1), 30 (1)
Accipiter sp.: 30 (1)
RED-TAILED HAWK: 1 (1), 4 (1), 5 (2), 8 (1), 9 (2), 10 (3), 12 (1), 14 (2), 15 (1), 16 (2), 17 (3), 19 (2), 20 (1), 21 (2), 22-23 (1 im), 25 (2), 26 (3), 27-28 (2), 29 (1)
AMERICAN KESTREL: 4 (1), 20 (1♀)
MERLIN: 25 (1)
SORA: 4-5 (1)
AMERICAN COOT: 1 (52+), 2 (21), 3 (11), 4 (35), 5 (45), 6 (2), 7 (11), 8 (16), 9 (72), 10 (17), 12 (24), 13 (13), 14 (18), 15 (5), 16 (2), 17 (1), 19 (37), 20 (12), 21 (2), 22 (31), 23 (36),
24 (41), 25 (~200), 26 (27), 27 (33), 28 (20), 29 (17), 30 (7), 31 (6)
KILLDEER: 2-3, 4 (3), 5 (13), 6 (11), 7 (7), 8 (9), 9 (3), 10 (2), 11 (8), 12 (7), 13 (6), 15 (3), 16 (23),
20 (12), 21 (8), 22 (12), 23 (13), 24 (10), 25 (1), 27 (5), 28 (4)
GREATER YELLOWLEGS: 16 (2), 26 (1)
LEAST SANDPIPER: 1 (1)
WILSON’S SNIPE: 3 (2)
BONAPARTE’S GULL: 12 (1), 16 (2), 20 (~30)
FRANKLIN’S GULL: 1 (75+), 24 (1)
RING-BILLED GULL: 5 (1), 14 (3), 21 (6)
Gull sp.: 13 (1), 21 (1)
MOURNING DOVE: 2-4, 6-7, 10 (30+), 11 (50+), 12, 14-15, 21-22, 24, 27-29
BELTED KINGFISHER: 1-2 (1), 7 (1), 9 (2), 10-12 (1), 13 (1♂), 14 (2), 15 (1♂), 16-17 (1), 19 (1♂),
22 (1♂), 23-25 (1), 28 (1♂), 31 (1)
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 1-4, 7, 15-17, 19, 22-24, 26-28, 30-31
DOWNY WOODPECKER: 3-6, 10-14, 18, 20-24, 27-29
HAIRY WOODPECKER: 1, 7, 11, 16, 19, 26, 28
NORTHERN FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 1-2, 5-6, 8 (2), 9 (3), 10 (2), 11, 12 (2), 14 (1), 17 (1), 19 (1), 28 (1)
EASTERN PHOEBE: 2 (3), 3-4 (2), 5-6 (3), 8 (2), 10-11 (1), 15 (2), 16 (1)
BLUE JAY: 1-7, 9-13, 17, 19-24, 26-31
AMERICAN CROW: 1-31
TREE SWALLOW: 5 (3)
BARN SWALLOW: 8 (3)
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 1-31
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 1-3, 7, 12-13, 15, 17, 20-24, 26-30
BROWN CREEPER: 24 (1)
WINTER WREN: 27 (1),
HOUSE WREN: 4
MARSH WREN: 9 (1), 15 (1), 23 (1)
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET: 2 (1), 5 (1), 8 (1), 14 (1), 20 (1), 21 (4), 24 (9), 25 (4), 26 (3)
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET: 1 (2), 2 (3+), 5 (1), 7 (3), 9 (2), 10 (6), 11 (1), 14 (2), 16 (1), 17 (5),
19-20 (3), 23 (4), 25 (1), 28 (3)
EASTERN BLUEBIRD: 2-3, 4 (6♂, 4♀), 5 (1), 6 (11), 7, 9 (4), 10, 12 (2), 13 (5), 14, 15-17 (1), 19 (5), 20-21 (3), 26, 27 (2), 28 (5)
SWAINSON’S THRUSH: 2-4 (1), 6 (2), 7 (1)
HERMIT THRUSH: 2-3 (2), 4-6 (1), 9-10 (1), 12-13 (1), 17 (1), 19 (2), 21-22 (1)
AMERICAN ROBIN: 1-13, 16-17, 19-22, 28
GRAY CATBIRD: 1 (1)
EUROPEAN STARLING: 2-3, 7-8, 10-12, 19, 21, 24, 27-29
AMERICAN PIPIT: 8 (2), 17 (3), 26 (2)
CEDAR WAXWING: 2 (13), 3
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER: 2 (3), 17 (2), 20 (1), 28 (2)
NASHVILLE WARBLER: 11 (1♂)
PALM WARBLER: 2 (3+), 3 (1), 5 (1), 6 (2), 9 (1)
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (Myrtle): 1 (4), 2-8, 9 (2), 10 (6), 11 (3), 12 (4), 13 (1), 14 (3), 23 (3), 24 (2), 25 (1), 26 (3)
EASTERN TOWHEE: 21 (1♀ BY), 27 (1 BY)
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW: 21-22 (1), 26 (1), 27 (18+), 28-29, 31
CHIPPING SPARROW: 1, 4-6, 9-10, 13, 17 (4)
FIELD SPARROW: 2 (1), 10 (1), 22 (1)
VESPER SPARROW: 25 (1)
SAVANNAH SPARROW: 2 (3), 3 (1), 6 (1), 8 (1), 10 (1)
LE CONTE’S SPARROW: 23 (1)
FOX SPARROW: 2 (2), 3 (3), 7 (1), 10 (4), 11 (2), 13 (1 BY), 15 (3), 16-17 (1), 19-20 (1), 21 (3),
26 (3 BY), 27 (1 BY + 2), 29 (1), 31 (1)
SONG SPARROW: 1-17, 19-31
LINCOLN’S SPARROW: 1, 2 (5+), 3 (9+), 4 (4+), 5-7 (1), 8 (3), 9 (1), 10 (5), 11 (3), 12 (2), 15 (2),
16 (3), 17 (1), 19 (3), 21 (2), 27 (1)
SWAMP SPARROW: 1 (1), 2 (3+), 3-4 (6), 5 (5), 6 (6), 7 (4), 8 (35+), 9-10 (9+), 11 (7+), 12 (3), 13 (1), 15 (1), 16 (5), 17 (2), 19 (6), 20 (2), 21 (7), 23 (3), 24 (2), 25 (1), 27 (4), 28 (9+), 31 (3)
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW: 2-6, 8-22, 25
HARRIS’S SPARROW: 2 (7+), 3 (5), 5-7 (3), 8 (2), 9 (7), 10 (28+), 11 (17+), 12 (3), 13 (4), 14 (1),
15 (2), 16-17 (1), 18-19 (2), 20 (10), 21 (6), 22 (4), 23 (6), 24 (7), 25 (2), 26 (6),
27 (4 BY + 1), 28 (6 BY), 29 (1 + 5 BY), 30 (1 BY + 10)
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW: 2 (1), 3-4 (2), 5 (1), 7 (1), 8 (2), 9 (5), 10 (3), 11 (5), 12 (2), 13-14 (3), 15 (6), 16 (1), 17 (2), 19 (6), 20-22 (2), 23 (1), 25 (1), 26 (5), 27 (4), 28 (1), 29 (3)
DARK-EYED JUNCO (Slate-colored): 2 (20+), 3-31
NORTHERN CARDINAL: 2-3, 8-11, 13, 15, 17-18, 21-31
INDIGO BUNTING: 2 (1 im)
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 1-2, 3 (4), 6, 10-13, 16, 19-23, 26. 28-30
Meadowlark sp.: 21 (1)
RUSTY BLACKBIRD: 2 (1), 20 (3♂, 2♀), 21 (1♂)
COMMON GRACKLE: 2 (1), 7, 15 (1), 21-22, 26-27
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD: 2, 3 (2), 8 (2), 12 (2), 17 (1♂), 21 (1♂), 23 (3)
HOUSE FINCH: 2-29, 31
PINE SISKIN: 10 (2), 17 (34), 19 (~75), 20 (~130), 21, 23 (30+), 24 (12+)
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1-17, 19-29, 31
HOUSE SPARROW: 2-18, 20-31

MAMMALIAN
WHITE-TAILED DEER: 2 (♀ w/2 Y), 7 (8), 10 (♀ w/1 Y), 12 (4), 14-15 (2), 20 (2), 26 (♀ w/2 Y, 1♂),
28 (1♂, ♀ w/2 Y, ♀ w/1 Y), 29 (1), 30 (♀ w/1 Y), 31 (♀ w/2 Y)
FOX SQUIRREL: 1-2, 8, 10, 13-14, 17, 20, 23-29, 31
THIRTEEN-LINED GROUND SQUIRREL: 3-4, 10 (1), 13-14
EASTERN CHIPMUNK: 2, 27-28, 30
NORTH AMERICAN BEAVER: 21 (1)
EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 1-6, 9, 13-14, 16-17, 20-23, 27-30

REPTILIAN
EASTERN GARTER SNAKE: 8 (2), 16 (1), 24 (2)
NORTHERN PAINTED TURTLE: 1-4, 8 (2), 10, 12-17, 22, 24, 29 (1)

AMPHIBIAN
AMERICAN TOAD: 11 (1)
BULLFROG: 1-10, 12-13

LEPIDOPTERA
BLACK SWALLOWTAIL: 3 (1)
CABBAGE WHITE: 2-3, 15-16
ORANGE SULPHUR: 1-4, 8 (2), 13 (1), 15-16, 20, 22-24
DAINTY SULPHUR: 2
PAINTED LADY: 1-3, 21 (1)
COMMON BUCKEYE: 3
Skipper sp.: 16, 24

ODONATA
Mosaic Darner sp.: 1 (1♀), 2 (1♂)
SAFFRON-WINGED MEADOWHAWK: 2
CHERRY-FACED MEADOWHAWK: 1-4
WHITE-FACED MEADOWHAWK: 1
RUBY MEADOWHAWK: 4
Meadowhawk sp.: 1-4

Wolf Oesterreich, Ames

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