Some of the thousands of geese, ducks, and swans that have inhabited the open water area of the south lake during January's very cold days. 1/21/13 (Kevin Kane)
A total of 39 avian species were 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 Tundra Swan this month may be the first January records for Story County. The female Canvasback on the 30th may set a new extreme late Fall record (former record set on 20 Dec 2004 at AHHP) or extreme early Spring record (former record set on 24 Feb 2002 at Hallett’s Quarry). Other species that may fall into this category include American Black Duck, Northern Pintail, Redhead, Lesser Scaup, and Common Merganser.
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, FY=front yard). The order follows the 53rd Supplement (2012) to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds and the 12th Supplement to the 7th Edition (1998).
AVIAN
CACKLING GOOSE: 1-31
CANADA GOOSE: 1-31
TRUMPETER SWAN: 18 (2 ad), 20 (3 ad + 2 im), 21 (2 ad), 23-25 (8 ad + 2 im), 26-27 (6 ad + 2 im),
28 (6 ad + 2 im), 30 (3 ad + 2 im), 31 (3 ad + 2 im)
TUNDRA SWAN: 1-3 (1 ad), 6 (1 ad), 8-18 (1 ad), 23-28 (1 ad), 30-31 (1 ad)
GADWALL: 2 (1♀)
AMERICAN WIGEON: 1 (1♀), 2-5 (1♂ + 1♀), 7-10 (1♂ + 1♀)
AMERICAN BLACK DUCK: 3-6 (1♂), 9 (1♂), 11 (1♂), 17-18 (1♂), 26 (1♂), 28-29 (1♂)
MALLARD: 1-31
NORTHERN PINTAIL: 9 (1♀)
CANVASBACK: 30 (1♀)
REDHEAD: 1-12 (1♂), 14-26 (1♂), 28-31 (1♂)
LESSER SCAUP: 29-30 (5♂), 31 (3♂)
COMMON MERGANSER: 11 (14♂ + 4♀), 19 (1♂), 26 (1♂ + 1♀)
RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 1-2 (1♂ BY), 4 (1♂ BY), 6 (1♂ BY), 10 (1♂ BY), 15-16
BALD EAGLE: 1 (2 ad), 3 (1 ad + 2 im), 5 (1 ad), 12 (1 im + 1 ad), 13 (2 ad), 18 (1 ad), 21-23 (1 ad),
26 (1 im), 27 (1 ad), 31 (1 ad)
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK: 12 (1 ad BY)
COOPER’S HAWK: 1-2 (1 ad BY), 7 (1 ad BY), 8 (1 im & 1 ad BY), 10 (1 im & 1 ad BY), 11 (1 im BY),
15 (1 im BY), 17 (1), 19 (1 ad), 20 (1 ad & 1 im BY), 24 (1 BY), 26 (1 ad),
29 (1 ad)
RED-TAILED HAWK: 1 (2), 2 (1), 3-6 (2), 7 (1), 8 (2), 9-10 (3), 11 (2), 12-13 (3), 14-15 (1), 16 (2),
17-18 (1), 19-21 (2), 22 (4), 23 (1), 24-25 (2), 28-29 (1)
MOURNING DOVE: 2 (1 BY), 4 (1 + 1 BY), 5 (3 BY), 6 (1 BY), 16 (1 BY), 24 (1), 25 (3), 30 (1 BY)
GREAT HORNED OWL: 24 (2), 29-30 (2 BY)
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 1, 4-7, 11-14, 16, 20 (1 BY), 24-25
DOWNY WOODPECKER: 1-13, 15, 19-29, 31
HAIRY WOODPECKER: 5, 11, 14, 16-17, 19, 22, 26, 29
NORTHERN SHRIKE: 3-4 (1), 8 (1), 21-23 (1), 26 (1)
BLUE JAY: 1-2, 4, 6-14, 19-20, 27
AMERICAN CROW: 1-23, 25-31
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 1-4, 6-31
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 1-4, 6-8, 11, 13, 15-17, 19-20, 23-28, 30
EUROPEAN STARLING: 1-8, 10-15, 19-24, 26-29
CEDAR WAXWING: 1 (3 BY), 9 (3 BY), 11 (13 BY), 15 (4 BY), 30 (1 BY)
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW: 1-14, 16-17, 20-21, 23 (1), 24, 27, 29-31
SONG SPARROW: 1 (4), 2-3 (3), 4 (5), 5 (3), 6-7 (5), 8 (3), 9-16 (2), 20 (3), 21 (4), 22-23 (3),
24 (2), 26 (1), 28-29 (1)
HARRIS’S SPARROW: 3 (1 BY), 7-8 (1 BY), 12-13 (1 BY), 16-19 (1 BY), 20 (3 BY), 21-22 (1 BY),
26-27 (4 BY), 28-29 (1 BY), 31 (3 BY)
DARK-EYED JUNCO (Slate-colored): 1-15, 17-31
DARK-EYED JUNCO (Oregon): 7 (1 BY), 24 (1 BY), 27 (1 BY), 30-31 (1 BY)
NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1-31
HOUSE FINCH: 1-31
COMMON REDPOLL: 10 (1♀ BY), 13 (1♀ BY), 26 (1♀ BY)
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1-13, 19-23, 27-30
HOUSE SPARROW: 1-31
Unless indicated otherwise, the White-tailed Deer were antlerless. The 4 that would visit the backyard appeared to be a doe with triplets.
MAMMALIAN
WHITE-TAILED DEER: 1-2 (4 BY), 5 (8), 7 (3 BY), 11 (4 BY + 4), 13 (1 BY), 14 (4 BY), 15 (7),
16 (3 + 5 BY), 19 (5 + 1 BY), 20 (4), 22 (12), 23 (1), 25 (2 + 1♂), 28 (4), 29 (7),
30 (4 BY)
FOX SQUIRREL: 1-2, 4-8, 10-13, 15, 18-22, 26-28, 31
EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 1-5, 7-18, 20-21, 23, 26-27, 29
Wolf. Oesterreich
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