Mallards on the ice shelf of the lake. 3/2/13 (Wolf. Oesterreich)
A total of 53 avian species was recorded this month, ranking this month as the highest February among 16 years of records. February 2005 and 2011, with 40 species each, were the previous high total.
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 Ross’s Goose first observed on the 19th may be an extreme early Spring record for Story County (former record set on 9 March 1991 at Hendrickson Marsh). Other extreme early Spring records include the male Wood Duck on the 16th (former record set on 19 Feb 2005 at AHHP), the male Lesser Scaup on the 17th (former record set on 19 Feb 2002 at Hallett’s Quarry), the female Common Goldeneye on the 4th (former record set on 21 Feb 2011 at AHHP), the Hooded Merganser pair on the 18th (former record set on 20 Feb 2011 at AHHP), and the Pied-billed Grebe on the 18th (former record set on 5 Mar 2000 at Hallett’s Quarry). The continued presence of the Tundra Swan and the American Black Duck (through mid-month) are also noteworthy.
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 53rd Supplement (2012) to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds and the 12th Supplement to the 7th Edition (1998).
AVIAN
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE: 13 (21), 14 (8), 15 (32+), 16 (12+), 17 (18+), 18 (38+),
19 (70+), 20 (85+), 21 (6+), 22 (10+), 23 (23+), 24 (17+), 25 (4)
ROSS’S GOOSE: 19-22 (1 ad w), 24-25 (1 ad w)
CACKLING GOOSE: 1-7, 9-25
CANADA GOOSE: 1-28
TRUMPETER SWAN: 2 (7 ad + 2 ju), 3 (9), 4 (5 ad + 2 ju), 7 (4 ad), 16 (8), 17 (5 ad + 2 ju), 18 (8),
19 (11 ad + 3 ju), 20 (9 ad + 2 ju), 21 (21 ad + 8 ju), 22 (7 ad + 4 ju), 23 (13 ad +
6 ju), 24 (6 ad + 2 ju), 25 (2 ad + 4 ju), 26, 27 (18 ad + 6 ju), 28 (12 ad + 6 ju)
TUNDRA SWAN: 2-4 (1 ad), 16 (1 ad), 18 (1 ad), 21 (1 ju), 23 (1 ad + 1 ju), 27 (1 ad + 1 ju)
WOOD DUCK: 16-17 (1♂), 25 (2♂)
GADWALL: 18 (4♂ + 1♀), 25 (5♂ + 5♀), 27 (2♂ + 1♀), 28 (3♂ + 3♀)
AMERICAN BLACK DUCK: 2-5 (1♂), 13 (1♂), 16 (1♂)
MALLARD: 1-25, 27-28
NORTHERN PINTAIL: 1 (1♂), 3-4 (1♂), 10 (1♂ + 1♀), 16-17 (1♂ + 1♀), 18 (4♂ + 3♀)
GREEN-WINGED TEAL: 18 (2♂)
CANVASBACK: 16-17 (1♂)
REDHEAD: 12-13 (3♂ + 1♀), 14-15 (1♂ + 1♀), 24 (1♂ + 1♀), 25 (3♂), 27-28 (3♂)
RING-NECKED DUCK: 17 (1♂), 18 (2♂), 23 (1♂ + 1♀)
LESSER SCAUP: 17 (1♂), 18 (26♂ + 5♀), 25 (4♂ + 2♀), 27 (2♂), 28 (1♂)
COMMON GOLDENEYE: 4-5 (1♀), 13 (2♂), 14 (3♂ + 1♀), 15-16 (2♂ + 1♀), 17 (3♂ + 1♀),
18 (6♂ + 1♀), 19 (2♂ + 1♀), 20-21 (3♂ + 1♀), 22 (5♂ + 2♀), 23 (5♂ + 1♀),
24 (5♂ + 2♀), 25 (4♂ + 2♀), 27-28 (3♂ + 2♀)
HOODED MERGANSER: 18 (1♂ + 1♀)
COMMON MERGANSER: 10 (1♂), 21 (1♂)
RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 2-5, 18 (1♂ by), 25, 28
PIED-BILLED GREBE: 18 (1)
BALD EAGLE: 5 (1 im), 6 (1 ad), 7 (1 ad + 1 im), 9 (1 ad), 13 (1 ad + 1 im), 15 (1 ad + 3 im), 16 (2 ad),
18 (1 im), 19 (1 ad + 1 4th-year), 20-21 (1 ad + 1 im), 22 (1 ad), 24 (1 ad + 1 im),
27-28 (1 ad)
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK: 8 (1 ad)
COOPER’S HAWK: 10 (1 im BY), 16 (1 im BY), 17 (1 ad BY), 25 (1 im BY), 28 (1 im BY)
RED-TAILED HAWK: 1 (4), 3-6 (2), 7 (1 im BY), 9 (1), 10-11 (2), 14 (2), 16 (2), 17 (1 im BY),
18-19 (1), 21 (1), 22 (4), 23-24 (1), 25 (1 BY + 2), 27 (1)
AMERICAN COOT: 18 (1)
KILLDEER: 25 (1)
ROCK PIGEON: 22 (1), 27 (1)
MOURNING DOVE: 3 (1 BY), 12 (1), 16 (1 BY), 25 (6), 26-27 (1 BY)
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 1, 3-4, 9-12, 17-18, 22, 27
DOWNY WOODPECKER: 1-12, 14, 16-19, 21, 23-27
HAIRY WOODPECKER: 1-3, 6, 8-10, 12, 16-18, 23-25, 27
NORTHERN FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 3 (1)
AMERICAN KESTREL: 22 (1♀)
MERLIN: 4 (1♀)
NORTHERN SHRIKE: 3-4 (1), 7 (1), 14-15 (1), 22 (1)
BLUE JAY: 2-3, 8-10, 23-24
AMERICAN CROW: 1-4, 6-11, 15-25, 27-28
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 1-28
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 1, 3, 5-6, 9-12, 15-17, 19-20, 23-24
BROWN CREEPER: 6 (1)
EUROPEAN STARLING: 1-3, 5-9, 11-12, 15, 17-20, 23-27
CEDAR WAXWING: 8 (~30), 9 (4 BY)
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW: 1-4, 7, 9-11, 14, 16, 18-24, 26-28
SONG SPARROW: 1 (5), 2-3 (6), 4 (5), 5-6 (2), 8 (2), 9-11 (1), 15 (1), 16 (2), 18-19 (1), 20-21 (2),
22 (1), 27 (3), 28 (8)
HARRIS’S SPARROW: 2-3 (2 BY), 5 (3 BY), 6-10 (1 BY), 15 (1 BY), 16-17 (2 BY), 18 (1 BY),
19 (4 BY), 20 (2 BY), 24-25 (1 BY), 26-27 (3 BY)
DARK-EYED JUNCO (Slate-colored): 1-28
DARK-EYED JUNCO (Oregon): 2 (1 BY), 9 (1 BY), 11 (1 BY), 25-26 (1 BY)
NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1-28
PURPLE FINCH: 17 (1♀ BY)
HOUSE FINCH: 1-28
COMMON REDPOLL: 26 (1 BY)
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1-10, 13-20, 24-28
HOUSE SPARROW: 1-28
MAMMALIAN
WHITE-TAILED DEER: 1 (3), 2 (3 + 2♂), 3 (1), 6 (2), 9 (11), 13 (13 + 1♂), 21 (1 BY), 22 (17),
25 (9), 26 (2 BY), 27 (1 BY + 1), 29 (5 BY)
FOX SQUIRREL: 4-7, 9-10, 12, 14, 22, 25-29
EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 1, 3-6, 12-13, 15, 23, 25-29
Wolf. Oesterreich
A total of 53 avian species was recorded this month, ranking this month as the highest February among 16 years of records. February 2005 and 2011, with 40 species each, were the previous high total.
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 Ross’s Goose first observed on the 19th may be an extreme early Spring record for Story County (former record set on 9 March 1991 at Hendrickson Marsh). Other extreme early Spring records include the male Wood Duck on the 16th (former record set on 19 Feb 2005 at AHHP), the male Lesser Scaup on the 17th (former record set on 19 Feb 2002 at Hallett’s Quarry), the female Common Goldeneye on the 4th (former record set on 21 Feb 2011 at AHHP), the Hooded Merganser pair on the 18th (former record set on 20 Feb 2011 at AHHP), and the Pied-billed Grebe on the 18th (former record set on 5 Mar 2000 at Hallett’s Quarry). The continued presence of the Tundra Swan and the American Black Duck (through mid-month) are also noteworthy.
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 53rd Supplement (2012) to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds and the 12th Supplement to the 7th Edition (1998).
AVIAN
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE: 13 (21), 14 (8), 15 (32+), 16 (12+), 17 (18+), 18 (38+),
19 (70+), 20 (85+), 21 (6+), 22 (10+), 23 (23+), 24 (17+), 25 (4)
ROSS’S GOOSE: 19-22 (1 ad w), 24-25 (1 ad w)
CACKLING GOOSE: 1-7, 9-25
CANADA GOOSE: 1-28
TRUMPETER SWAN: 2 (7 ad + 2 ju), 3 (9), 4 (5 ad + 2 ju), 7 (4 ad), 16 (8), 17 (5 ad + 2 ju), 18 (8),
19 (11 ad + 3 ju), 20 (9 ad + 2 ju), 21 (21 ad + 8 ju), 22 (7 ad + 4 ju), 23 (13 ad +
6 ju), 24 (6 ad + 2 ju), 25 (2 ad + 4 ju), 26, 27 (18 ad + 6 ju), 28 (12 ad + 6 ju)
TUNDRA SWAN: 2-4 (1 ad), 16 (1 ad), 18 (1 ad), 21 (1 ju), 23 (1 ad + 1 ju), 27 (1 ad + 1 ju)
WOOD DUCK: 16-17 (1♂), 25 (2♂)
GADWALL: 18 (4♂ + 1♀), 25 (5♂ + 5♀), 27 (2♂ + 1♀), 28 (3♂ + 3♀)
AMERICAN BLACK DUCK: 2-5 (1♂), 13 (1♂), 16 (1♂)
MALLARD: 1-25, 27-28
NORTHERN PINTAIL: 1 (1♂), 3-4 (1♂), 10 (1♂ + 1♀), 16-17 (1♂ + 1♀), 18 (4♂ + 3♀)
GREEN-WINGED TEAL: 18 (2♂)
CANVASBACK: 16-17 (1♂)
REDHEAD: 12-13 (3♂ + 1♀), 14-15 (1♂ + 1♀), 24 (1♂ + 1♀), 25 (3♂), 27-28 (3♂)
RING-NECKED DUCK: 17 (1♂), 18 (2♂), 23 (1♂ + 1♀)
LESSER SCAUP: 17 (1♂), 18 (26♂ + 5♀), 25 (4♂ + 2♀), 27 (2♂), 28 (1♂)
COMMON GOLDENEYE: 4-5 (1♀), 13 (2♂), 14 (3♂ + 1♀), 15-16 (2♂ + 1♀), 17 (3♂ + 1♀),
18 (6♂ + 1♀), 19 (2♂ + 1♀), 20-21 (3♂ + 1♀), 22 (5♂ + 2♀), 23 (5♂ + 1♀),
24 (5♂ + 2♀), 25 (4♂ + 2♀), 27-28 (3♂ + 2♀)
HOODED MERGANSER: 18 (1♂ + 1♀)
COMMON MERGANSER: 10 (1♂), 21 (1♂)
RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 2-5, 18 (1♂ by), 25, 28
PIED-BILLED GREBE: 18 (1)
BALD EAGLE: 5 (1 im), 6 (1 ad), 7 (1 ad + 1 im), 9 (1 ad), 13 (1 ad + 1 im), 15 (1 ad + 3 im), 16 (2 ad),
18 (1 im), 19 (1 ad + 1 4th-year), 20-21 (1 ad + 1 im), 22 (1 ad), 24 (1 ad + 1 im),
27-28 (1 ad)
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK: 8 (1 ad)
COOPER’S HAWK: 10 (1 im BY), 16 (1 im BY), 17 (1 ad BY), 25 (1 im BY), 28 (1 im BY)
RED-TAILED HAWK: 1 (4), 3-6 (2), 7 (1 im BY), 9 (1), 10-11 (2), 14 (2), 16 (2), 17 (1 im BY),
18-19 (1), 21 (1), 22 (4), 23-24 (1), 25 (1 BY + 2), 27 (1)
AMERICAN COOT: 18 (1)
KILLDEER: 25 (1)
ROCK PIGEON: 22 (1), 27 (1)
MOURNING DOVE: 3 (1 BY), 12 (1), 16 (1 BY), 25 (6), 26-27 (1 BY)
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 1, 3-4, 9-12, 17-18, 22, 27
DOWNY WOODPECKER: 1-12, 14, 16-19, 21, 23-27
HAIRY WOODPECKER: 1-3, 6, 8-10, 12, 16-18, 23-25, 27
NORTHERN FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 3 (1)
AMERICAN KESTREL: 22 (1♀)
MERLIN: 4 (1♀)
NORTHERN SHRIKE: 3-4 (1), 7 (1), 14-15 (1), 22 (1)
BLUE JAY: 2-3, 8-10, 23-24
AMERICAN CROW: 1-4, 6-11, 15-25, 27-28
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 1-28
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 1, 3, 5-6, 9-12, 15-17, 19-20, 23-24
BROWN CREEPER: 6 (1)
EUROPEAN STARLING: 1-3, 5-9, 11-12, 15, 17-20, 23-27
CEDAR WAXWING: 8 (~30), 9 (4 BY)
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW: 1-4, 7, 9-11, 14, 16, 18-24, 26-28
SONG SPARROW: 1 (5), 2-3 (6), 4 (5), 5-6 (2), 8 (2), 9-11 (1), 15 (1), 16 (2), 18-19 (1), 20-21 (2),
22 (1), 27 (3), 28 (8)
HARRIS’S SPARROW: 2-3 (2 BY), 5 (3 BY), 6-10 (1 BY), 15 (1 BY), 16-17 (2 BY), 18 (1 BY),
19 (4 BY), 20 (2 BY), 24-25 (1 BY), 26-27 (3 BY)
DARK-EYED JUNCO (Slate-colored): 1-28
DARK-EYED JUNCO (Oregon): 2 (1 BY), 9 (1 BY), 11 (1 BY), 25-26 (1 BY)
NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1-28
PURPLE FINCH: 17 (1♀ BY)
HOUSE FINCH: 1-28
COMMON REDPOLL: 26 (1 BY)
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1-10, 13-20, 24-28
HOUSE SPARROW: 1-28
MAMMALIAN
WHITE-TAILED DEER: 1 (3), 2 (3 + 2♂), 3 (1), 6 (2), 9 (11), 13 (13 + 1♂), 21 (1 BY), 22 (17),
25 (9), 26 (2 BY), 27 (1 BY + 1), 29 (5 BY)
FOX SQUIRREL: 4-7, 9-10, 12, 14, 22, 25-29
EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 1, 3-6, 12-13, 15, 23, 25-29
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