Note the large spatulate bill on this drake Northern Shoveler. Over 50 were present on the south lake Monday afternoon. 4/1/13 (Wolf. Oesterreich)
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 single male Greater Scaup found on the 7th through the 9th may represent a new extreme early Spring record (former record set on 15 March 1988 at the Slater sewage lagoons) for Story County.
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
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE: 8 (32+), 14, 15 (583+), 16-23, 24 (5), 25 (19), 26 (7), 31 (~75)
SNOW GOOSE: 11 (~150), 15 (2w + 4b), 16 (3w), 19 (1w), 26 (1 w), 31 (1w)
ROSS’S GOOSE: 16 (1), 17 (3), 19 (5), 2 (2)
CACKLING GOOSE: 1 (1), 2 (20+), 3, 7, (3), 8, 11 (2), 12 (4), 13 (12+), 14, 15 (8+), 17 (11+), 19-22,
26 (20+)
CANADA GOOSE: 1-31
TRUMPETER SWAN: 1 (11 ad + 6 1st Winter), 2 (5 ad + 6 1st Winter), 3 (4 ad + 4 1st Winter), 4 (2 ad +
5 1st Winter), 5 (6 ad + 4 1st Winter), 6 (2 ad + 6 1st Winter), 7 (8 ad + 6 1st
Winter), 8-9 (2 ad + 4 1st Winter), 10, 17 (9 ad + 3 1st Winter), 18 (5 ad),
19 (7 ad), 21 (2 ad + 3 1st Winter), 27 (2 ad), 29 (2 ad), 31 (2 ad)
TUNDRA SWAN: 1 (1 1st Winter), 2 (1 ad), 3 (1 ad + 1 1st Winter), 5-6 (1 ad), 7 (1 1st Winter)
WOOD DUCK: 5 (2♂ + 2♀), 16 (6♂ + 1♀), 17, 19 (16♂ + 10♀), 20, 22-28, 29 (1♂ + 1♀), 30 (1♂)
GADWALL: 1 (3♂ + 3♀), 2 (3♂ + 1♀), 4 (2♂ + 2♀), 5-7 (3♂ + 3♀), 8 (4♂ + 3♀), 9 (5♂ + 4♀),
11 (5♂ + 4♀), 12 (3♂ + 2♀), 13 (4♂ + 4♀), 14, 15 (14♂ + 9♀), 16 (29+), 17-19,
20 (50+), 21-23, 24 (30+), 25-28, 29 (21+), 30 (17), 31 (10+)
AMERICAN WIGEON: 13 (2♂ + 1♀), 15 (3♂ + 2♀), 16 (3♂ + 1♀), 17-19, 20 (4♂ + 2♀), 21 (6♂ + 4♀),
22-28, 30-31 (1♂ + 1♀)
MALLARD: 1-31
BLUE-WINGED TEAL: 19-29 (1♂ + 1♀), 30 (5♂ + 3♀), 31 (6♂)
NORTHERN SHOVELER: 16 (1♂ + 1♀), 26 (1♂ + 1♀), 27 (3♂ + 2♀), 28, 29 (14+), 30 (13), 31 (~31)
NORTHERN PINTAIL: 13 (4♂ + 2♀), 14 (4♂ + 1♀), 15 (30+), 16 (50+), 17, 19 (1♂ + 1♀), 20, 21 (30+),
22-26, 31 (1♂)
GREEN-WINGED TEAL: 15 (6♂ + 2♀), 18 (6), 20 (2♂ + 1♀), 22-23 (1♂), 24 (8♂ + 4♀), 25 (5♂ + 2♀),
27 (4♂ + 3♀), 28, 29 (3♂ + 3♀), 30 (5♂ + 4♀), 31 (6♂ + 2♀)
CANVASBACK: 6 (2♀), 14 (7♂), 16 (2♂), 17-18 (3♂ + 1♀), 19 (3♂), 20 (1♂), 22 (8), 23 (7♂ + 3♀),
24 (20+), 25 (9+), 26 (6+), 27-28, 29 (23+), 30 (12+), 31
REDHEAD: 1-4 (3♂), 6 (4♂ + 1♀), 7 (3♂), 8 (4♂ + 2♀), 9 (1♂ + 1♀), 14 (9♂ + 7♀), 15 (4♂ + 5♀),
16 (12+), 17-18, 19 (4♂ + 4♀), 20, 21 (4♂ + 4♀), 22, 23 (11♂ + 12♀),
25 (1♂ + 1♀), 27 (1♂), 28, 29 (5), 31 (1♂)
RING-NECKED DUCK: 10 (2♀), 13 (1♂), 14 (12♂ + 2♀), 15 (70+), 16 (75+), 17-23, 24 (5♂ + 1♀),
25-28, 29 (34+), 30 (1♀), 31
GREATER SCAUP: 7-9 (1♂)
LESSER SCAUP: 1-4 (2♂), 5 (8♂ + 3♀), 6 (5♂ + 1♀), 7 (8♂ + 3♀), 8 (13♂ + 8♀), 9 (18♂ + 13♀),
10 (9♂ + 3♀), 11-12 (6♂), 13 (8♂ + 11♀), 14 (5♂ + 11♀), 15 (13♂ + 4♀),
16 (50+), 17-26, 27 (1♂ + 1♀), 28, 29 (4♀ + 2♀), 30 (26), 31
BUFFLEHEAD: 15 (1♂), 18 (2♂ + 1♀), 19-25 (1♂ + 1♀), 26 (1♂), 27 (3♂), 28 (2♂ + 1♀),
29 (3♂ + 2♀), 30 (12), 31 (16+)
COMMON GOLDENEYE: 1 (3♂ + 2♀), 2 (3♂ + 1♀), 3 (4♂ + 1♀), 4 (2♂ + 2♀), 5 (4♂ + 3♀),
6 (3♂ + 3♀), 7 (5♂ + 4♀), 8 (4♂ + 2♀), 9 (2♂ + 2♀), 10 (3♂ + 2♀), 11 (1♂),
12 (3♂ + 3♀), 13 (1♂ + 1♀), 15 (3♂ + 2♀), 20 (1♀), 24 (1♂), 29 (1♂ + 1♀),
30 (1♂)
HOODED MERGANSER: 4 (4♂ + 1♀), 5 (1♂ + 1♀), 7-8 (1♂ + 1♀), 11 (1♂ + 1♀), 14 (2♂ + 1♀),
16 (8♂ + 2♀), 19 (1♂ + 1♀), 20 (5♂ + 1♀), 21 (1♂ + 1♀), 23 (1♂ + 1♀), 24 (1♂),
25-27 (1♂ + 1♀), 28 (6♂ + 3♀), 29 (3♂ + 3♀), 30 (1♂)
COMMON MERGANSER: 10 (7♂ + 5♀), 12 (1♂), 15 (3♂ + 1♀), 16 (4♂ + 2♀), 20 (4♂ + 1♀), 26 (1♂),
29 (6♂ + 7♀), 30 (1♂ + 2♀), 31 (4♂ + 8♀)
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER: 11 (1♂), 29-30 (2♂), 31 (2♂ + 1♀)
RUDDY DUCK: 29 (4♂ + 3♀), 31 (2♀)
RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 17 (1♂ BY), 20 (1♂ BY), 24 (1♂ BY), 27 (1 + 1♂ BY), 29-31
PIED-BILLED GREBE: 30 (4)
HORNED GREBE: 18 (1), 20-21 (1)
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT: 29 (1)
GREAT BLUE HERON: 19 (1), 20 (2), 21-23 (1), 24-25 (3), 26 (1), 27 (3), 28-29 (2), 30 (1), 31 (2)
TURKEY VULTURE: 14 (1), 15 (6), 30 (1), 31 (2)
OSPREY: 31 (1)
BALD EAGLE: 1 (1 ad), 7 (1 im), 8 (1 ad + 1 4-yr), 9 (1 4-yr), 10-11 (1 ad + 1 4-yr + 1 im),
15 (1 ad + 1 im), 16 (2 ad + 1 4-yr + 3 im), 17 (1 ad + 1 4-yr + 1 im),
19 (1 4-yr + 1 im), 20 (1 ad + 1 im), 21 (1 ad + 3 im), 23 (1 4-yr + 2 im),
24 (2 ad + 2 im), 25 (1 ad), 26 (1 im), 27 (1 4-yr + 1 im),
28 (2 ad + 1 4-yr + 1 im), 30 92 ad)
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK: 3 (1 ad), 5 (1 im BY), 10 (1 im BY), 16 (1 ad), 23 (1 BY), 25 (1 im),
30-31 (1 im BY)
COOPER’S HAWK: 3-4 (1 im BY), 7 (1 im BY), 11 (1 BY), 15 (1 ad), 22 (1 im), 28 (1 im BY), 29 (1 im),
31 (1 im BY)
RED-TAILED HAWK: 1 (1), 2 (2), 3 (1), 6 (2), 7 (1), 9 (1), 11 (2), 12-13 (3), 14 (1), 15 (3), 16 (4),
17 (3), 18-19 (2), 20 (6), 21 (1 + 1 dark phase), 22 (3), 23 (1), 24-25 (4), 26 (3),
27 (4), 28-30 (2), 31 (4)
AMERICAN COOT: 5 (1), 11 (1), 28 (2), 29 (5), 30-31 (6)
KILLDEER: 14 (1), 15 (4), 17 (3), 22-23 (1), 25 (2), 28-31
AMERICAN WOODCOCK: 29 (2), 31 (2)
RING-BILLED GULL: 8 (1), 15 (2), 23 (1), 26 (1), 27 (2), 28 (42+), 29 (230+), 30 (~100), 31 (~50)
HERRING GULL: 28 (2 ad), 29 (1 im), 31 (1 ad)
MOURNING DOVE: 1-2 (6), 3, 8 (1), 9 (2), 10-12, 13 (6+), 14-17, 19-24, 26, 28-31
GREAT HORNED OWL: 3 (1), 4 (2)
BELTED KINGFISHER: 11-12 (1♂), 16 (1), 18 (1), 30 (1♂)
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 1, 5, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 29-30
DOWNY WOODPECKER: 1-31
HAIRY WOODPECKER: 2-3, 7, 9-10, 15-17, 21, 26, 30
NORTHERN FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 3 (1), 11 (1), 30 (6+)
AMERICAN KESTREL: 15 (1), 19-23 (1♂), 27 (1♂), 30 (1♂)
EASTERN PHOEBE: 29 (1), 31 (1)
NORTHERN SHRIKE: 1 (1), 10 (1), 13-14 (1), 16-17 (1), 23-25 (1)
BLUE JAY: 9, 11-12, 15-17, 20-21, 24, 26, 30-31
AMERICAN CROW: 1-31
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 1-31
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 2, 4, 6-7, 13, 17, 19-21, 27-28, 30-31
EASTERN BLUEBIRD: 14 (3♂), 29 (12), 30 (4♂ + 1♀), 31
AMERICAN ROBIN: 8 (14), 10 (1), 13 (1), 14-31
AMERICAN PIPIT: 31 (2)
EUROPEAN STARLING: 1-3, 4, 6-31
CEDAR WAXWING: 19 (~12), 21 (12 BY), 24 (2 BY), 30 (20 BY)
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW: 1-7, 9-31
FOX SPARROW: 30 (4)
SONG SPARROW: 1 (8), 2 (2), 3 (5), 4 (7), 5 (4), 6 (5), 7 (4), 8 (1), 9 (2), 10-11 (1), 12 (5), 13-14 (1),
16 (1), 18 (2), 20 (1), 23-25 (1), 26 (2), 28 (1 BY + 1), 29 (2), 30 (20+), 31
SWAMP SPARROW: 13 (3), 24 (1)
HARRIS’S SPARROW: 2-3 (2 BY), 4 (1 BY), 6-7 (2 BY), 8 (1 BY), 9 (3 BY), 10-12 (1 BY),
15-17 (2 BY), 22 (1 BY), 23-24 (2 BY), 27 (1 BY), 30 (1)
DARK-EYED JUNCO (Slate-colored): 1-31
DARK-EYED JUNCO (Oregon): 12 (1)
NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1-31
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 13 (1), 14 (4♂ BY), 15-31
EASTERN MEADOWLARK: 31 (2)
COMMON GRACKLE: 15 (1), 16, 17 (2 BY), 19, 21, 23-31
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD: 25 (4♂), 26 (2♂), 29 (4♂), 30-31 (1♂)
PURPLE FINCH: 16 (1♂ BY), 18 (BY - 1♂ + 1♀)
HOUSE FINCH: 1-31
COMMON REDPOLL: 24 (2 BY)
PINE SISKIN: 2 (1 BY), 7 (2 BY)
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1-9, 11-12, 15-17, 23-30
HOUSE SPARROW: 1-31
MAMMALIAN
VIRGINIA OPOSSUM: 13 (2)
Bat sp.: 29 (2)
WHITE-TAILED DEER: 1 (1 BY), 5 (7 + 3 BY), 6 (6 BY), 8 (1♂), 9 (4 + 1 BY), 11 (3 BY + 10),
13 (6 BY), 14 (2), 15-16 (7), 20-21 (4), 24 (2 BY), 26 (5), 27 (4), 29 (12), 30 (3)
FOX SQUIRREL: 1-6, 8-9, 11-19, 22-31
EASTERN CHIPMUNK: 23 (1), 29-20 (1)
EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 1-3, 5-6, 8-9, 12-14, 16, 18-19, 21-31
Wolf. Oesterreich
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