Belted Kingfishers are common throughout the US. Both sexes have the slate blue breast band, but only the female has the rust belly band. This female was perched on a post by the boat dock while light rain fell. [A digiscoped photo.] 4/29/14 (Wolf. Oesterreich)
A total of 110 avian species (plus 4 sp.) was recorded this month, ranking this month as the 4th highest April among 17 years of records. April 2013 with 122 species remains as the highest April. So far, a total of 119 species have been recorded this year (18 species behind 2013).
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 Red-throated Loon on the 29th is only the second record for Story County. The 3 Semipalmated Sandpipers on the 1st may represent a new extreme early Spring record (former record set on 13 April 1988 at Hendrickson Marsh). The Least Flycatchers on the 27th tie the current extreme early Spring record set in 1981 at Ames. The single Northern Shrike on the 1st may represent a new extreme late Spring record (former record set on 26 march 2004 in my backyard). The 2 Clay-colored Sparrows found on the 22nd may also represent a new extreme early Spring record (former record set on 24 April 1991 at Ames).
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 54th Supplement (2013) to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds and the 13th Supplement to the 7th Edition (1998).
AVIAN
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE: 11 (1), 12 (~50)
CACKLING GOOSE: 2 (1)
CANADA GOOSE: 1-30
WOOD DUCK: 6 (4), 22 (1♂), 26 (1♂ + 1♀)
GADWALL: 1 (13+), 4 (2♂ + 1♀), 5 (7+), 6 (11♂ + 6♀), 8-9 (1♂), 10 (200+), 11, 12 (13), 14 (1♂),
15 (22), 17-18 (8), 19 (4), 20 (14), 21 (3)
AMERICAN WIGEON: 1 (3♂ + 1♀), 2 (1♂ + 1♀), 4 (2♂ + 2♀), 10 (9+), 20 (1♂)
MALLARD: 1-30
BLUE-WINGED TEAL: 1 (9+), 2 (20), 3, 4 (~10), 6 (8), 7, 8 (4), 10 (15+), 11, 12 (6), 14, 15 (5),
16 (13), 17 (18+), 18 (10), 19 (6+), 20 (18+), 21 (27+), 22 (20+), 23, 24 (30+),
25 (7), 26 (44+), 27 (46+), 28 (21+), 29 (96+), 30
NORTHERN SHOVELER: 1 (3♂ + 2♀), 2 (33+), 3 (17), 4 (10+), 5 (19+), 6 (32), 7 (14♂ + 8♀), 8 (16),
9 (9), 10 (110+), 11, 12 (16+), 14 (50+), 15 (90+), 16 (11♂ + 10♀), 17 (104+),
18 (19+), 19 (31+), 20 (46+), 21 (29+), 22 (125+), 23, 24 (65+), 25 (89+),
26 (48+), 27 (28+), 28 (26+), 29 (28+), 30 (81+)
NORTHERN PINTAIL: 6 (1♂)
GREEN-WINGED TEAL: 1 (100+), 2, 4 (2♂ + 2♀), 5 (3♂ + 3♀), 9 (3), 10 (13+), 11, 12, 14 (4), 15,
16 (2♂ + 2♀), 17 (20+), 18 (32+), 19 (2), 21 (6), 22 (12+), 24 (4), 26 (5+), 27 (2),
28 (1)
CANVASBACK: 2 (2♂ + 1♀), 4-6 (1♂), 8-9 (1♂), 14 (1♂)
REDHEAD: 4 (2♂ + 2♀), 7 (10), 8 (3), 14 (4), 15 (1♂)
RING-NECKED DUCK: 1 (6♂ + 3♀), 2 (24+), 4 (12+), 5 (10+), 7 (20+), 8, 9 (~15), 10 (20+), 11, 14 (5),
15 (20+), 17 (8)
LESSER SCAUP: 1 (80+), 2 (89+), 3, 4 (~150), 6 (10), 7 (1♂ + 1♀), 8, 10 (24+), 11, 12 (4), 13,
14 (21+), 15 (300+), 17 (25+), 18 (11), 20 (1♂), 22 (1♂ + 1♀), 23 (2♂ + 1♀),
24-26 (1♂), 27 (1♂ + 2♀)
BUFFLEHEAD: 1 (20+), 2 (13+), 3 (17), 4 (10+), 5 (16+), 6 (8), 7 (1♂), 8 (7♂ + 5♀), 9 (5+), 10 (15+),
12 (4), 13, 14 (28+), 15 (1♂), 16 (2♂ + 3♀), 17 (4♂ + 2♀), 18 (1♂ + 1♀)
COMMON GOLDENEYE: 1 (1♂), 4 (1♀)
HOODED MEGANSER: 1 (1♂ + 1♀), 3 (2), 5 (6+), 8 (5♂ + 1♀), 10 (2♀), 15 (1♂ + 1♀), 24 (7♂ + 1♀),
29 (2♀)
COMMON MERGANSER: 1 (3♂ + 2♀)
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER: 1 (1♂), 6 (7♂ + 2♀), 17 (1♂ + 1♀), 25 (1♀), 30 (1♂)
RUDDY DUCK: 1 (7), 5 (12), 7 (11), 11 (11+), 12 (8), 13, 14 (12), 15 (1♂), 17 (308+), 22 (13), 26 (11),
28 (2)
RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 1-12, 13 (1♂ BY), 14-30
RED-THROATED LOON: 29 (1 anb)
COMMON LOON: 8 (4), 9 (3), 10-12 (4), 14-15 (4), 16 (2), 17 (1), 18 (2), 19 (1), 20 (2), 21 (1), 28 (1),
29 (6 abp + 1 anb), 30 (3 abp)
PIED-BILLED GREBE: 2 (4), 3 (5), 4 (1), 5 (5), 6 (6), 7 (3), 8 (2), 9 (3), 10 (8), 11 (1), 12 (3), 13 (2),
14 (13), 15 (5), 16 (2), 17 (21), 18 (9), 19 (14), 20 (8), 21 (1), 22-23 (7), 24 (30),
25 (6), 26 (20), 27 (19), 28 (5), 29 (3), 30
HORNED GREBE: 8 (4), 9-10 (3), 11 (1), 12 (2), 14 (2), 15 (3), 16 (2), 17 (5), 18 (26), 19 (2), 21 (1),
22 (2), 23-25 (1), 26-30 (2)
EARED GREBE: 17-18 (2), 19 (1)
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT: 9 (3), 11 (4), 14 (7), 20 (21), 21 (4), 22 (1)
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN: 1 (26), 7 (34+), 9 (16), 20 (2), 28 (13)
GREAT BLUE HERON: 1 (1), 2 (3), 3-4 (1), 5 (2), 6-8 (1), 10-12 (1), 14 (1), 15 (3), 17-18 (1), 19 (3),
22-24 (1), 26 (1), 29-30 (1)
GREAT EGRET: 10 (1), 12 (1), 18 (1), 29 (8)
GREEN HERON: 22 (1), 25 (2), 26 (1), 28 (1)
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON: 18 (1 ad)
TURKEY VULTURE: 2 (7), 4 (2), 5 (1), 6 (3), 8 (9+), 9 (5+), 10 (8+), 12 (4+), 14 (5+), 15 (4), 16 (7),
17 (4), 18 (7), 19 (3), 20 (2), 21 (7), 22 (6), 24 (7+), 26 (8), 27 (2), 29 (5), 30
OSPREY: 5 (1), 7-8 (1), 10 (2), 11-12 (1), 14 (1), 15 (4), 16 (3), 17-19 (2), 24 (1), 26-28 (1), 29 (4),
30 (2)
BALD EAGLE: 2 (1 im), 4-5 (1 ad), 7-8 (1 ad), 11 (1 ad), 13-14 (1 ad), 17 (1 ad), 22-24 (1 ad),
26 (1 ad)
NORTHERN HARRIER: 14 (1 brown + 1♂)
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK: 26 (1 ad)
COOPER’S HAWK: 1 (1 im + 1 ad), 2 (1), 10 (1 ad BY), 12 (1), 15 (1), 16 (2), 19-20 (1), 23 (1), 28 (1)
Accipiter sp.: 5 (1)
BROAD-WINGED HAWK: 27 (1)
RED-TAILED HAWK: 1-3 (1), 4 (3), 5-8 (1), 9 (2), 10-11 (1), 12 (2), 14-19 (1), 20-21 (2), 22-24 (1),
25 (2), 26 (1), 27 (2), 28 (1), 29 (2), 30 (1)
Buteo sp.: 6 (1)
AMERICAN COOT: 1 (15), 2 (64), 3 (57), 4 (50+), 5 (61), 6 (44), 7, 8 (30), 9 (25), 10 (124+), 11,
12 (23), 13 (500+), 14 (300+), 15 (380+), 16 (41+), 17 (142+), 18 (77), 19 (34+),
20, 21 (58), 22 (37+), 23, 24 (27+), 25 (30+), 26 (15+), 27 (14+), 28 (25+),
29 (26+), 30
KILLDEER: 1-3 (1), 4 (6), 5 (3), 6 (2), 8 (1), 10 (1), 12 (3), 14 (2), 15-16 (1), 18 (1), 24 (4), 25 (1),
27-28 (1), 29 (2)
SPOTTED SANDPIPER: 26 (1), 27 (2), 28 (1), 29 (3), 30 (1)
GREATER YELLOWLEGS: 29 (1)
LESSER YELLOWLEGS: 16 (2), 24 (1), 27 (3)
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER: 1 (3), 16 (7)
PECTORAL SANDPIPER: 16 (1)
Sandpiper sp.: 4 (1)
WILSON’S SNIPE: 12 (1), 14 (2)
RING-BILLED GULL: 1 (50+), 2 (1), 5 (1), 6 (26+), 9 (1), 12 (2), 14 (2), 16 (10), 18-19 (1), 20 (7),
23 (30+), 25 (1), 26 (2), 28 (7), 29 (3)
FRANKLIN’S GULL: 24 (10)
BONAPARTE’S GULL: 17 (1), 29 (10)
Gull sp.: 5-6, 24 (2)
MOURNING DOVE: 1-2, 4-30
GREAT HORNED OWL: 14 (1)
BELTED KINGFISHER: 8 (1), 15 (1), 24 (1), 29 (2♀)
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 1, 8-10, 19, 25, 27, 30
DOWNY WOODPECKER: 1-12, 14, 16-17, 19-20, 22-30
HAIRY WOODPECKER: 3, 5, 8
NORTHERN FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 1-2 (1), 4 (1), 5 (3), 6 (2), 7 (1), 8 (2), 9-10 (4), 11-12 (2),
14 (7+), 15-16 (4), 17 (2), 18 (6), 19 (1), 20-21, 22-23 (1), 24 (5), 25 (2), 27 (1),
29 (3), 30
AMERICAN KESTREL: 27 (1), 29 (1♂)
MERLIN: 29 (1)
LEAST FLYCATCHER: 27 (1 BY + 1)
EASTERN PHOEBE: 1 (1), 3 (2), 6 (1), 8 (1), 8 (1), 9 (3), 12 (1)
NORTHERN SHRIKE: 1 (1)
BLUE-HEADED VIREO: 27 (1)
BLUE JAY: 2-6, 11-15, 17, 19, 25, 28
AMERICAN CROW: 1-10, 12-30
PURPLE MARTIN: 10 (1), 11, 12 (6), 14 (5), 15 (1), 17 (3), 18 (5), 19 (6), 20-30
TREE SWALLOW: 6 (15+), 8 (20+), 9-12, 16-30
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW: 16 (1), 23 (1), 24, 26-30
BANK SWALLOW: 27 (2+), 28-29
CLIFF SWALLOW: 28-29
BARN SWALLOW: 21 (1), 23 (3+), 24, 26-30
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 1-30
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 1-2, 4-7, 9-12, 15-17, 19-26
BROWN CREEPER: 1 (1), 3 (1), 10 (1), 14 (1)
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET: 9 (1 BY)
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET: 10 (2), 12 (1), 14 (2), 15 (3), 16 (4), 17-19 (3), 20 (9), 22 (4), 23 (3),
24 (9), 25 (8), 26 (2), 27 (7), 28-29 (1)
EASTERN BLUEBIRD: 1 (2), 4 (3♂ + 3♀), 6 (1♂ + 1♀), 9 (1♂ + 1♀), 18 (1♂), 22 (1♂), 30 (1♂ + 1♀)
SWAINSON’S THRUSH: 22 (1)
HERMIT THRUSH: 9 (1), 14 (2), 15 (1), 17 (1), 20 (1), 24 (1), 25 (2), 29 (2), 30 (4)
AMERICAN ROBIN: 1-30
BROWN THRASHER: 22 (2), 24 (1 BY + 2), 25 (6), 26 (1 BY), 27 (7), 28 (1), 29 (3)
EUROPEAN STARLING: 1-16, 18-30
PALM WARBLER: 24 (8), 25 (3)
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (Myrtle): 15-17 (1), 19-20 (2), 23 (3), 24 (8+), 25 (2), 26 (1), 27 (3),
29-30 (1)
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW: 1-5, 6 (6+), 7-10, 11-12 (1), 14 (6+), 15-17 (1), 18 (2)
CHIPPING SPARROW: 8 (3), 11 (1), 19-20, 23-30
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW: 22 (2), 23 (1+), 29 (2), 30
FIELD SPARROW: 2 (1), 3 (2), 5 (1), 12 (1), 15-16 (1), 24 (1), 29-30 (2)
VESPER SPARROW: 1 (1), 3 (1), 4 (2), 6 (1), 14 (7+)
SAVANNAH SPARROW: 4 (2), 16 (1), 21-22 (1), 24 (9), 27 (2), 29 (2)
FOX SPARROW: 1 (3), 2 (2), 4 (1), 5-6 (3), 7-8 (1), 9-10 (3), 16-18 (1 BY)
SONG SPARROW: 1-12, 14-30
LINCOLN’S SPARROW: 24 (1 BY + 1), 25 (1 BY +1), 26 (2 BY), 27 (1 BY + 1), 29 (1)
SWAMP SPARROW: 6 (1), 8 (1), 14-16 (1), 18 (1), 24 (3), 25 (1 BY + 2), 26 (1 BY), 27 (5 + 1 BY), 30
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW: 20 (1 BY), 24 (40+), 25-30
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW: 27 (2 + 1 BY), 28 (1 + 1 BY), 30 (3+)
DARK-EYED JUNCO (Slate-colored): 1-12, 14, 16 (1 BY), 17-18 (2 BY)
NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1-30
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK: 28 (1♂ BY)
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 1-12, 14-30
EASTERN MEADOWLARK: 4 (1), 8-9 (1), 12, 18, 19 (1), 20-23, 25-30
RUSTY BLACKBIRD: 2 (16+), 3 (1), 8 (5)
COMMON GRACKLE: 1-30
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD: 1 (20+), 2, 4-10, 12, 14-30
PURPLE FINCH: 4 (1♀)
HOUSE FINCH: 1-12, 14-30
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 2 (1), 5-6, 8, 10-12, 14, 17-18, 20-25, 27-30
HOUSE SPARROW: 1-12, 14-30
MAMMALIAN
WHITE-TAILED DEER: 1 (1), 4 (1 + 5 BY), 7 (1 BY), 10 (4), 12 (1), 14 (6), 15 (12), 16 (7),
17 (2 + 2 BY), 18 (2), 20 (2), 22 (1), 23 (4 + 3 BY), 24 (4), 25 (8), 27 (4),
28 (2), 30 (3)
WOODCHUCK: 16 (1)
FOX SQUIRREL: 1-2, 4-9, 12-13, 16-17, 19-20, 23-30
THIRTEEN-LINED GROUND SQUIRREL: 10 (5), 14, 16-18, 25
EASTERN CHIPMUNK: 3-5, 7, 9, 15-16, 24
EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 1-30
REPTILIAN
PLAINS GARTER SNAKE: 19 (2), 21 (1)
garter snake sp.: 11 (1)
NORTHERN PAINTED TURTLE: 8 (4), 9-12, 15, 16 (1), 17-22, 25-27
RED-EARED SLIDER: 15 (1), 18-22 (1), 26 (1)
AMPHIBIAN
BOREAL CHORUS FROG: 2, 5, 7-13, 15-23, 25-30
NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG: 20, 22, 25
LEPIDOPTERA
CABBAGE WHITE: 25 (1)
Sulphur sp.: 21 (1)
anglewing sp.: 9 (2)
MOURNING CLOAK: 7 (1), 9 (1), 10 (3), 11 (1), 17-20 (1), 22 (1), 25 (2), 26 (1)
RED ADMIRAL: 22 (1), 25-26 (1)
ODONATA
COMMON GREEN DARNER: 11 (1), 12, 18 (3+), 19-22, 25-26
VARIEGATED MEADOWHAWK: 9 (2), 10 (4), 11 (6+), 12, 18-22, 25
Wolf. Oesterreich
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