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A total of 141 avian species (+ 3 sp.) was recorded this month, ranking this month as the 3rd highest May among 17 years of records. The Blue-winged Warbler (#265) and the White-eyed Vireo (#266) were added to my Park List.
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 drake American Wigeon sighted on the 3rd may represent a new extreme late Spring record for Story County (former record set on 27 April 1983 at Hendrickson Marsh, and 2006 & 2008 at AHHP). The Common Merganser observed from the 19th through the 31st (former record set on 10 May 2011 at AHHP) may also represent a new late Spring record. The 3 Black-necked Stilts are probably only the 2nd record for the County, with the 1st also found at the Park in 2004 (15-18 May). White-eyed Vireos were once quite common in Story County. The sighting this month may only be the 4th record in more recent times (13 May 1979, 11 May 1991, & 22 May 2000). The White-throated Sparrow observation on the 23rd tied the late Spring record (set in 1983 at Brookside 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 54th Supplement (2013) to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds and the 13th Supplement to the 7th Edition (1998).
AVIAN
CANADA GOOSE: 1-31
WOOD DUCK: 9 (1♂ + 1♀), 11 (3♂), 14 (1♂), 23-24 (1♀), 27, 28 (1♀), 29 (1♂), 30 (6)
GADWALL: 4 (9), 19 (1♂ + 1♀)
AMERICAN WIGEON: 3 (1♂)
MALLARD: 1-31
BLUE-WINGED TEAL: 1 (38+), 2 (51+), 3 (236+), 4 (192+), 5 (17+), 6 (22+), 7 (15+), 8 (32+), 9 (28),
11 (24), 12 (8), 13 (5), 14, 15 (4), 16 (12), 17 (21), 18 (7), 19 (2), 21 (3), 22 (12),
23 (6), 24 (3), 25 (4), 27 (12), 28 (10), 29 (2)
NORTHERN SHOVELER: 1 (104+), 2 (10+), 3 (20+), 4 (43+), 5 (5+), 6 (2), 7 (3), 8 (8+), 9 (5),
11 (2♂), 12 (3♂ + 1♀), 13 (9), 14, 16 (1♂), 17 (4♂), 18 (2♂ + 1♀), 21 (6),
22 (2♂ + 1♀), 23-24 (2♂), 25-26 (3♂), 27-30 (1♂)
GREEN-WINGED TEAL: 1 (1)
LESSER SCAUP: 1 (1♂ + 1♀)
COMMON MERGANSER: 19-26 (1♂), 28-29 (1♂), 31 (1♂)
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER: 1 (1♂)
RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 1-9, 11-24, 25 (+ 1 BY), 26-31
COMMON LOON: 1 (2), 2 (1), 4-10 (1)
PIED-BILLED GREBE: 1 (6), 2 (3), 3 (4), 4 (6), 5 (3), 6 (2), 7 (3), 12 (2), 15-16 (1)
HORNED GREBE: 1 (5), 2 (9), 4-5 (1)
RED-NECKED GREBE: 1 (2)
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT: 2 (1), 3 (12), 16 (1), 20 (3), 25 (1)
AMERICAN BITTERN: 28 (1)
GREAT BLUE HERON: 1 (5), 2 (2), 3 (1), 4 (3), 5 (2), 6 (1), 8 (2), 9 (1), 11 (1), 12-13 (2), 14-15 (1),
16 (3), 17-20 (1), 21 (3), 22 (1), 23 (4), 24 (3), 25 (1), 26 (2), 27-28 (3), 29 (2),
30 (3), 31 (2)
GREAT EGRET: 1 (5), 2 (4), 31 (2)
GREEN HERON: 1-3 (1), 4-5 (2), 6-7 (3), 10 (1), 11 (2), 12 (1), 14 (1), 18 (1), 22 (2), 23-25 (1)
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON: 4 (2 ad), 8 (2 ad)
TURKEY VULTURE: 1 (7+), 2 (18+), 3 (9+), 4 (6+), 5 (8+), 6 (6+), 7 (7+), 8 (1), 11 (2), 12 (12), 13 (6),
14, 15 (1), 19 (1), 20 (4), 23 (4), 24 (1), 26 (1), 27 (8)
OSPREY: 1-4 (2), 5 (1), 7 (1), 11 (1)
BALD EAGLE: 1 (1 ad + 1 im), 3 (1 ad), 9 (1 im), 11 (2 ad), 13-15 (1 ad), 19 (1 ad), 23-24 (1 ad),
26 (1 ad), 31 (1 ad)
COOPER’S HAWK: 15 (1), 20 (1), 12 (1 ad), 24 (1), 26 (1)
RED-TAILED HAWK: 1 (2), 2-3 (1), 4 (2), 5-8 (1), 9 (3), 11 (1), 12 (2), 13 (1), 14 (2), 16 (2), 17, 18 (1),
19-20, 21-22 (2), 23-27 (1), 28 (2), 29-31 (1)
SORA: 4-7 (1), 8 (2), 9 (1), 11 (2), 13 (1), 18 (1), 26 (1)
AMERICAN COOT: 1 (26+), 2 (25+), 3 (32+), 4 (36+), 5 (12+), 6 (7), 7 (3), 8 (10), 9 (3), 12-13 (1),
14 (2), 15-17 (1), 22 (1), 26 (1), 30 (1)
KILLDEER: 1 (1), 3 (1), 6 (2), 7 (3), 8 (1), 15 (1), 17 (2), 18 (6), 19, 22 (1), 23 (3), 24 (1), 25, 27 (3),
29 (6), 30 (3), 31 (1)
BLACK-NECKED STILT: 4 (3)
SPOTTED SANDPIPER: 1 (6), 2 (1), 3 (2), 4-6 (1), 8-9 (1), 11 (1), 14 (4), 15-16 (1), 18-19 (1), 23 (2),
24 (1), 25 (3), 27 (1)
GREATER YELLOWLEGS: 2 (11)
LESSER YELLOWLEGS: 2 (2), 3 (19+), 4, 7 (5+), 8 (9+), 9 (7+), 22 (7), 23 (1)
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER: 9, 18 (10+), 28 (5)
LEAST SANDPIPER: 9 (3), 18 (~25), 19, 28 (4)
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER: 18 (1)
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER: 18 (2)
PECTORAL SANDPIPER: 3 (5+), 4, 9 (4), 12 (5+), 18 (8), 19
Sandpiper sp.: 17 (~25)
WILSON’S SNIPE: 1 (1), 6 (1)
WILSON’S PHALAROPE: 8 (4), 9 (2)
RING-BILLED GULL: 2 (1), 4 (8), 6 (3), 12 (3), 17 (9)
FRANKLIN’S GULL: 12 (3)
CASPIAN TERN: 15 (4)
FORSTER’S TERN: 4 (3)
MOURNING DOVE: 1-9, 11-31
COMMON NIGHTHAWK: 28 (1)
CHIMNEY SWIFT: 1, 9 (2+), 11, 13-16
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD: 18 (1♂)
BELTED KINGFISHER: 14 (1), 16 (1), 18 (1)
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER: 9 (1 ad), 18 (1 ad), 23-24 (1)
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 3-4, 9, 11-12, 14-19, 25-26, 30
DOWNY WOODPECKER: 1-7, 9, 11-20, 23, 25, 29-30
HAIRY WOODPECKER: 9, 13
NORTHERN FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 1 (2), 3-5 (1), 7 (1), 11-13 (1), 14, 15-17 (1), 18, 20, 25,
27 (1), 30-31 (1)
AMERICAN KESTREL: 1 (1♀)
Falcon sp: 2 (1)
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER: 26 (1)
EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE: 25-26 (1), 31 (1)
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER: 28 (1)
ALDER FLYACTCHER: 26 (2), 27-29 (1)
LEAST FLYCATCHER: 5 (3), 6-8 (1), 9 (4), 11 (2), 12 (3), 13 (1), 14, 15 (1), 16 (4), 17 (3), 18 (4),
19 (1), 21-22 (1), 23 (2), 24 (1)
Empidonax sp.: 15 (1), 21 (1), 24 (2), 26 (1), 28 (2)
EASTERN PHOEBE: 3 (1), 11 (1), 18 (1)
GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER: 15 (1), 26 (1 BY), 29-30 (1)
EASTERN KINGBIRD: 3-5 (1), 7 (2), 11 (2), 12 (5), 18 (2), 20 (2), 21 (1), 22-23 (2), 27 (1), 29 (1),
30 (3), 31 (1)
WHITE-EYED VIREO: 11 (1), 13-14 (1), 16 (1)
BLUE-HEADED VIREO: 4 (1), 17 (1)
WARBLING VIREO: 4-5 (2), 6 (3), 7 (7+), 9, 11-12, 17 (1), 18 (2), 19-31
PHILADELPHIA VIREO: 19-20 (1), 31 (1)
RED-EYED VIREO: 8 (1), 21 (1), 24 (4), 26
BLUE JAY: 1-4, 6-7, 9, 11, 13-19, 22-27, 29, 31
AMERICAN CROW: 1-9, 11-26, 29-31
PURPLE MARTIN: 1-9, 11-31
TREE SWALLOW: 1-9, 11-31
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLLOW: 2-4, 8-9. 11-13, 15-16
BANK SWALLOW: 1-2, 6, 8-9, 12-13, 15-19
CLIFF SWALLOW: 1, 4, 9, 11-13, 15-16, 23 (1), 25
BARN SWALLOW: 1-9, 11-31
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 1-9, 11-25, 27-31
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 3-4, 6, 9, 12, 14-15, 17-18, 20, 23-26, 30
HOUSE WREN: 1 (1), 3 (4), 4-9, 11-31
MARSH WREN: 8 (1), 9 (2), 16 (1)
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET: 1 (2), 2 (1), 3 (3), 4 (9+), 5-6 (2), 7 (3), 8 (1), 12-14 (1), 16-17 (1), 23 (1)
EASTERN BLUEBIRD: 2 (1♂ + 1♀), 3 (1♀), 6 (1♂), 9 (1♂ + 1♀), 13 (1♀), 16 (1♂), 21 (1♀), 23 (1♂),
25 (1♂), 26 (1♂ + 1♀), 27 (1♀)
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH: 12 (1), 16 (1)
SWAINSON’S THRUSH: 4 (1), 6-7 (1), 11-12 (2), 13 (6), 14, 15 (1), 16 (10), 17 (1), 19-20 (1)
HERMIT THRUSH: 1 (1)
AMERICAN ROBIN: 1-31
GRAY CATBIRD: 2 (1), 6-7 (1), 8-9 (2), 11-31
BROWN THRASHER: 1 (2), 3 (1 BY + 1), 4 (3 BY + 2), 5 (2 BY + 1), 6 (2 BY), 7 (1), 9 (1),
11 (2 BY + 2), 13 (2), 16 (1 + 1 BY), 17 (1), 18 (1 BY), 20 (1), 21 (2), 22 (1),
23 (1 BY + 1), 24 (1 BY + 4), 25 (4), 26-27 (1), 28 (3), 29 (1), 30 (3)
EUROPEAN STARLING: 1-9, 11-31
CEDAR WAXWING: 17 (1), 31 (2)
OVENBIRD: 1 (1), 4 (2), 5-6 (1), 8 (1), 12 (1), 15 (1)
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH: 16 (1)
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH: 1 (1), 4 (1), 16 (3), 17 (1), 26 (1)
BLUE-WINGED WARBLER: 9 (1)
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER: 4 (2), 16 (1), 19 (1)
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER: 23 (1♂)
TENNESSEE WARBLER: 12 (1), 17 (2)
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER: 5 (1), 9 (3), 11 (1), 14, 15 (1), 16 (3), 18-19 (1)
NASHVILLE WARBLER: 4 (1), 8 (1♂), 11 (1), 16 (5), 17-18 (1)
MOURNING WARBLER: 20 (1)
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT: 1 (1♂), 5 (3♂), 6 (2♂), 7 (3♂), 8 (4♂ + 1♀), 9 (5♂), 11-31
AMERICAN REDSTART: 8 (1♂), 11 (2♂ BY), 12 (5), 13 (3), 15 (2), 16 (1), 18 (4), 19 (2), 20 (6),
21 (2), 22 (4), 24 (1), 26 (3), 27 (1), 29 (1♀)
CAPE MAY WARBLER: 11 (1)
NORTHERN PARULA: 11 (1)
MAGNOLIA WARBLER: 12-13 (1), 16 (3), 17-18 (1), 22 (2)
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER: 19 (1♂)
YELLOW WARBLER: 2 (1), 4 (1), 7 (1♂), 8-9 (2♂), 11 (6), 12 (9), 13 (2), 14, 15 (1), 16 (3), 17 (1),
18 (2), 21 (1), 22 (4), 23-24 (2), 26 (1), 30 (1), 31 (2)
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER: 11 (2), 13 (1), 15 (2). 18 (1), 20-21 (1)
BLACKPOLL WARBLER: 12-13 (1), 16 (1)
PALM WARBLER: 1-2 (6), 3 (7), 4 (5+), 5 (1), 6 (4), 8 (1), 9 (3), 11 (1), 15 (3), 16 (1), 18 (1)
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (Myrtle): 1 (8), 2 (4), 3 (4+), 5 (2), 6 (1), 8-9 (1), 11 (2), 12 (1), 15 (1)
CANADA WARBLER: 11 (1), 18 (1)
WILSON’S WARBLER: 6 (1♂), 8 (1♂), 9 (4♂), 11 (5), 12 (1), 14, 15 (1), 16 (10), 17 (4), 18 (1), 20 (1),
23 (1), 26 (1)
EASTERN TOWHEE: 9 (1♀), 22 (1)
CHIPPING SPARROW: 1-9, 11-31
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW: 1 (6), 3 (1), 4 (2), 6 (1), 8 (2), 9 (3), 12 (2), 15 (6), 16 (7+), 17 (2)
FIELD SPARROW: 1 (2), 2 (1), 3 (2), 7 (1), 9 (1)
VESPER SPARROW: 1 (1), 4 (1)
LARK SPARROW: 18 (2)
SAVANNAH SPARROW: 1 (2), 2 (1), 15 (1)
SONG SPARROW: 1-9, 11-31
LINCOLN’S SPARROW: 2-3 (1 BY), 4 (9+), 5 (1 BY + 1), 7 (2), 8 (1 BY + 1), 9 (3 + 1 BY),
11 (1 BY +1), 12 (1 BY + 2), 13 (2), 14 (1), 15 (3), 16 (8+), 17 (3 + 1 BY), 23 (2)
SWAMP SPARROW: 1 (4), 3 (3), 4 (5+), 5 (3), 12 (1), 16 (1)
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW: 1-9, 14, 23 (1)
HARRIS’S SPARROW: 1 (1), 4 (3), 7 (1 + 2 BY), 12-13 (1), 14 (1 BY), 15-16 (2), 17 (1)
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW: 1 (1), 2-3 (1 BY), 4 (3 BY + 1), 5 (2 BY + 1), 6 (2 BY), 7 (8 BY + 3),
8-9 (2 BY), 11 (4 BY), 12 (2 BY), 13 (4 + 1 BY), 16 (1), 18 (1)
NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1-9, 11-31
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK: 7 (1♀ BY), 11 (2♂ + 2♀ + 1♀ BY), 12, 14 (1♂ + 1♂ BY), 15 (2),
16 (1♂ + 2♀), 18 (1♂ BY), 29 (1♂)
INDIGO BUNTING: 7 (1♂ BY), 22 (1♀), 24 (1♀), 26 (1♀), 28, 31
DICKCISSEL: 29 (4), 30-31
BOBOLINK: 25 (2♂)
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 1-9, 11-31
EASTERN MEADOWLARK: 3-9, 11, 13-14, 16, 19, 21-25, 28, 30-31
COMMON GRACKLE: 1-9, 11-31
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD: 1, 3-9, 11-14, 16-31
ORCHARD ORIOLE: 26 (1st Spring ♂), 27 (1♀), 28 (1♂), 30 (1♂ + 1 1st Spring ♂)
BALTIMORE ORIOLE: 5 (1♂), 6 (4♂), 7 (5+ ♂), 8-9, 11-31
HOUSE FINCH: 1-9, 11-31
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1-9, 11-31
HOUSE SPARROW: 1-9, 11-31
MAMMALIAN
STRIPED SKUNK:
WHITE-TAILED DEER: 1 (3), 2 (5), 3 (6), 4-5 (1), 6 (7), 7 (2), 11 (1), 20 (4), 22 (1), 23 (3),
FOX SQUIRREL: 2-5, 9, 11-12, 16-18, 21, 23-26
THIRTEEN-LINED GROUND SQUIRREL: 3, 16, 21, 24-25, 27
EASTERN CHIPMUNK: 3-4, 11, 16, 25-26, 29
MUSKRAT: 14 (1)
EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 1-7, 9, 11-31
REPTILIAN
Garter snake sp.: 6 (1), 16 (1)
NORTHERN PAINTED TURTLE: 2-7, 9, 12-14, 16-26, 28-30
RED-EARED SLIDER: 3-4 (1), 6 (1), 9 (1), 17-18 (1), 22 (1), 24 (1), 27 (1)
AMPHIBIAN
AMERICAN TOAD: 5-7, 11-12, 17-21, 23-24, 27, 30
BLANCHARD’S CRICKET FROG: 26-31
EASTERN GRAY TREEFROG: 7, 12, 20-21, 23-27, 29-30
BOREAL CHORUS FROG: 1-7, 9, 11-23, 25-26
BULLFROG: 26 (1), 28
NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG: 2-3, 5, 16
LEPIDOPTERA
BLACK SWALLOWTAIL: 3 (1), 9 (2), 20, 21 (1), 24, 26 (1), 28 (1), 31 (1)
EASTERM TIGER SWALLOWTAIL: 8-9 (1), 18 (1), 22 (1), 31 (1)
CHECKERED WHITE: 20 (1), 26-27 (1)
CABBAGE WHITE: 3-4 (2), 5, 7, 22-23
ORANGE SULPHUR: 7
Sulphur sp.: 6 (1), 7 (2), 8-9, 11, 21, 23-25, 27, 30-31
PEARL CRESCENT: 29 (1)
MOURNING CLOAK: 3-8 (1), 20 (2), 21 (1), 22-23 (2), 27 (1)
AMERICAN LADY: 3 (2), 23 (1)
RED ADMIRAL: 2-3 (2), 4 (1), 5-6 (2), 17 (4), 18 (2), 20 (1), 21 (2), 22 (1), 24, 26, 29
COMMON BUCKEYE: 22 (1)
MONARCH: 20 (3), 21 (2), 22 (3), 23 (4), 26 (6), 27 (3), 28-29 (6), 30 (3), 31 (2)
CELERY LOOPER: 8
ODONATE
FAMILIAR BLUET: 21
EASTERN FORKTAIL: 23, 26, 29-31
COMMON GREEN DARNER: 2-3, 5-7, 9, 18 (1), 20-31
DOT-TAILED WHITEFACE: 30-31
TWELVE-SPOTTED SKIMMER: 30
VARIEGATED MEADOWHAWK: 2-3, 5, 29-30
BLACK SADDLEBAGS: 29-31
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