Feb 1, 2015: Wolf's January 2015 Wildlife Report

We don't usually find Swamp Sparrows in January, but I found 1 to 3 early in the month. 1/9/15 (Wolf. Oesterreich)


A total of 34 avian species was recorded this month, ranking this month as the 4^th highest January (tied with 2014) among 18 years of records.

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 55^th Supplement (2014) to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds and the 14^th Supplement to the 7^th Edition (1998).

AVIAN

     GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE: 26-27 (7)

     CACKLING GOOSE: 1-2, 6, 26 (5+), 27-28, 30-31

     CANADA GOOSE: 1-16, 18-31

     TRUMPETER SWAN: 1 (36+), 2 (59), 4 (12+), 5 (61), 6 (45), 7 (16+), 8 (13), 9 (14),

                                    10-12 (13), 15 (2), 19 (2), 22 (7), 31 (7)

     AMERICAN BLACK DUCK: 19-20 (1♂), 22 (1♂)

     MALLARD: 1-2, 4-16, 19-31

     NORTHERN PINTAIL: 27 (1♂ + 1♀)

     COMMON MERGANSER: 22 (2♂), 25 (1♂)

     RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 10 (8), 16, 21-22, 31

     BALD EAGLE: 1 (1 ad), 2 (1 ad + 1 4-year old), 5-8 (1 ad), 11-12 (1 im), 27 (1 ad)

     SHARP-SHINNED HAWK: 9 (1)

     COOPER’S HAWK: 1 (1 BY), 2 (1 im BY + 1 ad), 5 (1 im BY), 6 (1 ad BY), 29 (1 im)

     RED-TAILED HAWK: 1 (1), 2 (3), 5 (3), 6 (2), 9 (1), 13-15 (2), 19-21 (1), 22 (3), 23 (1),

                                    25 (2), 26 (1), 28 (1), 31 (1)

     MOURNING DOVE: 1 (2 BY), 2 (1), 4 (1 BY), 5 (2 BY), 6 (2 BY + 1), 10-11 (1 BY), 16,

                                    22 (2), 25 (1 BY)

     GREAT HORNED OWL: 1 (2)

     RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 31 (1)

     DOWNY WOODPECKER: 1-2, 4-11, 13-16, 19-21, 23-25, 27-28, 30-31

     HAIRY WOODPECKER: 7-8, 12, 27

     NORTHERN SHRIKE: 2 (1), 9 (1)

     BLUE JAY: 1-2, 5-7, 10, 19, 25, 28, 31

     AMERICAN CROW: 1-2, 4-11, 13-16, 19-20, 23, 25-26, 29, 31

     BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 1-2, 4-16, 19-23, 25-28, 30-31

     WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 1-2, 5, 11, 13, 31

     AMERICAN ROBIN: 27 (1 BY), 31 (2)

     EUROPEAN STARLING: 1-2, 4-8, 10-13, 16, 19, 21-22, 24-25, 31

     CEDAR WAXWING: 25 (~30), 31 (50+)

     AMERICAN TREE SPARROW: 1-2, 5-9, 11-16, 19-23, 25-31

     SONG SPARROW: 5 (1), 9-10 (1), 11 (2), 12-13 (1), 14 (2), 19 (1), 23 (1)

     SWAMP SPARROW: 9 (3), 10 (2), 12 (1), 13 (2), 14 (1)

     DARK-EYED JUNCO (Slate-colored): 1-2, 4-16, 19-21, 23, 25-28, 30-31

     NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1-2, 4-16, 19, 21-25, 28-31

     HOUSE FINCH: 1-2, 4-11, 13-16, 19-21, 23, 25-28, 30-31

     AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1, 11, 19, 28, 31

     HOUSE SPARROW: 1-2, 4-16, 19-31

Unless indicated otherwise, the White-tailed Deer were antlerless. 

MAMMALIAN

     WHITE-TAILED DEER: 1 (1 + 3 BY), 2 (3), 4 (3 BY), 7 (1 BY), 10-11 (2 BY), 13 (2 BY),

                                    14 (7), 15 (5), 16 (3 BY), 20 (3), 21 (1 + 3 BY), 23 (2), 27 (3),

                                     30 (7)

     FOX SQUIRREL: 1-2, 4-8, 10-12, 15-16, 19-21, 25, 27-31

     EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 1, 5-9, 11-15, 19, 24-25, 28, 30-31

LEPIDOPTERA

     WOOLLY BEAR (Isabella Tiger Moth): 27 (1)

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