April 1, 2015: Wolf's March 2015 Wildlife Report

Two Eurasian Collared-Doves were found on the 13th, a new record (#269) for the Park List.  I was barely able to snap one photograph before they flew off.  They are roughly 1 inch longer than Mourning Doves and weigh more (7 oz vs 4.2 oz).  Eurasian Collared-Doves also have squared tails and the "collared" mark on the nape. 3/13/15 (Wolf. Oesterreich)


A total of 74 avian species (plus 1 sp.) was recorded this month, ranking this month as the 4^th highest March among 18 years of records.  This total is 44 species more than last month and 5 more than March 2014.

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: 8 (132+), 9 (131+), 10 (9), 13 (500+), 14 (300+),

                                  29 (9)

     SNOW GOOSE: 13 (400+), 16 (200+), 25 (~100), 30 (~60), 31 (1)

     CACKLING GOOSE: 1 (1), 3 (1), 8 (2), 11

     CANADA GOOSE: 1-31

     TRUMPETER SWAN: 1 (6 ad + 3 ju), 14 (1 ad), 23 (3 ju)

     WOOD DUCK: 19 (5♂ + 2♀), 22 (4♂ + 3♀), 24 (4♂ + 3♀), 25 (2♂ + 1♀), 26 (1♂ + 1♀),

                                    27 (6♂ + 4♀), 28, 29 (3♂), 30 (1♂ + 1♀), 31

     GADWALL: 13 (1♂ + 1♀), 17 (5♂ + 2♀), 18 (11+), 19 (18+), 20 (12+), 21 (9+), 22,

                                    23 (18+), 24, 25 (14+), 26 (13+), 27 (19+), 28, 29 (35+), 30, 31 (20+)

     AMERICAN WIGEON: 17 (5♂ + 3♀), 18 (1♂ + 1♀), 22 (1♂ + 1♀), 25 (4♂ + 1♀),

                                    26 (2♂ + 1♀), 27 (1♂ + 1♀), 30 (2♂ + 1♀)

     MALLARD: 1-31

     BLUE-WINGED TEAL: 23 (5), 25 (3♂), 26 (5♂), 27 (4♂), 28, 29 (4♂ + 1♀), 30-31

     NORTHERN SHOVELER: 22 (2+), 23 (2), 24 (4), 25 (19+), 26 (16+), 27 (17+), 28,

                                     29 (20+), 30-31

     NORTHERN PINTAIL: 9 (6♂ + 2♀), 10 (1♂), 11-12 (1♂ + 1♀), 13 (3♂ + 3♀), 25 (2♂ + 1♀),

                                     27 (1♂)

     GREEN-WINGED TEAL: 12 (2♂ + 1♀), 17 (2♂ + 2♀), 21 (2♂), 22 (6+), 23 (13),

                                    25 (6♂ + 2♀), 27 (4♂ + 1♀), 28, 29 (2♂), 31

     CANVASBACK: 9 (35♂ + 5♀), 10 (3♂), 13 (4♂), 14 (2♂ + 2♀), 17 (4♂ + 2♀),

                                    18 (6♂ + 2♀), 27 (1♂), 28 (4♂ + 2♀), 29 (1♂)

     REDHEAD: 8 (3♂ + 4♀), 9 (1♂ + 1♀), 10 (1♂), 14 (5♂ + 3♀), 17 (3♂ + 2♀), 21 (7),

                                    22 (2♂ + 2♀), 23 (60+), 25 (1♂ + 1♀), 31 (1♂ + 1♀)

     RING-NECKED DUCK: 8 (4♂ + 1♀), 9 (10♂ + 3♀), 10 (9♂ + 2♀), 12 (3♂), 13 (6♂ + 1♀),

                                   15 (1♂ + 1), 17 (60+), 18 (50+), 19 (28+), 20 (8+), 21 (33+), 22,

                                    23 (68+), 24 (6), 25 (48+), 26 (80+), 27 (51+), 28, 29 (8+), 30-31

     LESSER SCAUP: 8 (5♂ + 2♀), 9 (4♂ + 4♀), 10 (3♂), 12 (9♂ + 2♀), 17 (12+), 18 (20+),

                                   19-20 (9+), 21 (52+), 22, 23 (24+), 24, 25 (72+), 28 (8+), 27 (54+), 28,

                                    29 (73+), 30, 31 (36+)

     BUFFLEHEAD: 12 (1♂), 14 (2♂ + 1♀), 17 (2♂), 18-20 (2♂ + 1♀), 22 (4♂ + 1♀), 23 (13),

                                    24 (6+), 25 (11+), 26 (8+), 27 (6♂ + 3♀), 28, 29 (2♂ + 2♀), 30 (4),

                                    31 (20+)

     COMMON GOLDENEYE: 8 (1♂), 25 (2♂ + 1♀)

     HOODED MERGANSER: 20 (1♂ + 1♀), 22 (1♂ + 1♀), 25 (2♂ + 2♀), 26 (3♂ + 2♀),

                                    27 (2♂ + 2♀), 28, 29-31 (2♂ + 2♀)

     COMMON MERGANSER: 13 (1♂), 25 (2♂ + 1♀)

     RED-BREASTED MERGANSER: 21 (2♂), 25 (3♂ + 4♀), 30 (1♂)

     RUDDY DUCK: 23 (30), 27 (1♂), 31 (10+)

     RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 13 (1♂), 14, 16-17, 19, 21, 23-27, 31

     COMMON LOON: 30 (1)

     PIED-BILLED GREBE: 20 (1), 22-23 (1), 25-28 (1), 29 (3), 30 (4), 31 (3)

     DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT: 25 (1), 30-31 (3)

     GREAT BLUE HERON: 18 (1), 21-22 (1), 23-26 (2), 27 (4-5), 28 (3), 29 (2), 30-31 (1)

     TURKEY VULTURE: 23 (5), 30 (2), 31 (3)

     BALD EAGLE: 6 (1 im), 7 (1 ad + 1 im), 11 (1 ad), 13 (1 ad), 14 (1 im), 15-19 (1 ad),

                                    22-24 (1 ad), 31 (1 ad)

     SHARP-SHINNED HAWK: 28 (1)

     COOPER’S HAWK: 12 (2), 14 (1 ad), 19 (1 ad), 20 (1 im)

     Accipiter sp.: 1 (1 BY)

     RED-TAILED HAWK: 2 (1), 5-7 (1), 10 (1), 12-13 (2), 14 (1), 15 (2), 16 (1), 17 (2), 18 (1),

                                   19 (2), 20-21 (1), 22 (2), 23-26 (1), 27-28 (2), 29 (1), 30 (2), 31 (1)

     AMERICAN COOT: 22 (4), 23 (19), 24 (11), 25 (5), 26 (10), 27 (5), 28, 29 (16), 20 (3),

                                   31 (57+)

     KILLDEER: 12-13 (2), 14 (1), 15 (3), 16 (7), 17 (1), 18 (3), 19-22 (2). 27-29 (1), 30-31 (2)

     WILSON’S SNIPE: 31 (1)

     AMERICAN WOODCOCK: 25-26 (1), 30 (2)

     RING-BILLED GULL: 12 (2), 13 (5), 15 (10), 16 (2), 17 (4), 18 (8), 19 (1), 22 (8+), 24 (5),

                                    25 (2), 29 (36+), 31 (2)

     ROCK PIGEON: 20 (1)

     MOURNING DOVE: 7-9, 11-12, 14-15, 17, 19-20, 22, 24-31

     EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE: 13 (2 BY)

     GREAT HORNED OWL: 25 (1)

     BELTED KINGFISHER: 31 (1)

     RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 1, 8, 14-15, 19, 31

     DOWNY WOODPECKER: 1-8, 10-17, 19-26, 30-31

     HAIRY WOODPECKER: 5, 10, 14, 19, 24

     NORTHERN FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 16 (1), 18-20 (1), 23 (2), 25 (1)

     NORTHERN SHRIKE: 1-2 (1), 17 (1), 24 (1)

     BLUE JAY: 2, 5-6, 13, 16, 19-20, 23-25, 27-31

     AMERICAN CROW: 1, 3-31

     PURPLE MARTIN: 31 (1)

     TREE SWALLOW: 30 (6+), 31 (15+)

     BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 1-31

     WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 1, 5, 8, 15, 17-18, 20, 23, 27, 30

     GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET: 27 (2)

     EASTERN BLUEBIRD: 14, 15 (1♂), 20 (2♂), 23 (1♂ + 1♀), 27 (1♂ + 1♀), 31 (1♂ + 1♀)

     AMERICAN ROBIN: 2 (1), 5 (4 BY), 6 (4), 7 (1 BY), 10-31

     EUROPEAN STARLING: 1-7, 10-15, 17-26, 28-31

     CEDAR WAXWING: 6 (5), 7 (27 BY), 8 (7 BY), 11 (3 BY), 12 (10), 20 (1 BY), 28 (1 BY)

     AMERICAN TREE SPARROW: 2-3 (1 BY), 5-8 (1 BY), 9 (2 BY), 10-11 (1 BY), 20 (1),

                                    22 (1), 23 (7+), 24, 25 (5+), 26 (8+), 27 (3+)

     SAVANNAH SPARROW: 23 (1)

     FOX SPARROW: 14 (1 BY), 23 (1 BY + 8), 25 (1 BY), 26 (2), 27 (1 BY + 2), 28 (2 BY),

                                   29-30 (1 BY)

     SONG SPARROW: 1-3 (2), 4 (1), 5 (2), 14 (1), 16 (1), 19 (1), 22 (10+), 23 (32+), 24-31

     SWAMP SPARROW: 24 (3), 27 (1), 30-31 (1)

     DARK-EYED JUNCO (Slate-colored): 1-31

     NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1-31

     RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 9 (1♂ BY), 10 (40+ ♂/♀), 13-16, 17-18 (1♂ BY), 19-31

     EASTERN MEADOWLARK: 31 (1)

     RUSTY BLACKBIRD: 30-31 (1♂)

     COMMON GRACKLE: 13 (1♂), 16, 18 (17+), 19-31

     BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD: 14 (2♂ BY)

     HOUSE FINCH: 1-31

     AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 2, 4 (3 BY), 7, 9, 20-23

     HOUSE SPARROW: 1-31

MAMMALIAN

     AMERICAN MINK: 23 (1)

     WHITE-TAILED DEER: 5-6 (3), 8 (2), 10 (28), 13-14 (7 BY), 16 (3), 24 (5), 26 (1), 27 (3),

                                 29 (1), 31 (5)

     FOX SQUIRREL: 1-4, 6-8, 10-21, 23-31

     THIRTEEN-LINED GROUND SQUIRREL: 20 (1)

     EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 1-9, 11-15, 17-24, 26-31

REPTILIAN

     NORTHERN PAINTED TURTLE: 14 (5), 16 (24+), 17 (1), 18 (5), 19 (1), 20 (30+), 21-22,

                                 30-31

AMPHIBIAN

     BOREAL CHORUS FROG: 31

     NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG: 29 (1)

LEPIDOPTERA

     EASTERN COMMA: 13 (2), 30-31 (1)

     MOURNING CLOAK: 11 (1), 20 (2), 30 (2), 31 (1)

     WOOLLY BEAR (Isabella Tiger Moth): 11 91), 30 (1)

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