Red-winged Blackbirds are nesting in all corners of the Park. The
male (left) will go after anything that comes near the nest, including
American Crows, Red-tailed Hawks, and Turkey Vultures (even though this
species presents no threat). A female is shown in the center. A recently fledged youngster (right) was able to fly short distances.
However, it was still a bit unstable and the parents still came by to
provide some food. (Wolf. Oesterreich)
A total of 139 avian species (+ 3 sp.) was recorded this month, ranking this month as the 4th highest May among 18 years of records.
Wolf. Oesterreich
A total of 139 avian species (+ 3 sp.) was recorded this month, ranking this month as the 4th highest May among 18 years of records.
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 12th may represent
a new extreme late Spring record for Story County (former record set on 3 May
2014 at AHHP). The Clay-colored Sparrow
observation on the 23rd tied the late Spring record (set in 1986 at Ames). Other potential new extreme late Spring
records include the adult Black-crowned Night-Heron on the 23rd (former
record set on 22 May 1979 at Hendrickson Marsh), the 2 Harris’s Sparrows on the
23rd (former record set on 20 May 1990 at Ames), and the male Rusty
Blackbird on the 2nd (former record set on 25 April 2008 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, FY=front yard).
The order follows the 55th Supplement (2014) to the American
Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North
American Birds and the 14th Supplement to the 7th
Edition (1998).
[I participated in the annual Big Bluestem Audubon Society's Birdathon on the 9th, thus few records for that day.
AVIAN
CANADA
GOOSE: 1-31
TRUMPETER
SWAN: 22 (2)
WOOD
DUCK: 1 (2), 2 (4), 3-4 (1♂), 5-6 (3♂ + 3♀), 7 (2), 8 (3), 10, 11 (2♂),
12-13
(1), 14 (1♂), 15
(3♂ + 1♀), 19 (1♂), 21-22 (2♂ + 1♀), 23 (7+),
27 (2♂ + 2♀), 28-29 (1♂ + 1♀, 30
(1♂ + 2♀), 31 (1♂)
GADWALL:
2 (2), 18 (1♂ + 2♀)
AMERICAN
WIGEON: 12 (1♂)
MALLARD:
1-8, 10-31
BLUE-WINGED
TEAL: 1, 2 (30+), 3-4 (16+), 5 (33+), 6 (11+), 7 (19+), 8 (26+), 10,
11 (8+), 12
(1), 13 (6), 14 (8), 15 (15+), 16 (10+), 17 (2), 18 (10), 19 (6),
20-21 (4), 22
(3♂ + 3♀), 23 (5♂ + 2♀), 24 (5♂ + 1♀), 25 (3♂),
26 (4♂ + 1♀), 27 (4♂ + 2♀), 28
(6), 29 (2)
NORTHERN
SHOVELER: 1, 3 (1♂), 5 (2♂), 19 (3♂ + 2♀), 20 (2♂ + 2♀),
22 (2♂ + 2♀), 23 (2♂ +
1♀), 26
(1♂)
GREEN-WINGED
TEAL: 18 (1♂)
RING-NECKED
DUCK: 3-4 (1♂), 6 (1♂), 25 (1♂)
LESSER
SCAUP: 2-3 (1♂ + 1♀), 4 (3♂ + 1♀)
RED-BREASTED
MERGANSER: 1-2 (2♀), 3-5 (1♀), 7-8 (1♀), 11-13 (2♀), 15 (2♀)
RUDDY
DUCK: 1 (1♀), 3 (4), 5 (1♂ + 4♀), 6 (4), 7-8 (1♀)
RING-NECKED
PHEASANT: 1-31
PIED-BILLED
GREBE: 1 (3), 2-3 (11), 4 (6), 5 (11+), 6-7 (2), 8 (1), 11 (4), 15 (1)
HORNED
GREBE: 5 (2 abp)
DOUBLE-CRESTED
CORMORANT: 1 (12), 4 (7)
AMERICAN
WHITE PELICAN: 1 (58)
AMERICAN
BITTERN: 5 (1)
GREAT
BLUE HERON: 1 (2), 2 (1), 3-6 (2), 7 (3), 8 (2), 10-11 (1), 12 (3), 13 (1),
15-16 (3), 17 (1), 18-20
(2), 22 (2), 23 (3), 24 (2), 25 (3), 26 (2), 27 (3),
28-29 (2), 30 (3), 31 (2)
GREAT
EGRET: 5 (4), 16 (1), 17 (2), 27 (3), 30 (1)
GREEN
HERON: 1 (1), 3 (1), 11 (1), 13 (1), 19 (1), 21 (1), 24 (1)
BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERON: 19 (1 ad), 23 (1 ad)
TURKEY
VULTURE: 3 (1), 4 (4), 6 (13+), 7 (1), 8 (2), 11 (2), 13 (4), 15 (1), 17 (3),
18 (4+), 19 (5), 21
(2), 23 (3), 25 (3), 27 (9), 28 (1), 29 (4), 31 (1)
OSPREY:
21 (1), 27 (1)
BALD
EAGLE: 5 (2 im), 6 (1 ad), 15 (1 ad), 22 (1 ad), 28 (1 ad)
SHARP-SHINNED
HAWK: 1 (1)
COOPER’S
HAWK: 1 (1), 14 (1),
Accipiter
sp.: 11 (1)
RED-TAILED
HAWK: 1-2 (2), 3-4 (1), 5-6 (2), 7-8 (1), 11 (2), 12 (1), 13 (2), 15 (1),
17,
18 (1), 19-20
(2), 21 (1), 22 (2), 23 (1), 25 (1), 27-29 (2), 30 (4), 31 (2)
VIRGINIA
RAIL: 7 (1)
SORA:
2 (2), 3 (1), 4-5 (3), 6-7 (1), 8 (3), 11 (1), 13 (1)
AMERICAN
COOT: 1, 2 (26+), 3 (13+), 4 (15+), 5 (50+), 6 (18+), 7 (4), 10 (1), 12 (1),
15
(2), 17-19
(1), 22-23 (1), 25 (1)
KILLDEER:
3 (1), 4 (3), 5 (2), 6-7 (3), 8 (1), 11 (1), 13 (2), 15 (2), 16-18, 19-20 (1),
23 (3)
AMERICAN
AVOCET: 5 (12)
SPOTTED
SANDPIPER: 3-4 (1), 7-8 (3), 10-11 (1), 12 (2) 13 (4), 15 (3), 20 (1),
22 (5),
23 (1), 25 (1), 27
(2)
SOLITARY
SANDPIPER: 4-5 (1), 7 (1), 8 (2), 11 (3), 12-13 (1), 15 (1)
GREATER
YELLOWLEGS: 7-8 (2)
LESSER
YELLOWLEGS: 3 (2), 5 (5), 8 (18+), 11 (3), 12 (6), 13-14 (1), 20 (2)
LEAST
SANDPIPER: 5 (3), 14 (5), 15 (3)
WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPER: 4 (1), 14 (1)
PECTORAL
SANDPIPER: 4 (4)
SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPER: 5 (2), 14 (1)
Sandpiper
sp.: 3 (2), 4 (1)
LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHER: 5 (13), 13 (1)
RING-BILLED
GULL: 1 (3), 17-18 (1)
FRANKLIN’S
GULL: 18 (2)
CASPIAN
TERN: 15 (1), 17 (1), 24 (1)
BLACK
TERN: 25 (7)
FORSTER’S
TERN: 12 (4)
EURASIAN
COLLARED-DOVE: 22-24 (1), 25-26 (2)
MOURNING
DOVE: 1-8, 10-13, 15-31
BARRED
OWL: 11 (1)
CHIMNEY
SWIFT: 8 (2), 20 (1), 24 (1), 27 (2)
RUBY-THROATED
HUMMINGBIRD: 25 (2)
BELTED
KINGFISHER: 28 (1)
RED-BELLIED
WOODPECKER: 5-6, 11, 13, 15, 17-19, 22
DOWNY
WOODPECKER: 1-6, 8, 11, 14-17, 20, 22, 24, 27-29, 31
HAIRY
WOODPECKER: 16
NORTHERN
FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 2-4 (1), 5 (3), 6 (2), 7-8 (1), 11 (1), 17,
24-26 (1)
OLIVE-SIDED
FLYCATCHER: 20 (1)
EASTERN
WOOD-PEWEE: 29 (1)
WILLOW
FLYACTCHER: 29 (1)
LEAST
FLYCATCHER: 4 (2), 5 (1), 11 (2), 13-17, 18 (2), 20 (2), 23
Empidonax
sp.: 24 (1)
EASTERN
PHOEBE: 11 (1), 16 (1), 23-24 (1), 29 (1)
GREAT
CRESTED FLYCATCHER: 17 (1), 23 (2), 25 (1)
EASTERN
KINGBIRD: 8 (1), 11 (1), 13 (1), 15 (3), 16 (7+), 17 (2), 18 (3), 19-20 (1),
24
(1), 25-27 (3), 29 (3), 30-31 (2)
BELL’S
VIREO: 27-29 (1), 31 (1)
BLUE-HEADED
VIREO: 5 (1)
WARBLING
VIREO: 2 (4), 3 (4+), 4 (6+), 5 (7+), 6 (4+), 7-8, 11-31
RED-EYED
VIREO: 3 (1), 16-25
BLUE
JAY: 1-8, 10-11, 15-17, 19, 22-28, 31
AMERICAN
CROW: 1-8, 10-11, 14-19, 22-23, 25, 28, 31
PURPLE
MARTIN: 1-8, 10-31
TREE
SWALLOW: 1-8, 10-31
NORTHERN
ROUGH-WINGED SWALLLOW: 2, 4, 7, 11, 13, 19-20, 24
BANK
SWALLOW: 4, 11-12, 18, 20
CLIFF
SWALLOW: 11, 18, 20, 23-24
BARN
SWALLOW: 1-8, 10-31
BLACK-CAPPED
CHICKADEE: 1-8, 10-20, 22-25, 29-31
WHITE-BREASTED
NUTHATCH: 2, 16, 23-25, 27, 29, 31
HOUSE
WREN: 1-8, 10-31
MARSH
WREN: 3 (2)
BLUE-GRAY
GNATCATCHER: 16 (1)
RUBY-CROWNED
KINGLET: 1 (1 BY), 2 (3), 4 (3), 5 (4), 15 (1)
EASTERN
BLUEBIRD: 1 (2♂ + 1♀), 3 (1♀), 4 (2♂ + 1♀), 6-7 (2♂ + 1♀), 8 (1♂),
11-12 (1♂ +
1♀), 19
(1), 20 (1♂), 29 (1♂)
GRAY-CHEEKED
THRUSH: 22 (1)
SWAINSON’S
THRUSH: 4-5 (1), 8 (1), 10 (1), 12 (1), 16 (1), 19 (2)
HERMIT
THRUSH: 3 (1 BY)
AMERICAN
ROBIN: 1-31
GRAY
CATBIRD: 4 (1), 5 (2), 6-8, 10-25, 28-29, 31
BROWN
THRASHER: 1 (1), 3 (3), 4-5 (1), 6 (2), 7 (1), 10-14 (1), 19 (2), 22
EUROPEAN
STARLING: 1-8, 11-12, 14-31
CEDAR
WAXWING: 26 (8), 31 (1 BY)
OVENBIRD:
4 (2), 6-7 (1)
LOUISIANA
WATERTHRUSH: 14 (1)
NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSH: 2-3 (1), 4-5 (2), 8 (2), 11 (1), 14-15 (1), 23 (1)
BLACK-AND-WHITE
WARBLER: 2 (1), 3 (4), 6 (1), 11 (1)
TENNESSEE
WARBLER: 6 (1), 14 (1), 15-17, 19 (2), 20 (1), 24 (1)
ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLER: 1 (1), 3 (1), 6 (1), 11 (2), 24 (1)
NASHVILLE
WARBLER: 2-5 (2), 8 (1), 11 (1), 18 (1), 20 (1)
MOURNING
WARBLER: 19 (1)
COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT: 2-4 (1♂), 5 (5♂), 6 (4♂ + 1♀), 7-8, 10 (1♂), 11-31
AMERICAN
REDSTART: 3-4 (1♂), 5-6 (2♂), 7 (1♂), 10, 11 (1♂), 13 (1♂),
14 (3♂ + 1♀), 15
(1♂ + 2♀), 16
(2♂ + 2♀), 17 (1♂ + 2♀), 18 (4), 19 (6),
20 (3), 22 (4♀), 24 (2♀), 26
NORTHERN
PARULA: 12 (1♀), 15 (1)
MAGNOLIA
WARBLER: 14 (2), 16 (7), 17 (3♂), 18 (3), 19 (5), 20 (1), 22 (2)
BAY-BREASTED
WARBLER: 11 (1♂)
YELLOW
WARBLER: 2 (1♂), 4 (1♂), 6 (1♂), 8 (1♂), 10, 11 (2♂), 12 (1♂), 14 (1),
15 (4♂ +
1♀), 16
(1♂), 20 (1), 24 (1), 25, 28-29
CHESTNUT-SIDED
WARBLER: 12 (2♂), 15 (1♂), 16 (1♂ + 1♀), 17 (2♂), 18 (1♂)
BLACKPOLL
WARBLER: 17 (1♂)
PALM
WARBLER: 2 (6), 4 (3), 8 (1)
YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLER (Myrtle): 1 (12+), 2-3, 4 (2), 5-6, 7 (1)
CANADA
WARBLER: 16-17 (1♂), 18 (1), 21-23 (1)
WILSON’S
WARBLER: 4-5 (1♂), 14 (1♂ BY), 15 (3♂), 16 (3♂ + 1♀), 17 (2♂),
18 (1♂), 22 (2♂)
EASTERN
TOWHEE: 5 (1♂), 13 (1)
CHIPPING
SPARROW: 1, 3-5, 7-8, 10-13, 15, 17-31
CLAY-COLORED
SPARROW: 3 (2), 4 (1), 5 (4), 8 (1), 22-23 (1)
FIELD
SPARROW: 1 (1), 2 (2), 3 (1), 4 (2), 5 (1), 8 (1), 12 (1), 15 (1), 17 (1), 19
(1),
22 (1), 24-26 (1), 28
(1), 31 (1)
LARK
SPARROW: 4 (1)
SAVANNAH
SPARROW: 1 (1), 4 (1)
SONG
SPARROW: 1-8, 10-31
LINCOLN’S
SPARROW: 1-3 (1), 4 (2), 11 (5), 12 (2), 15 (2), 22 (1)
SWAMP
SPARROW: 1-2 (1), 3 (2), 4 (4), 5 (3), 8 (1), 12 (1)
WHITE-THROATED
SPARROW: 2 (5+), 3 (26+), 4 (30+), 5-7, 8 (1), 16 (1), 19 (2)
HARRIS’S
SPARROW: 4-5 (1), 23 (2)
WHITE-CROWNED
SPARROW: 1 (1), 2-3 (4), 4-5 (1), 15 (1)
NORTHERN
CARDINAL: 1-8, 10-31
ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAK: 18 (1), 24 (1), 29 (1)
INDIGO
BUNTING: 11 (1♂), 15-18, 21, 23, 26 (1♂), 27-28, 29 (1♂), 31
DICKCISSEL:
22-23 (1), 29-30 (1)
BOBOLINK:
4 (1♂), 12 (5♂), 15 (4♂), 25 (1♂), 30 (1♂)
RED-WINGED
BLACKBIRD: 1-8, 10-31
EASTERN
MEADOWLARK: 1, 3-5, 7-8, 12, 15, 19-20, 22, 25, 29-30
RUSTY
BLACKBIRD: 2 (1)
COMMON
GRACKLE: 1-8, 10-31
BROWN-HEADED
COWBIRD: 1-8, 11, 13-14, 16-31
ORCHARD
ORIOLE: 12 (1♂), 15 (1♂ + 1♀), 17 (1♂), 18 (1), 21 (1♂), 24 (1♂ + 1♀),
25, 27
(1♂), 31
BALTIMORE
ORIOLE: 3 (5+), 4-8, 10-31
HOUSE
FINCH: 1-8, 10-31
AMERICAN
GOLDFINCH: 1-8, 10-31
HOUSE
SPARROW: 1-8, 10-31
MAMMALIAN
AMERICAN
MINK: 11 (1), 13 (1), 31 (1)
WHITE-TAILED
DEER: 2 (2), 3 (3), 5 (3), 6 (1), 11 (1), 15 (4), 16 (1), 20 (1), 24 (1),
25
(2), 29 (1), 30 (2)
FOX
SQUIRREL: 1, 3-4, 10-11, 15-16, 22-23
THIRTEEN-LINED
GROUND SQUIRREL: 4 (1), 6 (1), 24-25 (1), 29 (1)
EASTERN
CHIPMUNK: 3, 19, 21
EASTERN
COTTONTAIL: 1-13, 15-17, 19-31
REPTILIAN
PLAINS
GARTER SNAKE: 13 (1), 28 (1)
COMMON
SNAPPING TURTLE: 27 (1)
NORTHERN
PAINTED TURTLE: 1-8, 12-13, 15-17, 19, 21-31
SPINY
SOFTSHELL TURTLE: 5 (1), 15 (1), 16 (2), 31 (1)
AMPHIBIAN
AMERICAN
TOAD: 1-7, 10, 15-16, 22-27
BLANCHARD’S
CRICKET FROG: 6, 8, 13, 15-17, 21-22, 24-25, 27-28, 30-31
EASTERN
GRAY TREEFROG: 7-8, 10, 15-16, 26
BOREAL
CHORUS FROG: 1-8, 10-13, 15-17, 20-21, 23-30
BULLFROG:
2-8, 13, 15, 17, 21-25, 27-29
NORTHERN
LEOPARD FROG: 2-4, 7-8, 26-27
LEPIDOPTERA
BLACK
SWALLOWTAIL: 7 (1)
EASTERM
TIGER SWALLOWTAIL: 28 (1)
CABBAGE
WHITE: 3, 5-6, 16, 31
ORANGE
SULPHUR: 3, 6-8, 16, 27
Sulphur
sp.: 1, 22
SPRING
AZURE: 12 (1)
PEARL
CRESCENT: 3 (3)
MOURNING
CLOAK: 5 (1), 7 (1), 17 (1)
PAINTED
LADY: 3 (1), 8
RED
ADMIRAL: 3 (1), 4-8, 12-13, 15-17, 19, 21-23, 25, 27-28
VICEROY:
27 (1), 29 (2)
MONARCH:
5 (1), 13 (2), 16 (1), 22 (2), 23 (1), 27 (1), 31 (6)
ODONATE
FAMILIAR
BLUET:
EASTERN
FORKTAIL: 5 (1♀), 15 (♂/♀), 22, 31
COMMON
GREEN DARNER: 4-7, 13, 15-16, 21-22, 25, 27-29, 31
EASTERN
PONDHAWK: 31 (1♀)
COMMON
WHITETAIL: 28 (1♀), 29 (1♂ im)
BLUE
DASHER: 29 (1♀)
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