Two Great Blue Herons have been hanging around through the end of
November. (Who knows if they'll stay into December?) This one has been
typically found along the north lake's shore, especially along the NW
corner, while the other one is usually found at Pool F or Pond J.A total of 76 avian species (plus 1 sp.) was recorded this month, ranking this month as the 2nd highest November among 18 years of records. November 1999 with only 40 species remains as the lowest November, while Novembers 2014 and 2010 are the highest with 77 species.
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 following may represent new extreme late Fall records: 1 Great
Egret on the 19th-21st (former record set on 4 November 2004 at Ada
Hayden HP), 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper on the 12th (10 November 2010
at Ada Hayden HP), 1 Wilson’s Snipe on the 16th-17th (10
November 2004 at Ada Hayden HP), 1 Franklin’s Gull on the 28th (20
November 2004 at Ada Hayden HP), and 1 Lincoln’s Sparrow on the 6th (5
November 1986 at State Forest Nursery).
The single Common Redpoll found on the 21st may represent a
new extreme early Winter record (22 November 2001 in my backyard).
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 55th Supplement (2014) to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds and
the 14th Supplement to the 7th Edition (1998).
AVIAN
GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE: 24 (1), 29 (4), 30 (6)
ROSS’S
GOOSE: 14 (1)
CACKLING
GOOSE: 21 (3), 28 (4), 29
CANADA
GOOSE: 1-2, 4-11, 13-25, 27-30
TRUMPETER
SWAN: 27
WOOD
DUCK: 1 (5), 2 (7), 4 (10), 5 (17), 6 (25+), 7 (32+), 8, 9 (2), 10 (3), 12
(13+), 14 (1),
15 (1♂), 17 (1♂),
21 (2♂), 23-24 (1♀), 28 (1♂ + 1♀)
GADWALL:
1 (19♂ + 15♀), 5 (7), 7 (12), 8 (28), 9 (6), 11 (30+), 12 (21+), 13 (5+), 14
(8),
15 (3♂), 18 (4♂ + 1♀), 19
(13), 20 (1), 21 (5), 24 (13), 25 (4)
AMERICAN
WIGEON: 1 (5), 4 (2), 7 (6), 9 (1), 10 (2), 17 (1♂ + 1♀)
AMERICAN
BLACK DUCK: 6-13 (2), 15-17 (2), 20-23 (2), 25 (2)
MALLARD:
1-2, 4-15, 16 (350+), 17-25, 27-30
NORTHERN
SHOVELER: 1 (7), 5 (1♂ + 1♀), 6 (7), 7 (45+), 8, 10 (1♀), 14 (8), 15 (23),
18
(36+), 21 (12+), 22 (4),
23 (5), 24 (9), 25 (3), 28 (1♂ + 3♀), 29 (11)
NORTHERN
PINTAIL: 1 (1♂), 5 (5), 6 (1♂ + 5♀), 7 (2♂), 8, 9 (1♂ + 2♀), 10 (2♀),
12 (3♂ +
2♀), 15 (2♂ + 1♀), 18
(2♂ + 3♀), 19 (1♂ + 2♀), 28-29 (1♂)
GREEN-WINGED
TEAL: 1 (9), 2 (4), 4 (7), 6 (8+), 8, 9 (13+), 12 (23+), 13 (42+), 19 (1♀),
22
(3), 23 (5)
CANVASBACK:
16 (1♂ + 2♀), 28 (1♂)
REDHEAD:
1 (1♂), 22 (1♂ + 1♀)
RING-NECKED
DUCK: 1 (4♂ + 2♀), 7 (20), 10 (4♀), 19 (2♂), 21 (2), 28 (1♂)
LESSER
SCAUP: 7 (26+), 9 (2♂), 15 (14♂ + 11♀), 19 (9), 20 (1), 21 (5), 25 (4), 27-28
(1♂)
BUFFLEHEAD:
19 (1♂), 20 (1♂ + 2♀), 21 (18), 22 (1♀), 24 (1♂ + 2♀)
COMMON
GOLDENEYE: 23 (1♂)
HOODED
MERGANSER: 6 (1♀), 19 (1♂ + 5♀), 20 (3♀), 22 (3♀), 28 (2♀), 29 (1♀)
COMMON
MERGANSER: 15 (1♀), 28 (1♀)
RUDDY
DUCK: 1 (7), 21 (5), 27 (1♀)
RING-NECKED
PHEASANT: 1, 4-7, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20-23, 24 (10♂), 25, 30
PIED-BILLED
GREBE: 1 (4), 2 (2), 4 (3), 5-6 (1), 20 (1), 22 (2), 23-25 (1), 27-30 (1)
HORNED
GREBE: 13 (1), 21 (1), 24 (1), 30 (1)
DOUBLE-CRESTED
CORMORANT: 27 (2)
AMERICAN
WHITE PELICAN: 10-11 (3), 13 (1), 14 (8), 17-18 (2), 19 (1)
GREAT
BLUE HERON: 1 (3), 2 (4), 4 (3), 5-7 (4), 8 (2), 9-10 (5), 11 (6), 12 (4), 13-14
(3),
15 (1), 16-17 (2), 18-19
(1), 20-22 (2), 23 (3), 24-25 (1), 27-30 (2)
GREAT
EGRET: 1-2 (1), 4 (1), 5 (2), 6-7 (1), 8-12 (2), 13-15 (1), 17 (1), 19-21 (1)
BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERON: 2 (1 im), 6 (2 im), 15 (1 im)
BALD
EAGLE: 4 (1 ad), 7 (1 ad), 15 (1 im), 16 (1 ad), 19 (1 ad), 20 (1 ad + 1 im),
22 (1 ad),
28 (1 im), 29 (1 ad)
COOPER’S
HAWK: 1 (1), 13 (1 ad)
RED-TAILED
HAWK: 4-6 (1), 8-11 (1), 13 (1), 17 (1), 19 (1), 20-25 (2), 27 (1), 28 (3), 29
(1),
30 (2)
AMERICAN
COOT: 1 (5), 2 (4), 6 (1), 7 (8), 9 (2), 10-13 (1), 14 (2), 15-18 (1), 21 (21),
22 (12), 23 (9), 24 (23), 25 (22),
27 (24), 28-29 (16), 30 (17)
KILLDEER:
10 (2)
SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPER: 12 (1)
WILSON’S
SNIPE: 8 (2), 9-12 (1), 14-15 (2), 16-17 (1)
RING-BILLED
GULL: 11-12 (1),
FRANKLIN’S
GULL: 25 (1), 28 (1)
MOURNING
DOVE: 19 (3), 21 (2), 27 (1)
BELTED
KINGFISHER: 6 (1), 11 (1), 14 (1), 17 (1), 25 (1), 27 (1)
RED-BELLIED
WOODPECKER: 5-11, 15, 20, 22, 24-25, 27-29
DOWNY
WOODPECKER: 1-2, 5, 7, 9-11, 13, 15-17, 20-30
HAIRY
WOODPECKER: 4, 7, 9-10, 22-23, 25, 29
NORTHERN
FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 7 (1)
MERLIN:
24 (1♀ prairie race)
BLUE
JAY: 1, 7-9, 11, 15-16, 20-23, 25-30
AMERICAN
CROW: 1-2, 7-11, 13-18, 20-30
BLACK-CAPPED
CHICKADEE: 1-2, 4-30
WHITE-BREASTED
NUTHATCH: 1-2, 4, 6-11, 13-16, 20, 25
WINTER
WREN: 4 (1)
GOLDEN-CROWNED
KINGLET: 1 (2), 5 (1)
RUBY-CROWNED
KINGLET: 2 (1)
EASTERN
BLUEBIRD: 1, 6 (4), 7 (6), 9 (2), 11, 27 (4)
AMERICAN
ROBIN: 1-2, 4-11, 23, 25 (4 + 11 BY), 28 (1 BY)
EUROPEAN
STARLING: 1, 6-12, 14, 22, 28-29
CEDAR
WAXWING: 2 (~20)
AMERICAN
TREE SPARROW: 1 (12+), 2 (9+), 4 (2+), 5 (3+), 6 (9+), 7 (6), 8-30
FIELD
SPARROW: 1 (1)
FOX
SPARROW: 2 (1), 7 (3), 9 (1), 11-12 (1)
SONG
SPARROW: 1 (22+), 2 (5+), 4 (7+), 5 (11+), 6 (4+), 7 (1), 8 (3), 9 (2), 11, 13
(1),
15-16 (1), 22 (4), 23 (2),
25 (2), 28-29 (1)
LINCOLN’S
SPARROW: 1 (1), 6 (1)
SWAMP
SPARROW: 4 (1), 9 (1), 27 (1)
WHITE-THROATED
SPARROW: 5 (1), 8 (1), 25-26 (1 BY)
HARRIS’S
SPARROW: 1 (3), 4 (2), 5 (1), 6 (18+), 7 (6+), 10 (6), 11-12 (3), 13 (6), 14
(2),
15 (1), 16 (3), 17 (1),
18 (3), 20 (2), 21 (4)
WHITE-CROWNED
SPARROW: 1 (9+), 2 (4+), 4 (5+), 5 (9+), 6 (2+), 7 (2), 8 (1), 11 (2),
12 (4), 13-16 (1), 20 (1)
DARK-EYED
JUNCO (Slate-colored):1 (10+), 2 (15+), 4 (15+), 5 (3+), 6 (58+), 7 (22+),
8-18, 20-30
NORTHERN
CARDINAL: 1, 4, 6, 8-12, 14-16, 18-30
RED-WINGED
BLACKBIRD: 1-2, 6 (5), 10, 13 (~50), 19 (3), 20 (1), 24
RUSTY
BLACKBIRD: 1 (10+), 8 (1), 9 (3)
COMMON
GRACKLE: 1, 12 (~30)
BROWN-HEADED
COWBIRD: 22 (1♂ + 1♀)
blackbirds
sp: 2
HOUSE
FINCH: 1-2, 4-5, 7, 10-11, 13-18, 20-30
COMMON
REDPOLL: 21 (1)
AMERICAN
GOLDFINCH: 1-2, 4-9, 11, 24-26, 29-30
HOUSE
SPARROW: 1, 4-30
Unless indicated otherwise, the
White-tailed Deer were antlerless. The
yearlings were just about the same size as the adults. One magnificent
male (8-pt) has been regularly seen by many. The other male that I have
observed is just a "spike male".
MAMMALIAN
AMERICAN
MINK: 18 (1), 30 (1)
WHITE-TAILED
DEER: 4 (1), 8 (2), 9 (1♂), 12 (1♂ + 2 + 3 BY), 13 (1♂), 18 (2 BY), 19 (2),
22
(3 BY), 23 (6), 24 (6 + 1♂),
25 (2), 28 (1♂), 29 (2), 30 (3 BY)
FOX
SQUIRREL: 2, 7-8, 11-29, 22-30
THIRTEEN-LINED
GROUND SQUIRREL:
MUSKRAT:
10 (5), 11 (2), 12-16 (1), 20 (1), 21 (2), 22 (4), 23 (2), 24 (3), 25 (4), 27
(2),
28 (4), 29 (2)
EASTERN
COTTONTAIL: 11, 13-14, 17, 20, 22-24, 27-28, 30
REPTILIAN
PLAINS
GARTER SNAKE: 12 (1)
NORTHERN
PAINTED TURTLE: 1 (6), 2 (16), 4 (12), 5 (6), 6 (2), 7 (3), 8 (1), 13 (1)
RED-EARED
SLIDER: 2 (1), 4 (1)
AMPHIBIAN
BOREAL
CHORUS FROG: 1-2, 5, 8
AMERICAN
BULLFROG: 4 (2), 11 (1), 17 (3)
NORTHERN
LEOPARD FROG: 5 (4)
An unidentified light-colored moth was seen briefly on the 29th.
LEPIDOPTERA
ORANGE
SULPHUR: 1 (2), 5 (1), 7 (2), 11 (1)
Sulphur
sp.: 1 (1), 2, 4 (2), 5 (3), 7 (3)
PEARL
CRESCENT: 8 (1)
RED
ADMIRAL: 4 (1)
COMMON
BUCKEYE: 4 (1), 8 (1)
MONARCH:
7 (1)
WOOLLY
BEAR (ISABELLA TIGER MOTH): 1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 11, 13-15, 24-25
ORTHOPTERA
CAROLINA
GRASSHOPPER: 1 (1)
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