This female Merlin was found on 14 January 2016, at the SW corner
of the south lake, near the junction with the Stone Brooke spur. (A
digiscoped photo.) 1/14/16 (Wolf. Oesterreich)
Wolf. Oesterreich
A total of 40 avian species was
recorded this month, ranking this month as the 2nd highest January among
19 years of records. The Townsend’s Solitaire found on the 20th
was #270 for the Park-Yard 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 male Northern Shoveler on the 1st may set a new extreme
late Fall record (former record set on 31 Dec 2015 at AHHP. The male Common Goldeneye on the 4th
and the single American White Pelican on the 14th may also represent
extreme late Fall records (former records set on 28 December 1998 at Hallett’s
Quarry & 11 December 1984 at Ames, respectively). The Townsend’s Solitaire is a new Story County
record.
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).
AVIAN
CACKLING
GOOSE: 5 (3)
CANADA
GOOSE: 1, 4-27
TRUMPETER
SWAN: 4-5 (2 ad), 7 (2 ad), 9 (2 ad), 10 (2 ad + 1 im)
GADWALL:
1 (4♂ + 3♀), 7 (2♀), 10 (1♂), 11 (8)
AMERICAN
BLACK DUCK: 1 (2)
MALLARD:
1, 4-15, 17, 19-22, 24-26
NORTHERN
SHOVELER: 1 (1♂)
RING-NECKED
DUCK: 4 (2♂), 5 (1♂), 10 (1♂)
COMMON
GOLDENEYE: 4 (1♂)
RING-NECKED
PHEASANT: 1 (1♂), 25 (1)
AMERICAN
WHITE PELICAN: 14 (1)
BALD
EAGLE: 1 (1 ad), 4-5 (1 ad), 9 (4 ad + 1 im), 10 (1 ad), 11 (1 im), 12 (1 ad),
15 (1),
19-20 (2 ad), 21 (1 ad + 1 im),
22 (1 ad), 24 (1 ad), 27 (1 im)
SHARP-SHINNED
HAWK: 4 (1 im)
COOPER’S
HAWK: 1 (1), 4 (1 ad BY), 8 (1), 11 (1), 14 (1), 19 (1 im BY), 24 (1 im BY)
RED-TAILED
HAWK: 1 (1), 5-13 (1), 14-15 (2), 17 (1), 18-19 (2), 20 (3), 21-22 (2), 23 (1),
25-26 (1), 27 (3)
AMERICAN
COOT: 1 (26), 4 (18), 5 (8), 6 (16), 7 (19), 8 (15), 9 (17), 10 (11+), 11 (9),
12 (1)
MOURNING
DOVE: 1 (2), 4 (3), 7 (1 BY), 8 (1 BY + 1), 11 (2), 14 (11), 16, 18 (1 BY),
20
(6), 21 (7), 23 (1 BY), 24
(1), 25 (1 BY), 29 (5)
RED-BELLIED
WOODPECKER: 1, 4-6, 9-10, 18, 20, 22-23, 26-27
DOWNY
WOODPECKER: 1, 4-12, 14, 18-19, 23-25
HAIRY
WOODPECKER: 1, 15, 20-21, 23, 25
AMERICAN
KESTREL: 11-12 (1♂), 20 (1♂), 23 (1♂), 26 (1♂)
MERLIN:
14 (1♀)
BLUE
JAY: 1, 4, 8-10, 12, 17-18, 22-25
AMERICAN
CROW: 1, 4-15, 17-27
BLACK-CAPPED
CHICKADEE: 1, 4-27
WHITE-BREASTED
NUTHATCH: 1, 5-6, 23-24
EASTERN
BLUEBIRD: 1 (1), 17-18 (2)
TOWNSEND’S
SOLITAIRE: 20 (1)
AMERICAN
ROBIN: 1 (1 BY), 4 (6), 6 (2), 7 (6), 8 (17+), 9 (1), 10 (1 BY), 11 (2), 13
(1),
14 (20+), 15 (100+), 16, 17
(3 BY), 18 (1 BY + 3), 19 (1 + 1 BY), 20 (35+), 21 (50+),
22 (20+ BY +
33+), 23 (40+), 24 (13+), 25 (50+), 26 (8+), 27 (40+)
EUROPEAN
STARLING: 4, 7-12, 14-27
CEDAR
WAXWING: 8 (1), 14 (8), 23 (4 BY)
AMERICAN
TREE SPARROW: 1, 4-15, 17-27
SONG
SPARROW: 1 (2), 4 (3), 5-6 (2), 8 (2), 10 (4), 11 (2), 13 (2), 14-15 (1), 17
(3), 18 (5),
19-20 (2), 21-24 (1), 25
(2), 27 (3)
SWAMP
SPARROW: 1 (1)
DARK-EYED
JUNCO (Slate-colored): 1, 4-11, 14, 17-27
NORTHERN
CARDINAL: 1, 4-13, 15-27
RED-WINGED
BLACKBIRD: 1 (1♂)
HOUSE
FINCH: 1, 4-10, 12-14, 17-27
AMERICAN
GOLDFINCH: 1, 4, 6, 24
HOUSE
SPARROW: 1, 4-12, 14, 17-27
Unless indicated otherwise, the
White-tailed Deer were antlerless.
MAMMALIAN
COYOTE:
14
RED
FOX: 18 (1), 24 (1)
AMERICAN
MINK: 6 (1)
WHITE-TAILED
DEER: 1 (7), 6 (2), 10 (3 BY), 11 (5 BY), 12 (2), 13 (5), 15 (10), 17 (3 BY),
20 (5 + 1♂ + 3
BY), 21-22 (1), 26 (3)
FOX
SQUIRREL: 1, 4-10, 13-14, 18-21, 23-25, 27
MEADOW
VOLE: 1 (1)
MUSKRAT:
4 (1), 6 (1)
EASTERN
COTTONTAIL: 1, 4-12, 16-20, 23, 25
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