Bald Eagles are on the move! This adult spent a lot of time over the main lakes, even landing on the ice at times. 2/28/16 (Wolf. Oesterreich)
A total of 40 (plus 1 sp.) avian species was recorded this month, ranking this month as the 2nd highest February (although tied with 2005 & 2011) among 19 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). ). 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: 19 (55+), 20 (85+), 26 (1), 27 (1000+),
28 (100’s)
SNOW
GOOSE: 27-28 (100+)
CACKLING
GOOSE: 19-20 (~5), 21 (7+), 22 (3+), 26 (3+), 27-28 (5+)
CANADA
GOOSE: 2-5, 7-12, 14 (2), 15 (7), 16 (33+), 17 (27), 18 (111+), 19-29
GADWALL:
28 (1♂)
MALLARD:
1-4, 8, 10, 15 (~70), 16, 18 (5), 19 (20+), 20-29
NORTHERN
PINTAIL: 27 (20+), 28 (9+)
GREEN-WINGED
TEAL: 27 (2♂), 28 (2♂ + 1♀)
CANVASBACK:
28 (1♀), 29 (1♂ + 4♀)
REDHEAD:
26 (1♂), 27 (3♂), 28 (3♂ + 2♀), 29 (9♂ + 5♀)
RING-NECKED
DUCK: 25 (1♂ + 1♀), 28 (63+), 29 (19♂ + 8♀)
LESSER
SCAUP: 23-24 (1♂), 25 (1♂ + 1♀), 26 (1♂), 28 (20+)
RING-NECKED
PHEASANT: 3, 19 (1♂), 22 (1♂), 24 (1♂), 25-26 (1), 27 (2)
BALD
EAGLE: 1-2 (1 ad), 4-6 (1 ad), 7 (1 ad + 1 im), 10 (1 ad + 1 im), 12 (1 ad + 1
im),
18 (1 ad), 19 (2 ad), 22 (1
im), 24 (1 ad), 26 (1 im), 28 (1 ad + 1 im), 29 (1 im)
SHARP-SHINNED
HAWK: 16 (1)
COOPER’S
HAWK: 10 (1 ad BY), 17 (1)
RED-TAILED
HAWK: 1-2 (1), 3 (3), 5 (3), 6-7 (1), 8-9 (2), 10 (1), 11 92), 13 (1), 15 (3),
17 (3), 19 (1), 22-23 (1), 24 (2),
25-26 (1), 27 (2), 28-29 (1)
KILLDEER:
20 (1), 27 (1), 28 (2)
RING-BILLED
GULL: 28 (3)
MOURNING
DOVE: 4 (1 BY + 1), 5 (2 BY), 7 (1 BY), 9 (5), 12 (2), 13-14 (1 BY), 15 (1),
20 (11 + 1 BY),
21 (2 BY), 22 (4 BY), 23 (6), 26 (3 BY), 27 (3 BY + 4), 28 (5 BY)
BARRED
OWL: 11 (1)
BELTED
KINGFISHER: 19 (1), 24 (1♂), 29 (1♂)
RED-BELLIED
WOODPECKER: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 13-14, 20-21, 23, 26, 29
DOWNY
WOODPECKER: 2, 5-7, 9-10, 13-16, 18, 20-29
HAIRY
WOODPECKER: 14 (1), 17-18 (1), 26 (1)
AMERICAN
KESTREL: 5 (1♂), 8-9 (1♂), 11-12 (1♂), 15-16 (1♂), 18 (1♂), 26 (1♂),
27 (1♂)
MERLIN:
8 (1♀)
BLUE
JAY: 2-4, 6, 11, 13-15, 20-23, 27
AMERICAN
CROW: 1-25, 27-29
BLACK-CAPPED
CHICKADEE: 1-18, 20-29
WHITE-BREASTED
NUTHATCH: 4, 7, 13, 15, 17, 20-22, 26, 28
AMERICAN
ROBIN: 1 (7+), 2-7, 10 (1), 12-13 (1), 14 (1 BY), 15 (2), 17 (1), 18-19 (2),
20
(7), 21 (1), 22 (2)
EUROPEAN
STARLING: 1-7, 10-14, 16, 20-25, 27-29
AMERICAN
TREE SPARROW: 1-21, 23 (1), 24 (4), 25 (5), 26 (1), 27, 28-29 (2)
SONG
SPARROW: 2 (2), 3 (3), 4 (5), 5-6 (3), 7 (2), 8 (1), 9 (3), 11-17 (1), 19 (1)
DARK-EYED
JUNCO (Slate-colored): 1-8, 10-18, 20-22, 24-29
NORTHERN
CARDINAL: 1-29
RED-WINGED
BLACKBIRD: 19 (1♂), 23 (7 + 3 BY), 24 (3♂), 25 (2♂), 26 (1♂), 27-29
Blackbirds
sp.: 22-24 (flock of ~150)
HOUSE
FINCH: 1-9, 11, 13-29
AMERICAN
GOLDFINCH: 6 (1 BY), 18 (1 BY), 21 (2 BY), 23-24 (1 BY), 28 (1 BY)
HOUSE
SPARROW: 1-29
Unless indicated otherwise, the
White-tailed Deer were antlerless.
MAMMALIAN
RED
FOX: 3 (1 BY)
WHITE-TAILED
DEER: 1 (5 + 1♂), 3 (6 BY), 4 (9+), 5 (10), 6 (1 front yard), 11 (7),
13 (4 BY
+ 1), 15 (2), 17 (2
BY), 22 (13 + 3 BY), 23 (22 + 2♂), 24 (1), 26 (3),
28 (1 BY)
FOX
SQUIRREL: 2-4, 6-8, 10-11, 13-16, 18, 20-22, 24-29
MEADOW
VOLE: 2 (1)
MUSKRAT:
24 (1)
EASTERN
COTTONTAIL: 1-2, 4-6, 8-14, 16-20, 23-24, 26
LEPIDOPTERA
WOOLLY
BEAR (Isabella Tiger Moth): 23 (2)
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