Sedge Wrens come through in Spring and then again in late Summer /
early Fall. During this period, they are commonly found along the
Upland Trail, especially along the southern stretch. Usually they are
heard first, then you have to search for a small bird perched near the
top of the vegetation. (Wolf. Oesterreich, 8/14/16)
A total of 85 avian species (plus 2 sp.) was recorded this month, ranking this month as the 7th highest (tied with 2011 & 2014) August among 19 years of records. August 2007 with 107 species remains as the highest August while August 2001 with 46 is the lowest.
A total of 85 avian species (plus 2 sp.) was recorded this month, ranking this month as the 7th highest (tied with 2011 & 2014) August among 19 years of records. August 2007 with 107 species remains as the highest August while August 2001 with 46 is the lowest.
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 single Osprey on the 1st may represent a new extreme
early Fall record for Story County (former record set on 3 Aug 2008 & 2011
at Ada Hayden Heritage Park). The single
Ring-billed Gull on the 2nd ties with the record from 2007 as the
extreme early Fall 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). 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
CANADA
GOOSE: 1-18, 20-24, 27-28, 31
WOOD
DUCK: 1-31
MALLARD:
1-25, 26 (74+), 27-31
BLUE-WINGED
TEAL: 3 (2)
RING-NECKED
PHEASANT: 4, 6, 8, 16, 18-20, 23-25, 27, 29
PIED-BILLED
GREBE: 1 (1), 7-8 (1), 11 (1), 20 (19), 25 (5)
HORNED
GREBE: 20 (1)
DOUBLE-CRESTED
CORMORANT: 25 (1), 31 (2)
AMERICAN
WHITE PELICAN: 24 (35 + 70+), 30 (75+)
GREAT
BLUE HERON: 1 (2), 2-3 (12), 4 (13), 5 (8), 6 (12), 7 (7), 8 (8), 9 (11),
10-11
(12), 12 (3), 13
(7), 14-15 (9), 16 (5), 17-18 (4), 19 (7), 20 (5), 21 (4),
22 (3), 23 (5), 24
(4), 25
(2), 26 (3), 28 (3), 29-30 (4), 31 (9)
GREAT
EGRET: 2 (3), 3 (5), 4 (4), 5 (3), 6 (5), 7-8 (1), 10-11 (1), 13-14 (1),
15
(3), 16-19 (1), 22-23
(1), 24 (2), 28 (1), 30-31 (1)
GREEN
HERON: 1-2 (1), 5 (2), 6-7 (1), 8-9 (2), 10-13 (1), 14-16 (2), 18 (1),
19 (2),
20-21 (1), 24-26
(2), 27 (4), 27-31 (1)
TURKEY
VULTURE: 1 (13), 2 (2), 3 (3), 4 (7), 5 (2), 6 (1), 7 (2), 8 (1), 9 (2),
10
(1), 11-12 (2), 13-14
(3), 16 (3), 18 (1), 20 (1), 22 (3), 23 (1), 24 (2), 25 (1),
26 (4), 27 (3), 28
(2), 29 (5), 30 (4), 31 (1)
OSPREY:
1 (1), 4-5 (1), 10 (1), 20 (1), 30-31 (1)
BALD
EAGLE: 12 (1 ad), 15 (1 ad), 18 (1 ad + 1 im)
COOPER’S
HAWK: 7 (1), 12-13 (1), 31 (1)
RED-TAILED
HAWK: 1 (3), 2 (2), 3 (1), 4-5 (2) 6 (1), 7-8 (2), 9 (1), 10 (3), 11 (1),
13-17
(1), 22-24 (1), 27
(1)
AMERICAN
COOT: 26 (2)
SEMIPALMATED
PLOVER: 9-10 (1)
KILLDEER:
2 (6), 3 (11), 4 (15+), 6 (7), 8 (26+), 9 (17+), 10 (15+), 11 (20+),
15 (2), 26
(3)
SPOTTED
SANDPIPER: 2 (1), 5 (3), 8 (1), 9 (2), 10-12 (1), 24 (1)
SOLITARY
SANDPIPER: 3 (11+), 4 (7+), 5 (8+), 9 (2), 10 (1)
LESSER
YELLOWLEGS: 10 (2)
PECTORAL
SANDPIPER: 3 (5+), 9 (8)
SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPER: 4 (1), 6 (1), 9 (8), 10 (2), 11 (1)
sandpiper
sp.: 8 (1)
RING-BILLED
GULL: 2 (1)
CASPIAN
TERN: 11 (1), 17 (3), 19 (3), 30 (15+)
FORSTER’S
TERN: 10 (2)
EURASIAN
COLLARED-DOVE: 5 (4), 7 (1), 27 (1)
MOURNING
DOVE: 1-31
YELLOW-BILLED
CUCKOO: 4 (1), 7 (1), 17 (1), 19-20 (1), 25 (1)
COMMON
NIGHTHAWK: 24 (1)
CHIMNEY
SWIFT: 9, 11, 17 (2), 18, 22, 27
RUBY-THROATED
HUMMINGBIRD: 5 (1), 10 (1), 14 (2), 21 (1), 24 (1)
BELTED
KINGFISHER: 1 (2), 2 (1), 3 (2), 4-5 (1), 12 (1), 13 (1♂ + 1♀), 14 (1),
20 (1),
22 (1), 24 (1)
DOWNY
WOODPECKER: 4, 6-8, 10, 15, 17, 19, 21-24, 27, 30-31
HAIRY
WOODPECKER: 5
NORTHERN
FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 8 (2), 10 (3), 15 (1), 18-19 (1)
OLIVE-SIDED
FLYCATCHER: 14-15 (1), 26 (1), 28 (1)
EASTERN
WOOD-PEWEE: 15 (1), 21 (1), 27-28 (1), 30 (1)
LEAST
FLYCATCHER: 7 (1)
Empidonax
sp.: 14 (1), 27 (1)
EASTERN
PHOEBE: 21 (1), 26 (1), 30 (3), 31 (1)
EASTERN
KINGBIRD: 1 (2), 2-3 (1), 5 (2), 6 (1), 7-8 (3), 9 (2), 10 (3), 11 (1),
12 (3),
15 (2), 16-17 (1), 19
(3), 21 (1), 23 (3), 24 (1), 25 (4), 26 (1), 27 (2),
28 (1), 30-31 (2)
WARBLING
VIREO: 1 (1), 14 (1), 15 (2), 17 (1), 19 (1), 24 (1), 27 (1), 28-29, 31
PHILADELPHIA
VIREO: 28 (1)
RED-EYED
VIREO: 17 (1), 19 (2), 27 (4+), 28-29
BLUE
JAY: 2, 4-11, 14-15, 17-19, 21-22, 24-30
AMERICAN
CROW: 1-2, 4-11, 13-18, 20-31
PURPLE
MARTIN: 1-8, 10, 13, 28 (1)
TREE
SWALLOW: 4 (1)
NORTHERN
ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW: 24
CLIFF
SWALLOW: 1-4, 6, 9-13, 15-19, 21-25, 27-28, 30
BARN
SWALLOW: 1-31
BLACK-CAPPED
CHICKADEE: 1, 3-4, 6-7, 9-15, 17, 20-29, 31
WHITE-BREASTED
NUTHATCH: 1, 5-7, 9, 11, 15-18, 22, 24, 26, 31
HOUSE
WREN: 1-2, 4, 6-8, 10-11, 13-15, 21, 24-25, 27
SEDGE
WREN: 1 (2), 2 (1), 3 (3), 4 (4), 5 (2), 6 (1), 7 (3), 8 (2), 9 (4), 10-11 (2),
12 (1), 13 (5), 14-15
(3), 16 (1), 17 (3), 18 (1), 19 (3), 20-22 (1), 24 (1), 28 (1),
30 (1)
EASTERN
BLUEBIRD: 2 (2), 5-6, 8 (4), 11 (1), 15 (6), 25 (1), 26 (7), 30 (1)
AMERICAN
ROBIN: 1-27, 29-30
GRAY
CATBIRD: 1-4, 6-7, 9-10, 12-13, 15, 18-19, 21, 24-31
BROWN
THRASHER: 11 (1)
EUROPEAN
STARLING: 8, 12, 19, 23-25, 27-29, 31
CEDAR
WAXWING: 5 (1), 6 (4), 8 (2), 9-10 (1), 15 (2), 16 (1), 19 (2), 24 (2),
30-31
(3)
BLACK-AND-WHITE
WARBLER: 21 (2), 27 (1), 31 (1)
TENNESSEE
WARBLER: 26 (2)
NASHVILLE
WARBLER: 31 (1)
COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT: 1-12, 14, 16-17, 19, 21, 24
AMERICAN
REDSTART: 27 (2), 31 (1)
YELLOW
WARBLER: 24-25 (1)
CHESTNUT-SIDED
WARBLER: 22 (1), 27 (1), 31 (1)
CANADA
WARBLER: 27 (2)
WILSON’S
WARBLER: 19 (1♂), 24 (1), 27 (1)
CHIPPING
SPARROW: 1, 12, 24
FIELD
SPARROW: 1 (1), 4 (1), 8 (1), 10-11 (1)
VESPER
SPARROW: 7 (1)
LARK
SPARROW: 11 (1)
SONG
SPARROW: 1-31
NORTHERN
CARDINAL: 1-31
INDIGO
BUNTING: 3-11, 15, 17 (1♂), 18, 19-21 (1♂)
RED-WINGED
BLACKBIRD: 1-6, 7-17, 19
BROWN-HEADED
COWBIRD: 1-2, 9-10, 12, 24, 30
BALTIMORE
ORIOLE: 1, 8 (1♂ + 2♀), 11 (3), 15 (1), 18 (1), 19 (4), 24 (2), 26 (1)
HOUSE FINCH: 1, 3-12, 14-20, 22-27
AMERICAN
GOLDFINCH: 1-31
HOUSE
SPARROW: 1-31
MAMMALIAN
bat
sp.: 13
AMERICAN
MINK: 2 (1), 5 (1), 7-9 (1), 18 (1), 24 (1)
WHITE-TAILED
DEER: 1 (1♀ w/1 fawn), 2-3 (1), 5 (1♀ w/1 fawn), 11 (2 fawns),
13 (1), 15 (1), 17 (1), 24 (1),
27 (2)
FOX
SQUIRREL: 1-3, 7, 15, 18-19, 22, 27-28, 31
EASTERN
CHIPMUNK: 2
THIRTEEN-LINED
GROUND SQUIRREL: 9 (2), 12 (1), 15-16
MUSKRAT:
15 (1)
EASTERN
COTTONTAIL: 1-13, 15-18, 20, 23-27, 29-31
REPTILIAN
NORTHERN
PAINTED TURTLE: 1-31
RED-EARED
SLIDER: 14 (1), 17-18 (1), 20-21 (1), 24-25 (1), 28 (1)
SPINY
SOFTSHELL TURTLE: 9 (1), 18-19 (1), 21 (1)
AMPHIBIAN
AMERICAN
TOAD: 3, 7, 15, 18-19, 22, 31
EASTERN
GRAY TREE FROG: 3, 11, 28-29
AMERICAN
BULLFROG: 1-31
NORTHERN
LEOPARD FROG: 1, 3, 12 (1)
LEPIDOPTERA
BLACK
SWALLOWTAIL: 1-8, 10-25, 27-31
GIANT
SWALLOWTAIL: 2 (1), 10 (1)
EASTERN
TIGER SWALLOWTAIL: 1 (3), 2-5 (2), 9 (2), 10-12 (3), 14-15 (1),
18 (2), 21 (1),
28-29 (1), 31 (1)
CABBAGE
WHITE: 1-15, 17-22, 24-31
CLOUDED
SULPHUR: 1, 3-4, 9, 17
ORANGE
SULPHUR: 1-25, 27-31
LITTLE
YELLOW: 1-3, 6-8, 10-11, 13-22, 24-25, 27-31
EASTERN
TAILED BLUE: 1-22, 24-31
SILVERY
CHECKERSPOT: 4 (1)
PEARL
CRESCENT: 1-21, 23-25, 27-31
MOURNING
CLOAK: 4 (1)
PAINTED
LADY: 6-7, 18, 21-22
RED
ADMIRAL: 1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 14, 29
COMMON
BUCKEYE: 1-5, 9-16, 18-21, 25, 27-31
RED-SPOTTED
PURPLE: 2, 4
VICEROY:
1-7, 9, 11, 13-15, 17, 19, 21-31
HACKBERRY
EMPEROR: 11 (1)
MONARCH:
1 (3), 3 (4), 4 (5), 5-6 (6), 7 (8), 8 (4), 9 (8), 10 (6), 11 (5), 12 (12),
13
(6), 14 (15), 15 (10+), 16 (7),
17 (17), 18 (14), 19 (15), 20 (7), 21 (10),
22 (4), 23 (2), 24 (12), 25 (4), 26 (1),
27 (7), 28 (3), 29 (6), 30 (5), 31 (4)
COMMON
SOOTYWING: 6 (1)
LEAST
SKIPPER: 1-9, 11-14, 17-18, 22, 24, 28-29, 31
FIERY
SKIPPER: 1, 6
PECK’S
SKIPPER: 13-14, 21
SACHEM:
6-7
skipper
sp.: 11, 18
CHICKWEED
GEOMETER: 2, 4, 24, 27
WHITE-LINED
SPHINX: 25 (1 caterpillar)
ORANGE
HOLOMELINA: 19 (1)
YELLOW
BEAR caterpillar (VIRGINIAN TIGER MOTH): 29 (1)
DELICATE
CYCNIA: 29 (1 caterpillar)
OLIVE-SHADED
BIRD-DROPPING MOTH: 20 (1)
ODONATA
AMERICAN
RUBYSPOT: 3 (2), 4 (1), 5 (2♂ + 1♀), 6 (1♂ + 2♀), 7 (2♂), 8 (3♂),
9 (2♂), 10 (1♀), 12 (1♀), 16-17 (1♂),
18 (1♀), 21-22 (1♀), 24 (1♂),
29 (2♂ + 1♀), 30 (3♂), 31 (1♂ + 2♀)
SLENDER
SPREADWING: 21 (1♀), 23 (1♀)
GREAT
SPREADWING: 15 (1♀), 22 (1♀), 26-27, 29, 31 (3)
BLUE-FRONTED
DANCER: 1-8, 10-31
POWDERED
DANCER: 1-3, 5-6, 9, 16-19, 22-23, 25, 29-31
RAINBOW
BLUET: 11-21, 18
AZURE
BLUET: 27 (1♀)
DOUBLE-STRIPED
BLUET: 3, 6, 8, 10, 15-16, 18, 21, 23, 25, 27, 30
TULE
BLUET: 1, 3, 15-16, 18, 31
FAMILIAR
BLUET: 1-22, 24-25, 27-31
STREAM
BLUET: 1-2, 5-7, 9-11, 13-17, 19-26, 28-31
ORANGE
BLUET: 2-6, 9, 11-12, 15-16, 18-19, 21-25, 27, 31
EASTERN
FORKTAIL: 1-25, 27-31
COMMON
GREEN DARNER: 1-7, 9-25, 27-31
JADE
CLUBTAIL: 1 (1)
FLAG-TAILED
SPINYLEG: 2 (1), 11 (1), 23 (1), 31 (1)
PRINCE
BASKETTAIL: 6-7, 12, 25
HALLOWEEN
PENNANT: 15 (1)
EASTERN
PONDHAWK: 1, 3, 5, 13-22, 24, 30-31
WIDOW
SKIMMER: 1-25, 28-31
COMMON
WHITETAIL: 1-27, 29-31
TWELVE-SPOTTED
SKIMMER: 1-22, 24, 27, 29, 31
BLUE
DASHER: 1-6, 8-17, 19-25, 27-31
WANDERING
GLIDER: 1-17, 19, 21-22, 24-25, 28, 30-31
EASTERN
AMBERWING: 1-6, 9, 11-18, 21-25, 28, 30-31
VARIEGATED
MEADOWHAWK: 5, 7-8, 15, 19-20
RUBY
MEADOWHAWK: 7
meadowhawk
sp.: 4, 6, 18, 21, 24-25, 31
BLACK
SADDLEBAGS: 1-6, 8-9, 11-18, 20-22, 24-25, 28-30
RED
SADDLEBAGS: 8 (1), 15-16 (1), 21, 24
ORTHOPTERA
CAROLINA
GRASSHOPPER: 1-31
NORTHWESTERN
RED-WINGED GRASSHOPPER: 28, 31
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