This Double-crested Cormorant was present from the 23rd through the
28th and was found several times on the log just north of the spillway
(SE corner of the south lake). (Wolf. Oesterreich, 9/25/16)
A total of 89 (+ 1 sp.) avian species was recorded this month, ranking this month as the 8th highest and 8th lowest September (& tied with 2013) among 19 years of records. September 2007 with 126 species remains as the highest September, while September 1998 and 2002 are the lowest with 61 species.
Wolf. Oesterreich
A total of 89 (+ 1 sp.) avian species was recorded this month, ranking this month as the 8th highest and 8th lowest September (& tied with 2013) among 19 years of records. September 2007 with 126 species remains as the highest September, while September 1998 and 2002 are the lowest with 61 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 single Merlin on the 1st may be a new extreme early
Fall record for Story County (former record set on 2 Sep 1984 at Larson Marsh). The single Lark Sparrow on the 6th
ties with 2004 as the extreme early Fall record. The 200+ Franklin’s Gulls observed on the 28th
may set a new peak number for the Fall migration (former peak of 161 set on 5
Nov 1995 at Hallett’s Quarry).
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, 4-5, 19-30
WOOD
DUCK: 1-8, 19-23, 25 (1), 26 (1♂), 27-30
MALLARD:
1-8, 19-30
BLUE-WINGED
TEAL: 5 (5), 7 (~15), 26 (28), 27 (12+), 29 (12+), 30 (4)
GREEN-WINGED
TEAL: 7 (1)
RING-NECKED
PHEASANT: 6 (1♀), 7, 23, 25, 27, 30
PIED-BILLED
GREBE: 8 (4), 24 (2), 27 (1), 28 (2), 30 (1)
HORNED
GREBE: 27 (1)
DOUBLE-CRESTED
CORMORANT: 2-3 (1), 7 (1), 23-28 (1)
AMERICAN
WHITE PELICAN: 22 (1), 28-30 (1)
GREAT
BLUE HERON: 1-2 (5), 3 (4), 4 (5), 5 (6), 6 (4), 7 (6), 8 (4), 9 (3), 19-20
(2), 21 (6),
22 (4), 23-24
(2), 25 (1), 26-27 (3), 28 (2), 29 (4), 30 (3)
GREAT
EGRET: 1-4 (1), 5-7 (2), 8 (1), 9 (4), 20 (1), 21-22 (2), 23 (3), 25-26 (2),
27-30 (1)
GREEN
HERON: 1-8 (1), 21-22 (1), 24 (1), 28 (1)
TURKEY
VULTURE: 1 (5), 2 (11), 3 (3), 4 (1), 5 (3), 6 (6), 7 (1), 8 (2), 20 (2), 21
(8), 23 (3),
24 (6), 25
(2), 26 (11), 27 (6), 28-39 (4)
OSPREY:
8 (1), 20 (1), 22-23 (1), 25-26 (1)
BALD
EAGLE: 4 (1 ad), 7 (1 ad), 25 (1 ad)
COOPER’S
HAWK: 3 (1), 23 (1), 27 (1)
SHARP-SHINNED
HAWK: 27 (1)
RED-TAILED
HAWK: 1-2 (1), 4 (1), 6-8 (1), 20 (1), 26 (1), 30 (2)
SORA:
1 (1), 24 (1)
AMERICAN
COOT: 24-26 (2), 27 (4), 28 (6), 29 (1), 30 (3)
KILLDEER:
1 (1), 3 (1), 4 (2), 6 (1), 8 (1), 23 (1)
FRANKLIN’S
GULL: 25 (25+), 26 (100+), 28 (200-300), 30 (~100)
RING-BILLED
GULL: 26 (13+), 28 (2)
CASPIAN
TERN: 8 (3)
EURASIAN
COLLARED-DOVE: 28-29 (2)
MOURNING
DOVE: 1-8, 19-23, 28, 30
COMMON
NIGHTHAWK: 7 (20+), 8 (110+)
CHIMNEY
SWIFT: 2-4, 6-8, 19, 22, 27, 29
RUBY-THROATED
HUMMINGBIRD: 1 (2), 2-3 (1)
BELTED
KINGFISHER: 9 (1), 22 (1), 24 (1), 25 (2), 26 (1), 28-30 (1)
RED-BELLIED
WOODPECKER: 4, 20, 26, 30
DOWNY
WOODPECKER: 1, 3-5, 7-9, 23
NORTHERN
FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 1 (4), 5 (1), 7 (1), 19-20, 22 (2), 24-25 (1), 26
(2),
27-28 (1), 29
(2)
MERLIN:
1 (1)
EASTERN
WOOD-PEWEE: 3 (1)
LEAST
FLYCATCHER: 7 (1)
Empidonax sp.: 1 (1), 2-3 (2), 4 (1), 5
(2), 8-9 (1)
EASTERN
PHOEBE: 1 (3), 2 (2), 3 (1), 7 (1), 20 (1), 28 (1), 30 (1)
BLUE-HEADED
VIREO: 9 (2)
WARBLING
VIREO: 1-2 (1), 5 (1)
PHILADELPHIA
VIREO: 1 (1)
RED-EYED
VIREO: 1 (1), 2, 4 (1), 24 (1)
BLUE
JAY: 2-5, 7-8, 19-30
AMERICAN
CROW: 1-2, 4-9, 19-27, 29-30
TREE
SWALLOW: 24 (1), 27
CLIFF
SWALLOW: 2-6
BARN
SWALLOW: 1-6, 19, 22-24, 26-29
BLACK-CAPPED
CHICKADEE: 1, 3-9, 19-20, 22-24, 26-30
WHITE-BREASTED
NUTHATCH: 1, 3-5, 19-20, 22, 28
HOUSE
WREN: 1-7, 19, 22-23, 24 (2), 29 (1)
SEDGE
WREN: 29 (1)
RUBY-CROWNED
KINGLET: 26-28 (1)
EASTERN
BLUEBIRD: 2, 25 (2), 30 (10)
SWAINSON’S
THRUSH: 8 (1), 24 (1)
AMERICAN
ROBIN: 2-6, 20, 30
GRAY
CATBIRD: 1-2, 4-6, 8, 21
BROWN
THRASHER: 20 (2)
EUROPEAN
STARLING: 1-2, 4-5, 7
CEDAR
WAXWING: 19, 22 (6), 24 (6), 30 (25+)
OVENBIRD:
2 (1)
GOLDEN-WINGED
WARBLER: 4 (1♂ + 1♀), 8 (1♂ + 1♀)
BLACK-AND-WHITE
WARBLER: 8 (3), 9 (2)
TENNESSEE
WARBLER: 8 (1)
ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLER: 27 (2)
NASHVILLE
WARBLER: 1 (1), 8 (1)
COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT: 4 (1), 7, 27-28 (1)
AMERICAN
REDSTART: 1 (1), 2 (2), 4 (2), 8 (2), 9 (4)
MAGNOLIA
WARBLER: 1 (2), 2 (1), 4 (1), 8 (2)
BLACKBURNIAN
WARBLER: 4 (1♀)
CHESTNUT-SIDED
WARBLER: 1 (1), 4-5 (1), 8 (1)
YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLER (Myrtle): 27-28 (1), 30 (1)
CANADA
WARBLER: 5 (1)
CHIPPING
SPARROW: 2 (1), 30 (4)
FIELD
SPARROW: 30 (3)
LARK
SPARROW: 2 (1), 6 (1)
LE
CONTE’S SPARROW: 28 (1)
SONG
SPARROW: 1, 4-8, 19-20, 22-23, 28 (5), 29 (2), 30 (4)
LINCOLN’S
SPARROW: 28 (5), 29-30 (2)
WHITE-THROATED
SPARROW: 27 (3), 28 (6), 29 (17+), 30 (3)
HARRIS’S
SPARROW: 29-30 (1)
WHITE-CROWNED
SPARROW: 30 (4)
NORTHERN
CARDINAL: 1-3, 5-7, 19-20, 25-27, 29
DICKCISSEL:
1-2 (1)
RED-WINGED
BLACKBIRD: 22 (~25), 29-30
COMMON
GRACKLE: 5
BALTIMORE
ORIOLE: 3 (1♂)
HOUSE
FINCH: 1, 3-4, 7, 19, 22, 30
AMERICAN
GOLDFINCH: 1-9, 19-30
HOUSE
SPARROW: 1-8, 21, 26-30
MAMMALIAN
WHITE-TAILED
DEER: 3-4 (2), 5 (1♀ w/2 yearlings), 9 (1), 19 (2), 20 (1), 22 (4), 28 (1)
FOX
SQUIRREL: 2-5, 7-8, 21-24, 30
EASTERN
COTTONTAIL: 1-5, 7-8, 19-21
REPTILIAN
NORTHERN
PAINTED TURTLE: 1-8, 20-21, 23-27, 29
RED-EARED
SLIDER: 2 (1), 5 (1), 20-21 (1)
SPINY
SOFTSHELL TURTLE: 1 (1)
AMPHIBIAN
AMERICAN
TOAD: 1, 8, 19, 27
BLANCHARD’S
CRICKET FROG: 1
AMERICAN
BULLFROG: 1-8, 19-24, 30
LEPIDOPTERA
BLACK
SWALLOWTAIL: 1-7, 20-21, 26
EASTERN
TIGER SWALLOWTAIL: 1 (1), 3 (3), 4 (1), 6 (1)
CABBAGE
WHITE: 1-6, 8-9, 20-27, 29-30
CLOUDED
SULPHUR: 4, 23, 26-27, 29
ORANGE
SULPHUR: 1-9, 20-27, 29
LITTLE
YELLOW: 1-6, 8, 20-21, 23-24, 29
EASTERN
TAILED-BLUE: 1-3, 5-8, 23-24
SUMMER
AZURE: 23 (1)
PEARL
CRESCENT: 1-3, 5-6, 8, 20-27, 30
PAINTED
LADY: 26-27, 29
RED
ADMIRAL: 5, 20, 23-24
COMMON
BUCKEYE: 1-6, 8, 20-21, 23-26
VICEROY:
1-5, 7-8, 20, 22, 24
MONARCH:
1 (8), 2 (6), 3 (7), 4 (2), 5 (5), 6 (9), 7-8 (6), 9 (1), 20 (77+), 21 (49+),
22 (21+),
23 (16), 24
(15), 25 (8), 26 (17), 27 (11), 28 (5), 30 (1)
SIKVER-SPOTTED
SKIPPER: 8 (1), 21 (1), 23 (2), 26-27 (1)
COMMON
CHECKERED-SKIPPER: 3 (1)
LEAST
SKIPPER: 1, 3
FIERY
SKIPPER: 1, 6, 20-21, 23, 26-27, 30
PECK’S
SKIPPER: 1, 8, 20, 22-23, 30
SACHEM:
23-24, 26-27
Skipper
sp.: 5, 25
HAWAIIAN
BEET WEBWORM: 22 (1)
CHICKWEED
GEOMETER: 2, 7, 24
WOOLLY
BEAR (ISABELLA TIGER MOTH): 5, 23, 25-28
YELLOW
BEAR (Virginian Tiger Moth): 24, 26-27
GREAT
TIGER MOTH: 20 (1 caterpillar), 25 (1 caterpillar)
CORN
EARWORM MOTH: 24
Other “bears” (black, yellow, brown,
golden, etc.) may be color variations of the Woolly Bear or other Arctiidae
species:
ODONATE
AMERICAN
RUBYSPOT: 1 (2♂), 2-3 (3♂), 4 (1♂), 5 (4♂), 6 (2♂), 7 (1♂), 8 (5♂),
9 (2♂ + 1♀), 19
(1♂), 20 (2♂ + 1♀), 21 (2♂), 22 (1♀), 30 (1)
GREAT
SPREADWING: 1 (4), 2-3 (1), 5-6 (1), 8 (2), 29 (5), 30 (1)
BLUE-FRONTED
DANCER: 1-3, 6, 8-9, 20-21, 29 (1)
POWDERED
DANCER: 2-4, 6-9, 20-21, 23-24
DOUBLE-STRIPED
BLUET: 1-3, 5, 8-9
TULE
BLUET: 21, 26
FAMILIAR
BLUET: 1-6, 8-9, 20-21, 23, 25-27, 29-30
STREAM
BLUET: 1-5, 24
ORANGE
BLUET: 2, 6-8, 26
EASTERN
FORKTAIL: 1-9, 20-24, 26, 29
COMMON
GREEN DARNER: 1-8, 21, 23-24, 27, 29 (1)
“Blue
Mosaic” Darner sp.: 22, 26 (3), 29 (2)
Darner
sp.: 19, 28
PRINCE
BASKETTAIL: 20 (1)
EASTERN
PONDHAWK: 1, 6, 24, 26
WIDOW
SKIMMER: 1-6, 8, 20, 22-23
COMMON
WHITETAIL: 1-6, 8-9
TWELVE-SPOTTED
SKIMMER: 8, 24
BLUE
DASHER: 1-2, 4, 20-21
WANDERING
GLIDER: 4, 6, 20-21, 23, 26
EASTERN
AMBERWING: 1, 8 (2), 9 (1), 20, 22, 23
VARIEGATED
MEADOWHAWK: 22, 25-27, 29
CHERRY-FACED
MEADOWHAWK: 21, 25-27, 29-30
BAND-WINGED
MEADOWHAWK: 1-3, 26
AUTUMN
MEADOWHAWK: 20 (1), 26-27
Meadowhawk
sp.: 1-5, 7-8, 21, 24-27, 29-30
BLACK
SADDLEBAGS: 2-7, 21, 24, 27
ORTHOPTERA
CAROLINA
GRASSHOPPER: 1-9, 19-24, 26-27, 29-30
NORTHWESTERN
RED-WINGED GRASSHOPPER: 1
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