This Great Egret is poised to strike (along north lake's north shore). (Wolf Oesterreich, 10/14/16)
A total of 92 (+ 2 sp.) avian species was recorded this month, ranking this month as the 6th highest October (tied with October 2010) among 19 years of records. October 2007 with 108 species remains as the highest October, while October 2003 with 55 species remains as the lowest.
Wolf. Oesterreich
A total of 92 (+ 2 sp.) avian species was recorded this month, ranking this month as the 6th highest October (tied with October 2010) among 19 years of records. October 2007 with 108 species remains as the highest October, while October 2003 with 55 species remains as 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 Green Heron sighting on the 29th may represent a
new extreme late Fall record for Story County (old record set on 23 Oct 1985 at
Ames). The single Least Flycatcher
sighting on the 2nd and single Magnolia Warbler on the 9th
may also represent new late extreme Fall records (former records set on 26 Sep 2006
at Ada Hayden HP and 1 Oct 1987 at Brookside Park / 1 Oct 2015 at Ada Hayden HP,
respectively).
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, 6-20, 22-31
WOOD
DUCK: 1 (3), 2-4, 6-11, 12 (21+), 13 (8+), 14 (3), 15 (7), 16 (1), 17 (2), 18 (8),
19 (6),
20, 22 (5), 23 (1),
24 (3), 25 (6), 27 (4), 28 (1), 29-30 (5), 31 (2)
GADWALL:
12 (6), 13 (1♂), 16 (16), 17 (11+), 18-19 (3), 22 (1), 23 (13), 24 (7), 29 (1)
AMERICAN
WIGEON: 12 (1), 15 (1), 18 (3), 23 (1), 24 (2), 25 (5), 26 (4), 28 (2), 29 (4),
30 (7), 31 (3)
MALLARD:
1-20, 22-31
BLUE-WINGED
TEAL: 4 (5), 5 (1), 6 (9), 7 (151+), 8 (29+), 9 (4), 10 (3), 11 (11+), 13 (1),
14 (3), 17 (10+), 18
(5+), 19 (3), 28 (2)
NORTHERN
SHOVELER: 3 (3), 5 (2), 6 (5), 7 (7), 13 (1♀), 14-15 (2), 17 (2), 18 (13), 22
(4),
27 (1), 28 (3♂ + 5♀), 29 (24),
30 (5), 31 (10)
NORTHERN
PINTAIL: 3-4 (2♀), 7 (1), 13 (1♀), 14 (3♂ + 4♀), 17 (1♂), 18 (2♂ + 1♀),
19 (2♂),
22 (1♂), 24 (3), 25 (4♂ +
2♀), 26 (7♂ + 4♀), 28 (6♂ + 3♀), 29 (5♂ + 1♀),
30 (8♂ + 4♀), 31 (2♂ + 1♀)
GREEN-WINGED
TEAL: 7 (1), 8 (2), 30 (2), 31 (5)
REDHEAD:
26 (1♂)
RING-NECKED
DUCK: 24 (5), 29 (1♀)
LESSER
SCAUP: 30 (12)
RUDDY
DUCK: 7 (1), 12 (1♀), 16 (4), 23 (4♂ + 1♀)
RING-NECKED
PHEASANT: 2, 4-8, 14-15, 20, 22, 25, 26 (3), 29
PIED-BILLED
GREBE: 1-4 (1), 6 (7), 7 (8), 8 (5), 9-10 (4), 11 (6), 12 (9), 13 (16), 14 (4),
15 (6), 16 (4), 17 (9), 18 (6),
19 (44), 20 (2), 22 (5), 23 (3), 24 (13), 25 (8), 26 (7), 28 (3),
29 (5), 30 (9), 31 (7)
DOUBLE-CRESTED
CORMORANT: 6 (3), 10 (1), 11 (3), 17 (3), 19 (1)
AMERICAN
WHITE PELICAN: 1-2 (1), 3 (19), 4 (2), 8 (1), 10 (1), 25 (54)
AMERICAN
BITTERN: 23 (1), 25-28 (1)
GREAT
BLUE HERON: 1 (5), 2 (4), 3 (5), 4 (3), 5 (4), 6 (6), 7 (5), 8 (3), 9-10 (5),
11 (4),
12 (3), 13 (2), 15 (1), 16 (2),
18-19 (2), 22-24 (2), 25-26 (3), 28-31 (2)
GREAT
EGRET: 1 (2), 3-5 (2), 6 (8), 7-9 (2), 10-11 (1), 12 (3), 13-15 (2), 16 (1),
17-19 (2),
22-23 (1), 25 (1), 27-30 (1)
GREEN
HERON: 23 (1), 29 (1)
BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERON: 7 (1 ad)
TURKEY
VULTURE: 1 (1), 2 (3), 3-4 (4), 7 (1), 8 (3), 9 (4), 10 (2), 11 (1), 13 (1), 15
(2),
16 (1), 18-19 (1)
OSPREY:
9 (1), 11 (1)
BALD
EAGLE: 23 (1 im)
NORTHERN
HARRIER: 9 (1♀)
SHARP-SHINNED
HAWK: 23 (1), 26 (1)
COOPER’S
HAWK: 6 (1 ad), 17 (1 ad), 23 (1), 27 (1), 29 (1), 31 (1)
RED-TAILED
HAWK: 2 (1), 4 (1), 7 (1), 11-15 (1), 18 (1), 25 (2), 27-28 (1), 31 (1)
AMERICAN
COOT: 3 (35+), 4 (11), 5 (5), 7 (18+), 8 (9), 9 (22+), 10 (33+), 11 (55+),
12
(42+), 13 (29+), 14
(22+), 15 (17+), 16 (14+), 17 (65+), 18 (57+), 19 (14+), 20 (2),
22 (24+), 23
(28+), 24 (24+), 25 (38+), 26 (37+), 27 (22+), 28 (29+), 29 (48+), 30 (31+),
31 (21+)
KILLDEER:
4 (1), 6 (3), 11 (4), 14 (1), 16 (1), 18 (4), 29 (1)
BONAPARTE’S
GULL: 30 (9)
FRANKLIN’S
GULL: 1 (125-200), 2, 7 (3), 8 (53+), 14 (1)
RING-BILLED
GULL: 1 (5+), 2, 16 (6), 19 (2), 23 (2), 25 (1)
EURASIAN
COLLARED-DOVE: 1 (3), 10 (2)
MOURNING
DOVE: 3-6, 19 (1), 22 (1), 29 (1)
BELTED
KINGFISHER: 1-4 (1), 7-12 (1), 15 (1), 17-20 (1), 23 (1)
RED-BELLIED
WOODPECKER: 13, 25, 31 (3)
YELLOW-BELLIED
SAPSUCKER: 11 (1), 17 (1)
DOWNY
WOODPECKER: 1-3, 5-6, 9, 11, 13, 15-17, 23, 25-27, 29-30
HAIRY
WOODPECKER: 14 (2), 15 (1), 17 (1), 19 (1)
NORTHERN
FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 1 (2), 5 (1), 8 (2), 11-12 (1), 17-18 (1)
falcon
sp.:19 (1)
LEAST
FLYCATCHER: 2 (2)
EASTERN
PHOEBE: 1 (2), 4 (2), 6-7 (1), 11-15 (1), 16-17 (2)
NORTHERN
SHRIKE: 25 (1)
BLUE-HEADED
VIREO: 1-2 (1)
BLUE
JAY: 1-2, 5-13, 15, 17-18, 20, 22-25, 29-31
AMERICAN
CROW: 1-13, 15-19, 23-31
TREE
SWALLOW: 2 (3), 3-7, 9-10, 11 (34+)
BARN
SWALLOW: 1-11
BLACK-CAPPED
CHICKADEE: 1-2, 4-20, 23-31
RED-BREASTED
NUTHATCH: 2 (1), 10 (1)
WHITE-BREASTED
NUTHATCH: 1-2, 5, 9-17, 24-29, 31
HOUSE
WREN: 1 (2), 7 (1)
WINTER
WREN: 1 (2), 24-25 (1)
SEDGE
WREN: 1 (2)
MARSH
WREN: 29 (1)
GOLDEN-CROWNED
KINGLET: 2 (2), 9 (1), 15-16 (1), 18 (1)
RUBY-CROWNED
KINGLET: 1 (1), 8 (2), 9 (1), 10 (7), 11 (4), 12 (1), 13 (3), 14 (1), 16 (1),
17 (7+), 18 (6), 23 (1),
25 (2)
EASTERN
BLUEBIRD: 4 (~12), 7 (1), 14 (2), 16, 23 (6), 25 (4), 30
HERMIT
THRUSH: 1-2 (1), 12 (1), 18 (1), 26 (1), 29 (1)
AMERICAN
ROBIN: 1-20, 22-31
GRAY
CATBIRD: 1-2, 6 (1), 12 (1), 16 (1)
EUROPEAN
STARLING: 1, 4, 6, 11-12, 17, 19-20, 25-26, 29-31
CEDAR
WAXWING: 1 (3), 2, 6 (20+), 8 (12+), 9 (3+), 11 (8+), 13 (3), 14 (2), 15 (12),
16 (5+), 18 (78+), 19 (9+), 22 (12),
25 (35+), 26 (11+), 29 (41+), 31 (19+)
ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLER: 1 (1), 6-7 (2), 8-9 (1), 10-11 (2), 12-13 (1), 15 (1), 16 (2)
NASHVILLE
WARBLER: 2 (1)
COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT: 1, 9 (2)
MAGNOLIA
WARBLER: 9 (1)
PALM
WARBLER: 12 (2)
YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLER (Myrtle): 1 (7), 2 (3), 3 (1), 6 (5+), 8 (5+), 9-10 (4), 11 (9+),
14
(12+), 15 (8+), 16 (1),
17 (5+), 18 (3), 19 (1)
AMERICAN
TREE SPARROW: 24 (4+), 25 (2), 26 (3), 29 (3), 30 (7), 31 (4+)
CHIPPING
SPARROW: 2 (1), 14 (~12), 26 (15+)
FIELD
SPARROW: 11 (1), 22 (1)
LE
CONTE’S SPARROW: 1 (1)
FOX
SPARROW: 9 (2), 12 (1), 15-16 (1), 19 (1), 24 (1), 25 (2), 27 (1), 29 (5), 31
(1)
SONG
SPARROW: 1-3, 4 (2), 5-7, 9-11, 12 (15+), 13 (5+), 14 (2), 15 (3), 16 (7), 17
(5),
18-19 (3), 20 (1), 22 (5),
23 (3), 24 (10), 25 (3), 26 (2), 27 (5), 28 (3), 29 (16+), 30 (3),
31 (8)
LINCOLN’S
SPARROW: 1 (3), 2 (2), 4 (1), 10 (1), 11 (2), 17 (2), 22 (1), 24 (2), 31 (1)
SWAMP
SPARROW: 1 (1), 2 (2), 3 (3), 4 (2), 6 (2), 9 (2), 12 91), 14 (1), 15 (2), 16
(1),
25 (2), 27 (1), 29-31 (1)
WHITE-THROATED
SPARROW: 1-2 (7+), 4-5 (2), 6 (4), 7 (6+), 8 (1), 9 (11+), 10 (12+),
11 (14+), 12 (3), 13 (15+),
15 (1), 16 (7), 17 (9+), 18 (13+), 24 (2), 26 (1), 27 (3), 29 (2)
HARRIS’S
SPARROW: 3-4 (1), 9 (2), 10-11 (1), 13-14 (1), 17 (9+), 18 (6+), 19 (1), 24 (2),
27 (2), 29 (9), 30 (2),
31 (1)
WHITE-CROWNED
SPARROW: 1 (1), 2 (4), 3 (1), 8 (2), 10 (8), 11-12 (8+), 13 (4+), 14 (1),
15
(4), 16 (3), 17 (10+),
18 (4+), 19 (2), 22 (4), 23 (1), 24 (3), 25 (2), 29-30 (1)
DARK-EYED
JUNCO (Slate-colored): 12 (2), 13 (1), 19 (5), 20 (1), 22 (2), 23-24 (1), 25
(10),
26 (13+), 27 (7+), 29 (9+),
30 (2), 31 (8+)
NORTHERN
CARDINAL: 2-3, 6, 8, 10, 12-13, 18-19, 26, 29-30
RED-WINGED
BLACKBIRD: 2-7, 9-14, 17-19, 22-25, 26 (8+), 28-30, 31 (3)
meadowlark
sp. 29 (1)
RUSTY
BLACKBIRD: 25 (3), 28 (1), 31 (4)
COMMON
GRACKLE: 29 (1)
BROWN-HEADED
COWBIRD: 29 (3)
HOUSE
FINCH: 2, 6-7, 19-20, 25-26, 29-31
PURPLE
FINCH: 17 (4♀)
AMERICAN
GOLDFINCH: 1-19, 22-27, 29-31
HOUSE
SPARROW: 1-19, 22-31
MAMMALIAN
AMERICAN
MINK: 22 (1)
RACCOON:
4 (1)
WHITE-TAILED
DEER: 3 (2), 18 (3), 20 (1), 30 (5)
FOX
SQUIRREL: 1-2, 5-7, 9-11, 13, 17, 19, 24, 27, 30-31
EASTERN
CHIPMUNK: 2, 26 (1)
EASTERN
COTTONTAIL: 1-2, 5, 9, 15, 20, 23, 31
REPTILIAN
gartersnake
sp.: 2 (1), 5 (1), 7 (1), 10 (1), 15 (1) (slithered off too fast for me to see where
the lateral line was located: Plains = 3rd & 4th row, Eastern = 2nd & 3rd row)
NORTHERN
PAINTED TURTLE: 1 (3), 2-9, 11, 13 (2), 14 (1), 15 (5), 16 (21), 17 (9+), 19
(1),
22 (9), 23 (19+), 24-25
(1), 28 (7)
RED-EARED
SLIDER: 7 (1), 9 (1), 13 (1), 16-17 (1), 23 (1)
AMPHIBIAN
AMERICAN
TOAD: 26 (1)
AMERICAN
BULLFROG: 1, 5-7, 16 (2), 17-18, 19 (1), 22-24, 27-28, 29 (30+), 20 (10+),
31
(10)
NORTHERN
LEOPARD FROG: 23 (1), 29 (1)
LEPIDOPTERA
CABBAGE
WHITE: 1-3, 6-9, 11, 14 (1), 16-17 (1)
ORANGE
SULPHUR: 1-2, 5-11, 14-15 (1), 16 (10+), 17 (1), 22 (4), 23-24 (3)
LITTLE
YELLOW: 1-2, 9 (2), 17-18 (1)
Sulphur
sp.: 11 (1), 13 (1), 16 (5+), 27 (2)
PEARL
CRESCENT: 2, 4-9, 11, 25 (1)
EASTERN
COMMA: 11 (1), 16 (2), 17 (1), 22 (3), 24 (3), 27 (1)
PAINTED
LADY: 7, 22 (1)
COMMON
BUCKEYE: 1-2, 7-8, 9 (1), 16 (1), 22 (1), 24 (1)
MONARCH:
1 (3), 2 (2), 5 (1), 6 (5), 8-10 (1), 16 (4), 23 (1)
FIERY
SKIPPER: 2, 5
PECK’S
SKIPPER: 6
SACHEM:
8 (1), 9 (4), 10 (1), 11 (4), 22 (3), 27 (1)
Skipper
sp.: 11 (1), 17 (3)
WOOLLY
BEAR (Isabella Tiger Moth): 1, 5, 7-10, 11, 13-14, 16-17, 23-25, 27-28, 31
SALT
MARSH MOTH caterpillar: 5 (1), 6 (3), 10 (1), 13-14 (1), 16 (2), 18 (1), 24 (1)
YELLOW
BEAR (Virginian Tiger Moth): 1
YELLOW-COLLARED
SCAPE MOTH: 9 (1)
CELERY
LOOPER: 1
CATTAIL
CATERPILLAR (Henry’s Marsh Moth): 17 (1)
LARGE
YELLOW UNDERWING caterpillar: 4 (1)
Other “bears” (black, yellow, brown,
golden, etc.) may be color variations of the Woolly Bear or
other Arctiidae species:
ODONATA
AMERICAN
RUBYSPOT: 1 (4♂ + 2♀)
GREAT
SPREADWING: 2 (1♂), 4 (3♂), 5 (1♂ + 1♀), 6 (1♂), 9 (1), 13 (1♂), 16 (1♂ + 1♀),
18 (2)
POWDERED
DANCER: 2, 11 (2)
TULE
BLUET: 5, 7
FAMILIAR
BLUET: 1-2, 5-9, 11 (1), 13 (1)
EASTERN
FORKTAIL: 2, 7 (1♂)
COMMON
GREEN DARNER: 2, 5-8, 9 (2), 11 (1), 13 (2), 16-17 (1), 22 (2), 24 (1)
“Blue
Mosaic” DARNER sp.: 1 (1), 8 (1)
darner
sp.: 3 (2), 4 (1), 12 (1), 13 (2), 15 (2), 16 (1)
WANDERING
GLIDER: 2
VARIEGATED
MEADOWHAWK: 1, 13 (1), 24 (1), 27 (1)
CHERRY-FACED
MEADOWHAWK: 1-2, 4-9, 13
WHITE-FACED
MEADOWHAWK: 5 (1♀), 6-9, 11
RUBY
MEADOWHAWK: 11 (1♂)
BAND-WINGED
MEADOWHAWK: 1, 7
AUTUMN
MEADOWHAWK: 7, 9-10, 19 (1), 27 (1)
meadowhawk
sp.: 1-2, 4-5, 7, 10, 13 (20+), 14 (3), 16 (1), 19 (1), 23 (1), 24 (5), 25 (2),
27 (3), 29 (4)
BLACK
SADDLEBAGS: 7 (1)
ORTHOPTERA
NORTHWESTERN
RED-WINGED GRASSHOPPER: 2
CAROLINA
GRASSHOPPER: 2, 5, 7-9, 11, 16-18, 22-23
RED-LEGGED
GRASSHOPPER: 7-8
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