Friday, July 6, 2018

July 1, 2018: Wolf's June 2018 Wildlife Report



The Gray Copper (Lycaena dione) is one of the Park's common butterfly species, although not too numerous this year.  They have a wingspan of 2.4 to 3.8 cm, have only 1 flight (from mid-June to July), and nectar on several plant species, including Alfalfa, Sweet Clover, and milkweeds.  The image shows a female. (Wolf. Oesterreich, 6/28/18)

A total of 75 avian species was recorded this month, ranking this month as the 6th highest June among 21 years of records.  June 2008 with 87 species remains as the highest June, while June 2001 with only 42 species is the lowest.  This total is 71 species less than last month and 7 less than June 2017.

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, bp=breeding plumage, ad=adult, nb=non-breeding plumage), color phase (b=blue, w=white), and location (BY=back yard, FY=front yard).  The order follows the 58th Supplement (2017) to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds and the 17th Supplement to the 7th Edition (1998).

AVIAN
     CANADA GOOSE: 1-4, 6-9, 14-30
     TRUMPETER SWAN: 14 (2 ad)
     WOOD DUCK: 1 (10, 2 (1♂), 7 (5), 8, 9 (5), 14 (1), 17 (2♀), 21 (1), 22 (4), 25 (2), 27-28,
          29 (7), 30 (1)
     BLUE-WINGED TEAL: 2 (1♂)
     MALLARD: 1-4, 6-8, 14-18, 20-21, 22 (4), 23, 24-25 (4), 26, 29 (8), 30 (1)
     RING-NECKED DUCK: 1-2 (1♂), 23 (1♂)
     HOODED MERGANSER: 18 (1 ♀/im), 21 (1 ♀/im)
     RUDDY DUCK: 27 (1♂)
     RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 1-4, 6-9, 15-16, 18-19, 21-30
     ROCK PIGEON: 1 (1)
     EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE: 1-2 (1), 3 (3), 6-9 (1), 20 (1), 27 (1), 30 (1)
     MOURNING DOVE: 1-9, 14-30
     YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO: 1-2 (1), 7 (1), 9 (1), 15 (1), 30 (1)
     CHIMNEY SWIFT: 1, 7, 23
     RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD: 8 (1), 24 (1), 30 (1)
     AMERICAN COOT: 23 (1)
     KILLDEER: 1 (3), 2-3 (1), 4 (2), 7 (1), 9 (1), 23 (1)
     RING-BILLED GULL: 1 (1)
     COMMON LOON: 3 (1 nb), 6-9 (1 nb), 14 (1 nb)
     GREAT BLUE HERON: 1 (6), 2 (7), 4 (12), 6 (1), 7 (2), 8 (1), 9 (2), 14 (2), 16-17 (2), 19 (2),
          20 (3),  21 (2), 22-23 (1), 25-26 (1), 27 (2), 28 (40, 30 (1)
     GREAT EGRET: 6 (4)
     GREEN HERON: 2 (2), 6-9 (1), 14-15 (1), 30 (1)
     TURKEY VULTURE: 2 (7), 3 (8), 4 (6), 8 (4), 14-15 (5), 16 (4), 17-18 (1), 19 (3), 20-21 (1),
          24 (5),  25-26 (1), 29 (4), 30 (2)
     BALD EAGLE: 3 (1 ad)
     SHARP-SHINNED HAWK: 15 (1)
     COOPER’S HAWK: 29 (1)
     RED-TAILED HAWK: 1-2 (1), 7 (2), 24 (1)
     BARRED OWL: 2 (1)
     BELTED KINGFISHER: 6 (1), 16 (1), 21 (1), 24-26 (1)
     RED-HEADED WOODPECKER: 1-3 (2), 4 (1), 7 (2-3), 8 (1), 9 (2), 15 (2), 16 (1), 17-21 (2),
          23 (2), 24-25 (1), 26-28 (2), 30 (2)
     RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 4, 8-9, 15-16, 22-23, 25, 30
     DOWNY WOODPECKER: 3-4, 6, 8-9, 14-15, 20, 23-24, 26, 29-30
     NORTHERN FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 3-4 (1), 7 (1), 15 (1), 17-19 (1), 20-22 (2), 23-25 (1),
          26 (2), 29-30 (1)
     EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE: 3 (1), 19 (1), 26 (2)
     WILLOW FLYCATCHER: 1-2 (1), 9 (1), 22-25 (1), 28 (1), 30 (1)
     GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER: 1 (1), 4 (1), 21-22 (1)
     EASTERN KINGBIRD: 1 (1), 2 (30, 3 (4), 4 (1), 7 (1), 8 (3), 9 (2), 14 (1), 15 (2), 16 (1), 18 (1),
          19 (2),  22-23 (1), 24 (4), 25 (3), 26 (1), 28 (1), 29 (2), 30 (4)
     BELL’S VIREO: 1 (1), 3-4 (1), 6-9 (1), 14-16 (1), 1-20 (1), 24-27 (1)
     WARBLING VIREO: 1 (8), 2-3 (5), 4 (4), 6-7 (4), 8-9, 14-30
     BLUE JAY: 2-3, 6-9, 14-27, 30
     AMERICAN CROW: 2-4, 6-7, 9, 14-16, 19-20, 23-30
     PURPLE MARTIN: 1-4, 6-9, 14-30
     TREE SWALLOW: 1-4, 6-9, 14-30
     NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW: 14, 16-20, 24-25
     BARN SWALLOW: 1-3, 6, 8-9, 14, 17, 19-22, 24-28, 30
     BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 2-3, 5-9, 15-16, 18, 20-24, 26-28, 30
     WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 6 (1), 8 (1), 16 (1), 23-24, 26-27, 30
     HOUSE WREN: 1-9, 14-30
     MARSH WREN: 1-2 (1), 4 (1), 7 (1)
     EASTERN BLUEBIRD: 1 (1♂), 2 (2♂), 3 (1♂), 4 (1♂ + 1♀), 6 (1♀), 7 (1♂), 14 (3♂), 15-16 (3),
          17-18 (1), 19-22 (3), 23 (5), 24 (3), 25 (2), 26 (3), 27 (1), 28 (2), 29 (3), 30 (1)
     AMERICAN ROBIN: 1-9, 14-30
     GRAY CATBIRD: 1-2, 4, 6-9, 14-30
     BROWN THRASHER: 2-3 (1), 7 (1), 19 (2), 21 (3), 23 (4), 25 (1), 27-30 (1)
     EUROPEAN STARLING: 1-4, 7-9, 14-17, 19-30
     CEDAR WAXWING: 3 (2), 15 (1), 19 (2), 30 (2)
     HOUSE SPARROW: 1-4, 6-9, 14-30
     HOUSE FINCH: 1-4, 6-9, 14-30
     AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1-4, 6-9, 14-30
     CHIPPING SPARROW: 2-9, 14-15, 22, 26-29
     FIELD SPARROW: 2 (1)
     LARK SPARROW: 15 (2)
     SONG SPARROW: 1-4, 6-9, 14-30
     EASTERN MEADOWLARK: 2 (1), 7 (1), 15-16 (1)
     ORCHARD ORIOLE: 1 (1st Spring ♂), 2 (1), 9 (1st Spring ♂), 18 (1st Spring ♂),
          22 (1st Spring ♂)
     BALTIMORE ORIOLE: 1-4, 6-9, 14-25, 28-30
     RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 1-4, 6-9, 14-30
     BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD: 2-4, 7-9, 14, 16-30
     COMMON GRACKLE: 1-4, 6-9, 14-30
     COMMON YELLOWTHROAT: 1-4, 6-9, 14-30
     AMERICAN REDSTART: 1 (1), 2 (2), 3 (1), 4 (2), 7-8 (1), 14 (1), 16-17 (1), 21-22 (1), 28 (1)
     YELLOW WARBLER: 1 (1), 2 (2), 4 (1), 6 (1), 7 (2), 8-9, 14, 16, 17 (1), 18, 19-20 (1),
          26-27 (1)
     NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1-9, 14-30
     ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK: 2 (3♂), 3 (2♂), 4 (1), 6 (1), 7 (2), 8-9, 16 (1), 24-25 (1)
     INDIGO BUNTING: 1-2 (1), 6 (1), 7 (4), 8 (1), 9, 14 (3), 15, 16 (1), 17 (2), 18, 19 (3), 20 (2),
          21 (1), 22 (4), 23-30
     DICKCISSEL: 1 (12), 2 (11), 3 (9), 4 (6), 6 (12), 7 (17), 8-9, 14 (15), 15-30
    
MAMMALIAN
     EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 1-9, 14-30
     FOX SQUIRREL: 1, 7-8, 20, 22, 25
     EASTERN CHIPMUNK: 7, 17, 25
     COMMON MUSKRAT: 2 (1), 29 (1)
     AMERICAN MINK: 21 (1♀ w/2 kits)
     WHITE-TAILED DEER: 2 (1), 4 (1 + 1 fawn), 6 (3), 7-8 (1), 18 (1), 19 (2♂),
          20 (1 + 1♀ w/1 fawn), 21 (1 + 1♀ w/1 fawn), 22 (1), 24 (18 + 1♀ w/2 fawns),
          26 (1♀ w/1 fawn), 27 (1)

REPTILIAN
     PLAINS GARTER SNAKE: 8 (1), 14 (1)
     SNAPPING TURTLE: 21 (1)
     WESTERN PAINTED TURTLE: 1-4, 7-8, 14, 16-19, 24, 27, 29
     RED-EARED SLIDER: 3-4 (1), 16 (1), 26-27 (1), 29-30 (1)
     WESTEN SPINY SOFTSHELL: 15 (1♀)

AMPHIBIAN
     AMERICAN TOAD: 1-4, 6-9, 14-28, 30
     BLANCHARD’S CRICKET FROG: 1-4, 6-9, 14-25, 28-30
     EASTERN GRAY TREE FROG: 7, 28
     BOREAL CHORUS FROG: 9, 14, 21, 26, 28
     AMERICAN BULLFROG: 1-4, 8-9, 15-18, 20, 22-23, 25-26, 28, 30
     NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG: 16-17, 24-26, 29-30

LEPIDOPTERA
     BLACK SWALLOWTAIL: 15 (1), 18 (2), 19 (1), 20 (2), 26 (3), 28-29 (1), 30 (2)
     EASTERN TIGER SWALLOWTAIL: 1 (2), 3 (1), 6 (2), 7 (1), 18 (1)
     CABBAGE WHITE: 4 (3), 6 (1), 7 (3), 8, 14 (5), 15-17, 19-20, 26-30
     CLOUDED SULPHUR: 1 (1)
     ORANGE SULPHUR: 14 (5), 15-20, 23-24, 26-30
     Sulphur sp.: 6 (1), 15, 20, 28
     GRAY COPPER: 28 (1), 30 (1)
     EASTERN TAILED-BLUE: 1-2 (1), 4 (2), 7 (1), 8-9, 14-15, 19, 23-24, 26, 30
     SPRING/SUMMER AZURE: 4 (1), 7 (1), 8, 14 (1), 16-17, 19
     GREAT SPANGLED FRITILLARY: 27 (2), 28 (1), 30 (1)
     PEARL CRESCENT: 1 (1), 16 (2), 18 (1), 19 (2), 26 (3), 28 (2), 29 (1), 30 (3)
     RED ADMIRAL: 14 (3), 16 (2), 17 (3), 18-19 (1), 24, 28 (1), 30 (1)
     COMMON BUCKEYE: 29 (1)
     VICEROY: 1 (3), 2 (1), 7 (2), 8 (1), 16-17 (1), 19 (1), 20 (2), 28 (1), 29 (2)
     MONARCH: 1 (3), 4 (3), 7 (2), 8 (1), 14 (3), 15 (4), 16 (1), 17 (2), 18 (1), 19 (9), 20 (3),
          21-22 (1),  26 (10), 27 (9), 28 (5), 29 (7), 30 (4)
     COMMON SOOTYWING: 3 (1), 30 (1)
     LEAST SKIPPER: 15 (2), 16-18, 26-27, 29
     LECONTE’S HAPLOA: 16-17 (1)

ODONATA
     SOUTHERN SPREADWING: 22, 24, 28-29
     SLENDER SPREADWING: 1-4, 6-8, 14-15
     LYRE-TIPPED SPREADWING: 15 (1♂ + 1♀)
     Spreadwing sp.: 7, 18, 23
     BLUE-FRONTED DANCER: 1-4, 6, 8, 14-19, 26-27, 29-30
     POWDERED DANCER: 7 (1), 17-18, 26-27, 29
     RAINBOW BLUET: 8 (1), 24 (1)
     AZURE BLUET: 2 (2), 17 (1)
     STREAM BLUET: 3, 6-7, 14, 27, 29
     Bluet sp.: 16, 19, 23, 30
     ORANGE BLUET: 1, 4, 6
     FRAGILE FORKTAIL: 1 (1), 3 (1), 6-7 (1)
     EASTERN FORKTAIL: 1-4, 16-18, 26, 30
     COMMON GREEN DARNER: 1-4, 7-8, 14-18, 26, 29
     JADE CLUBTAIL: 1 (2)
     MIDLAND CLUBTAIL: 2 (3)
     Clubtail sp.: 17 (1)
     COMMON BASKETTAIL: 2, 8
     PRINCE BASKETTAIL: 4 (1), 7, 27
     HALLOWEEN PENNANT: 30 (1)
     EASTERN PONDHAWK: 14, 16-17, 27, 30
     WIDOW SKIMMER: 1 (1♂ + 1♀), 2, 4, 8, 15-19, 26-30
     COMMON WHITETAIL: 1, 3-4, 6-8, 14-20, 24, 26-27, 29-30
     TWELVE-SPOTTED SKIMMER: 1-2, 4, 6-7, 15-19, 26-27, 30
     BLUE DASHER: 1-4, 6-8, 14-19, 26, 29-30
     EASTERN AMBERWING: 4 (1), 16 (2), 18 (1), 29-30 (1)
     WHITE-FACED MEADOWHAWK: 1-2 (1♀), 16-17
     BAND-WINGED MEADOWHAWK: 20 (1♂ + 1♀), 23, 26-27, 30
     Meadowhawk sp.: 19-20 (1♀)
     BLACK SADDLEBAGS: 1-4, 6-8, 14-19, 26-30
     RED SADDLEBAGS: 1-2 (1), 4, 6-7, 14-19, 24, 27-30

Wolf. Oesterreich

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