Dec 1, 2019: Wolf's November 2019 Wildlife Report

Both species of kinglets pass through our area.  The bright yellow (female) or yellow-orange (male) stripe on the Golden-crowned Kinglet (left) is always visible, while the red (only on male) on the Ruby-crowned Kinglet (right) is usually visible when the bird is agitated or excited.  The Ruby-crowned Kinglet is also slightly larger. (Wolf. Oesterreich, 11/04/19)

A total of 66 avian species was recorded this month, ranking this month as the 5^th highest November (tied with November 2018) among 22 years of records.  November 1999 with only 40 species remains as the lowest November, while Novembers 2010 and 2014 with 77 species, are the highest.  This total is 29 species less than last month and the same as November 2018.

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, FY=front yard).  The order follows the 60^th Supplement (2019) to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds and the 19^th Supplement to the 7^th Edition (1998).

There are no or few records for the 5th (all-day poll worker), 9th-14th (California), and

23rd-30th (Texas).

AVIAN

     GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE: 16-17 (1), 19 (1)

     CACKLING GOOSE: 4 (2), 15 (12+), 17 (3+), 19 (3+), 20 (20+), 21 (1)

     CANADA GOOSE: 1-4, 6-8, 15-22

     TRUMPETER SWAN: 8 (1 ad), 15 (21 ad + 9 ju), 16 (14 ad + 9 ju)

     WOOD DUCK: 4 (7), 6 (2), 7 (1♂), 8 (2♂ + 2♀), 15 (1♂ + 1♀)

     NORTHERN SHOVELER: 1 (4), 3 (1♀), 6 (1♀), 7 (9), 15 (4♀), 16 (5♀), 17 (2♀)

     GADWALL: 1 (7+), 3 (11), 7 (3), 8 (8), 17 (2♂)

     MALLARD: 1-4, 6-9, 15-23

     GREEN-WINGED TEAL: 1-2 (5), 8 (1)

     RING-NECKED DUCK: 1 (6), 2 (4), 6 (4), 7 (2♀), 8 (3), 18 (1♀)

     LESSER SCAUP: 1 (1♂), 2 (17), 7 (2), 15 (1♂)

     BUFFLEHEAD: 6 (1♀), 8 (1♂ + 4♀)

     COMMON GOLDENEYE: 15 (3♂ + 2♀)

     HOODED MERGANSER: 6 (5♂ + 7♀), 7 (1♂ + 1♀), 8 (2♀), 15 (1♀)

     COMMON MERGANSER: 7 (3♀), 16 (1♀), 18 (1♀)

     RUDDY DUCK: 1 (3), 7 (6), 8 (41), 15-16 (2♀), 17-20 (1♀), 22 (1♀)

     RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 1 (2), 2 (1), 3 (4), 4 (1), 7 (2)

     PIED-BILLED GREBE: 1 (6), 2 (4), 3 (3), 4 (1), 6 (4), 7 (2), 8 (1), 15 (2), 16 (1), 17-18 (2),

          19 (1)

     HORNED GREBE: 2 (4), 8 (1)

     MOURNING DOVE: 1 (1), 15 (1), 17 (4), 19 (2), 22 (3)

     AMERICAN COOT: 1 (10), 2 (16), 3 (14+), 4 (14), 6 (15), 7 (7), 8 (26), 15 (3), 16 (6),

          17-18 (4), 19 (2), 21 (1), 22 (3)

     BONAPARTE’S GULL: 2 (2)

     FRANKLIN’S GULL: 3 (7+)

     RING-BILLED GULL: 3 (13+), 7 (36), 21 (3)

     GREAT BLUE HERON: 4 (1), 7 (1)

     SHARP-SHINNED HAWK: 4 (1), 7 (1)

     COOPER’S HAWK: 2 (1), 8 (1), 20 (1 im + BY 1 ad), 22 (1 ad)

     BALD EAGLE: 1 (1 ad), 2-3 (2 ad), 4 (1 ad + 1 im), 6 (1 ad), 7 (2 ad), 15 (1 ad),

          17 (1 ad), 18 (1 im), 19 (1 ad), 21 (1 ad), 22 (2 ad)

     RED-TAILED HAWK: 6 (3), 22 (1)

     GREAT HORNED OWL: 3 (1 BY), 15 (1 BY), 17 (1 BY), 19 (2), 22 (2), 23 (2)

     BARRED OWL: 21 (1)

     BELTED KINGFISHER: 3 (1♂), 7 (1), 15 (1)

     RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 1-2 (1), 3 (2), 4 (1), 6 (1), 7 (2), 8 (1), 15 (1), 18 (1),

          19 (2), 20-21 (1), 22 (3)

     DOWNY WOODPECKER: 1-4, 6-8, 15-23

     HAIRY WOODPECKER: 2 (1), 16-17 (1), 22 (1)

     NORTHERN FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 6 (3)

     AMERICAN KESTREL: 15 (1♂)

     NORTHERN SHRIKE: 15 (1), 22 (1)

     BLUE JAY: 1-4, 6-8, 15-20, 22

     AMERICAN CROW: 1-4, 6-8, 16-23

     BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 1-4, 6-9, 15-20, 22-23

     WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 2 (2), 3 (3), 4 (1), 6 (2), 7 (1), 8 (2), 16 (2), 18 (2),

          19 (1), 20 (4)

     GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET: 1 (1), 4 (2)

     RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET: 1 (3), 2 (1), 3 (3)

     EASTERN BLUEBIRD: 3-4 (1), 19 (3)

     AMERICAN ROBIN: 1-4, 6-8, 15 (2), 16, 17 (2)

     EUROPEAN STARLING: 1-4, 6-8, 15-16, 18-22

     CEDAR WAXWING: 3 (5), 19 (1 BY)

     HOUSE SPARROW: 1-4, 6-8, 15-20, 22

     EURASIAN TREE SPARROW: 22 (1 BY)

     HOUSE FINCH: 1-4, 6-8, 15-23

     PINE SISKIN: 2 (1)

     AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1-4, 6-8, 15 (2), 18 (1), 19 (4), 20 (13), 22 (1)

     CHIPPING SPARROW: 2 (1)

     FOX SPARROW: 1 (1), 4 (1)

     AMERICAN TREE SPARROW: 1 (2), 2 (4), 3 (10+), 4 (17+), 6 (3), 7 (18+), 8 (7+),

          15 (25+), 16 (14+), 17 (18+), 18 (14+), 19-22

     DARK-EYED JUNCO (Slate-colored): 1 (8+), 2 (21+), 3 (11+), 4 (12+), 6 (8), 7 (20+),

          8 (10+), 9, 15 (15+), 16 (20+), 17 (10+), 18 (13+), 19-23

     WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW: 6 (1)

     HARRIS’S SPARROW: 3 (3), 4 (1), 21 (1)

     WHITE-THROATED SPARROW: 18 (1 BY), 22 (1 BY)

     SONG SPARROW: 1-4, 7 (1), 8 (2), 16 (1), 17-19 (2), 20 (1)

     SWAMP SPARROW: 2 (3), 3 (1), 16 (2), 17 (1)

     RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 1-4, 6-7, 19 (1♂ + 2♀), 20 (4)

     COMMON GRACKLE: 3

     ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER: 1 (1)

     NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1-4, 6-8, 15-23

Unless indicated otherwise, the White-tailed Deer were antlerless.  The yearlings were just about the same size as the adults.  The largest buck was a 10-pointer.

MAMMALIAN

     EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 1-4, 7-8, 15-16

     EASTERN FOX SQUIRREL: 1-4, 6-8, 15-22

     THIRTEEN-LINED GROUND SQUIRREL:

     COMMON MUSKRAT: 1 (1), 16 (2), 18 (5)

     AMERICAN MINK: 3 (1), 8 (1), 22 (1)

     NORTHERN RIVER OTTER: 1 (1)

     WHITE-TAILED DEER: 1 (1♂ + 1), 3 (7), 4 (1♂ + 2), 6 (1♂ + 2), 7 (1♂ + BY 1♂ + 2),

          8 (8), 15 (4♂ + 6), 16 (2♂ + 4), 17 (1♂ + 1), 18 (2 + BY 2), 19 (1♂ + 3), 20 (6), 21 (4)

REPTILIAN

     TEXAS BROWN SNAKE: 6 (1)

AMPHIBIAN

     AMERICAN BULLFROG: 17 (1)

     NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG: 4 (1), 17 (1), 19 (1)

LEPIDOPTERA

     ORANGE SULPHUR:

     Sulphur sp.:

     WOOLLY BEAR (ISABELLA TIGER MOTH): 1 (6), 2 (1), 3-4 (7), 6 (7), 16 (2), 19 (1),

          20 (2)

Wolf. Oesterreich