The Winter months are the best times to find a Northern Saw-whet Owl (7-8") in Iowa. For Story County, they can arrive in early November and then depart by late March. They are usually found in Eastern Red Cedars, at about eye-level and near the trunk. Their food consists of small mammals, with mice being the most common. These owls hunt at night and should they capture more than they consume that evening, they will "cache" the prey (as seen in the photograph). They breed in conifer and mixed forests across southern Canada and northern US, along the west coast, and through the Rocky Mountains down to Mexico.
I was fortunate to encounter Pete Miller and Joe McGovern, ISU
students, on the 3rd. They had found evidence of this owl species at a
couple of places. We visited one and while Joe set up a trail-cam focused
on a mouse cache, Pete and I searched through the cedars. Pete had the luck of
finding the owl, not far from the cache.
Due to past experience with unethical photographers and even
some birders, we decided to keep the presence and location a secret.
Based on what is currently happening to the nesting Great Horned Owls (being
harassed by photographers), I feel that it was the right decision. (Wolf. Oesterreich, 3/20/21)
A total of 85 avian species (plus 2 sp. & 1 hybrid) was recorded this month, ranking this month as the highest March (tied with 2019) among 24 years of records. This total is 37 species more than last month and 6 more than March 2020. March 1998, with only 44 species, is the lowest. The Northern Saw-whet Owl was #279 for my Park-Yard List.
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 Brown Thrasher found on the 30th may represent a new extreme early Spring record (former record set on 31 March 1977 at Ames) for Story County.
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, anb=adult non-breeding), color phase (b=blue, w=white), and location (BY=back yard, FY=front yard). The order follows the 61st Supplement (2020) to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds and the 20th Supplement to the 7th Edition (1998).
AVIAN
SNOW GOOSE: 6 (18 w + 3 b), 7 (8 w), 8 (143 w/b), 12 (108 w/b), 13 (45 w/b), 20 (2 w + 7 b), 23 (2 w), 25 (600 w/b), 30 (1 w)
ROSS’S GOOSE: 1 (1 w), 25 (3 w)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE: 3 (4), 4 (65), 5 (478), 6 (2185), 7 (1138), 8 (1882), 9 (397), 10 (475), 12 (1033), 13 (225), 14 (65), 16 (450), 17 (96), 21 (120), 23 (232)
CACKLING GOOSE: 1-2 (1), 7 (3)
CANADA GOOSE: 1 (417), 2 (650), 3 (779), 4 (526), 5 (729), 6 (502), 7 (409), 8 (471), 9 (133), 10 (169), 11 (139), 12 (138), 13 (219), 14, 15 (174), 16 (96), 17 (87), 18 (165), 19 (234), 20 (249), 21 (143), 22 (105), 23 (93), 24 (83), 25 (78), 26 (92), 27 (84), 28 (85), 29 (77), 30 (108), 31 (112)
TRUMPETER SWAN: 1 (25 ad + 12 im), 2 (38 ad + 18 im), 3 (23 ad + 7 im), 4 (10 ad + 3 im), 5 (5 + 1 ad), 6 (1 ad + 2 im), 7 (1 ad), 10 (2 ad + 16), 25 (1 im), 29 (2 ad)
WOOD DUCK: 6 (2♂), 7 (1♂), 10 (10 ♂/♀), 11 (43), 12 (13♂ + 3♀), 13 (23), 15 (19), 16 (24), 17 (11), 18 (7), 19 (5), 21 (1♂ + 1♀), 22 (1), 23 (2♂ + 1♀), 24 (5), 25 (38), 26 (14), 27 (6), 28 (3), 30 (6), 31 (12)
BLUE-WINGED TEAL: 17 (4♂), 25 (4♂), 26 (4♂ + 3♀), 27 (7), 28 (6), 29 (3), 30 (48), 31 (12)
NORTHERN SHOVELER: 8 (2♂ + 2♀), 9 (7), 10 (15), 11 (5), 12 (6), 17 (29), 21 (1♂ + 1♀), 22 (81), 23 (23), 24 (11), 25 (6), 27 (6), 28 (4), 29 (6), 30 (137), 31 (5)
GADWALL: 1 (1♂ + 1♀), 2 (2♂ + 1♀), 3 (1♂ + 1♀), 5 (1♂ + 1♀), 7 (1♂), 8 (24), 9 (12), 10 (4♂ + 2♀), 11 (21), 12 (2♂), 16 (9♂ + 6♀), 17 (65), 19 (6), 20 (1♂ + 1♀), 22 (40), 24 (36), 25 (11), 26 (31), 28 (5), 29 (17), 30 (50), 31 (8)
AMERICAN WIGEON: 8 (2♂ + 2♀), 9 (2♂ + 3♀), 17 (4♂ + 2♀), 22 (3♂ + 3♀), 24 (1♂ + 1♀), 26 (4♂ + 4♀), 27 (3), 30 (2♂ + 1♀), 31 (1♂ + 1♀)
MALLARD: 1 (54), 2 (152), 3 (86), 4 (111), 5 (132), 6 (61), 7 (100), 8 (310), 9 (181), 10 (78), 11 (54), 12 (79), 13 (34), 15 (19), 16 (53), 17 (252), 18 (45), 19 (24), 20 (25), 21 (17), 22 (40), 23 (12), 24 (21), 25 (45), 26 (52), 27 (14), 28 (18), 29 (9), 30 (78), 31 (48)
NORTHERN PINTAIL: 1 (22♂ + 8♀), 2 (9♂ + 5♀), 3 (4♂ + 2♀), 4 (5♂ + 3♀), 5 (3♂ + 3♀), 7 (19), 8 (6), 11 (20), 17 (9♂ + 5♀), 25 (1♂), 30 (1♂ + 1♀)
GREEN-WINGED TEAL: 1 (1♂), 4 (1♂), 7 (2♂ + 3♀), 8 (1♂), 9 (7♂ + 2♀), 10 (10♂ + 5♀), 12 (3), 13 (1♂), 17 (4♂ + 1♀), 18 (7), 19 (2♂ + 1♀), 22 (28), 24 (2), 25 (5♂ + 2♀), 26 (23♂ + 7♀), 27 (1♂ + 1♀), 28 (13), 29 (16), 30 (80), 31 (48)
CANVASBACK: 2 (2♂ + 1♀), 5 (1♂ + 1♀), 6 (3♂ + 1♀), 7 (1♂), 8 (17♂ + 3♀), 12 (7♂ + 1♀), 13, 17 (3♂ + 2♀)
REDHEAD: 1-2 (6♂ + 2♀), 3 (5♂ + 2♀), 4 (2♂ + 1♀), 5 (1♂ + 1♀), 7 (22♂ + 8♀), 8 (67), 13, 16 (5♂ + 4♀), 17 (13♂ + 8♀), 19 (8), 27 (1♂ + 1♀), 29 (1♂)
RING-NECKED DUCK: 3 (12♂ + 5♀), 4 (10♂ + 2♀), 5 (14♂ + 4♀), 6 (19♂ + 3♀), 7 (17♂ + 6♀), 8 (53), 9 (11♂ + 5♀), 10 (12♂ + 2♀), 12 (3♂), 13 (1♂ + 1♀), 16 (27), 17 (35), 18 (34), 19 (57),
22 (54), 23 (4♂ + 4♀), 24 (11), 27 (29), 28 (2♂ + 1♀), 29 (10), 30 (22), 31 (16)
LESSER SCAUP: 1-2 (6♂ + 1♀), 3 (21♂ + 2♀), 4 (23♂ + 3♀), 5 (32♂ + 3♀), 6 (15♂ + 2♀), 7 (40), 8 (20), 9 (2♂ + 1♀), 10 (38), 11 (4), 12 (7♂ + 1♀), 13 (3), 15 (28), 16 (94), 17 (8), 18 (6), 19 (20), 21 (24), 22 (32), 23 (3♂ + 1♀), 24 (32), 25 (3♂ + 3♀), 27 (16), 28 (27), 29 (15), 30 (45), 31 (16)
BUFFLEHEAD: 8 (1♂ + 1♀), 9 (1♂), 10 (5♀), 11 (1♂), 12 (2♂ + 1♀), 13 (2♂ + 2♀), 15 (4♂ + 1♀), 16 (3♂ + 1♀), 19 (2♂), 20 (1♂ + 1♀), 22 (1♂ + 2♀), 23 (4♂ + 2♀), 24 (11♂ + 9♀), 25 (2♂ + 1♀), 26 (3♂ + 2♀), 27 (4♂ + 4♀), 28 (2♂ + 2♀), 30 (5♂ + 4♀)
COMMON GOLDENEYE: 1 (7♂), 2 (6♂ + 1♀), 3 (6♂ + 2♀), 4 (5♂ + 1♀), 5 (1♂), 6-7 (2♂), 8 (5♂ + 2♀), 9 (7♂ + 3♀), 10 (4♂ + 2♀), 11 (2♂ + 1♀), 12-13 (1♂ + 1♀), 15 (1♀), 17 (1♂ + 2♀), 19 (1♀), 27 (1♀), 29 (2♀), 30 (1♂ + 1♀)
HOODED MERGANSER: 8 (1♂), 9 (1♂ + 1♀), 10 (6♂ + 5♀), 12 (1♂ + 1♀), 15 (1♂ + 1♀), 22 (9♂ + 3♀), 23 (1♂ + 1♀), 30 (3♂ + 3♀)
COMMON MERGANSER: 1 (2♂ + 1♀), 2 (1♂ + 1♀), 3 (1♂ + 2♀), 4 (8♂ + 1♀), 5 (1♂ + 1♀), 6 (4♂ + 1♀), 7 (8♂ + 2♀), 8 (3♂), 9 (1♂), 11 (3♂ + 3♀), 12 (25), 19 (2♂ + 1♀), 22 (11), 28 (2♀), 30 (4♀), 31 (2♀)
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER: 7 (2♂), 17 (3♂ + 1♀), 18-19 (1♂), 22 (1♂), 23 (6♂ + 7♀), 26 (1♂), 27 (5♂ + 8♀), 28 (1♂ + 1♀)
RUDDY DUCK: 1-8 (1♂), 22 (8), 30 (28)
RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 2-3 (1), 4 (2), 6 (2♂), 10 (2♂ + 3♀), 11 (3), 12 (1), 13 (1♂), 15 (1), 16 (4), 17 (3), 19-20 (2), 21 (1), 22 (2), 25-26 (3), 27 (1), 28 (3), 29 (1), 30 (2), 31 (3)
PIED-BILLED GREBE: 10 (1), 11 (2), 12 (3), 13 (1), 15 (2), 16-19 (3), 20 (2), 21 (3), 22 (4), 23 (1), 24 (10), 25 (5), 26 (11), 27 (2), 28-29 (3), 30 (6), 31 (9)
HORNED GREBE: 24 (5), 25 (4), 26-28 (5)
ROCK PIGEON: 9 (3)
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE: 6 (1), 8 (1), 11-13 (1), 20 (1), 22 (1), 26 (1)
MOURNING DOVE: 2 (1), 3 (2), 4 (1 BY), 5 (5), 6 (3), 7 (2), 8 (5), 9 (2), 10 (4), 12-13 (2), 14 (1 BY), 17 (2), 18 (2 + 2 BY), 19 (2), 20 (6), 21 (7), 22 (5), 23 (4 + 1 BY), 24 (14 + 1 BY), 25 (12), 26 (8 + 2 BY), 27 (3 + 1 BY), 28 (7), 29 (2), 30 (1), 31 (2)
AMERICAN COOT: 1-8 (1), 9 (4), 10 (1), 12 (4), 15 (4), 16-17 (2), 18-19 (3), 20 (1), 21 (2), 22 (9), 23 (1), 24 (51), 25 (9), 26 (3), 27 (5), 28 (7), 29 (13), 30 (57), 31 (9)
KILLDEER: 5-6 (1), 7 (4), 8-10 (1), 11 (15), 12-13 (2), 15 (4), 18 (3), 19 (1), 21 (2), 23 (1), 25 (1), 26 (3), 28 (3), 30 (3), 31 (8)
AMERICAN WOODCOCK: 17 (1), 23 (1)
BONAPARTE’S GULL: 30 (3)
RING-BILLED GULL: 6 (1 ad), 7 (5 ad), 8 (4 ad), 9 (10 ad), 10 (7 ad), 11 (3), 12 (16), 13 (9), 14 (1), 15-16 (2), 17 (12), 18 (2), 19 (5), 20 (3), 21 (36), 22 (4), 23 (1), 24 (18), 25 (5), 26 (2), 29 (3), 30 (15), 31 (1)
HERRING GULL: 4 (1 ad + 1 im), 5-7 (1 im), 17 (1 im), 31 (1)
COMMON LOON: 22-24 (1 bp), 25 (2 bp), 26 (1 bp), 27 (2 bp), 28 (1 bp), 29 (4 bp), 30-31 (5 bp)
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT: 29-30 (10)
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN: 27 (8)
GREAT BLUE HERON: 8 (1), 13 (1), 17 (1), 18 (2), 21 (4), 22 (1), 24-25 (1), 26 (2), 27 (1), 29 (1), 30 (3), 31 (1)
TURKEY VULTURE: 20 (1 BY), 21 (6), 22 (6 + 2 BY), 23 (3), 24 (1), 25 (3), 26 (1 + 2 BY), 27 (5 BY), 28 (15), 29 (16), 30 (18), 31 (3)
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK: 28 (1 ad)
COOPER’S HAWK: 7 (2), 21 (1), 23 (1), 24 (1 ad BY), 28 (1), 30 (2)
Accipiter sp.: 3 (1 FY)
BALD EAGLE: 2 (1 ad), 3 (1 ad + 1 im), 4 (2 ad), 5 (1 ad), 6 (2 ad + 1 im), 7 (1 ad), 8-9 (2 ad), 10 (3 ad), 11-12 (2 ad), 13 (4 ad), 15 (2 ad), 16-18 (1 ad), 19 (2 ad), 22 (1 ad), 24 (2 ad), 25-27 (1 ad), 28 (2 ad), 30 (2 im), 31 (1 ad)
RED-TAILED HAWK: 1-2 (1), 3-4 (3), 5 (1), 6 (3), 8 (2), 9 (1), 10 (2), 15 (2), 16 (1), 17-18 (2), 20 (1), 21 (2), 22 (1), 24-26 (2), 28 (3), 31 (2)
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK: 18 (1)
GREAT HORNED OWL: 6 (1), 9-13 (1), 15-19 (1), 20 (2), 21 (1), 22 (2), 23 (1♀ + 2 ju), 24 (1♀ + 1 ju), 25 (2 + 2 ju), 26 (1♀ + 2 ju), 27 (1♀), 28-29 (1♀ + 1 ju), 30 (1 ju), 31 (1♀ + 2 ju)
BARRED OWL: 8 (1)
NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL: 3 (1), 6-8 (1), 18-20 (1)
BELTED KINGFISHER: 25-26 (1), 28 (1), 30 (1)
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 1-4 (2), 5 (1), 6 (2), 7-8 (3), 9 (3 + 1 BY), 10 (2), 11-13 (3), 14 (1 BY), 15 (1), 16-17 (3), 18-21 (2), 22 (4), 23 (14 + 1 BY), 25 (2), 26 (3), 27-28 (1), 29 (2), 31 (3)
DOWNY WOODPECKER: 1 (3 + 1 BY), 2 (4 + 1 BY), 3 (3), 4 (2 + 1 BY), 5 (4 + 1 BY), 6 (5 + 2 BY), 7 (3 + 1 BY), 8 (7 + 1 BY), 9 (3), 10 (2 + 1 BY), 11-12 (4), 13 (6), 14-15 (1 BY), 16 (2), 17 (4), 18 (2), 19 (5), 20 (3 + 1 BY), 21 (2), 22 (4 + 2 BY), 23 (2 + 1 BY), 24 (5), 25 (4 + 1 BY), 26 (5 + 2 BY), 27 (2), 28 (3), 29 (3 + 1 BY), 30 (2 + 1 BY), 31 (4)
HAIRY WOODPECKER: 9-10 (1), 13 (2), 14 (1 BY), 24 (2), 25 (1 + 1♂ BY), 28 (1)
NORTHERN FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 21 (2), 23-25 (1), 26 (2), 27-28 (1), 29 (2), 30 (6), 31 (9)
AMERICAN KESTREL: 9 (1♀)
BLUE JAY: 3 (1), 4-6 (2), 7 (1), 8 (2), 9 (1), 10 (3 + 1 BY), 12 (3), 13 (1), 16 (2), 17 (1), 19 (2), 22 (3), 23 (1), 24 (2 + 2 BY), 25-26 (2), 28 (1), 31 (1)
AMERICAN CROW: 1 (13 + 4 BY), 2-3 (15), 4 (22), 5 (20), 6 (24 + 3 BY), 7 (12 + 1 BY), 8 (14 + 2 BY), 9 (12), 10 (18 + 2 BY), 11 (10), 12 (18), 13 (29), 14 (2 BY), 15 (13 + 1 BY), 16 (6 + 1 BY), 17 (8 + 2 BY), 18 (20 + 4 BY), 19 (9 + 3 BY), 20 (7 + 4 BY), 21 (9 + 3 BY), 22 (11 + 4 BY), 23 (9 + 4 BY), 24 (6 + 2 BY), 25 (3 + 2 BY), 26 (8 + 2 BY), 27 (5 + 1 BY), 28 (5), 29 (6 + 3 BY), 30 (9 + 3 BY), 31 (4 + 1 BY)
TREE SWALLOW: 23 (3), 29 (5)
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 1 (2 + 2 BY), 2 (6 + 1 BY), 3 (9 + 1 BY), 4 (2 + 1 BY), 5 (4 + 2 BY), 6 (2 + 2 BY), 7 (1 + 1 BY), 8 (3), 9 (10), 10 (4 + 1 BY), 11 (2), 12 (4), 13 (2 BY), 14 (1 BY), 15 (1 + 2 BY), 16-17 (1 + 2 BY), 18 (4 + 2 BY), 19 (1 + 2 BY), 20 (3), 21 (10 + 1 BY), 22 (4 + 2 BY), 23 (1 + 1 BY), 24 (2 + 1 BY), 25 (4 + 2 BY), 26 (4), 27 (2), 28-30 (1), 31 (1 BY)
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 2-3 (2), 4 (3), 5 (1), 7 (2), 9 (3), 10 (2), 12 (1 + 1 BY), 13 (2), 15 (1), 17 (1), 25 (3), 29 (1), 31 (2)
EASTERN BLUEBIRD: 8 (1♂)
AMERICAN ROBIN: 1 (74), 2 (8), 3 (40), 4 (20), 5 (120), 6 (27 + 3 BY), 7 (28 + 2 BY), 8 (18 + 12 BY), 9 (43), 10 (161 + 4 BY), 11 (117), 12 (145), 13 (315 + 10 BY), 14 (3 BY), 15 (137 + 2 BY), 16 (200 + 1 BY), 17 (20), 18 (20 + 1 BY), 19 (42 + 1 BY), 20 (48 + 2 BY), 21 (46 + 1 BY), 22 (53 + 1 BY), 23 (37), 24 (62 + 3 BY), 25 (34 + 1 BY), 26 (42 + 2 BY), 27 (31), 28 (19 + 2 BY), 29 (34), 30 (6), 31 (97)
BROWN THRASHER: 30 (1)
EUROPEAN STARLING: 1 (6), 2 (3 + 3 BY), 3 (14 + 1 BY), 4 (8 + 12 BY), 5 (21), 6 (2 + 4 BY), 7 (6), 8 (2 + 1 BY), 9 (5), 10 (25 + 14 BY), 11 (33 + 1 BY), 12 (12), 13 (48 + 35 BY), 14 (6 BY), 15 (3 + 11 BY), 16 (21), 18 (3), 19 (3 + 8 BY), 20 (7), 21 (9), 22 (8 + 1 BY), 23 (3 + 1 BY), 24 (21), 25 (17 + 2 BY), 26 (14), 27 (1), 28 (3), 29 (1), 30 (4 + 2 BY), 31 (13)
CEDAR WAXWING: 1 (129), 6 (5 + 6 BY), 10 (50), 13 (1), 16 (13 BY), 17 (1 BY), 20 (17), 21 (20), 22 (4), 23 (20 BY), 25 (7), 26 (1), 27 (11 BY), 29 (3 BY)
HOUSE SPARROW: 1 (9 + 5 BY), 2 (5 + 4 BY), 3 (6 + 2 BY), 4 (7 + 5 BY), 5 (4 + 2 BY), 6 (3 + 6 BY), 7 (11 + 4 BY), 8 (7 + 6 BY), 9 (3 + 4 BY), 10 (8 + 5 BY), 11 (5), 12 (7), 13 (4 + 1 BY), 14 (1 BY), 15 (2 + 10 BY), 16 (4 + 3 BY), 17 (3 + 5 BY), 18 (1 + 2 BY), 19 (6 + 3 BY), 20 (8 + 2 BY), 21 (5 + 2 BY), 22 (8 + 1 BY), 23 (1 + 3 BY), 24 (5 + 3 BY), 25 (10 + 2 BY), 26 (4 + 4 BY), 27 (2 + 2 BY), 28 (2 + 2 BY), 29 (5 + 2 BY), 30 (1 + 1 BY), 31 (3 + 1 BY)
House X Eurasian Tree Sparrow: 1 (1♂), 21-23 (1♂), 25-26 (1♂), 28 (1♂), 30-31 (1♂)
EURASIAN TREE SPARROW: 11 (1♀), 21-23 (1♀), 25-26 (1♀), 28 (1♀), 30-31 (1♀)
HOUSE FINCH: 1 (11 + 2 BY), 2 (8 + 7 BY), 3 (8 + 12 BY), 4 (3 + 12 BY), 5 (6 + 5 BY), 6 (11 + 7 BY), 7 (9 + 5 BY), 8 (4 + 5 BY), 9 (5 + 3 BY), 10 (3 + 2 BY), 11 (9 + 14 BY), 12 (5 + 2 BY), 13 (7 + 3 BY), 14 (14 BY), 15 (2 + 9 BY), 16 (4 + 4 BY), 17 (3 + 5 BY), 18 (2 + 2 BY), 19 (5 + 3 BY), 20 (4 + 3 BY), 21 (3 + 4 BY), 22 (9 + 3 BY), 23 (3 + 5 BY), 24 (11 + 4 BY), 25 (11 + 3 BY), 26 (3 + 7 BY), 27 (6 + 3 BY), 28 (1 + 4 BY), 29 (5 + 4 BY), 30 (11 + 2 BY), 21 (19 + 2 BY)
PURPLE FINCH: 21 (1♀ BY), 26-27 (1♀ BY)
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1 (1), 6 (2 + 2 BY), 7 (1 BY), 12 (3), 13 (1), 16 (2 + 3 BY), 17 (2), 19 (1 BY), 20 (1), 21 (1 BY), 22 (4 + 4 BY), 25 (1), 26 (3), 28-29 (3), 30 (2), 31 (7)
FOX SPARROW: 21 (1 + 1 BY), 25 (1), 30 (4)
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW: 1 (8 + 2 BY), 2 (17 + 2 BY), 3 (8 + 2 BY), 4 (7 + 2 BY), 5 (27 + 1 BY), 6 (18 + 2 BY), 7 (14 + 2 BY), 8 (16 + 2 BY), 9 (6), 10 (11), 11 (24), 12 (13 + 1 BY), 13 (6), 15 (1), 16 (15), 17 (3), 18 (6), 19 (5 + 1 BY), 20 (2), 21 (4), 22 (3), 23-25 (1), 26 (23), 27 (1), 30 (1)
DARK-EYED JUNCO (Slate-colored): 1 (6 + 2 BY), 2 (4 + 2 BY), 3 (10 + 2 BY), 4 (8 + 6 BY), 5 (18 + 2 BY), 6 (18 + 3 BY), 7 (11 + 3 BY), 8 (17 + 9 BY), 9 (18 + 4 BY), 10 (13 + 7 BY), 11 (16 + 3 BY), 12 (16 + 5 BY), 13 (10 + 5 BY), 14 (5 BY), 15 (1 + 6 BY), 16 (5 + 4 BY), 17 (16 + 4 BY), 18 (4 + 2 BY), 19 (8 + 4 BY), 20 (11 + 3 BY), 21 (15 + 6 BY), 22 (13 + 3 BY), 23 (1 + 5 BY), 24 (17 + 5 BY), 25 (7 + 4 BY), 26 (16 + 2 BY), 27 (14 + 5 BY), 28 (5 BY), 29 (3 + 2 BY), 30 (3 BY), 31 (7 + 6 BY)
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW: 11 (1)
HARRIS’S SPARROW: 9 (4), 19 (1)
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW: 6 (1)
VESPER SPARROW: 30 (2), 31 (1)
SONG SPARROW: 7 (1), 10-11 (1), 12 (4), 13 (8), 15 (2), 16 (3), 17 (1), 18 (2), 19 (5), 20 (7), 21 (12), 23 (22), 24 (12), 25 (23), 26 (22), 27 (16 + 1 BY), 28 (7), 29 (10), 30 (17), 31 (15)
SWAMP SPARROW: 26 (1)
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 2 (~40), 3 (6), 4 (17 + 2 BY), 5 (11 + 1 BY), 6 (26 + 3 BY), 7 (53 + 1 BY), 8 (41 + 2 BY), 9 (86 + 2 BY), 10 (77 + 1 BY), 11 (23 + 1 BY), 12 (68), 13 (76), 14 (2 BY), 15 (8 + 7 BY), 16 (43 + 3 BY), 17 (52 + 3 BY), 18 (62 + 1 BY), 19 (79 + 3 BY), 20 (70 + 2 BY), 21 (105 + 12 BY), 22 (55 + 1 BY), 23 (42 + 4 BY), 24 (92 + 3 BY), 25 (45 + 2 BY), 26 (77 + 2 BY), 27 (46 + 2 BY), 28 (38), 29 (35 + 5 BY), 30 (39 + 6 BY), 31 (89 + 2 BY)
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD: 7 (3♂), 8 (1♂ + 1♀), 9 (38), 10 (11), 13 (7), 16 (45), 17 (52), 18 (12), 19 (3), 20 (4), 21 (2), 23 (5), 24 (4), 25 (22), 26 (15), 27 (13), 28 (11), 29 (4), 30 (2), 31 (8)
RUSTY BLACKBIRD: 4 (12), 7 (15), 10 (7), 11 (3), 12 (11), 13 (4 BY), 16 (53), 17, 18 (14), 19 (96), 20 (2), 22 (16), 23 (2 BY), 24 (3), 25 (22), 26 (6), 27 (3), 28 (9), 29 (1), 30 (6), 31 (2)
BREWER’S BLACKBIRD: 15 (18), 16 (32), 17
COMMON GRACKLE: 8 (3), 9 (38 + 1 BY), 10 (12 + 1 BY), 11 (16), 12 (11 + 1 BY), 13 (15 + 6 BY), 14 (3 BY), 15 (16 + 8 BY), 16 (3 + 2 BY), 17 (17 + 2 BY), 18 (38), 19 (40 + 7 BY), 20 (30 + 8 BY), 21 (23 + 4 BY), 22 (34 + 9 BY), 23 (5 + 9 BY), 24 (60 + 8 BY), 25 (34 + 6 BY), 26 (82 + 10 BY), 27 (24 + 4 BY), 28 (21), 29 (24 + 9 BY), 30 (16 + 6 BY), 31 (31 + 4 BY)
Blackbird sp.: 5 (1362), 10 (195), 11 (30), 12 (15), 15 (25), 18 (46), 19-20 (25), 22 (300), 25 (30), 28 (40), 30 (35)
NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1 (12 + 4 BY), 2 (7 + 4 BY), 3 (8 + 2 BY), 4 (11 + 3 BY), 5 (12 + 4 BY), 6 (15 + 5 BY), 7 (15 + 4 BY), 8 (13 + 3 BY), 9 (9 + 2 BY), 10 (12 + 3 BY), 11 (7 + 3 BY), 12 (9 + 5 BY), 13 (11 + 3 BY), 14 (3 BY), 15 (8 + 3 BY), 16 (9 + 2 BY), 17 (11 + 2 BY), 18 (7 + 2 BY), 19 (11 + 2 BY), 20 (16 + 2 BY), 21 (9 + 2 BY), 22 (14 + 2 BY), 23 (7 + 2 BY), 24 (12 + 2 BY), 25 (18 + 2 BY), 26 (16 + 2 BY), 27 (14 + 2 BY), 28 (10 + 2 BY), 29 (12 + 2 BY), 30 (4 + 2 BY), 31 (4 + 2 BY)
MAMMALIAN
VIRGINIA OPOSSUM: 8 (1 FY)
EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 1-5, 7-9, 11-12, 14-17, 19-26, 28-31
EASTERN CHIPMUNK: 6 (1 BY), 8 (1 BY), 12 (1 BY), 19-20 (1 BY), 25 (1)
EASTERN FOX SQUIRREL: 1-31
AMERICAN BEAVER: 12 (1), 25 (1)
COMMON MUSKRAT: 29 (1)
AMERICAN MINK: 3 (2), 26 (1)
WHITE-TAILED DEER: 1 (2), 3 (11), 6 (3), 8 (1 BY), 9 (29), 10 (3 BY), 11 (4 BY), 13 (1), 15 (15), 16 (9), 17 (3), 18 (6 + 1♂ w/antlers), 19 (5), 20 (7), 22 (7 + 8 BY), 24-25 (3), 26 (9), 27 (5 + 5 BY), 28 (14), 29 (3), 30 (8 BY), 31 (4)
REPTILIAN
WESTERN PAINTED TURTLE: 29 (7+)
AMPHIBIAN
BOREAL CHORUS FROG: 29-30
NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG: 27 (1), 29 (1)
LEPIDOPTERA
MOURNING CLOAK: 29 (1)
Wolf. Oesterreich
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