Winter finches have arrived in Iowa, including the Purple Finch. Look through all the House Finches (present year-round) and you may find one of more Purple Finches. The males are colored rose red and lack the heavy striping of House Finches, while the female (this photo) has a white eyebrow stripe, which the female House Finch lacks. (Wolf. Oesterreich, 11/13/22)
A total of 82 avian species (plus 5 sp. & 1 hybrid) was recorded this month, ranking this month as the highest November among 25 years of records. November 1999 with only 40 species remains as the lowest November. This total is 25 species less than last month and 18 more than November 2021.
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, f=fawn), color phase (b=blue, w=white), and location (BY=back yard, FY=front yard). The order follows the 63rd Supplement (2022) to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds and the 22nd Supplement to the 7th Edition (1998).
AVIAN
SNOW GOOSE: 20 (8 ad + 1 im), 21-23 (2 im), 25 (2 im), 26 (36 + 2 im), 27-28 (1 im), 29 (1 b + 1 im), 30 (1 im)
ROSS’S GOOSE: 28-30 (1 im)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE: 9 (1), 20-22 (1), 28-30 (1)
CACKLING GOOSE: 17 (18), 18 (18), 19 (9), 20 (39), 21 (7), 22 (3), 23 (9), 24 (7), 25 (8), 26 (12), 27 (4), 28 (13), 29 (17), 30 (23)
CANADA GOOSE: 1 (13), 2 (9), 3 (20), 5 (22), 6 (62), 7 (112), 9 (31 + BY 1), 10 (29), 11 (116), 12 (256), 13 (198), 14 (154), 15 (248), 16 (374 + BY 8), 17 (765), 18 (941 + BY 29), 19 (822 + BY 275), 20 (1919 + BY 11), 21 (1350 + BY 1), 22 (1408 + BY 1), 23 (1193), 24 (1546), 25 (1527 + BY 15), 26 (1596), 27 (2083), 28 (1744), 29 (1922), 30 (2185)
TRUMPETER SWAN: 17 (5 ad + 1 im), 19 (5 ad), 20 (10 ad + 1 im), 22 (2 ad), 24 (9 ad + 1 im), 25 (5 ad), 27 (4 ad + 1 im), 28 (2 ad + 1 im), 30 (22)
WOOD DUCK: 1 (1), 2 (2), 5 (1), 7 (5♂ + 2♀), 15 (1♀), 24 (1♀)
BLUE-WINGED TEAL: 5 (3♀), 6 (2♀), 13 (1♀)
NORTHERN SHOVELER: 1 (2♀), 5 (10), 6 (5), 7 (7), 11 (1♀), 18 (3♀), 20 (3), 26 (4), 28 (1♀)
GADWALL: 1 (1♀), 5 (25), 6 (36), 7 (6), 12 (14), 13 (5), 16 (1♂ + 1♀), 18 (4)
AMERICAN WIGEON: 1-3 (1♂), 5 (2♂ + 3♀), 6 (2♂ + 6♀), 7 (1♀), 16 (1♂)
MALLARD: 1 (74), 2 (18), 3 (22), 5 (88 + BY 1), 6 (156), 7 (195), 9 (73), 10 (40), 11 (202), 12 (319), 13 (321), 14 (290), 15 (186), 16 (236 + BY 10), 17 (446), 18 (501), 19 (242 + BY 35), 20 (485), 21 (460), 22 (382), 23 (381), 24 (213), 25 (183), 26 (230), 27 (265), 28 (315), 29 (303), 30 (409)
GREEN-WINGED TEAL: 1 (14), 3 (2), 5 (6♀), 6 (62), 7 (3), 9 (5), 11 (3♂ + 2♀), 12 (8), 13 (5), 14 (5♂ + 2♀), 15 (4), 18 (1♂), 20 (7), 21 (4), 22 (3♂), 23 (2♂), 25 (2♂ + 1♀), 26 (1♀), 28 (2♂ + 1♀), 30 (1♀)
CANVASBACK: 5 (13♂ + 5♀), 7 (1♂ + 1♀), 16 (6)
REDHEAD: 5 (49), 6 (9), 7 (3), 9 (2), 11 (3♀), 12 (1♂ + 3♀), 13 (1♀), 16 (2♂ + 6♀), 18 (1♀), 20 (1♂ + 5♀), 21 (1♂ + 1♀)
RING-NECKED DUCK: 5 (157), 6 (14), 7 (3♂ + 2♀), 9 (4♂ + 3♀), 11 (1♂), 16 (1♂ + 1♀), 18 (3♂ + 1♀), 19 (21), 20 (16), 21 (3), 22 (1♂), 30 (1♂ + 1♀)
LESSER SCAUP: 5 (425), 6 (6), 7 (98), 11 (1♂), 12 (6), 13 (2♂), 16 (10), 17 (9), 18 (3), 19 (6), 20 (14), 21 (9), 23 (1♂), 24 (7)
BUFFLEHEAD: 5 (10♂ + 29♀), 6 (2♀), 7 (1♂), 9 (1♂), 12 (2♀), 16 (4♂ + 9♀), 18 (3♂ + 4♀), 19 (5♂ + 4♀), 20 (1♂ + 1♀)
COMMON GOLDENEYE: 5 (1♂ + 1♀), 6 (1♀), 13 (3♀), 18 (3♂), 19 (1♂ + 3♀), 20 (1♀), 21 (1♂), 23 (1♂ + 1♀), 24 (4♂ + 5♀), 25 (1♀)
HOODED MERGANSER: 5 (6♂ + 6♀), 7 (1♀), 15 (1♂ + 3♀), 16 (3♂ + 4♀), 17 (2♂ + 2♀), 18 (1♂), 20 (1♀), 21 (3♂ + 1♀), 22 (2♂ + 1♀), 23 (1♀), 29 (1♂), 30 (1♂ + 2♀)
COMMON MERGANSER: 14 (2♂), 16 (2♂), 18 (4♂ + 2♀), 20 (2♂ + 1♀)
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER: 30 (1♀)
RUDDY DUCK: 5 (31), 7 (1♀), 12 (9), 16 (13), 17 (15), 19 (3), 21 (2♀)
Ducks sp.: 1 (36), 7 (9)
RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 13 (1), 15 (1), 21 (1), 28 (1), 30 (1)
PIED-BILLED GREBE: 1-2 (4), 3 (3), 5 (8), 6 (3), 7 (1), 9-10 (1), 13-19 (1), 20 (2), 21 (1), 22-23 (2), 24 (3), 25 (1), 26 (2), 27 (3), 28-29 (2), 30 (1)
HORNED GREBE: 5 (2), 6 (3), 17 (2)
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE: 20 (BY 1), 30 (2)
MOURNING DOVE: 1 (8), 3 (1), 6 (1), 9 (4), 11 (1), 13 (39), 14-15 (2), 16 (7), 17 (1), 18-19 (2), 20 (6 + BY 1), 21 (5), 22-23 (4), 24 (12), 25 (2 + BY 2), 26 (4), 27 (1)
AMERICAN COOT: 1 (1), 5 (225), 6 (133), 7 (3), 12 (2), 13 (6), 14 (7), 15 (5), 16 (9), 17-18 (3), 19 (4)
KILLDEER: 1 (1)
AMERICAN WOODCOCK: 6 (3), 9 (1)
WILSON’S SNIPE: 1-2 (2), 7 (2)
GREATER YELLOWLEGS: 1 (1)
RING-BILLED GULL: 5 (19), 6 (4), 7 (10), 9 (2), 11 (3), 12 (10), 16-17 (2), 19-20 (1)
Loon sp.: 5 (1)
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT: 12 (3), 20 (1), 24 (1)
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN: 17 (32)
GREAT BLUE HERON: 1 (1), 2-3 (2), 5-7 (1), 11-13 (1), 15 (1), 17 (1), 23 (1), 27-29 (1)
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON: 9-10 (1 im)
NORTHERN HARRIER: 17 (1 im), 19 (1), 21 (1 im), 30 (1♂)
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK: 17 (BY 1 im), 20 (1), 24 (1 ad), 27 (2 im)
COOPER’S HAWK: 5-6 (1), 12 (BY 1), 19 (1 im), 25 (1 im)
Accipiter sp.: 9 (1), 11 (1)
BALD EAGLE: 9 (1), 11 (3 ad + 1 4-yr + 1 im), 12 (1 ad + 1 im), 16 (1 ad + 1 im), 17-18 (1 ad), 19 (7), 20-22 (1 im), 24 (1 ad + 1 im), 25 (1), 26 (1 im), 27 (4 im), 29 (2 ad), 30 (1 ad + 1 im)
RED-TAILED HAWK: 1-3 (1), 5 (1), 9 (1), 10 (2 + BY 1), 11 (1), 12 (3), 13 (4), 14 (3), 17 (3), 18-24 (2), 27 (3 + BY 1), 28 (3), 29 (2), 30 (1)
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK: 18 (1)
BARRED OWL: 12 (1)
BELTED KINGFISHER: 1 (1), 2 (2), 3 (1), 5-6 (1), 9 (1), 16 (1), 18 (2), 19 (1), 21-22 (1), 23 (2), 24-26 (1), 27 (2), 28 (1)
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 1 (1), 2 (3), 3 (1), 5 (1), 7 (1), 9 (1 + BY 1), 10 (3), 11 (1), 13-14 (1), 15 (2 + BY 1), 16 (1), 17 (2), 19 (1), 20 (BY 1), 21 (1), 23-26 (1), 28 (1 + BY 1), 29 (2)
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER: 1 (1)
DOWNY WOODPECKER: 1 (1 + BY 1), 2-3 (3), 5 (6), 6 (3), 7 (1), 9 (3), 10 (3 + BY 1), 11 (2 + BY 1), 12 (2), 13 (8 + BY 1), 14 (5), 15 (4), 16 (3 + BY 2), 17 (7 + BY 1), 18 (2), 20 (3), 21 (1), 22-24 (2), 25 (5 + BY 1), 26 (2 + BY 1), 27 (2), 28 (7 + BY 1), 29 (1), 30 (3)
HAIRY WOODPECKER: 1 (2), 2 (1), 10 (2), 16 (BY 1), 25 (1), 28 (1)
NORTHERN FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 7 (1), 10 (2)
NORTHERN SHRIKE: 11 (1), 20 (1)
BLUE JAY: 1 (3 + BY 1), 2 (3), 3 (4 + BY 2), 4 (BY 1), 5 (2 + BY 1), 6 (1 + BY 1), 7 (3), 9 (7 + BY 2), 10 (BY 3), 13 (3 + BY 1), 14 (4), 15 (4 + BY 2), 16 (1 + BY 1), 17 (4), 18 (1), 20 (4 + BY 1), 21 (1 + BY 1), 22 (4), 23-24 (5 + BY 1), 25 (5 + BY 2), 26 (3), 27 (1), 28 (2), 29 (3 + BY 1)
AMERICAN CROW: 1 (8), 2-3 (4), 4 (FY 1), 5 (6 + BY 2), 6 (4 + BY 1), 7 (4), 9 (4), 10 (4 + BY 1), 11 (8), 12 (4 + FY 1), 13 (17), 14 (13), 15 (3 + BY 1), 16 (2), 17 (9), 18-19 (7), 20 (15), 21 (2 + BY 2), 22 (7 + BY 1), 23 (9), 24 (6), 25 (31 + BY 1), 26 (8), 27 (5 + BY 2), 28 (13), 29-30 (3)
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 1 (10 + BY 1), 2 (5), 3 (1 + BY 1), 4 (BY 2), 5 (3 + BY 1), 6 (4 + BY 1), 7 (9 + BY 2), 9 (7 + BY 3), 10 (9 + BY 1), 11 (3 + BY 1), 12 (10 + BY 1), 13 (6 + BY 3), 14 (6), 15 (3 + BY 1), 16 (6 + BY 2), 17 (12 + BY 2), 18 (4 + BY 2), 19 (6 + BY 2), 20-21 (3 + BY 3), 22 (4 + BY 2), 23 (3 + BY 3), 24 (5 + BY 1), 25 (1 + BY 3), 26 (5 + BY 2), 27 (2 + BY 1), 28 (7 + BY 1), 29 (BY 2), 30 (3 + BY 2)
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET: 2 (1)
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET: 5 (3), 6 (1), 9 (1), 14 (BY 1)
CEDAR WAXWING: 1 (4), 9 (19 + BY 10), 11 (5)
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 1 (7), 2 (4), 3 (2), 6 (2), 7 (4 + BY 1), 9-10 (3), 11 (1), 12 (3), 13 (5 + BY 1), 14-16 (2), 17 (4), 20 (2), 21-22 (3), 23 (2), 24 (3), 25 (4), 26 (4 + BY 1), 27 (2 + BY 1), 28 (2), 30 (1)
EUROPEAN STARLING: 1 (12), 2 (13), 3 (21), 5 (7 + BY 3), 6 (2), 7 (9), 9 (14), 10 (21 + BY 65), 11 (7), 13 (5 + FY 23), 14 (80), 15 (27 + BY 4), 16 (145 + BY 12), 17 (33 + BY 28), 18 (109), 19 (25 + BY 7), 20 (77 + BY 1), 21 (23), 22 (12), 23 (25), 24 (14), 25 (2), 26 (7), 28 (7), 30 (6)
EASTERN BLUEBIRD: 1-2 (1), 3 (4), 7 (1♂), 9 (1), 11 (1), 12-13 (1♂ + 1♀), 17 (4♂ + 1♀), 18 (3), 22 (1♂), 24 (2), 26 (4), 28 (1), 30 (1)
AMERICAN ROBIN: 1 (59), 2 (38), 3 (47 + BY 2), 5 (21 + BY 4), 6 (6), 7 (8 + BY 1), 9 (11), 10 (BY 3), 11 (1 + FY 2), 13 (2), 18 (2), 22 (1), 24 (1)
HOUSE SPARROW: 1 (10 + BY 3), 2 (12 + BY 3), 3 (39 + BY 21), 4 (BY 12), 5 (26 + BY 21), 6 (17 + BY 10), 7 (7 + BY 3), 9 (18 + BY 9), 10 (10 + BY 16), 11 (23 + BY 9), 12 (BY 16), 13 (41 + BY 11), 14 (17 + BY 1), 15 (14 + BY 4), 16 (30 + BY 6), 17 (50+ BY 7), 18 (37 + BY 8), 19 (36 + BY 2), 20 (23 + BY 13), 21 (17 + BY 14), 22 (17 + BY 6), 23 (20 + BY 10), 24 (11 + BY 3), 25 (20 + BY 3), 26 (10 + BY 10), 27 (2), 28 (9 + BY 3), 29 (1 + BY 24), 30 (10 + BY 5)
House X Eurasian Tree Sparrow: 7 (1♂), 10 (1♂), 17 (1♂), 19 (1♂), 23 (1♂), 30 (1♂)
EURASIAN TREE SPARROW: 1 (1♀), 9 (1♀), 13-14 (1♀), 17-23 (1♀), 25 (1♀), 30 (1♀)
HOUSE FINCH: 1 (4 + BY 1), 2 (10 + BY 2), 3 (6 + BY 4), 4 (BY 5), 5 (5 + BY 5), 6 (12 + BY 2), 7 (10 + BY 4), 9 (BY 5), 10 (6 + BY 2), 11 (44 + BY 1), 12 (16 + BY 12), 13 (13 + BY 5), 14 (7 + BY 3), 15 (36 + BY 19), 16 (26 + BY 12), 17 (12 + BY 7), 18 (48 + BY 6), 19 (27 + BY 7), 20 (9 + BY 10), 21 (5 + BY 3), 22 (18 + BY 5), 23 (26 + BY 7), 24 (8 + BY 1), 25 (23 + BY 4), 26 (2 + BY 4), 27 (17 + BY 2), 28 (17 + BY 4), 29 (BY 12), 30 (25 + BY 8)
PURPLE FINCH: 2 (1♂), 13 (3♀)
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1-2 (7), 3 (4), 5-6 (3), 7 (7), 9 (3), 11 (2), 12 (1), 13-14 (2), 15 (BY 1), 17 (3), 20 (5), 21 (1 + BY 2), 22 (1), 23 (4 + BY 1), 25 (5), 26 (3), 28 (16), 30 (1)
FIELD SPARROW: 2 (1)
FOX SPARROW: 1 (1), 2 (2 + BY 1), 3 (1 + BY 1), 4 (BY 2), 5 (6 + BY 1), 6 (2 + BY 3), 7 (BY 1), 9 (2 + BY 1), 11 (BY 2), 13 (1), 15 (1), 20 (1 + BY 1), 21 (BY 2), 26-27 (BY 1)
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW: 1 (7), 2 (3), 3 (20), 5 (20), 6 (10), 7 (48), 9 (70), 10 (16), 11 (95), 12 (57), 13 (35), 14 (113), 15 (32), 16 (38), 17 (62), 18 (208), 19 (136), 20 (82), 21 (130), 22 (59), 23 (16), 24 (23), 25-26 (1), 27 (59), 28 (35), 29 (11), 30 (27)
DARK-EYED JUNCO (Slate-colored): 1 (34 + BY 9), 2 (26 + BY 2), 3 (20 + BY 1), 4 (BY 10), 5 (26 + BY 9), 6 (1 + BY 1), 7 (16 + BY 1), 9 (33 + BY 4), 10 (22 + BY 2), 11 (48 + BY 2), 12 (24 + BY 7), 13 (23 + BY 4), 14 (22 + BY 3), 15 (12 + BY 5), 16 (12 + BY 5), 17 (18 + BY 4), 18 (35 + BY 3), 19 (15 + BY 2), 20 (16 + BY 3), 21 (19+ BY 2), 22 (15 + BY 2), 23 (8 + BY 3), 24 (4 + BY 1), 25 (4 + BY 6), 26 (10 + BY 6), 27 (7 + BY 3), 28 (5 + BY 2), 29 (16 + BY 7), 30 (21 + BY 4)
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW: 1-2 (8), 3 (7), 5 (11), 6 (3), 7 (2), 9 (9 + BY 2), 10 (3 + BY 4), 11 (6 + BY 3), 12 (18 + BY 2), 13 (2 + BY 1), 14 (4 + BY 1), 15 (2 + BY 1), 16 (3 + BY 2), 17 (1 + BY 1), 18 (6), 19 (2), 20-21 (5 + BY 1), 22 (6), 23 (2), 24 (1), 27 (1), 28 (5), 30 (2)
HARRIS’S SPARROW: 1 (15 + BY 2), 2 (11 + BY 2), 3 (12 + BY 4), 4 (BY 2), 5 (24 + BY 3), 6 (10 + BY 3), 7 (12 + BY 1), 9 (11 + BY 6), 10 (4 + BY 7), 11 (5 + BY 5), 12 (6 + BY 3), 13 (4 + BY 1), 14 (5 + BY 1), 15 (1 + BY 1), 16 (2 + BY 1), 17 (1 + BY 3), 18 (5 + BY 2), 19 (2 + BY 2), 20 (4 + BY 2), 21 (6 + BY 2), 22 (3 + BY 1), 23 (2 + BY 2), 24 (1 + BY 1), 25-26 (BY 3), 27 (BY 5), 28 (BY 2), 29 (BY 4), 30 (1 + BY 3)
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW: 1 (1 + BY 4), 2 (10), 3 (2 + BY 2), 4 (BY 3), 5 (4 + BY 3), 6 (5 + BY 4), 7 (BY 1), 9 (7 + BY 2), 10 (1 + BY 2), 11 (1 + BY 1), 18 (1)
SONG SPARROW: 1 (18), 2 (8), 3 (19), 5 (9), 6 (6), 7 (8), 9 (5), 10 (2), 11 (5), 12 (8), 13 (9), 14-15 (2), 16 (3), 17 (6), 18 (9), 19 (7), 20 (9), 21 (8), 22 (3), 23 (2), 27-28 (1), 30 (1)
LINCOLN’S SPARROW: 2-3 (1), 9-10 (1)
SWAMP SPARROW: 3 (3), 6 (1), 16 (1)
Sparrow sp.: 1 (9+), 2 (12+), 3 (9+), 5 (7+), 6 (21+), 7 (9+), 9 (10+), 10 (5+), 11 (17+), 12 (4+), 14 (10+), 15 (9+), 16 (11+), 17 (16+), 19 (6+), 20 (17+), 21 (12+), 22 (10+), 23 (8+), 24 (4+), 26 (1), 29 (10+), 30 (22+)
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 1 (95 + BY 1), 2 (91 + BY 2), 3 (77), 5 (2 + BY 1), 6 (12 + BY 650), 7 (4), 9 (42), 10 (6 + BY 2), 11 (4 + BY 6), 12 (19), 13 (2), 15 (2), 16 (1), 17 (12), 18 (13), 19 (2), 21 (1), 25 (2)
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD: 1 (5), 2 (8), 3 (7), 6 (1), 7 (5)
RUSTY BLACKBIRD: 9 (7)
COMMON GRACKLE: 1 (1), 3 (2), 7 (1), 12-14 (1), 19 (1), 23 (1)
Blackbirds sp.: 17 (18)
NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1 (1 + BY 2), 3 (4 + BY 1), 4 (BY 2), 5 (1 + BY 2), 7 (1 + BY 2), 9 (4 + BY 2), 10 (2 + BY 2), 11 (2 + BY 6), 12 (2 + BY 2), 13 (7), 14 (1 + BY 2), 15 (1 + BY 2), 16 (BY 2), 17 (11 + BY 2), 18-19 (1 + BY 2), 20 (10 + BY 2), 21 (1), 22 (2), 23 (1 + BY 1), 24 (BY 1), 25 (3), 26 (2 + BY 2), 27 (4 + BY 2), 28 (1 + BY 2), 29 (3 + BY 2), 30 (2 + BY 6)
Unless indicated otherwise, the White-tailed Deer were antlerless. The yearlings were just about the same size as the adults.
MAMMALIAN
EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 4, 6-7, 9-13, 15-30
EASTERN FOX SQUIRREL: 1-7, 9-30
AMERICAN BEAVER: 2 (1), 6-7 (1), 9 (1)
COMMON MUSKRAT: 1 (1), 3 (1), 11 (1), 12 (2), 21 (1), 24 (1), 27 (1)
NORTHERN RACCOON: 1 (BY 1), 3 (BY 2)
AMERICAN MINK: 14 (1)
NORTHERN RIVER OTTER: 2-3 (1)
WHITE-TAILED DEER: 1 (3), 2 (1♂ + 2), 3 (2♂ + 7), 5 (1), 6 (1♂ + 4), 7 (1♂ + 7), 9 (2♂ + 8), 10 (1♂ + 2), 11 (3 + BY 3), 12 (2 + BY 1), 13 (3♂ + 4), 14 (2♂ + 6), 15 (9), 16 (7), 17 (2♂ + 4), 18 (1♂ + 3 + BY 1♂ + 1), 19 (BY 1), 20 (1♂ + 7 + BY 6), 21 (6), 22 (1♂ + 8), 23 (2 + BY 1), 24 (1), 25 (2♂ + 11), 26 (2), 27 (1♂ + 2), 28 (3♂ + 9), 29 (2)
REPTILIAN
WESTERN PAINTED TURTLE: 1 (1)
RED-EARED SLIDER: 2 (2), 10 (1)
AMPHIBIAN
AMERICAN BULLFROG: 1 (6), 2 (13), 3 (10), 5 (1), 6 (4), 9 (17), 10 (48)
NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG: 2 (7), 3 (9), 9 (7), 10 (11)
LEPIDOPTERA
PAINTED LADY: 1 (1)
WOOLLY BEAR (ISABELLA TIGER MOTH): 1 (2), 2 (1), 5-6 (2), 7 (1), 10 (1)
Wolf. Oesterreich
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