Woolly Bears are the caterpillars of the Isabella Tiger Moth. During the Winter months they can be out on the trails on "warmer" days. Folklore states that the wider the brown or rusty section, the milder the Winter. However, there is no scientific truth to this. The Isabella Tiger Moth is quite plain. The photo of the moth was taken during the black-light session in August at the Park.
A
total of 62 avian species (+ 3 sp & 1 hybrid) was recorded this month,
ranking this month as the 2nd highest December among 26 years of
records. This total is 20 species less than last month, but 2 more than
December 2021. December 2016, with 67 species, has the highest total.
December 1997, which was only a partial month for me, has the lowest total with
12 species. However, if you disregard that year, then December 2003, with
27 species, is the lowest.
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), 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).
I wasn't able to ride at the Park on the 11th (had gone down to southern Iowa to find the Tundra Bean-Goose), 18th (participated in the Saylorville Lake Christmas Bird Count), 21st- 23rd(due to weather conditions), and 31st (participated in the Boone County CBC).
AVIAN
SNOW GOOSE: 1-3 (1 im), 4 (2 w & 1 b ad + 7 im), 5 (1 w ad + 1 im), 9 (5), 16 (1 im b), 17 (1 ad w +
2 im b + 1 im w), 19 (1 ad w + 2 im w + 1 im b), 20 (1 ad w + 2 im w), 24 (1 im w), 25 (2 ad w), 26 (1
ad w + 1 im w + BY 1 w), 27-30 (1 im)
ROSS’S GOOSE: 1-4 (1 im), 9-10 (1 im), 15 (1 im)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE: 3 (1), 4 (4), 5 (1), 9-10 (1), 16 (1)
CACKLING GOOSE: 1 (25), 2 (7), 3 (13), 4 (14), 5 (27), 6 (13), 7 (21), 8 (12), 9 (15), 10 (9), 12 (33),
13 (17), 14 (23), 15 (21), 16 (18), 17 (22), 19 (18+), 20 (14+), 21 (BY 1), 24-25 (4), 26 (12), 27 (14),
30 (4)
CANADA GOOSE: 1 (2080), 2 (2308 + BY 66), 3 (2624 + BY 15), 4 (3166), 5 (2519), 6 (2660), 7 (2903), 8 (3221 + BY 10), 9 (3540 + BY 45), 10 (2079 + BY 215), 12 (2476), 13 (3013), 14 (2440), 15 (2799 + BY 42), 16 (2150 + BY 4), 17 (3403), 19 (3400 + BY 272), 20 (3300), 21 (BY 298), 22 (BY 138), 23 (BY 2), 24 (3300 + BY 168), 25 (2600 + BY 767), 26 (2200 + BY 1529), 27 (2300 + BY 707), 28 (2300 + BY 514), 29 (2600 + BY 1149), 30 (2300 + BY 33), 31 (BY 45)
TRUMPETER SWAN: 1 (19 ad + 3 im), 4 (2 ad + 1 im), 5 (2 ad + 4 im), 6 (4 ad + 9 im), 7 (11 ad + 1 im), 8 (13 ad + 11 im), 16 (4 ad + 2 im), 17 (4 ad + 9 im), 19 (124 ad + 39 im), 20 (128 ad + 38 im), 21 (BY 12 ad), 23 (BY 2 ad + 1 im), 24 (16 ad + 4 im + BY 13), 25 (48 ad + 9 im + BY 48), 26 (105 ad + 22 im), 27 (120 ad + 39 im), 28 (129 ad + 43 im), 29 (129 ad + 50 im), 30 (139 ad + 52 im)
NORTHERN SHOVELER: 1 (1♀), 4 (1♀)
GADWALL: 1 (1♂)
AMERICAN WIGEON: 15-16 (2♂ + 1♀), 17 (1♂ + 1♀), 19 (1♂ + 1♀)
MALLARD: 1 (621), 2 (703), 3 (376), 4 (824), 5 (436), 6 (563), 7 (644), 8 (570), 9 (461), 10 (382), 12 (359), 13 (368 + BY 13), 14 (468), 15 (378), 16 (357), 17 (675), 19 (395), 20 (350), 21 (BY 12), 24 (275), 25 (375), 26 (275), 27 (225), 28 (185 + BY 26), 29 (150 + BY 16), 30 (325)
AMERICAN BLACK DUCK: 1-2 (1)
NORTHERN PINTAIL: 1 (1♂), 20 (1♂)
GREEN-WINGED TEAL: 1 (1♂ + 3♀), 5 (1♂), 8 (3♂), 15 (4♂ + 1♀), 20 (1♂)
CANVASBACK: 8-9 (1♀)
REDHEAD: 2 (1♀), 8-9 (1♀), 13 (1♀), 15-16 (1♀), 20 (1♀)
RING-NECKED DUCK: 1 (1♂), 2 (2♂), 4-5 (1♂), 6 (1♂ + 1♀), 7 (1♂), 8-10 (1♂ + 1♀), 12-13 (2♂ + 1♀), 14-15 (3♂ + 1♀), 16 (2♂ + 1♀), 17 (1♀), 19 (2♂), 20 (1♂)
GREATER SCAUP: 2 (1♂), 9-10 (1♂), 12 (1♂)
LESSER SCAUP: 1 (5), 2 (1♂ + 1♀), 3 (3♂ + 1♀), 4 (3♂ + 2♀), 6 (4♂ + 2♀), 7 (5), 8 (3♂), 9 (2♂ + 1♀), 10 (1♂), 12-13 (1♂), 14 (2♂), 15 (1♂), 17 (1♂)
COMMON GOLDENEYE: 1 (3♂ + 4♀), 2 (2♂ + 2♀), 3 (3♂), 4 (2♂ + 3♀), 5 (1♀), 6 (2♂ + 7♀), 7 (2♂ + 2♀), 8 (3♂ + 4♀), 9 (7♂ + 7♀), 10 (13), 17 (1♂), 19 (1♂ + 1♀)
HOODED MERGANSER: 1-2 (1♂ + 2♀), 3 (1♂), 4-7 (1♂ + 1♀), 8 (1♂), 9 (1♂ + 1♀), 10 (1♀), 12 (1♂ + 1♀), 13 (1♂), 14-17 (1♂ + 1♀), 19-20 (1♂ + 1♀)
COMMON MERGANSER: 1 (3♂ + 3♀), 2-3 (1♂), 4 (4♂ + 2♀), 5 (1♂), 6 (11), 7 (5♂ + 3♀), 8 (2♂), 9 (15♂ + 9♀), 10 (15), 14-17 (1♂), 20 (1♂)
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER: 9 (2♀)
RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 4 (1), 8 (1♂), 12 (2♂), 17 (1), 25 (1)
PIED-BILLED GREBE: 1 (1), 3-7 (2)
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE: 13 (BY 1), 15 (BY 1), 29 (BY 2)
MOURNING DOVE: 1 (1 + BY 1), 5 (BY 3), 7 (BY 1), 8-9 (BY 2), 10 (3), 12 (BY 3), 13 (BY 2), 16 (3 + BY 1), 17 (2 + BY 1), 18 (BY 1), 19 (1 + BY 6), 20 (12 + BY 1), 21 (BY 2), 24 (BY 1), 25 (3 + BY 2), 26 (BY 1), 27 (2 + BY 1), 28 (BY 1), 29 (2 + BY 5), 30 (BY 2)
AMERICAN COOT: 19 (1)
RING-BILLED GULL: 6 (3), 9 (1)
HERRING GULL: 15-16 (1)
GREAT BLUE HERON: 3-4 (1)
NORTHERN HARRIER: 16 (1♂)
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK:
COOPER’S HAWK: 3 (BY 1 im), 19 (1 im)
Accipiter sp.: 30 (1)
BALD EAGLE: 1 (1 ad + 2 im), 2 (1 ad + 4 im), 3 (1 ad + 1 im), 4 (2 ad), 5 (1 ad + 1 im), 6 (2 ad + 1 im), 7 (1 ad), 8 (1 ad + 2 im), 9 (1 ad + 2 im), 10 (1 ad), 12 (1 ad), 13 (2 ad + 1 im), 14-15 (1 ad), 16 (3 ad + 5 im), 17 (2 ad = 1 im), 19 (2 ad + 1 im), 20 (BY 1), 22 (BY 1 ad), 24 (3 ad + 1 im + BY 1 ad), 25 (1 ad + 3 im + BY 1 im), 26 (5 ad + 4 im), 27-28 (2 ad + 3 im), 29 (1 ad + 3 im), 30 (1 ad)
RED-TAILED HAWK: 1-7 (1), 8 (2), 9 (1), 13-14 (2), 19-20 (1), 27-28 (1), 29 (2), 30 (1)
Owl sp.: 20 (BY 1)
BELTED KINGFISHER: 2-6 (1)
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 1-2 (2), 3-5 (1), 7-8 (1), 10 (BY 1), 12 (1), 15 (1), 17 (2), 25 (1), 27 (1)
DOWNY WOODPECKER: 1 (4), 2 (4 + BY 1), 3 (1), 4 (5 + BY 2), 5 (4 + BY 1), 6 (3 + BY 2), 7 (3), 8 (4 + BY 1), 9 (BY 2), 10 (2 + BY 1), 12 (2 + BY 2), 13 (BY 2), 14 (BY 3), 15 (2 + BY 2), 16 (5 + BY 2), 17 (3 + BY 1), 19 (1 + BY 1), 20 (3), 21 (BY 3), 22-24 (BY 1), 25 (3 + BY 2), 26 (BY 1), 27 (2 + BY 2), 28-29 (2 + BY 1), 30 (1 + BY 2)
HAIRY WOODPECKER: 3 (BY 1), 4 (1), 6 (1 + BY 1), 8-10 (1), 16 (1 + BY 1), 17 (2), 21 (BY 1), 25 (1), 28 (BY 1), 30 (BY 1)
NORTHERN FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 4 (1), 12 (1), 15 (1), 16 (2), 17 (1), 25 (BY 1), 29 (BY 1)
AMERICAN KESTREL: 16 (1)
MERLIN: 15 (FY 1)
NORTHERN SHRIKE: 4 (1), 7 (1), 9 (1), 12 (1)
BLUE JAY: 1 (BY 2), 2 (2), 3 (1), 4 (2), 5 (3 + BY 1), 6 (2 + BY 1), 7 (5 + BY 1), 8 (3 + BY 1), 9 (3), 12 (BY 1), 14 (2), 16 (1 + BY 1), 17 (4), 19 (1 + BY 1), 20 (1), 21 (BY 4), 24 (BY 1), 25 (1 + BY 1), 27 (1), 28-29 (1 + BY 1), 30 (3)
AMERICAN CROW: 1 (1), 2 (7), 3 (3), 4 (8), 5 (20), 6 (6 + BY 1), 7 (14), 8 (15), 9 (4), 10 (18), 12 (3 + BY 1), 13 (1), 14 (3), 15 (5 + BY 3), 16 (5), 17 (2), 19 (13 + BY 1), 20 (4), 21 (BY 66), 22 (BY 1), 23 (BY 2), 24 (6), 25 (7 + BY 1), 26 (2 + BY 2), 27 (18 + BY 2), 28 (6 + BY 1), 29 (4), 30 (1 + FY 7)
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 1 (11 + BY 1), 2 (4 + BY 1), 3 (4 + BY 3), 4 (3 + BY 1), 5 (4 + BY 2), 6 (5 + BY 1), 7 (5 + BY 3), 8 (5 + BY 1), 9 (1 + BY 1), 10 (3 + BY 1), 12 (2 + BY 2), 13 (1 + BY 4), 14 (5 + BY 3), 15 (5 + BY 1), 16 (3 + BY 2), 17 (BY 2), 19 (4 + BY 4), 20 (5 + BY 3), 21 (BY 3), 22 (BY 1), 23-25 (BY 3), 26 (BY 4), 27 (1 + BY 3), 28 (BY 3), 29 (2 + BY 2), 30 (2 + BY 2)
CEDAR WAXWING: 19 (BY 4), 29 (BY 4)
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 1 (4), 2 (5), 3 (7), 5-6 (2), 7 (3), 8 (1), 10 (30, 13 (1), 14-17 (2), 20 (1), 25 (2), 26-27 (1), 28 (4), 30 (2)
EUROPEAN STARLING: 1 (5), 2 (14), 3 (7), 4 (4), 5 (11), 6 (77 + BY 8), 7 (27), 8 (147 + BY 5), 9 (4), 10 (19), 12 (14), 14 (13), 15 (26), 16 (4), 17 (47), 19 (7), 20 (9), 21 (BY 4), 24 (FY 2), 25 (13), 27 (2), 29 (4 + BY 2), 30 (21 + FY 27)
EASTERN BLUEBIRD: 2 (2♂ + 1♀), 3 (1♂), 5 (1♂), 8 (3), 10 (1♂), 12 (2), 17 (2), 19 (2)
AMERICAN ROBIN: 6 (1), 7 (6)
HOUSE SPARROW: 1 (15 + BY 18), 2 (14 + BY 22), 3 (36 + BY 14), 4 (27 + BY 8), 5 (10 + BY 10), 6 (32 + BY 8), 7 (16 + BY 9), 8 (37 + BY 31), 9 (30 + BY 5), 10 (25 + BY 1), 12 (4 + BY 11), 13 (BY 28), 14 (21 + BY 10), 15 (11 + BY 11), 16 (14 + BY 24), 17 (10 + BY 10), 19 (4 + BY 16), 20 (16 + BY 2), 21 (BY 8), 22 (BY 5), 23-24 (BY 1), 25 (15 + BY 12), 26 (BY 1), 27 (3 + BY 6), 28 (10 + BY 12), 29 (7 + BY 9), 30 (3 + BY 5)
House X Eurasian Tree Sparrow: 2 (1♂), 10 (1♂), 13 (BY 1), 14 (1♂), 17 (1♂), 20 (1♂), 25 (1♂)
EURASIAN TREE SPARROW: 2-4 (1♀), 7 (2♀), 14 (2♀ + 1), 20 (1♀), 25 (1♀)
HOUSE FINCH: 1 (10 + BY 11), 2 (10 + BY 10), 3 (11 + BY 3), 4 (10 + BY 6), 5 (5 + BY 12), 6 (3 + BY 9), 7 (12 + BY 13), 8 (5 + BY 21), 9 (2 + BY 6), 10 (10 + BY 2), 12 (4 + BY 18), 13 (BY 11), 14 (10 + 6), 15 (38 + BY 6), 16 (14 + BY 31), 17 (32 + BY 6), 18 (BY 1), 19 (1 + BY 23), 20 (7 + BY 2), 21 (BY 33), 22 (BY 12), 23 (BY 4), 24 (1 + BY 12), 25 (6 + BY 20), 26 (BY 7), 27 (2 + BY 15), 28 (1 + BY 15), 29 (BY 6), 30 (4 + BY 18)
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1-2 (1), 3 (2), 4 (10), 5 (6), 6 (7), 7 (3), 8 (2), 9 (6 + BY 1), 10 (2), 12 (4), 14 (1), 15 (6), 16 (1), 17 (4), 19 (15 + BY 1), 20 (1), 25 (4), 27 (6), 30 (2)
LAPLAND LONGSPUR: 16 (85)
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW: 1 (41), 2-3 (53), 4 (26), 5 (69), 6 (106), 7 (66), 8 (153), 9 (87), 10 (108), 12 (58), 13 (29), 14 (25), 15 (51), 16 (56), 17 (71), 19 (13 + BY 1), 20 (65), 21-22 (BY 3), 24 (48 + BY 1), 25 (51 + BY 2), 26 (18 + BY 1), 27 (55), 28 (107 + BY 2), 29 (53), 30 (40 + BY 1)
DARK-EYED JUNCO (Slate-colored): 1 (27 + BY 5), 2 (15 + BY 10), 3 (23 + BY 1), 4 (10 + BY 2), 5 (10 + BY 2), 6 (10 + BY 6), 7 (18 + BY 2), 8 (49 + BY 8), 9 (47 + BY 9), 10 (14 + BY 1), 11 (BY 1), 12 (37 + BY 1), 13 (BY 9), 14 (17 + BY 3), 15 (15 + BY 2), 16 (9 + BY 2), 17 (23 + BY 8), 19 (13 + BY 4), 20 (17 + BY 3), 21 (BY 18), 22 (BY 2), 24 (BY 2), 25 (3 + BY 5), 26 (BY 5), 27 (12 + BY 3), 28 (14 + BY 5), 29 (BY 4), 30 (BY
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW: 2 (3), 3 (2), 4 (7), 5-6 (2), 7 (3), 8-9 (2), 10 (1), 15 (1), 16 (4), 17 (5), 19 (2), 20 (4), 25 (1), 30 (2)
HARRIS’S SPARROW: 1 (BY 3), 2 (BY 2), 3 (2 + BY 1), 4 (1 + BY 2), 5 (1 + BY 1), 6 (BY 1), 7 (5 + BY 2), 8 (2 + BY 2), 9 (BY 2), 12 (BY 3), 13 (BY 5), 14 (BY 2), 15 (BY 1), 16 (BY 2), 17-18 (BY 4), 19 (1 + BY 3), 20 (BY 2), 21 (BY 5), 22 (BY 1), 24 (BY 2), 26 (BY 1), 29-31 (BY 1)
SONG SPARROW: 1 (1), 2 (2), 3 (3), 7 (1), 8-9 (5), 10 (2), 13 (1), 15 (5), 16-17 (3), 19-20 (1), 25 (1), 27-28 (2), 30 (1)
Sparrow sp.: 1 (8+), 2 (6+), 3 (10+), 4 (12+), 6 (4+), 7 (2+), 8 (3+), 13 (3+)
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 16 (1), 18-19 (BY 1)
NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1 (BY 3), 2 (5 + BY 2), 3 (BY 4), 4 (2 + BY 2), 5 (1 + BY 3), 6 (BY 2), 7 (3 + BY 2), 8 (BY 4), 9 (BY 5), 10 (2 + BY 1), 11 (BY 2), 12 (2 + BY 5), 13 (BY 3), 14 (5 + BY 4), 15 (BY 2), 16 (BY 4), 17 (8 + BY 4), 18 (BY 5), 19 (1 + BY 5), 20 (2 + BY 8), 21 (BY 17), 22 (BY 4), 24 (BY 3), 25 (BY 9), 26 (BY 2), 27 (3 + BY 4), 28-29 (BY 5), 30 (BY 3), 31 (BY 10)
MAMMALIAN
EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 1, 3-5, 7-10, 12-21, 24-30
EASTERN FOX SQUIRREL: 1-17, 19-21, 23-30
COMMON MUSKRAT:
AMERICAN MINK:
COYOTE: 24 (1)
RED FOX: 5 (1)
WHITE-TAILED DEER: 2 (11), 3 (3 + BY 2), 4 (2♂ + 7 + BY 4), 5 (1♂ + 6 + BY 1♂ + 1), 8 (6♂ + 11 + BY 3), 9 (BY 1), 10 (1 + BY 4), 11 (BY 1♂ + 4), 13 (2), 15 (4), 17 (BY 4), 18 (BY 1♂ + 3), 19 (BY 1♂ + 4), 20 (BY 1), 21 (BY 2), 22 (BY 3), 23 (BY 2), 24 (BY 1), 25 (3♂ + 27 + BY 2), 26 (BY 1), 27 (BY 1♂ + 3), 28 (BY 4), 29 (2 + BY 1), 30 (9)
LEPIDOPTERA
WOOLLY BEAR (Isabella Tiger Moth): 14 (1)
Wolf. Oesterreich
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