Oct 15, 2021: Black-throated Blue Warbler

A female Black-throated Blue Warbler was found at the bluff.  She represents #280 for my Park Bird List.  Note the thin white eyeline, the white arc underneath the eye, and the white spot on the primaries.  Coincidentally, a male was found at Emma McCarthy Lee Memorial Park this same day. (Wolf. Oesterreich, 9/14/21)

Mar 1, 2015: Wolf's February 2015 Wildlife Report

One to five Song Sparrows have been found along the lakes trail this month.  They were usually feeding in exposed grass areas along the edges of the trail.  They would flush when approached and fly to denser vegetation. 2/15/15 (Wolf. Oesterreich)

A total of 30 (plus 1 sp.) avian species was recorded this month, ranking this month as the 6^th highest February among 18 years of records.  Surprisingly, not a single American Robin was observed this month.

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 55^th Supplement (2014) to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds and the 14^th Supplement to the 7^th Edition (1998).

AVIAN

     CACKLING GOOSE: 2, 5-7, 9, 20 (1)

     CANADA GOOSE: 1-28

     TRUMPETER SWAN: 3 (12 ad + 3 ju), 4 (6 ad + 3 ju), 5 (5ad + 3 ju), 7 (2 ad),

                                    14 (2 ad), 15 (6 ad + 3 ju), 18 (4 ad), 19 (2 ad), 21-22

                                    (6 ad + 3 ju), 27 (2 ad), 28 (6 ad + 3 ju)

     MALLARD: 1-28

     COMMON MERGANSER: 9 (1♂)

     RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 2, 24, 26 (6)

     BALD EAGLE: 2 (1 ad), 4 (1 ad), 11 (1 ad), 14 (1 im), 15-16 (1 ad), 17 (1 im), 19 (1 im),

                                    20 (1 ad), 22 (1 ad + 1 im), 24 (1 ad), 26 (1 ad), 28 (1 ad)

     SHARP-SHINNED HAWK: 9 (1)

     COOPER’S HAWK: 1 (1 ad BY)

     Accipiter sp.: 25 (1 BY)

     RED-TAILED HAWK: 3 (1), 5-6 (1), 10 (1), 12 (1), 13 (2), 16-19 (2), 20 (1), 23-24 (1),

                                    28 (1)

     ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK: 20 (1 dark adult)

     MOURNING DOVE: 2 (1 BY)

     BELTED KINGFISHER: 3 (1)

     RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 5, 7, 16-17, 23, 28

     DOWNY WOODPECKER: 1-4, 6-7, 9-20, 22-28

     HAIRY WOODPECKER: 28

     NORTHERN SHRIKE: 4 (1), 19 (1), 27-28 (1)

     BLUE JAY: 1, 9, 14-16, 18-20, 22, 26-28

     AMERICAN CROW: 2-11, 13-17, 19-20, 22-24, 26-28

     BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 1-2, 4-20, 22-28

     WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 7, 13, 16 (3), 17, 20, 23, 28

     EUROPEAN STARLING: 1, 3-5, 7-20, 22-25, 28

     AMERICAN TREE SPARROW: 1-8, 10-15, 20, 23, 26

     SONG SPARROW: 2 (4), 3 (5), 4 (1), 5 (5), 6 (4), 7 (3), 8 (2), 9 (4), 10-12 (2), 13 (1),

                                    14 (2), 15 (4), 16 (3), 17 (1), 18-19 (2), 20 (1), 22 (1), 23 (2),

                                     26 (4), 27 (2), 28 (4)

     SWAMP SPARROW: 2 (1), 3 (2), 5 (2), 6 (1), 8 (1), 13 (1), 26-27 (1), 28 (2)

     DARK-EYED JUNCO (Slate-colored): 1-28

     NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1-28

     HOUSE FINCH: 1-28

     AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1-2, 4, 7, 9-10, 13, 15-18, 24, 25 (4), 28 (2)

     HOUSE SPARROW: 1-28

Unless indicated otherwise, the White-tailed Deer were antlerless. 

MAMMALIAN

     WHITE-TAILED DEER: 3 (3), 9 (2 BY), 22 (1 BY)

     FOX SQUIRREL: 1, 4, 6-8, 10-16, 19-22, 24-26, 28

     EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 1-4, 6-20, 22-28

Wolf. Oesterreich

Feb 1, 2015: Wolf's January 2015 Wildlife Report

We don't usually find Swamp Sparrows in January, but I found 1 to 3 early in the month. 1/9/15 (Wolf. Oesterreich)


A total of 34 avian species was recorded this month, ranking this month as the 4^th highest January (tied with 2014) among 18 years of records.

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 55^th Supplement (2014) to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds and the 14^th Supplement to the 7^th Edition (1998).

AVIAN

     GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE: 26-27 (7)

     CACKLING GOOSE: 1-2, 6, 26 (5+), 27-28, 30-31

     CANADA GOOSE: 1-16, 18-31

     TRUMPETER SWAN: 1 (36+), 2 (59), 4 (12+), 5 (61), 6 (45), 7 (16+), 8 (13), 9 (14),

                                    10-12 (13), 15 (2), 19 (2), 22 (7), 31 (7)

     AMERICAN BLACK DUCK: 19-20 (1♂), 22 (1♂)

     MALLARD: 1-2, 4-16, 19-31

     NORTHERN PINTAIL: 27 (1♂ + 1♀)

     COMMON MERGANSER: 22 (2♂), 25 (1♂)

     RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 10 (8), 16, 21-22, 31

     BALD EAGLE: 1 (1 ad), 2 (1 ad + 1 4-year old), 5-8 (1 ad), 11-12 (1 im), 27 (1 ad)

     SHARP-SHINNED HAWK: 9 (1)

     COOPER’S HAWK: 1 (1 BY), 2 (1 im BY + 1 ad), 5 (1 im BY), 6 (1 ad BY), 29 (1 im)

     RED-TAILED HAWK: 1 (1), 2 (3), 5 (3), 6 (2), 9 (1), 13-15 (2), 19-21 (1), 22 (3), 23 (1),

                                    25 (2), 26 (1), 28 (1), 31 (1)

     MOURNING DOVE: 1 (2 BY), 2 (1), 4 (1 BY), 5 (2 BY), 6 (2 BY + 1), 10-11 (1 BY), 16,

                                    22 (2), 25 (1 BY)

     GREAT HORNED OWL: 1 (2)

     RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 31 (1)

     DOWNY WOODPECKER: 1-2, 4-11, 13-16, 19-21, 23-25, 27-28, 30-31

     HAIRY WOODPECKER: 7-8, 12, 27

     NORTHERN SHRIKE: 2 (1), 9 (1)

     BLUE JAY: 1-2, 5-7, 10, 19, 25, 28, 31

     AMERICAN CROW: 1-2, 4-11, 13-16, 19-20, 23, 25-26, 29, 31

     BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 1-2, 4-16, 19-23, 25-28, 30-31

     WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 1-2, 5, 11, 13, 31

     AMERICAN ROBIN: 27 (1 BY), 31 (2)

     EUROPEAN STARLING: 1-2, 4-8, 10-13, 16, 19, 21-22, 24-25, 31

     CEDAR WAXWING: 25 (~30), 31 (50+)

     AMERICAN TREE SPARROW: 1-2, 5-9, 11-16, 19-23, 25-31

     SONG SPARROW: 5 (1), 9-10 (1), 11 (2), 12-13 (1), 14 (2), 19 (1), 23 (1)

     SWAMP SPARROW: 9 (3), 10 (2), 12 (1), 13 (2), 14 (1)

     DARK-EYED JUNCO (Slate-colored): 1-2, 4-16, 19-21, 23, 25-28, 30-31

     NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1-2, 4-16, 19, 21-25, 28-31

     HOUSE FINCH: 1-2, 4-11, 13-16, 19-21, 23, 25-28, 30-31

     AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1, 11, 19, 28, 31

     HOUSE SPARROW: 1-2, 4-16, 19-31

Unless indicated otherwise, the White-tailed Deer were antlerless. 

MAMMALIAN

     WHITE-TAILED DEER: 1 (1 + 3 BY), 2 (3), 4 (3 BY), 7 (1 BY), 10-11 (2 BY), 13 (2 BY),

                                    14 (7), 15 (5), 16 (3 BY), 20 (3), 21 (1 + 3 BY), 23 (2), 27 (3),

                                     30 (7)

     FOX SQUIRREL: 1-2, 4-8, 10-12, 15-16, 19-21, 25, 27-31

     EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 1, 5-9, 11-15, 19, 24-25, 28, 30-31

LEPIDOPTERA

     WOOLLY BEAR (Isabella Tiger Moth): 27 (1)

Wolf. Oesterreich

Dec 26, 2014: Updated AHHP Bird Checklist

Canada Geese, 12/21/12 (Wolf Oesterreich)


Updated AHHP Bird Checklist through 2014

Sep 3, 2014: Wolf's August 2014 Wildlife Report

One of the first Monarch caterpillars that I have seen this season was feeding on a Common Milkweed (on the day of the Tyler's butterfly talk). 8/28/14 (Wolf. Oesterreich)

A total of 86 avian species (plus 1 sp.) was recorded this month, ranking this month as the 6th highest (tied with 2011) August among 17 years of records.

Based on citations in the 3^rd Edition of “The Birds of Story County, Iowa,” by Stephen J. Dinsmore and Hank Zaletel (2001), plus my personal updates to the records, the 11 American White Pelicans on the 6^th may represent a new extreme early Fall record for Story County (former record set on 10 Aug 2005 at Ada Hayden Heritage Park).  The 2 Chestnut-sided Warblers on the 13^th may also set a new extreme early Fall record (former record set on 14 Aug 1986 at Brookside Park).

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).  The order follows the 53^rd Supplement (2012) to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds and the 12^th Supplement to the 7^th Edition (1998).

AVIAN
     CANADA GOOSE: 1-20, 27 (1), 28-29, 30-31 (1)
     WOOD DUCK: 1-10, 13-19, 21-31
     MALLARD: 1-31
     GREEN-WINGED TEAL: 11 (4)
     RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 1, 3, 8, 11, 13-14, 17, 19-22, 25, 27, 29
     PIED-BILLED GREBE: 8 (1)
     DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT: 28 (1)
     AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN: 6 (11)
     GREAT BLUE HERON: 1 (14), 2 (17), 3 (18), 4 (12), 5 (17), 6 (10), 7 (8), 8 (5), 9 (11),
                                    10-11 (8), 12 (9), 13 (13), 14 (15), 15 (16), 16 (15), 17 (10), 18 (14), 19 (9),
                                    20 (14), 21 (8), 22-23 (4), 24 (9), 25 (4), 26 (7), 27 (4), 28 (13), 29 (9), 30 (13),
                                    31 (11)
     GREAT EGRET: 1 (4), 2 (3), 3-4 (4), 5 (5), 6 (4), 7-9 (5), 10 (4), 11-12 (7), 13 (6), 14 (7), 15 (8),
                                    16-19 (7), 20 (3), 21 (4), 24 (3), 26 (2), 27 (7), 28 (5), 29 (8), 30 (9), 31 (10)
     GREEN HERON: 4 (1), 14 (1), 15 (3), 16 (2), 18 (1), 20 (2), 23 (1), 24 (2), 25-26 (4), 27-30 (1)
     TURKEY VULTURE: 2 (4), 3 (1), 5 (2), 7-8 (1), 11 (3), 12-13 (1), 15-16 (1), 18 (2), 19 (1), 21 (3),
                                    24-25 (1), 26 (6), 28-30 (1), 31 (3)
     OSPREY: 8 (1), 14-15 (1), 17 (1), 22 (1), 27-28 (1), 31 (1)
     BALD EAGLE: 3 (1 ad), 7 (1 ad), 29 (1 ad), 31 (1 ad)
     COOPER’S HAWK: 18-19 (1)
     RED-TAILED HAWK: 2 (1), 3 (2), 4-5 (1), 13 (1), 16-17 (1), 19 (1), 22 (2), 26 (1), 27 (2), 29-30 (1)
     KILLDEER: 1-19, 21-22, 25, 29
     SPOTTED SANDPIPER: 1 (2), 2 (3), 3 (1), 4 (2), 5 (1), 7 (1), 8 (2), 10 (2), 11 (4), 12 (2), 13-15 (1),
                                    16-17 (2), 27 (1), 29 (1)
     SOLITARY SANDPIPER: 1 (3), 2 (5), 3 (3), 4 (9), 5 (4), 7 (5), 8-10 (6), 11 (12), 13 (3), 14 (1), 16 (3),
                                    17-18 (1), 26 (1)
     GREATER YELLOWLEGS: 13-14 (1), 17 (2), 18 (1)
     LESSER YELLOWLEGS: 9 (1), 12-14 (1), 16 (3), 17 (1)
     SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER: 1 (5), 2 (9), 3 (8), 4 (4), 5 (7), 7 (2), 9 (3), 10 (5), 11 (3), 12 (1), 13 (3),
                                    14 (1), 16-18 (1)
     LEAST SANDPIPER: 1 (3), 2 (2), 3 (1)
     PECTORAL SANDPIPER: 1 (7), 2 (1), 3 (3), 4 (13), 5 (3), 7-8 (2), 9 (1), 10 (2), 11 (5), 12 (2), 13 (4),
                                    14-15 (1)
     RING-BILLED GULL: 19 (1)
     CASPIAN TERN: 27 (6)
     FORSTER’S TERN: 3 (4), 25 (2), 28 (6)
     MOURNING DOVE: 1-5, 7-10, 13-31
     CHIMNEY SWIFT: 5, 10, 14, 17, 20
     RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD: 2 (1♀), 5 (1♀), 15 (1♀), 18 (1♀), 23 (2), 27 (2)
     BELTED KINGFISHER: 3 (1♂), 4 (1), 12-13 (1), 15 (1), 17 (2), 24 (1), 26 (1), 30 (1)
     RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 16, 27, 29
     DOWNY WOODPECKER: 1, 5-6, 8, 12-14, 16-17, 23, 25-27, 29
     HAIRY WOODPECKER: 3, 27-28
     NORTHERN FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 22 (1)
     OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER: 23-24 (1), 27-28 (1)
     EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE: 3-4 (1), 7 (1), 9, 15 (2), 17 (1), 23 (1), 27 (2)
     YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER: 28 (1)
     LEAST FLYCATCHER: 25 (1), 28-30 (1)
     Empidonax sp.: 15 (1), 19 (3), 24 (1), 25 (3), 27 (3), 28 (1), 29 (4), 30 (5), 31 (1)
     EASTERN PHOEBE: 22 (1)
     GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER: 18 (1 im), 20 (1), 28-29 (1)
     EASTERN KINGBIRD: 1 (3), 2 (1), 3 (2), 4-6 (1), 7-8 (3), 10 (3), 12 (1), 15-16 (1), 17 (4), 20 (3),
                                    21 (1), 22 (2), 25-26 (1), 27 (2), 28-30 (1), 31 (3)
     WARBLING VIREO: 1-2, 9, 16, 27-28, 29 (2), 30 (1)
     PHILADELPHIA VIREO: 29 (1)
     RED-EYED VIREO: 25-27 (3), 28-29 (4), 30 (3), 31 (1)
     BLUE JAY: 1-5, 7-10, 12-14, 16-17, 20-24, 26-28, 30-31
     AMERICAN CROW: 1-31
     PURPLE MARTIN: 1-19, 21-24, 31 (2)
     NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW: 28
     BANK SWALLOW: 2, 6, 26
     CLIFF SWALLOW: 1, 3, 9, 11, 16, 20, 22, 26, 29-31
     BARN SWALLOW: 1-31
     BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 1-7, 9-23, 25-31
     WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 2, 5, 17, 23
     HOUSE WREN: 1-8, 10-11, 13-16, 19, 22-23, 25-27, 30-31
     SEDGE WREN: 1-27, 29
     EASTERN BLUEBIRD: 20 (2), 22 (1), 28-30
     AMERICAN ROBIN: 1-31
     GRAY CATBIRD: 1, 3, 6, 8-10, 12-14, 16-18, 20, 22-30
     EUROPEAN STARLING: 4-6, 19, 23, 25, 27-31
     CEDAR WAXWING: 12 (2), 16 (1), 19 (1), 21 (1), 24 (5), 26 (8), 27 (9+), 28 (3), 29 (5), 30 (3)
     OVENBIRD: 29 (1)
     NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH: 13 (1), 19 (1)
     GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER: 27 (1), 29 (1)
     BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER: 27 (1), 29-30 (1)
     ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER: 27 (1)
     MOURNING WARBLER: 25 (1)
     COMMON YELLOWTHROAT: 1-11, 13-14, 16-17, 19-20, 22, 28 (2), 29
     AMERICAN REDSTART: 27 (1), 29 (1)
     YELLOW WARBLER: 20 (1)
     CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER: 13 (2), 25 (2), 27 (1), 29 (1)
     CANADA WARBLER: 25 (1), 29-30 (1)
     WILSON’S WARBLER: 25 (1), 27 (1), 30 (1)
     CHIPPING SPARROW: 1-2, 10, 13, 15, 19-20, 22, 24, 27
     SONG SPARROW: 1-31
     NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1-10, 12-16, 18-31
     ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK: 16 (2)
     INDIGO BUNTING: 1, 3-4, 8-9, 15-16, 18
     DICKCISSEL: 10 (1♂)
     RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 1-16, 18-24
     BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD: 7 (1)
     ORCHARD ORIOLE: 20 (1)
     BALTIMORE ORIOLE: 18 (1♂), 20 (1), 25 (1), 27 (2), 28, 30
     HOUSE FINCH: 1-4, 7-10, 23-26, 29
     AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1-31
     HOUSE SPARROW: 1-31

MAMMALIAN
     AMERICAN MINK: 8 (1)
     WHITE-TAILED DEER: 2 (1), 7 (1♀ w/2 fawns), 8 (2♀, each w/1 fawn), 11 (1♀ w/2 older fawns),
                                    15 (1♀ w/1 fawn), 19 (1), 20 (1♀ w/2 fawns), 21 (1♀ w/1 fawn), 22 (1 fawn, 1♀,
                                    1♀ w/2 fawns, 1♀ w/1 fawn), 25 (2 fawns), 28 (3♀ & 2 fawns), 29 (1♀ w/2 fawns)
     FOX SQUIRREL: 3-5, 10, 15-17, 19-20, 27-29
     EASTERN CHIPMUNK: 10, 17
     THIRTEEN-LINED GROUND SQUIRREL: 1, 4-5, 8-10, 13, 16, 19, 25-27, 29
     EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 1-30

REPTILIAN
     Garter Snake sp.: 18 (1), 28 (1)
     NORTHERN PAINTED TURTLE: 1-7, 9-14, 16-31
     RED-EARED SLIDER: 28 (1)
     WESTERN SPINY SOFTSHELL: 12 (1)

AMPHIBIAN
     AMERICAN TOAD: 1, 5, 8, 10, 14, 16-17, 21
     EASTERN GRAY TREE FROG: 28-29
     AMERICAN BULLFROG: 1-5, 8, 10-14, 16-22, 24-25
     NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG: 3, 9, 13, 15, 17, 19, 26, 31

LEPIDOPTERA
     BLACK SWALLOWTAIL: 4-5, 9-10, 12, 14-22, 24-25, 27, 29-30
     GIANT SWALLOWTAIL: 3 (1)
     EASTERN TIGER SWALLOWTAIL: 1-5, 8-22, 24, 26, 28-31
     CHECKERED WHITE: 2 (1)
     CABBAGE WHITE: 1, 3-5, 8-12, 14, 16-22, 24-31
     ORANGE SULPHUR: 1-4, 8-13, 16, 19, 21-22, 24-25, 27, 29
     LITTLE YELLOW: 24, 27-30
     Sulphur sp.: 1-5, 7-10, 13-14, 16-19, 22-23, 27, 29-30
     EASTERN TAILED BLUE: 1-5, 8-10, 12-14, 16, 19-30
     SUMMER AZURE: 8
     AMERICAN SNOUT: 8 (1), 26 (1)
     GREAT SPANGLED FRITILLARY: 29 (1)
     PEARL CRESCENT: 8, 11-12, 14, 16-19, 21, 24-30
     QUESTION MARK: 2, 8, 10, 29 (1)
     MOURNING CLOAK: 4 (2)
     PAINTED LADY: 17, 20, 22-23, 25-26, 28-30
     RED ADMIRAL: 1, 8-9, 11, 13, 16-17, 19-20, 22-28
     COMMON BUCKEYE: 9-10, 17, 24, 26, 29-30
     RED-SPOTTED PURPLE: 9-10, 13, 17, 25-27
     VICEROY: 1-2, 4-5, 8-13, 16-25, 27, 29-31
     MONARCH: 1-5, 7-14, 16-22, 24-31
     LEAST SKIPPER: 2-3, 5, 8-10, 13-14, 16-17, 24, 30-31
     FIERY SKIPPER: 29
     Skipper sp.: 26, 29
     DOGBANE SAUCROBOTYS: 14, 16-18
     CHICKWEED GEOMETER: 7-9, 11, 14, 20, 22, 26-30
     WHITE-LINED SPHINX: 26
     Sphinx sp.: 27
     VIRGINIAN TIGER MOTH: 28
     OLIVE-SHADED BIRD-DROPPING MOTH: 22 (1)


ODONATA
     SLENDER SPREADWING: 4, 11
     LYRE-TIPPED SPREADWING: 25 (1♀)
     Spreadwing sp.: 5, 14, 18
     BLUE-FRONTED DANCER: 1-5, 8-14, 16-19, 21-22, 24-30
     POWDERED DANCER: 1, 4, 18-19, 21, 26
     RAINBOW BLUET: 1
     DOUBLE-STRIPED BLUET: 1, 11, 18, 24-25, 27-28, 31
     TULE BLUET: 1, 3-4, 9, 11, 13-14, 18, 21, 29
     FAMILIAR BLUET: 1-2, 4-5, 8-14, 17-19, 21-22, 24-26
     STREAM BLUET: 1, 4-5, 9
     SKIMMING BLUET: 5, 24
     ORANGE BLUET: 8, 11, 13, 21, 24
     Bluet sp.: 1-2, 4-5, 9, 11, 13, 17-19, 25-26, 29
     EASTERN FORKTAIL: 1-5, 8-14, 16, 18-19, 21-22, 24-31
     COMMON GREEN DARNER: 1-5, 7-10, 12-14, 16-31
     JADE CLUBTAIL: 4 (1), 8 (1), 12 (1), 14 (1), 18 (1)
     FLAG-TAILED SPINYLEG: 1 (1), 12-13 (1), 17 (1), 19 (2), 22 (1), 25 (2), 26 (1), 29 (1)
     PRINCE BASKETTAIL: 1, 3-5, 10-12, 14, 17-19, 25-27, 30
     HALLOWEEN PENNANT: 1-5, 8-10, 12-14, 17-19, 31 (2)
     EASTERN PONDHAWK: 1-2, 4, 8-9, 11-14, 16, 19, 24, 27, 29
     WIDOW SKIMMER: 1-5, 8-14, 16-19, 21-22, 24-30
     COMMON WHITETAIL: 2, 4-5, 8-12, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28
     TWELVE-SPOTTED SKIMMER: 1-5, 8-9, 11-14, 17-19
     BLUE DASHER: 1-3, 14, 17, 19, 24
     WANDERING GLIDER: 1, 3-4, 8, 12, 18-19, 21, 29-30
     EASTERN AMBERWING: 1-2, 4-5, 8-9, 11-14, 16-19, 21-22
     VARIEGATED MEADOWHAWK: 4-5, 28, 31
     SAFFRON-WINGED MEADOWHAWK: 3 (1♂)
     WHITE-FACED MEADOWHAWK: 12-14, 18, 21-22, 24-27, 30-31
     RUBY MEADOWHAWK: 5 (1♀), 12
     BAND-WINGED MEADOWHAWK: 1-3, 5, 8-10, 13-14, 17, 21, 26-27, 29-31
     Meadowhawk sp.: 9, 19, 24-25, 27-29, 31
     BLACK SADDLEBAGS: 1-2, 8-11, 13, 17-18, 24, 28, 30-31
     RED SADDLEBAGS: 2

ORTHOPTERA
            CAROLINA GRASSHOPPER: 1-4, 8-14, 16-22, 24-31




Wolf. Oesterreich

August 2, 2014: Wolf's July 2014 Wildlife Report

Common Yellowthroats are quite common in the prairie areas of the Park. This female was interested in my "pishing" and flew in close to investigate. 7/26/14 (Wolf. Oesterreich)


A total of 70 (plus 1 sp.) avian species was recorded this month at Ada Hayden Heritage Park, ranking this month as 5th highest July total (tied with 2004) among 17 years of records.



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).  The order follows the 54^th Supplement (2013) to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds and the 13^th Supplement to the 7^th Edition (1998).

AVIAN
     CANADA GOOSE: 1-2, 4-6, 8-11, 13-15, 17-31
     WOOD DUCK: 4 (2♀), 6 (1♀), 9-10, 12, 14 (1), 19-31
     MALLARD: 1-9, 11-31
     RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 2-6, 9, 12, 16, 19, 23-26, 28, 31
     DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT: 2 (1)
     AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN: 2 (1), 10-13 (1), 15-22 (1), 22-26 (2), 27 (1)
     GREAT BLUE HERON: 1 (3), 2 (2), 4 (3), 5-7 (1), 8 (3), 9 (1), 10 (6), 11 (7), 12 (5), 13 (2), 14 (1),
                                    15 (7), 16 (2), 17-18 (6), 19 (15), 20 (12), 21 (22), 22-23 (28), 24 (31), 25 (21),
                                    26 (27), 27 (33), 28 (32), 29 (15), 30 (16), 31 (17)
     GREAT EGRET: 11 (5), 12-13 (7), 14 (4), 15 (8), 16-17 (7), 18 (6), 19-20 (10), 21 (8), 22 (11), 23 (7),
                                    24-25 (10), 26 (11), 27 (8), 28 (9), 29 (11), 30 (7), 31 (9)
     GREEN HERON: 2 (1), 7 (1), 11 (1), 21 (1), 26 (1), 30-31 (1)
     TURKEY VULTURE: 1 (1), 3 (1), 4 (2), 5 (1), 6 (3), 7 (11), 9 (1), 10 (2), 11 (1), 12 (11), 14 (5+), 15 (3),
                                    16 (2), 18-19 (1), 21 (1), 30 (1)
     OSPREY: 1-3 (1), 19 (1), 22 (1)
     BALD EAGLE: 10 (1 ad), 15 (1 ad), 17 (1 ad), 18 (1 4-yr), 23-26 (1 ad)
     COOPER'S HAWK: 24 (1), 27 (1)
     RED-TAILED HAWK: 1 (1), 2, 3 (1), 4 (2), 5-6 (1), 8-9 (2), 10 (1), 12 (1), 15 (2), 16 (1), 17 (2), 19 (2),
                                    21-22 (1), 23 (2), 24 (1), 25 (2), 26-28 (1), 30 (3)
     KILLDEER: 1 (3), 2-4 (2), 5, 7 (4), 8-9 (1), 10 (4), 16-17, 20, 23-31
     SPOTTED SANDPIPER: 22 (1), 25 (1), 27 (1), 28 (2), 29 (4), 30 (2), 31 (2)
     SOLITARY SANDPIPER: 25 (7), 26 (5), 27 (20+), 28-29 (1), 30-31 (5)
     GREATER YELLOWLEGS: 26 (2)
     LESSER YELLOWLEGS: 26 (1), 27 (2), 28 (1)
     SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER: 27 (1), 28 (2), 29 (3), 30 (2), 31 (7)
     LEAST SANDPIPER: 26 (2), 27 (5+), 29 (6), 30 (3), 31 (1)
     PECTORAL SANDPIPER: 25 (5), 26 (10), 27 (13+), 28 (6), 29 (2), 30 (8), 31 (2)
     Sandpiper sp.: 23
     RING-BILLED GULL: 1 (1)
     BLACK TERN: 2 (2)
     MOURNING DOVE: 1-31
     GREAT HORNED OWL: 17 (1), 29 (1)
     CHIMNEY SWIFT: 21 (3), 27
     RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD: 10 (1♀), 12 (1♀), 16 (1♀), 18 (1? + 1♀), 19 (1♀), 23 (1), 29 (1♀)
     BELTED KINGFISHER: 6-7 (1), 10-11 (1), 28-29 (1)
     DOWNY WOODPECKER: 2-3, 5, 7, 11, 18, 21, 28, 30
     HAIRY WOODPECKER: 1 (2), 4, 8
     NORTHERN FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 1 (1), 4 (1), 5 (2), 6 (1), 9 (2), 10, 12, 14-16, 19, 24
     EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE: 18 (1)
     WILLOW FLYCATCHER: 23 (1), 26 (1)
     EASTERN PHOEBE: 6 (1)
     GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER: 4 (1)
     EASTERN KINGBIRD: 1 (1), 3 (2), 4, 5 (2), 6 (1), 7 (2), 8 (1), 12 (2), 15 (3), 16 (1), 17 (2), 18-19 (1),
                                    20 (3), 21 (1), 23 (2), 25-26 (3), 27-28 (2), 29 (3), 30-31 (2)
     WARBLING VIREO: 1-9, 11-13, 15-18, 20-21, 23, 26, 28
     BLUE JAY: 1, 3-6, 13, 16-17, 22-23, 26, 28
     AMERICAN CROW: 1, 4-6, 9-12, 14-18, 20-31
     PURPLE MARTIN: 1-31
     TREE SWALLOW: 1-7, 10-14, 18-19
     BANK SWALLOW: 23 (1), 26, 31
     CLIFF SWALLOW: 6 (1), 7, 11, 16, 25-28, 31
     BARN SWALLOW: 1-31
     BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 2, 4-13, 16, 18-31
     WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 5, 24, 27, 30-31
     HOUSE WREN: 1-31
     SEDGE WREN: 20 (2), 21 (3), 22 (1), 23-24, 25 (4), 26 (10+), 27-31
     EASTERN BLUEBIRD: 6-7, 10 (1♀), 21 (1♂)
     AMERICAN ROBIN: 1-31
     GRAY CATBIRD: 1-13, 17, 19-21, 23, 25-26, 28-31
     BROWN THRASHER: 2, 7 (3), 13, 31 (1)
     EUROPEAN STARLING: 1-6, 10-11, 16, 18, 27-28
     CEDAR WAXWING: 2 (1), 6 (4), 7 (1), 8 (4), 10 (1), 12 (1), 21 (6), 25 (2)
     COMMON YELLOWTHROAT: 1-31
     CHIPPING SPARROW: 1-31
     SONG SPARROW: 1-31
     NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1-31
     INDIGO BUNTING: 1-5, 7-21, 23, 25-26, 30
     DICKCISSEL: 1-20, 22, 24, 28-29
     RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 1-31
     EASTERN MEADOWLARK: 15 (1), 18, 20, 21 (1)
     COMMON GRACKLE: 1-19, 21, 23-24, 28 (1), 30 (3)
     BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD: 1-8, 10, 12-13, 16, 18-19, 21-22, 25-28, 31
     ORCHARD ORIOLE: 2 (1♂), 3 (1), 5 (1), 6-7, 9, 10 (1♂ + 1♀), 12 (3♂), 15-16, 17 (1♂), 18 (1♀),
                                    20 (1♀), 27 (1)
     BALTIMORE ORIOLE: 1-8, 10-12, 18, 25 (1)
     HOUSE FINCH: 1-31
     AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1-31
     HOUSE SPARROW: 1-31

MAMMALIAN
     WHITE-TAILED DEER: 2-3 (1), 4 (1♀ w/1 fawn), 11 (1), 16 (1♀ w/1fawn), 21 (1♀ w/1 fawn),
                                    22-23 (1), 24 (2 fawns + 1♀), 25 (1♀ w/1 fawn), 27 (1♀ w/2 fawns)
     FOX SQUIRREL: 11-12, 17, 23, 25-26, 31
     EASTERN CHIPMUNK: 4, 7, 17-18
     THIRTEEN-LINED GROUND SQUIRREL: 2-3, 5, 7-9, 11, 14, 16, 18-19, 21, 23, 25-26, 28-31
     EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 1-19, 21-31

REPTILIAN
     PLAINS GARTERN SNAKE: 24 (1)
     NORTHERN PAINTED TURTLE: 1-2, 5, 8, 10-15, 17-20, 22-23, 25-31
     WESTERN SPINY SOFTSHELL: 14 (1), 20 (1)

AMPHIBIAN
     AMERICAN TOAD: 4, 7, 12-13, 19, 21, 23, 26, 30-31
     BLANCHARD'S CRICKET FROG: 3-7, 9, 15, 17
     EASTERN GRAY TREE FROG: 3, 25
     BOREAL CHORUS FROG: 1, 29 (1)
     BULLFROG: 1-2, 4, 6-10, 12-13, 15-16, 21-23, 25-31
     NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG: 13, 21, 27-31

LEPIDOPTERA
     BLACK SWALLOWTAIL: 1, 3-4, 15-16, 18, 22, 25, 27
     GIANT SWALLOWTAIL: 26 (1)
     EASTERN TIGER SWALLOWTAIL: 6, 13, 16, 18 (1), 20-23, 25, 28-30
     CHECKERED WHITE: 11 (1)
     CABBAGE WHITE: 1, 3-4, 6-23, 25-31
     ORANGE SULPHUR: 1-4, 6-8, 10, 12-15, 17, 20-21, 23, 25-26, 29-31
     LITTLE YELLOW: 26-27, 29
     SULPHUR sp: 2-4, 6, 9, 12-13, 18-19, 21-23,2 5, 27-28, 31
     GRAY COPPER: 1-7, 10
     EASTERN TAILED-BLUE: 3-4, 12, 14, 22-31
     GREAT SPANGLED FRITILLARY: 4 (1), 6 (2), 7, 9-10, 13, 19
     GORGONE CHECKERSPOT: 4
     PEARL CRESCENT: 3-4, 12
     QUESTION MARK: 1, 15-16, 18
     MOURNING CLOAK: 1 (caterpillar), 4, 6 (2), 7 (4), 8 (2), 9, 10 (2), 12-13 (1), 14-15 (2), 16 (3),
                                    18 (2), 19 (1), 22 (2), 23 (1), 25-27 (1), 31 (1)
     PAINTED LADY: 17 (1)
     RED ADMIRAL: 1, 3-5, 9-10, 12-13, 16, 18, 20-22, 25-30
     COMMON BUCKEYE: 3 (1)
     RED-SPOTTED PURPLE: 3 (1)
     VICEROY: 4, 7, 9, 12, 15, 17, 21-22, 25-26, 28-29
     MONARCH: 1-4, 6-31
     CHICKWEED GEOMETER: 5, 8-9, 17-18

ODONATA
     BLUE-FRONTED DANCER: 3-4, 8-10, 14-23, 25-31
     POWDERED DANCER: 10, 17-23, 25, 27-28, 30
     RAINBOW BLUET: 4, 7-9, 14-17, 22-23
     DOUBLE-STRIPED BLUET: 3, 8-9, 14, 16-17, 19, 21, 23, 26-27, 29, 31
     TULE BLUET: 3, 7-10, 14-17, 19, 23, 25-26, 28, 30-31
     FAMILIAR BLUET: 3, 7, 9, 13, 15-23, 25-28, 30-31
     STREAM BLUET: 8, 14, 16, 19, 22-23, 31
     SKIMMING BLUET: 10, 26
     ORANGE BLUET: 8, 15-17, 22, 24, 27
     Bluet sp.: 1, 3-4, 9, 13-14, 17, 26, 29-31
     EASTERN FORKTAIL: 1-4, 11, 14-19, 21-31
     COMMON GREEN DARNER: 1, 3-4, 6-10, 12-23, 25-31
     JADE CLUBTAIL: 21 (1)
     FLAG-TAILED SPINYLEG: 10 (1♀), 23 (1♂), 25 (1♂), 28 (1), 30 (1)
     PLAINS CLUBTAIL: 4 (2)
     COMMON BASKETTAIL: 3, 7-8, 16-17
     PRINCE BASKETTAIL: 1, 4, 7, 9, 12, 16-22, 26, 28-31
     HALLOWEEN PENNANT: 1, 3-4, 7-10, 12-13, 16-23, 25-31
     EASTERN PONDHAWK: 1, 3-4, 7, 9, 14, 16-19, 27-29, 31
     WIDOW SKIMMER: 1, 3-4, 6-10, 12-23, 25-31
     COMMON WHITETAIL: 1, 3-4, 7-10, 12-16, 18, 22, 25-31
     TWELVE-SPOTTED SKIMMER: 1-4, 7-10, 13-20, 22-23, 25-31
     BLUE DASHER: 1, 3-4, 8, 14-15, 19-21, 23, 30
     WANDERING GLIDER: 12, 18-19, 25, 29
     EASTERN AMBERWING: 4, 7-10, 13, 16-23, 25-31
     VARIEGATED MEADOWHAWK: 1-3, 6, 8, 12-20, 22, 25-29, 31
     SAFFRON-WINGED MEADOWHAWK: 31 (1♂)
     BAND-WINGED MEADOWHAWK: 9 (1♀), 12-13 (1♀), 19 (1♀), 22 (1♀), 25 (1♀), 26, 28, 30
     AUTUMN MEADOWHAWK: 30 (1 im ♂)
     Meadowhawk sp.: 17, 30
     BLACK SADDLEBAGS: 1, 3-4, 7-10, 12, 17, 19-20, 23, 26-27, 30
     RED SADDLEBAGS: 3-4, 6-10, 13-14, 16-20, 23, 26-27, 29

ORTHOPTERA
     CAROLINA GRASSHOPPER: 22-23, 25-31


Wolf. Oesterreich

Apr 3, 2014: Wolf's March Wildlife Report

Brown Creepers are small brown birds (5.25") that search for insects (including larva) in bark crevasses.  They tend to start near the bottom of a tree trunk, work their way upwards, and then fly off to another tree, starting over near the bottom.  They are almost constantly in motion. 4/1/14 (Wolf. Oesterreich)

A total of 69 avian species (plus 2 sp.) was recorded this month, ranking this month (also tied with 2005 and 2010) as the 6th highest March among 17 years of records.

The following species were First-of-Year records: Greater White-fronted Goose, Ross's Goose, Wood Duck, Gadwall, American Wigeon, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Green-winged Teal, Canvasback, Ring-necked Duck. Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser, Great Blue Heron, Turkey Vulture, Northern Harrier, American Coot, Killdeer, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Rock Pigeon, Belted Kingfisher, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, American Kestrel, Eastern Phoebe, Tree Swallow, Brown Creeper, Swainson’s Thrush, Fox Sparrow, Eastern Meadowlark, Rusty Blackbird, Common Grackle, and Brown-headed Cowbird

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 Swainson’s Thrush found on the 31st may represent a new extreme early Spring record (former record set on 19 April 2008 at this Park) 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, abp=adult breeding plumage, ad=adult, anb=adult non-breeding), color phase (b=blue, w=white), and location (BY=back yard).  The order follows the 54th Supplement (2013) to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds and the 13th Supplement to the 7th Edition (1998).

AVIAN
     GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE: 3 (3), 11 (~41), 13 (8), 14 (153+), 16 (300+), 17 (10),
                                    18 (~75), 19 (~60), 21 (~40), 22 (~150), 23 (150+), 24 (52+), 30 (~30)
     SNOW GOOSE: 1 (1w), 3-12 (1w), 13 (1w + 3b), 14-17 (1w), 21-22 (1 im), 24 (5), 26 (1w ad)
     ROSS’S GOOSE: 16 (1 w)
     CACKLING GOOSE: 13 (12+), 16-17, 23
     CANADA GOOSE: 1-31
     TRUMPETER SWAN: 8 (2 ad), 25 (2 ad)
     WOOD DUCK: 14 (6♂ + 2♀), 16, 18 (2♂), 20 (2♂ + 1♀), 22 (1♂ + 1♀), 26
     GADWALL: 15 (2♂ + 1♀), 16 (3♂ + 1♀), 18 (2♂ + 2♀), 20 (1♂ + 1♀), 22 (9), 23-26, 28 (6),
                                    29 (2♂ + 1♀)
     AMERICAN WIGEON: 12 (1♂), 16 (2♂ + 2♀), 18 (1♂ + 1♀), 20 (2♂ + 1♀), 22 (2♂ + 2♀),
                                    24 (3♂ + 3♀), 25 (1♂ + 1♀), 29 (1♂ + 1♀)
     MALLARD: 1-26, 28-31
     BLUE-WINGED TEAL: 25 (5), 28 (2♂ + 2♀), 29 (2♂ + 1♀), 30-31 (2♂ + 2♀)
     NORTHERN SHOVELER: 29 (5), 31
     NORTHERN PINTAIL: 1 (1♂), 3-9 (1♂), 12 (20+ ♂/♀), 14 (15 ♂/♀), 15 (5 ♂/♀), 16 (6♂ + 2♀),
                                    18 (8 ♂/♀), 20 (2♂ + 1♀), 22 (6), 23-25, 28 (5♂ + 2♀), 29, 30 (1♂)
     GREEN-WINGED TEAL: 15 (2♂ + 1♀), 16 (7♂ + 2♀), 17 (14+ ♂/♀), 20 (2♂ + 1♀), 21 (1♂), 22-23,
                                    25-26, 28 (29+), 29 (20+), 30 (11), 31
     CANVASBACK: 15 (6♂ + 2♀), 16 (9♂ + 1♀), 17 (3♂ + 1♀), 18 (11♂ + 4♀), 19 (5+ ♂/♀), 20 (4♂ + 2♀),
                                    21 (30+), 22-26, 28-29 (1♂), 31 (1♂)
     REDHEAD: 12 (6♂ + 4♀), 14 (3♂ + 2♀), 15 (25+ ♂/♀), 16 (15+), 18 (5+), 19 (5♂), 20 (2♂ + 1♀),
                                    21 (1♂ + 1♀), 22-24
     RING-NECKED DUCK: 10 (2♂ + 2♀), 13-14 (1♂ + 2♀), 15-16 (75+ ♂/♀), 17 (100+), 18 (125+),
                                    19-20 (100+), 21, 22-26, 28 (2♂ + 2♀), 29 (2♂)
     LESSER SCAUP: 14 (5♂ + 4♀), 15 (5+ ♂/♀), 16 (1♂), 17 (5+), 18 (12+ ♂/♀), 19 (50+), 20-21 (20+),
                                    22-26, 28 (24+), 29 (30+), 30-31
     BUFFLEHEAD: 22-25 (2♂), 26 (1♂), 29 (1♂)
     COMMON GOLDENEYE: 12 (1♂), 14 (1♂ + 1♀), 19 (4♂ + 2♀), 31 (2♂)
     HOODED MERGANSER: 11 (1♂), 12 (7♂ + 2♀), 14 (2♂ + 1♀), 17 (9♂ + 6♀), 18 (8♂ + 3♀), 19 (2♂),
                                    22-24, 25 (1♂ + 1♀), 26 (2♂ + 2♀), 28 (2♂ + 2♀), 29 (14♂ + 4♀)
     COMMON MERGANSER: 21 (1♂ + 1♀), 23 (3♂)
     RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 6, 9 (1♂ BY), 10, 12-15, 16 (1♂ BY + 4), 17-21, 22 (1♂ BY), 24,
                                    25 (1♂ BY + ), 28-31
     GREAT BLUE HERON: 17 (1), 18-19 (3), 21 (1), 23-26 (2), 28 (6), 30 (1), 31 (2)
     TURKEY VULTURE: 22 (1), 28 (1), 31 (7)
     BALD EAGLE: 1 (1 im), 3 (1 ad + 1 im), 7 (1 ad + 1 im), 14 (2 ad + 1 im), 15 (1 ad), 16 (11 ad + 11 im
                                    + 3 unknown age), 17 (1 ad), 18 (2 ad), 20 (1 ad), 22 (1 ad), 24 (1 4-year-old),
                                    25 (1 ad)
     NORTHERN HARRIER: 25 (1 brown)
     SHARP-SHINNED HAWK: 16 (1 ad), 18 (1), 19 (1 ad)
     COOPER’S HAWK: 11 (1 im BY), 12 (1 BY), 13 (2), 16 (1 im + 1 ad)
     Accipiter sp.: 30 (1)
     RED-TAILED HAWK: 3 (1), 4 (2), 5 (1), 6 (2), 7 (1), 10 (2), 16 (3), 17 (1), 18 (2), 20 (2), 21 (1), 22 (2),
                                    23-24 (1), 25 (3), 26 (2), 28 (3), 29-30 (2), 31 (1)
     Buteo sp.: 26 (1)
     AMERICAN COOT: 16 (1), 18 (1), 20 (1), 25 (1), 31 (1)
     KILLDEER: 14 (1), 15 (3), 18-19 (1), 21 (2), 22-23 (1), 25 (1), 29-31 (1)
     RING-BILLED GULL: 18 (11), 21 (26+), 22 (4+), 23 (7+), 24 (2), 26 (3), 28 (5), 29, 30 (5), 31 (~30)
     HERRING GULL: 18 (1), 21 (2), 23 (1)
     ROCK PIGEON: 22 (4)
     MOURNING DOVE: 2 (1 BY), 8 (1), 10 (1), 14 (1), 15, 18, 21 (2 BY), 23 (3), 27-30
     BELTED KINGFISHER: 10 (1), 14 (1)
     RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 4, 6, 9, 25
     YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER: 31 (1)
     DOWNY WOODPECKER: 1-6, 8-20, 22-23, 26-28, 31
     HAIRY WOODPECKER: 6, 16, 22-23
     NORTHERN FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 3 (1)
     AMERICAN KESTREL: 23 (1♀)
     EASTERN PHOEBE: 31 (1)
     NORTHERN SHRIKE: 5 (1), 8 (1), 19 (1), 28 (1)
     BLUE JAY: 1-2, 8-9, 21, 23-24, 28-30
     AMERICAN CROW: 1-31
     TREE SWALLOW: 30 (3), 31 (5)
     BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 1-11, 13-31
     WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 6, 13-17, 23, 25, 29, 31
     BROWN CREEPER: 31 (1)
     EASTERN BLUEBIRD: 14 (2), 16 (3♂ + 3♀), 17 (4♂ + 2♀), 18 (9♂ + 2♀), 21 (1♂), 23 (3♂ + 2♀),
                                    24 (3♂ + 3♀), 26 (2♂), 28 (3♂)
     SWAINSON’S THRUSH: 31 (1)
     AMERICAN ROBIN: 1-31
     EUROPEAN STARLING: 1-31
     CEDAR WAXWING: 1 (11 BY)
     AMERICAN TREE SPARROW: 1-9, 11-16, 17 (3), 18 (~12), 19, 20 (4), 21 (10+), 22-23, 24 (1), 25-26,
                                    28-31
     FOX SPARROW: 31 (5)
     SONG SPARROW: 3-9 (1), 14 (1), 18 91), 21 (1), 23 (3), 25 (4), 28 (4), 29-31
     DARK-EYED JUNCO (Slate-colored): 1-31
     DARK-EYED JUNCO (Oregon): 9 (1 BY)
     NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1-31
     RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 9 (1♂ BY), 10 (1♂ BY + many more), 11 (5♂ BY), 12 (4♂ BY), 13-17,
                                    18 (+ first ♀’s), 19-31
     EASTERN MEADOWLARK: 28 (1)
     RUSTY BLACKBIRD: 29 (2♂)
     COMMON GRACKLE: 15 (2 BY), 17 (1), 18-31
     BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD: 16 (11♂), 18, 27, 29 (4♂), 31 (3)
     HOUSE FINCH: 1-31
     AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 14-15 (1 BY), 16 (1 BY + 1), 17 (1 BY), 19 (1 BY), 23 (2), 27, 31
     HOUSE SPARROW: 1-13, 15-31

MAMMALIAN
     WHITE-TAILED DEER: 2 (4 BY), 3 (16 + 1♂), 4 (1), 10 (3 BY + 2), 12 (12 + 3 BY), 13 (11), 14 (3),
                                    16 (2), 17 (13+), 18 (3), 19 (4), 20 (6), 23 (6 + 2 BY), 24 (6)
     FOX SQUIRREL: 1-5, 8-9, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, 22, 26-31
     MEADOW VOLE: 4 (1)
     EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 1-10, 12, 14-18, 20-30

AMPHIBIAN
     BOREAL CHORUS FROG: 13, 20 (1), 31

Wolf. Oesterreich

Jan 11, 2014: Wolf's December 2013 Wildlife List

This male Northern Pintail has been present for most of December and now into January. 12/1/13 (Wolf. Oesterreich)

A total of 46 avian species was recorded this month, ranking this month as the 6th highest December (tied with December 2009) among 17 years of records.  There are no records for the 24th through the end of the month (I was in California) and minimal records for the 15th (participating in the Saylorville Christmas Bird Count).

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 last Fox Sparrow on the 22nd may represent a new extreme late Fall record for Story County (former record set on 29 November 2008 at AHHP).

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).  ).  The order follows the 53rd Supplement (2012) to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds and the 12th Supplement to the 7th Edition (1998).

AVIAN
     SNOW GOOSE: 17-19 (1), 23 (1)
     ROSS’S GOOSE: 4-7 (1), 9 (1)
     CACKLING GOOSE: 1 (50+), 2-7, 9-10, 12 (2), 13, 14 (1), 16 (1), 18 (1), 19 (2)
     CANADA GOOSE: 1-23
     TRUMPETER SWAN: 2 (3 ad + 3 im), 4 (6 ad + 3 im), 6 (12 ad + 7 im), 7 (6 ad + 2 im), 8 (1 ad)
     GADWALL: 5 (1♂)
     MALLARD: 1-7, 9-14, 16-23
     NORTHERN SHOVELER: 1-5 (1♂ + 3♀), 7 (1♂ + 3♀), 10 (1♂), 12 (1♂)
     NORTHERN PINTAIL: 1-6 (1♂), 13-14 (1♂), 16 (1♂), 18-19 (1♂)
     GREATER SCAUP: 1-4 (1♀)
     COMMON GOLDENEYE: 3 (1♀), 5 (4♂), 6-7 (1♂), 9 (1♀)
     COMMON MERGANSER: 5 (1♂), 6 (3♂)
     RUDDY DUCK: 6 (4♀)
     RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 2, 3 (1♂ BY +), 4-7, 9-11, 12 (1♂ BY + 6), 13 (12 + 1♂ BY), 14, 17, 19,
                                    20 (1♂ BY), 23 (1♂ BY)
     PIED-BILLED GREBE: 1-7 (1)
     BALD EAGLE: 4 (1), 5 (2 ad), 10 (1 ad), 14 (2 ad), 19 (2 ad + 1 im)
     SHARP-SHINNED HAWK: 9 (1 ad), 13 (1 ad BY), 16 (1 ad BY), 23 (1 ad BY)
     COOPER’S HAWK: 3 (1 ad BY), 5 (1 ad), 10-11 (1 ad BY), 16 (1 ad BY), 21 (1 ad), 22 (1 im)
     RED-TAILED HAWK: 2 (2), 3 (1), 7 (2), 9-10 (1), 12-13 (2), 14 (1), 16 (3), 21 (1), 22 (2)
     AMERICAN COOT: 1 (5), 2 (2), 3 (5), 4-6 (3), 7 (6)
     MOURNING DOVE: 5, 8-14, 16-17, 19-21
     GREAT HORNED OWL: 7 (1)
     BELTED KINGFISHER: 1 (1), 5 (1)
     RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 1, 3, 11-12, 16, 19, 22
     DOWNY WOODPECKER: 1-5, 7-22
     HAIRY WOODPECKER: 5, 8-14, 16-19, 21
     NORTHERN FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 1 (1)
     NORTHERN SHRIKE: 19 (1)
     BLUE JAY: 1-2, 4-5, 7-10, 12-13, 16-19, 21-23
     AMERICAN CROW: 1-7, 9-14, 16-23
     BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 1-23
     WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 1-2, 14, 16, 18-19
     EASTERN BLUEBIRD: 1 (3), 5 (5), 9 (6), 13 (4), 18 (4)
     AMERICAN ROBIN: 1, 3, 5, 8-10, 12-14, 19 (3 BY), 20-21
     EUROPEAN STARLING: 1-5, 7-10, 12-14, 16-21, 23
     CEDAR WAXWING: 3 (9), 5 (7 BY), 7 (5 BY), 9 (14 (BY), 10 (2 BY), 11 (1 BY)
     AMERICAN TREE SPARROW: 1-7, 9-14, 16-19
     FOX SPARROW: 8 (1 BY), 10-11 (1 BY), 20 (1 BY), 22 (1 BY)
     SONG SPARROW: 5, 12 (1), 16, 18, 19 (1)
     HARRIS’S SPARROW: 8 (1 BY), 9 (1 BY + 2), 11 (1 BY), 18 (1)
     DARK-EYED JUNCO (Slate-colored): 1-23
     DARK-EYED JUNCO (Oregon): 18 (1 BY), 20 (1 BY)
     NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1-5, 7-23
     RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 7 (1♂)
     HOUSE FINCH: 1-23
     AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1-2, 4-5, 11-14, 18-20, 22-23
     HOUSE SPARROW: 1-23

Unless indicated otherwise, the White-tailed Deer were antlerless.  The yearlings were just about the same size as the adults.

MAMMALIAN
     WHITE-TAILED DEER: 1 (1), 2 (1 + 5♂), 3 (8), 4 (3), 5 (2 + 1 BY), 6 (3 BY + 13 + 1♂), 7 (1♂),
                                    10 (5 BY), 11 (3 BY), 12 (5), 16 (4 BY), 19 (1), 22 (4 BY)
     FOX SQUIRREL: 1, 4-5, 7-14, 16-23
     EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 1, 3-4, 6-8, 11-23

Wolf. Oesterreich

July 4, 2013: Wolf's June 2013 Species List

White-tailed Deer. 7/4/13 (Wolf Oesterreich)

Total of 79 (plus 1 sp.) avian species was recorded this month.

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 Ring-necked Duck sightings may be the first Summer records for Story County.  The Blue Grosbeaks represent the 5th record for the Park and, perhaps, the 6th Story County record.

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).  The order follows the 53rd Supplement (2012) to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds and the 12th Supplement to the 7th Edition (1998).

AVIAN
     CANADA GOOSE: 1-13, 15-30
     WOOD DUCK: 1 (1♀), 2, 4*6 (3), 7 (4), 8-11 (1♀), 12 (1♂, 3♀), 13 (2♂, 2♀), 15, 16 (2♂, 3♀), 17 (1♀),
                                    18 (13), 19 (9), 20-22 (3), 23 (4), 24 (3), 27 (2), 28 (1), 29 (2)
     GADWALL: 3-4 (1♂), 13 (2♂)
     MALLARD: 1-13, 15-30
     BLUE-WINGED TEAL: 1 (4♂), 2 (2♂), 4 (1♂, 1♀), 8 (1♂, 1♀), 10 (3♂), 13 (1♂), 15 (5♂), 16 (3♂),
                                    18 (1♂, 1♀), 19 (1♂), 20 (2♂), 23 (3♂), 27 (1♂), 28-29 (2♂)
     NORTHERN SHOVELER: 1 (1♂)
     RING-NECKED DUCK: 1-4 (1♂), 7 (1♂), 8-10 (2♂, 1♀), 12 (2♂, 1♀), 13 (3♂, 1♀), 15 (3♂, 1♀),
                                    17-18 (2♂, 1♀), 19 (3♂, 1♀), 20 (1♂, 1♀), 21 (2♂, 1♀), 23 (2♂), 24 (1♂),
                                    25 (1♂, 1♀), 26 (2♂), 27 (2♂, 1♀), 28 (1♂, 1♀), 29-30 (2♂, 1♀)
     HOODED MERGANSER: 22 (1♀ or juvenile)
     RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 1-13, 15-30
     PIED-BILLED GREBE: 12 (1)
     DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT: 4 (1), 24 (1), 27-28 (1)
     AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN: 4 (14)
     GREAT BLUE HERON: 1 (5), 2 (2), 3 (1), 4 (2), 5 (3), 6 (5), 7 (4), 8 (3), 9 (4), 10-11 (6), 12 (7),
                                    13 (8), 15 (7), 16 (8), 17 (5), 18 (4), 19 (8), 21-22 (4), 23 (10), 24 (6), 25 (9),
                                    26 (10), 27 (9), 28 (10), 29 (9), 30 (12)
     GREAT EGRET: 5 (1), 6 (2), 7-9 (3), 10-11 (6), 12 (9), 13 (8), 15 (7), 16 (10), 17-18 (9), 19 (10),
                                    20 (5), 21-22 (7), 23 (8), 24 (6), 25 (4), 26 (7), 27-30 (8)
     CATTLE EGRET: 13 (1)
     GREEN HERON: 2-5 (1), 7 (1), 11 (2-3), 15-16 (1), 19-20 (1), 22 (2), 23 (1)
     BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON: 15 (1 ad)
     TURKEY VULTURE: 1 (2), 2 (1), 3 (8), 4 (4), 6 (7+), 7 (3), 9 (5), 10 (3), 11 (1), 12 (3), 15 (1), 16 (6),
                                    18-19 (2), 20 (1), 22 (4), 23 (3), 24 (5), 25 (2), 26 (3), 27-28 (2), 29 (3)
     OSPREY: 1 (1), 30 (1)
     BALD EAGLE: 2 (1 ad), 5-6 (1 ad), 9 (2 ad)
     RED-TAILED HAWK: 1 (1), 6-13 (1), 15-16 (1), 17 (2), 18 (3+), 19 (2), 20-25 (1), 27 (1), 29 (1), 30 (2)
     AMERICAN COOT: 1 (1), 5 (3), 7 (1), 10 (1), 18 (1)
     KILLDEER: 1 (1), 3, 5, 8, 10-13, 15, 18, 20-28, 29 (5), 30
     SPOTTED SANDPIPER: 5 (1), 13 (1)
     ROCK PIGEON: 13 (1)
     MOURNING DOVE: 1-30
     CHIMNEY SWIFT: 2, 5, 16, 19, 23, 29
     RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD: 7 (1♀), 28 (1♀)
     BELTED KINGFISHER: 5 (1), 7-8 (1), 15 (1), 23 (1), 28 (1)
     RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 9
     DOWNY WOODPECKER: 3, 5-6, 8, 11, 15-16, 19-20, 22, 24, 28
     HAIRY WOODPECKER: 20-21
     NORTHERN FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 2, 5, 7, 11, 15, (1), 30 (1)
     OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER: 6 (1)
     EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE: 3 (1), 8-9 (1), 11 (2), 12, 23 (1)
     ALDER FLYCATCHER: 2 (1), 5 (1), 8 (1), 16 (1)
     Empidonax sp.: 1-3, 4 (2), 5 (1), 6-7 (2)
     EASTERN PHOEBE: 9 (1)
     GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER: 23 (1)
     EASTERN KINGBIRD: 4 (2), 5-6 (3), 8 (1), 9 (2), 11 (4), 12 (3), 13 (1), 15 (2), 16 (3), 18 (1), 19 (2),
                                    21 (1), 23-24 (1), 25 (2), 26-28 (1), 29 (2), 30 (4)
     YELLOW-THROATED VIREO: 12 (1)
     WARBLING VIREO: 1-13, 15-30
     RED-EYED VIREO: 5
     BLUE JAY: 2, 8, 21, 30
     AMERICAN CROW: 1-13, 15-21, 23-30
     PURPLE MARTIN: 1-30
     TREE SWALLOW: 1-13, 15-30
     NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW: 2, 20 (2), 23, 26
     CLIFF SWALLOW: 2, 4
     BARN SWALLOW: 1-13, 15-16, 18-30
     BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 1, 3, 5-9, 11, 15-16, 18, 22, 25-30
     WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 25
     HOUSE WREN: 1-13, 15-30
     SEDGE WREN: 8 (1)
     EASTERN BLUEBIRD: 3 (1♂), 4 (1♂, 1♀), 6 (1♀), 8 (1♂, 1♀), 9 (1♀), 12-13 (1♂, 1♀), 15, 17, 19 (1♂),
                                    20 (1), 21 (1♂), 22 (3), 23 (1♀), 24 (4), 25 (1), 26, 27 (1), 29 (1♂), 30
     AMERICAN ROBIN: 1-30
     GREAY CATBIRD: 1-4, 7-11, 13, 15-17, 19-21, 23-30
     BROWN THRASHER: 5 (1), 8 (2), 10-11 (1), 12 (2), 13 (1), 19 (1), 21 (1), 23 (2), 24 (1), 28 (3), 29 (2),
                                    30 (3)
     EUROPEAN STARLING: 1-13, 15-30
     CEDAR WAXWING: 4 (2), 5 (9), 7 (2), 10 (2), 13 (1), 18 (1), 20 (5), 22 (5), 23-24 (4), 25 (7), 26 (5),
                                    27 (1), 28 (9), 29 (2), 30 (4)
     COMMON YELLOWTHROAT: 1-13, 15-30
     AMERICAN REDSTART: 1 (1), 5 (1♀), 9, 11, 15, 16 (1♀)
     YELLOW WARBLER: 16 (1♂), 19 (1♂), 20-21, 24
     CHIPPING SPARROW: 1-30
     FIELD SPARROW: 8 (1), 29 (1)
     SONG SPARROW: 1-13, 15-30
     NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1-30
     BLUE GROSBEAK: 22-23 (1♂), 24 (1♂, 1♀), 26-27 (1♂)
     INDIGO BUNTING: 5, 7-13, 15, 17-30
     DICKCISSEL: 1-13, 15-30
     BOBOLINK: 8 (1♂), 20 (1♂), 23 (1♂)
     RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 1-13, 15-30
     EASTERN MEADOWLARK: 6-8, 11, 13, 15, 21-26, 28
     COMMON GRACKLE: 1-30
     BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD: 1-5, 7-12, 15-19, 21-23, 25-30
     ORCHARD ORIOLE: 5-6 (1♂), 20 (1♂), 23-25 (1♂), 26 (2♂), 30
     BALTIMORE ORIOLE: 1-13, 15-30
     HOUSE FINCH: 1-30
     AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1-13, 15-30
     HOUSE SPARROW: 1-30
    
MAMMALIAN
     COYOTE: 13 (howling)
     RED FOX: 18 (1)
     WHITE-TAILED DEER: 1 (1), 3 (1 BY), 5 (1), 8 (1), 10 (1♀ w/1 fawn), 15 (2 fawns), 16 (1), 18-19 (1),
                                    21 (1♀ w/1 fawn), 25 (1 fawn), 26 (2), 29-30 (1)
     FOX SQUIRREL: 2, 6, 15-17, 24, 30
     THIRTEEN-LINED GROUND SQUIRREL: 13, 20, 23, 26-27, 30
     EASTERN CHIPMUNK: 7, 10, 16, 25
     EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 1-13, 15-30

REPTILIAN
     WESTERN FOXSNAKE: 17 (1)
     EASTERN GARTER SNAKE: 7 (1), 19 (1)
     NORTHERN PAINTED TURTLE: 1-13, 15, 17-18, 20-21, 23-30
     RED-EARED SLIDER: 5 (1), 26 (1)
     EASTERN SPINY SOFTSHELL: 15 (1), 20 (1), 25 (1)

AMPHIBIAN
     AMERICAN TOAD: 4-6, 15-16, 18, 21, 23-29
     BLANCHARD’S CRICKET FROG: 2-3, 5-7, 9-13, 15-30
     EASTERN GRAY TREE FROG:
     BULLFROG: 1-2, 5-6, 10-13, 15-19, 21-27, 30

LEPIDOPTERA
     BLACK SWALLOWTAIL: 6, 15, 20-22, 25, 28
     EASTERN TIGER SWALLOWTAIL:
     CABBAGE WHITE: 7, 15, 17-30
     Sulphur sp.: 1-3, 5-7, 9-13, 15, 21-22, 24-30
     GRAY COPPER: 24-25, 27, 29
     GRAY HAIRSTREAK: 21-22, 29-30
     EASTERN TAILED-BLUE: 12, 17, 19-30
     QUESTION MARK: 27 (1)
     PEARL CRESCENT: 27-28, 30
     MOURNING CLOAK: 1-2 (2), 10 (5), 11 (2), 12 (5), 15 (4), 17 (2), 18-19 (1), 25 (1), 26 (3), 27 (1),
                                    30 (1)
     PAINTED LADY: 30
     RED ADMIRAL: 11, 23, 26, 28
     COMMON BUCKEYE: 21-22, 25-27, 30
     MONARCH: 1-2, 5-11, 13, 15, 17-21, 26-30

ODONATA
     Spreadwing sp.: 12 (teneral)
     BLUE-FRONTED DANCER: 25, 27-30
     RAINBOW BLUET: 17, 21, 26-29
     DOUBLE-STRIPED BLUET: 18-19, 21-22, 25-29
     TULE BLUET: 26-30
     FAMILIAR BLUET: 17-18, 20, 22, 26-28
     STREAM BLUET: 21-22, 29-30
     ORANGE BLUET: 17, 19-22, 28-29
     EASTERN FORKTAIL: 7 (1♀), 11-12, 15, 17-22, 24-29
     COMMON GREEN DARNER: 1, 3, 7, 9-13, 15-21, 23, 27-29
     MIDLAND CLUBTAIL: 18 (1), 21 (1)
     COMMON BASKETTAIL: 15, 17-21, 24-27, 29-30
     PRINCE BASKETTAIL: 26-28, 30
     CALICO PENNANT: 25 (1♂)
     HALLOWEEN PENNANT: 25 (1)
     EASTERN PONDHAWK: 22, 25-30
     WIDOW SKIMMER: 20, 22-23, 25-30
     COMMON WHITETAIL: 21-22, 25-30
     TWELVE-SPOTTED SKIMMER: 11-13, 15, 17-19, 21-22, 25-30
     BLUE DASHER: 19-20, 22-23, 25-27
     EASTERN AMBERWING: 27-29
     VARIEGATED MEADOWHAWK: 2-3, 7, 21, 24
     BLACK SADDLEBAGS: 11-13, 15, 17-23, 25-27, 29-30
     RED SADDLEBAGS: 17-21, 25-28
Wolf. Oesterreich

June 4, 2013: Wolf's May 2013 Species List

American Robin. 6/3/13 (Wolf. Oesterreich)

A total of 149 avian species (+ 2 sp.) was recorded this month.  The Say’s Phoebe was #263 for the Park-Yard List.  The Audubon’s form of the Yellow-rumped Warbler on the 12th was my first for Iowa.

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 female Canvasback sighted on the 18th may represent a new extreme late Spring record for Story County (former record set on 12 May 2008 at AHHP).  Other potential new extreme late Spring records include the Osprey on the 29th (former record set on 26 May 1986 at Ames), Orange-crowned Warbler on the 27th (former record set on 22 May 2010 at AHHP), and the American Tree Sparrow on the 7th (former record set on 2 April 2009 at AHHP).  The Lincoln Sparrow found on the 27th ties the record set in 1982 in Ames.  The Say’s Phoebe was the first Story County record.  The 150+ Bonaparte’s Gulls may set a new peak record (former record of 19 on 9 May 1988 at Hendrickson Marsh).

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).  The order follows the 53rd Supplement (2012) to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds and the 12th Supplement to the 7th Edition (1998).

AVIAN
     SNOW GOOSE: 5 (1 w), 19 (1 w im)
     CANADA GOOSE: 1-31
     WOOD DUCK: 1 (2), 3 (2♂), 5 (2♂), 15 (2♂), 17 (1), 18 (1♂ + 1♀), 19 (1♂), 20 (1♂ + 1♀), 22 (1♂),
                                    24 (1♂ + 1♀), 25 (2♂ + 1♀), 26 (1♂ + 1♀), 27 (2), 28-29 (1♀), 30
     GADWALL: 1 (2♂ + 3♀), 2-4, 5 (1♂), 6, 9 (17), 17-18 (1♂), 24 (1♂)
     MALLARD: 1-31
     BLUE-WINGED TEAL: 1-16, 17 (19+), 18 (8+), 19, 21-26, 27 (1♂ + 1♀), 30 (1♂), 31 (2♂)
     NORTHERN SHOVELER: 1-10, 13-15, 16 (2♂), 19, 24 (1♂ + 1♀), 26-27 (1♂)
     GREEN-WINGED TEAL: 1, 8 (3♂)
     CANVASBACK: 18 (1♀)
     REDHEAD: 1 (2♂ + 1♀), 2, 4, 5 (4♂ + 2♀), 6 (2♂ + 1♀), 8 (1♂)
     RING-NECKED DUCK: 1 (5), 2-7, 8 (6), 10 (1♂), 15 (1♂), 18-20 (1♂), 21 (3♂), 22-25 (1♂), 27-31 (1♂)
     LESSER SCAUP: 1 (23), 2-3, 4 (2♂ + 2♀), 5 (27+), 6 (2♂), 7 (3), 8 (1♂), 9 (12), 10 (1♂), 12-13 (1♂),
                                    15 (1♂)
     BUFFLEHEAD: 1-5, 6 (1♂ + 5♀)
     RUDDY DUCK: 1 (12+), 2-4, 5 (33+), 6, 7 (5), 8 (4), 9 (18), 10 (8), 11, 12-14 (2), 15 (2♀), 16-17 (1♀)
     RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 1, 2-3 (1♂ + 1♀, BY), 4-5, 6 (+ 1♂ BY), 7-31
     COMMON LOON: 1 (1), 2-3 (2 abp + 1 anb), 4 (2 anb + 3 abp), 5 (2 abp + 1 anb), 6 (1 abp + 1 anb),
                                    7 (1 anb), 8 (1 abp + 1 anb), 9-12 (1 anb), 20 (1 anb)
     PIED-BILLED GREBE: 1 (68+), 2-4, 5 (30+), 6, 7 (8), 8 (4), 9 (25+), 10 (20+), 11, 12 (3), 13 (4), 14 (2),
                                    15 (6), 16 (4), 17 (2), 18 (1), 19 (4), 25 (2)
     HORNED GREBE: 1 (3), 2 (40+), 3 (40), 4 (17), 5 (25+), 6 (11+), 7-8 (3), 9 (1), 10 (2)
     RED-NECKED GREBE: 2 (1), 10-16 (1), 18 (1)
     EARED GREBE: 1 (2), 2 (1), 3-4 (2), 5 (3), 6-7 (1), 8-12 (2)
     DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT: 1 (2), 3 (16), 9-10 (1)
     AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN: 1 (21)
     AMERICAN BITTERN: 14 (1), 24 (1), 29 (1)
     GREAT BLUE HERON: 1 (5), 2 (2), 3-5 (5), 6 (3), 7 (6), 8 (5), 9-10 (3), 11, 12 (2), 13 (5), 14 (1),
                                    15 (6), 16-18 (2), 19 (6), 20 (3), 21 (4), 22 (2), 23 (3), 24 (5), 25-27 (2), 28 (4),
                                    29 (2), 30 (1), 31 (3)
     GREAT EGRET: 1 (5), 4 (3), 5-6 (1), 15 (5), 19 (5), 21 (4), 27 (1), 29 (1), 31 (1)
     SNOWY EGRET: 1-2 (1)
     GREEN HERON: 6 (1), 7 (2), 8 (1), 11-13 (1), 17 (1), 26 (1), 28-30 (1)
     TURKEY VULTURE: 1 (3), 3 (4), 4 (2), 5 (8+), 6 (5), 7 (3), 8 (1), 9 (6), 10 (2), 11, 14 (8), 15 (6),
                                    16-17 (4), 18 (2), 19 (4), 20-21 (1), 22 (2), 24 (3), 25 (5), 26 (15+), 28 (2), 29 (3),
                                    30 (6), 31 (3)
     OSPREY: 1 91), 3-4 (1), 5 (2), 7 (1), 11 (1), 14 (1), 20 (1), 22 (1), 29 (1)
     BALD EAGLE: 3-5 (1 ad), 9 (1 ad), 11 (1 ad), 17 (1 ad), 21 (1 ad), 25-26 (1 ad), 28 (1 ad)
     NORTHERN HARRIER: 1 (1♀)
     SHARP-SHINNED HAWK: 11 (1)
     COOPER’S HAWK: 1 (1), 5 (1)
     RED-TAILED HAWK: 1 (1), 3 (2) 4 (1), 5-6 (2), 7-12 (1), 13 (3), 15-18 (1), 20 (1), 22 (1), 24-25 (2),
                                    26-28 (1), 29 (2), 30 (1), 31 (2)
     VIRGINIA RAIL: 6-7 (1)
     SORA: 5 (2), 6 (3), 7 (2)
     AMERICAN COOT: 1-16, 17 (40+), 18 (25+), 19 (12+), 20-23, 24 (3), 25, 26 (11)
     SANDHILL CRANE: 1 (1)
     KILLDEER: 1-6, 9, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 27, 30
     SPOTTED SANDPIPER: 1 (10), 2 (4), 3 (2), 4 (1), 5 (3), 6 (2), 7 (1), 8 (3), 9 (2), 10 (1), 11, 12 (1),
                                    13 (2), 14 (1), 15 (2), 16 (1), 22-23 (1), 26 (7+), 27 (1), 30 (2)
     SOLITARY SANDPIPER: 2-5 (1), 9-10 (1), 13 (6), 19 (1)
     GREATER YELLOWLEGS: 1-2 (2), 3 (3), 4-5 (1)
     LESSER YELLOWLEGS: 1 (5), 2 (3), 3 (20), 4 (10+), 5 (5+), 16 (1)
     SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER: 15 (1)
     LEAST SANDPIPER: 12 (1), 14 (1), 15 (7)
     Sandpiper sp.: 1 (~15), 3 (4)
     WILSON’S SNIPE: 1 (1), 2 (3), 3 (2), 4 (1)
     WILSON’S PHALAROPE: 2 (1♂ + 1♀), 3 (1♂), 4 (2♂ + 3♀), 5 (2♂ + 4♀)
     RING-BILLED GULL: 1 (8), 3 (1), 14 (16)
     BONAPARTE’S GULL: 2 (150+), 3 (11)
     BLACK TERN: 9 (1), 11, 14 (8), 20 (8), 22 (9)
     FORSTER’S TERN: 1 (5), 3 (1), 10 (4), 12 (1), 22 (5)
     ROCK PIGEON: 24 (1)
     MOURNING DOVE: 1-31
     YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO: 27 (1)
     COMMON NIGHTHAWK: 15 (1), 17-18 (1), 20 (1)
     CHIMNEY SWIFT: 5 (1), 10-12, 14, 21, 23
     RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD: 23 (1♀), 28-29 (1♀)
     BELTED KINGFISHER: 3-6 (1), 8 (1♀), 9 (1♂ + 1♀), 10 (1), 13 (1), 15 (1), 22 (1), 26-27 (2), 30 (1)
     RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 3, 5-7, 10, 14-17, 19, 25-27
     DOWNY WOODPECKER: 1-11, 13-15, 17-19, 22, 30
     HAIRY WOODPECKER: 2-4, 6-7, 9, 15, 17, 21, 25, 30
     NORTHERN FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 1-2, 4-6, 9, 10 (1), 13, 14 (1), 19 (1), 22 (1), 27-29 (1)
     PEREGRINE FALCON: 1-2 (1), 9 (1)
     OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER: 25 (1), 27 (2), 28 (1)
     EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE: 14 (1), 22 (1), 25-26 (1), 28
     YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER: 26 (1)
     WILLOW FLYACTCHER: 26
     LEAST FLYCATCHER: 9 (1), 12 (1), 13 (3), 17 (2), 19 (4), 20 (3), 21, 22 (4), 23 (2), 25 (3), 26-27
     Empidonax sp.: 25-29
     EASTERN PHOEBE: 1 (1), 6 (1), 9 (2), 10 (1), 11, 27 (1)
     SAY’S PHOEBE: 9-10 (1)
     GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER: 9 (1)
     EASTERN KINGBIRD: 10 (1), 14 (1), 15 (6), 16 (3), 17 (5), 19 (3), 20 (1), 21 (2), 23 (1), 24-25,
                                    26 (4+), 27 (2), 28 (3), 29 (2), 31 (1)
     BELL’S VIREO: 27 (1 BY)
     YELLOW-THROATED VIREO: 9 (1)
     BLUE-HEADED VIREO: 9 (2), 10 (1), 19 (1)
     WARBLING VIREO: 1 (1), 8 (5+), 9 (1), 14 (3), 15 (2), 16 (5), 17-19, 21-22, 24-31
     PHILADELPHIA VIREO: 10 (1), 22 (2), 23 (1), 26 (1)
     RED-EYED VIREO: 17, 18 (1), 19-23, 25-29
     BLUE JAY: 2-8, 10, 15-17, 19, 25, 28
     AMERICAN CROW: 1-27, 29-31
     PURPLE MARTIN: 1-31
     TREE SWALLOW: 1-31
     NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLLOW: 1-3, 5-12, 18 (3), 22, 25-26
     BANK SWALLOW: 1-2, 5 (3), 8 (8+), 9-14, 21-22, 25-26
     CLIFF SWALLOW: 5 (2), 11-14, 20, 22, 25-26
     BARN SWALLOW: 1-5, 7-31
     BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 1-10, 12-19, 21-27, 29-31
     WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 3, 5, 9, 12-13, 15-18
     HOUSE WREN: 4-31
     SEDGE WREN: 10 (2), 29 (1), 31
     MARSH WREN: 1 (1), 7-8 (1)
     BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER: 8 (2)
     RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET: 1 (4), 2 (2), 3 (1), 5 (3), 6 (2), 9 (2), 10 (3), 11, 12 (3), 13 (1), 14 (2),
                                    21 (1)
     EASTERN BLUEBIRD: 1 (1♂ + 1♀), 2-4 (1♂), 5, 8-9, 10 (1♂ + 1♀), 11, 13 (1♂), 14 (2♂ + 1♀),
                                    15 (1♂), 16 (1♀), 17, 18 (1♂ + 1♀), 20 (1♂ + 1♀), 21 (1♂), 23 (1♂), 24 (2♂),
                                    28-29 (1♂), 31 (1♂ + 1♀)
     GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH: 9 (1), 12 (2), 15 (1)
     SWAINSON’S THRUSH: 3 (1), 8 (1), 9 (3), 10 (2), 11, 12 (2), 13 (1), 19 (1), 25 (2), 27 (1)
     AMERICAN ROBIN: 1-31
     GRAY CATBIRD: 7-8 (1), 9 (2), 10-31
     BROWN THRASHER: 1 (1 BY), 2 (2 BY + 1), 3 ( 1 BY + 2), 4 (2 BY + 2), 5 (1 BY + 8), 6 (2 BY + 2),
                                    7 (2 BY + 3), 8 (1 BY + 1), 9 (2), 10, 12-14 (1), 15 (1 BY + 1), 16-17 (1),
                                    18-20 (2), 24 (1 BY), 26 (1 BY + 1), 27 (1), 29-30 (1)
     EUROPEAN STARLING: 1-31
     AMERICAN PIPIT: 2 (2)
     CEDAR WAXWING: 27 (1 + 1 BY)
     OVENBIRD: 9 (2), 10 (1), 11, 12 (1), 19 (1), 27 (1)
     LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH: 12 (1), 15-16 (1)
     NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH: 10 (1), 13 (1), 16-17 (1)
     BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER: 9-10 (1), 12 (1), 14 (1), 19 (1)
     TENNESSEE WARBLER: 6 (1), 19-20, 23, 26, 27 (2)
     ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER: 1-2 (1), 3 (2), 14 (2), 15-17 (1), 19 (1), 21 (1), 23 (1), 27 (1)
     NASHVILLE WARBLER: 8-9 (1♂), 10 (1), 12 (2), 13 (1), 21 (1)
     MOURNING WARBLER: 19 (1), 27 (1)
     COMMON YELLOWTHROAT: 1-2 (2♂), 9-10 (1♂), 12 (1♂ + 1♀), 13 (2♂ + 1♀), 15 (6♂), 16 (2♂),
                                    17-31
     AMERICAN REDSTART: 9 (2♂), 10 (1♂), 13 (3♂ + 2♀), 14 (1♂), 15 (3♂), 17 (1♂ + 1♀),
                                    19 (1♂ + 4♀), 20 (1♂), 21 (1♂ + 3♀), 22 (1♂ + 2♀), 23-25 (2♀), 26 (1♀),
                                    27 (2♂ + 6♀), 28 (1♀), 29, 30 (1♀), 31
     MAGNOLIA WARBLER: 14 (1), 19-22 (1), 25 (1), 27 (3)
     BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER: 8 (1♂), 26 (1♂)
     YELLOW WARBLER: 1 (5♂), 3 (1♂), 6 (1♂), 8 (1♂), 9 (3♂ + 1♀), 10 (4♂), 11, 12 (2), 13 (4♂),
                                    15 (5+♂ + 1♀), 16 (4♂), 17 (♂♀), 18-19, 21-23, 25, 26 (7+), 27 (3+), 28, 30
     CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER: 18-19 (1), 21 (1), 25 (1), 27 (1 BY)
     BLACKPOLL WARBLER: 9 (1), 11, 14 (1♂), 19 (1♀), 26 (1♂)
     PALM WARBLER: 1 (8), 2, 3 (4), 4 (1), 5 (4), 9-10 (2), 11, 12 (9), 13 (5), 14 (2)
     YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (Myrtle): 1-2 (5), 3 (17+), 4, 5 (14+), 6 (25+), 7 (12+), 8 (8+), 9 (25+),
                                    10 (10+), 11, 12 (3), 13-14 (5), 15 (3), 17 (1), 25 (1)
     YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (Audubon’s): 12 (1)
     CANADA WARBLER: 19 (2), 25 (1), 27 (1)
     WILSON’S WARBLER: 14 (3♂), 15 (1♂), 19 (4♂), 21 (1♂), 22-23 (2♂), 25 (2♂ + 1♀), 26 (3♂ + 1♀),
                                    27 (11 + 1 BY), 28 (2♂)
     EASTERN TOWHEE: 9 (1♂)
     AMERICAN TREE SPARROW: 2-3 (1 BY), 5 (1 BY), 7 (1 BY)
     CHIPPING SPARROW: 1-10, 12-31
     CLAY-COLORED SPARROW: 1 (1), 2 (2), 3 (4+), 4, 5 (1 BY + 4), 6 (4), 8-9 (2), 10 (6), 13 (5),
                                    14 (8+), 15 (24+)
     FIELD SPARROW: 1-3 (1)
     VESPER SPARROW: 1 (1), 2-3 (8+), 4-5
     LARK SPARROW: 1 (2), 2 (3), 3 (1)
     SAVANNAH SPARROW: 1 (1), 2 (6), 3 (10+), 4, 5 (4), 8 (1), 12, 13-14 (1), 15 (2), 17 (1)
     LE CONTE’S SPARROW: 1 (1), 3 (1), 5 (1)
     SONG SPARROW: 1-31
     LINCOLN’S SPARROW: 1 (2 BY), 2 (3 BY + 1), 3 (2 BY + 4), 4 (2 BY), 5 (5 BY), 6 (4 BY + 1),
                                    7 (2 BY), 8-9 (1 BY + 3), 10 (2 BY + 7), 11, 12 (2 BY), 13 (1 BY + 1), 14 (3),
                                    15-16 (2), 20 (1), 22-24 (1), 27 (1)
     SWAMP SPARROW: 1 (2), 2 (1), 3 (6+), 5 (1), 6 (3 + 1 BY), 9 (1), 12 (1)
     WHITE-THROATED SPARROW: 1 (4 BY), 2 (4 BY +), 3-10, 12-13, 14 (2), 15 (4+)
     HARRIS’S SPARROW: 1-2 (4 BY), 3 (2 BY), 4 (2 BY + 1), 5 (3 BY), 6 (4 BY), 7 (1 BY), 8 (2 BY),
                                    9 (1 BY + 1), 10 (2 BY + 1), 12 (2 BY), 13 (3 BY), 14 (9+), 15 (1 BY + 11+)
     WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW: 1 (5 BY + 1), 2 (10 BY +), 3-10, 12-13, 15
     NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1-10, 12-31
     ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK: 7 (1♂ + 2♂ / 1♀ BY), 9-10 (1♂), 15 (1♂), 17 (1♂ + 1♀), 19 (1♀)
     INDIGO BUNTING: 13 (1♂), 19 (2♀), 26 (1♀), 30 (1♂)
     DICKCISSEL: 29 (1), 31
     BOBOLINK: 14-15 (1♂), 17 (1♂)
     RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 1-31
     EASTERN MEADOWLARK: 1, 3-10, 13, 15, 17-20, 22-31
     COMMON GRACKLE: 1-31
     BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD: 1-10, 12-31
     ORCHARD ORIOLE: 20 (1♂), 26 (1♀), 27 (1♂ + 2♀), 29 (2♂ + 1♀)
     BALTIMORE ORIOLE: 1 (1♂ BY), 3-4 (1♂), 5 (2♂), 6 (3♂), 7 (4♂), 8-31
     HOUSE FINCH: 1-10, 12-31
     AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1, 3-31
     HOUSE SPARROW: 1-9, 12-31

MAMMALIAN
     STRIPED SKUNK: 31 (1)
     WHITE-TAILED DEER: 1 (5), 3-5 (4), 7 (1), 10 (8), 15 (1), 17 (6, 2 with budding antlers), 18 (2),
                                    22-23 (1), 26 (1), 28 (1), 29-30 (2)
     WOODCHUCK: 18 (1)
     FOX SQUIRREL: 1-6, 8-9, 12-13, 15-19, 23, 25, 27-28
     THIRTEEN-LINED GROUND SQUIRREL: 6-8. 10, 15, 17, 24, 28
     EASTERN CHIPMUNK: 10, 27, 31
     EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 1-10, 12-13, 15-31

REPTILIAN
     EASTERN GARTER SNAKE: 10 (1), 27 (1)
     COMMON SNAPPING TURTLE: 28 (1)
     NORTHERN PAINTED TURTLE: 6-7, 10, 12, 15-17, 19-20, 23-24, 28, 30-31

AMPHIBIAN
     AMERICAN TOAD: 1, 6-10, 15-17, 20-21, 23-29
     BLANCHARD’S CRICKET FROG: 19-25, 27-30
     EASTERN GRAY TREEFROG: 6, 9
     BOREAL CHORUS FROG: 1, 6-10, 13, 15-17, 19-20
     BULLFROG: 7, 13, 28
     NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG: 7-8. 16

LEPIDOPTERA
     BLACK SWALLOWTAIL: 12, 14-15, 19
     CABBAGE WHITE: 6-7, 10, 12,15-18
     Sulphur sp.: 12, 15, 17-18, 23, 28, 30-31
     PEARL CRESCENT: 18 (1), 28
     MOURNING CLOAK: 6 (2), 7 (1), 16-17 (1), 28 (1), 30, 31 (7)
     MONARCH: 28 (5+), 30, 31 (5)

ODONATE
     COMMON GREEN DARNER: 6-7, 13, 15-18, 24, 28, 31
     COMMON WHITETAIL: 30 (1♀)
     VARIEGATED MEADOWHAWK: 15, 31
     BLACK SADDLEBAGS: 31 (1)
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