Thanks to everyone who came out to the Ames Art Walk last night. Looks like we raised about $200 for the Friends of Ada Hayden Heritage Park! A special thanks to Ruthann Hadish at the Ames Yoga Center for sponsoring and hosting us!
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Thursday, June 6, 2013
June 6, 2013: Support Friends of AHHP Friday at the Art Walk!
There are plenty of reasons to get out to the Ames Art Walk tomorrow (Friday, 6/7/13, 5pm, downtown Ames) and supporting Friends of Ada Hayden Heritage Park is one of the best! There will be framed prints, metal prints, greeting cards, post cards, and photo books of photographers Kevin Kane, Erv Klaas, and Wolf. Oesterreich on sale with all profits going directly to the Friends of AHHP! Our exhibit is at the Ames Yoga Center, 327 Main Street Suite 3.
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
June 5, 2013: Sunset at Jensen Pond
"Rode up to Ada Hayden tonight for the sunset." 6/3/13 (Michael David Martin)
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
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)
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)
Wolf. Oesterreich
Monday, June 3, 2013
June 3, 2012: Amazing Sunset
"Sunset tonight in flyover country (Ada Hayden Park, Ames IA)." 6/3/13 (Michael David Martin)
Sunday, June 2, 2013
June 2, 2013: Mourning Cloak
On the 31st, over 7 Mourning Cloaks were observed throughout the Park. Overwintered adults mate in the Spring, with the males perching in sunny openings (ie. west spur at the bluff area) during the afternoon to wait for receptive females. Eggs are laid in groups of the host plant (ie. willows, American Elm, Aspen, Hackberry). Caterpillars live in a communal web and feed together on young leaves. After pupating they emerge as adults in June or July.
Saturday, June 1, 2013
June 1, 2013: Friends of AHHP at Ames ArtWalk on Friday 6/7
One of the silent auction framed prints available at the Artwalk on Friday 6/7, a twelve-spotted skimmer taken by Erv Klaas.
ArtWalk, Downtown Ames, Friday June 7th, 5-8pm
Friends of Ada Hayden Heritage Park will be part of the 2013 Downtown Ames ArtWalk! Ruthann O'Brien Hadish at the Ames Yoga Center (https://www.facebook.com/AmesYoga & http://www.amesyoga.com/) will be sponsoring the AHHP photography of Kevin Kane, Erv Klaas, and Wolf. Oesterreich. There will be framed prints, photo books, greeting cards, and post cards of AHHP life on display, for silent auction, and for sale. All proceeds will go to the Friends of Ada Hayden Heritage Park for more park improvements and educational events. Watch this space for more details and a sneak peek of the items that will be exhibited.
Description:
Come experience a night dedicated to the arts!
ArtWalk includes music, food and fun!
Coordinated with The Octagon Center for the Arts, downtown businesses and organizations will host local artists and their work.
Various talents will perform on state in Tom Evans Plaza.
Location:
Main Street Cultural District, Downtown Ames
Date(s):
Friday, June 7, 2013
Time(s):
5 p.m.
Contact Information:
For more information, visit www.amesdowntown.org.
ArtWalk, Downtown Ames, Friday June 7th, 5-8pm
Friends of Ada Hayden Heritage Park will be part of the 2013 Downtown Ames ArtWalk! Ruthann O'Brien Hadish at the Ames Yoga Center (https://www.facebook.com/AmesYoga & http://www.amesyoga.com/) will be sponsoring the AHHP photography of Kevin Kane, Erv Klaas, and Wolf. Oesterreich. There will be framed prints, photo books, greeting cards, and post cards of AHHP life on display, for silent auction, and for sale. All proceeds will go to the Friends of Ada Hayden Heritage Park for more park improvements and educational events. Watch this space for more details and a sneak peek of the items that will be exhibited.
Description:
Come experience a night dedicated to the arts!
ArtWalk includes music, food and fun!
Coordinated with The Octagon Center for the Arts, downtown businesses and organizations will host local artists and their work.
Various talents will perform on state in Tom Evans Plaza.
Location:
Main Street Cultural District, Downtown Ames
Date(s):
Friday, June 7, 2013
Time(s):
5 p.m.
Contact Information:
For more information, visit www.amesdowntown.org.
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