A very common and widespread dragonfly is the Common Whitetail. The male has a white abdomen when mature, black cross bars near the tip of each wing, a black streak at the base of each wing with a white patch below the hindwing streak (at maturity), dark brown thorax with two faintly indicated pale strips on each side, and brown eyes and face. The female differs, in having three dark spots on each wing, two white stripes on each side of the thorax which turn yellow at the lower ends, and a brown abdomen with white to pale yellow spots along each side (outlined in black). They can be found away from water, perched on the ground, rocks, logs, or vegetation. Most of the ones I find are perched on the ground of the Upland Trail. In Iowa, the Flight Season is May through October.
Total Length: 42-48 mm
Hindwing: 30-25 mm.
A total of 107 avian species (plus 3 sp.) was recorded this month, ranking this month as the highest (tied with 2007 & 2021) August among 29 years of records. August 2001 with only 46 species is the lowest month. This total is 25 species more than last month and 22 more than August 2025.
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, ad=adult, d=ducklings), and location (BY=back yard, FY=front yard). The order follows the 66th Supplement (2025) to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of North American Birds and the 25th Supplement to the 7th Edition (1998).
AVIAN
CANADA GOOSE: 1 (7), 2-3 (1), 4 (17), 5 (7), 8 (42), 9 (18), 10 (16), 11 (18), 15-17 (9), 18 (11),
19 (9), 20-21 (16), 22 (17), 23 (4), 26-27 (2), 28 (1), 29
WOOD DUCK: 1 (25 + 4 ju), 2 (23), 3 (30), 4 (23), 5 (26 + 8 ju), 6 (20), 7 (25), 8 (37 + 12 ju), 9 (41),
10 (19), 11 (37), 12 (28), 13 (11 + 6 ju), 14 (6), 15 (9), 16 (13), 17 (7), 18 (18 + 8 d), 19 (7), 20 (14),
21 (24), 22 (18), 23 (24), 24 (23), 25 (33), 26 (31), 27 (21), 28 (19), 29 (33)
BLUE-WINGED TEAL: 21 (4), 23 (3), 26 (4), 27 (1)
MALLARD: 2 (2), 3 (2♀ + 10 ju + 5 im), 4 (1♀ + 5 im), 5 (2♀ + 9 d + 3 im), 7 (1), 10 (2), 12 (1), 13 (1♀
+ 5 im), 14 (1♀ + 7 im), 15 (1), 16 (6), 17 (1), 18 (5), 19 (1), 21 (6), 22 (3), 24 (8), 25 (1), 26 (14),
27 (8)
HOODED MERGANSER: 5-6 (2 im)
WILD TURKEY: 13 (3)
RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 2 (1), 5 (1), 8-9 (1), 15 (1), 17 (1), 22 (1)
PIED-BILLED GREBE: 1 (1), 9 (1), 16 (3), 17 (1), 26 (2)
MOURNING DOVE: 1 (1 + BY 2), 2 (8 + BY 1), 3 (8 + BY 2), 4 (5 + BY 1), 5 (7 + BY 1), 6 (7 + BY 1),
7 (9 + BY 2), 8 (15 + BY 2), 9 (14 + BY 1), 10 (9 + BY 1), 11 (5), 12 (12 + BY 1), 13 (4 + BY 2),
14 (4 + BY 1), 15 (9), 16 (4), 17-18 98), 19 (1 + BY 1), 21 (5), 22 (4), 23 (5), 24 (9), 25 (4), 26 (5),
27 (13), 28 (2), 29 (BY 1)
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE: 4 (FY 1), 23 (1), 28 (1)
COMMON NIGHTHAWK: 29 (1)
CHIMNEY SWIFT: 1-2 (1), 4 (1), 6 (1), 8-10 (1), 18 (2), 19-20 (1), 22-23 (2), 25 (3), 27 (2)
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD: 3 (1), 4-5 (2), 6-7 (1), 9 (1 + BY 1), 10-11 (2), 12 (5 + BY 1),
13 (2 + BY 1), 16 (3 + BY 1), 17 (3), 18 (1), 19 (2), 20-21 (3), 22-23 (4), 24 (7), 25 (5), 26 (3),
27 (2), 28 (4)
SORA: 15 (1)
KILLDEER: 1 (12), 2 (7), 3 (11), 4 (8), 5 (1), 6 (8), 7 (5), 8 (6), 9 (2), 10 (8), 11 (3), 12 (1), 17-18 (1),
21 (4), 22-23 (2), 24 (1), 25-26 (3)
LEAST SANDPIPER: 2 (6), 6 (2), 8-9 (1), 12 (1)
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER: 6 (1)
WILSON’S SNIPE: 2 (1)
SPOTTED SANDPIPER: 1 (1), 4-6 (1), 8 (1), 22 (1)
SOLITARY SANDPIPER: 12-13 (2), 22 (2), 23 (1)
Sandpiper sp.: 2 (24), 8 (1), 13 (2), 16 (1), 21 (1)
CASPIAN TERN: 9 (3), 18 (1), 26 (2)
BLACK TERN: 21 (1)
COMMON TERN: 5 (1)
FORSTER’S TERN: 5 (6), 8 (1), 28 (3)
RING-BILLED GULL: 19 (1), 23 (1)
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT: 5 (2)
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN: 11 (1), 22 (1)
LEAST BITTERN: 2-3 (1), 16 (1)
GREEN HERON: 1-2 (3), 3 (6), 4-7 (3), 8 (5), 9 (3), 10 (1), 11 (3), 13 (4), 15-16 (3), 17 (6), 18-19 (5),
20 (6), 21 (4), 22-23 (3), 24 (6), 25 (1), 26 (3), 27 (4), 28 (2), 29 (1)
GREAT EGRET: 7 (1)
GREAT BLUE HERON: 1 (10), 2 (9), 3 (6), 4 (9), 5 (7), 6 (4), 7 (6), 8 (7), 9-10 (5), 11 (3), 12 (9),
13 (7), 14 (3), 15 (6), 16 (4), 17 (9), 18-19 (10), 20 (8), 21 (6), 22 (12), 23 (8), 24 (6), 25 (9), 26 (8),
27 (6), 28 (4)
TURKEY VULTURE: 1 (2), 5 (1), 13 (1), 16 (4), 25 (1), 28 (2)
OSPREY: 2 (1), 13 (1), 18-22 (1), 26-29 (1)
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK: 27 (1)
COOPER’S HAWK: 1 (1), 9 (BY 1 im), 11-12 (1 im), 17 (BY 1 im), 18 (1 im), 21 (1 ad), 23 (FY 1 ad),
24 (2 im), 28 (1)
NORTHERN HARRIER: 18 (1)
BALD EAGLE: 1 (1 ad), 11 (1 ad), 17 (1 ad), 25 (2 ad), 26 (1 ad)
BROAD-WINGED HAWK: 16 (1)
RED-TAILED HAWK: 6 (1), 8 (1 im), 15-16 (1), 24 (1)
BARRED OWL: 12 (BY 1)
BELTED KINGFISHER: 1 (1), 2 (4), 3-4 (2), 6 (4), 7 (1), 8 (3), 9 (2), 10 (1), 11 (2), 16-17 (2), 20 (3),
21 (1), 22 (2), 23 (1), 25 (2), 26 (7), 27 (1), 28 (4)
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER: 1 (2 ad), 2 (2 ad + 1 im), 3 (2 ad), 4 (3 ad), 5 (2 ad + 1 im), 6 (1 ad),
7 (2 ad), 8 (5 ad), 9 (3 ad), 10 (2 ad + 1 im), 11 (4 ad), 12 (2 ad + 1 ju), 13 (3 ad), 14 (1 ad + 1 ju),
15 (4 ad + 1 im), 16 (2 ad + 1 im), 17 (5 ad + 2 im), 18 (4 ad + 1 im), 19 (3 ad + 1 im), 20 (4 ad + 1
im), 21 (1 ad + 1 im), 22 (3 ad + 2 im), 23 (5 ad + 2 im), 24 (1 ad + 1 im), 25 (2 ad + 1 im), 26 (1 ad
+ 1 im), 27 (4 ad + 1 im), 28 (4 ad + 2 im)
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 6 (1), 16 (1), 19 (1), 23-24 (1)
DOWNY WOODPECKER: 1 (2), 2 (2 + BY 1♀), 3-4 (2), 5 (3 + BY 1♂ + 1♀), 6-7 (1), 9 (3), 11 (1),
13 (4), 14 (BY 1♀), 15 (1), 16 (2), 17 (1 + BY 1♀), 20 (3), 21-22 (2), 23 (1), 24 (2 + BY 1♀), 25 (1),
28 (4), 29 (BY 1♂)
HAIRY WOODPECKER: 10 (1♀), 21 (1♀), 23 (2)
NORTHERN FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 2 (1), 4 (2), 6 (2), 7 (1), 10-11 (1), 13 (1), 15 (1), 17 (2),
19 (1), 21 (2), 22 (1), 23 (2), 24 (1), 27-28 (1)
GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER: 7 (1), 15 (1), 17 (3), 21 (3), 23-24 (1), 27 (1)
EASTERN KINGBIRD: 1 (4), 2 (3), 4 (4), 5 (5), 6 (7), 7 (4), 8 (6), 9 (1), 10 (12), 11 (6), 12 (4), 13 (1),
14-15 (2), 16 (8), 17 (4), 18 (3), 19-20 (4), 21 (2), 22-23 (3), 24 (1), 25-26 (2)
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER: 23-26 (1)
EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE: 3 (1), 11 (1), 18 (1), 22 (2)
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER: 24 (1)
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER: 2 (1)
ALDER FLYCATCHER: 13 (1)
LEAST FLYCATCHER: 23 (2), 26 (1)
Empidonax sp.: 5 (1), 10 (1), 14 (2), 18 (1), 22 (2), 23 (3), 25 (1), 26-27 (2)
EASTERN PHOEBE: 4 (1), 6 (1)
BELL’S VIREO: 8 (1)
EASTERN WARBLING VIREO: 2 (2), 3 (1), 4 (6), 6 (1), 8 (1), 10-11 (2), 15-17 (1), 19 (1), 21 (2),
23 (1), 27 (1)
RED-EYED VIREO: 19-20 (1), 23 (4), 27-28 (1)
BLUE JAY: 1 (3 + BY 1), 2 (7 + BY 1), 3 (1 + BY 2), 4 (14), 5 (5 + BY 1), 6 (7 + BY 1), 7 (1), 8 (4 + BY
2), 9 (3), 12-13 (3), 15 (4 + BY 2), 16 (3 + BY 1), 17 (1 + BY/FY 3), 18-19 (1), 20 (5), 21 (1), 22 (4),
23 (6 + BY 1), 24 (BY 3), 25-26 (4), 27 (2), 28 (3 + BY 1), 29 (BY 2)
AMERICAN CROW: 1 (5), 2-5 (3), 6 (4), 7-8 (2), 9 (1 + FY 1), 10 (3), 11 (1), 12 (4), 16 (3), 17 (2),
18 (1), 19-20 (3), 21 (2), 22 (3), 23-24 (2), 25 (2 + FY 1), 26 (2), 27-29 (1)
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 3 (BY 1), 5 (BY 1), 12 (1), 15 (1 + BY 1), 19-20 (1), 22 (BY 1), 23 (1),
29 (BY 1)
BANK SWALLOW: 2 (1), 4 (1), 27 (2)
TREE SWALLOW: 1 (18), 6 (2), 8 (5), 10 (2), 11 (1), 12 (4), 13 (3), 22 (1), 26 (1)
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW: 9 (1), 12 (2), 23 (1), 26 (2), 28 (2)
PURPLE MARTIN: 1 (17), 2 (46), 3 (36 + FY 1), 4 (37 + FY 1), 5 (48), 6 (25), 7 (28), 8 (32), 9 (20 + FY
2), 10 (19), 11 (50), 12 (36), 13 (40), 15 (17), 16 (57), 17 (34), 18 (72), 19 (59), 20 (64), 21 (47),
22 (77), 23 (46), 24 (24), 25 (44), 26 (16), 27 (2), 28 (14), 29 (4)
BARN SWALLOW: 1 (19), 2 (7), 3 (11), 4 (27), 5 (12), 6 (24 + BY 1), 7 (20), 8 (10), 9 (19 + BY 1),
10 (9), 11 (5), 12 (27), 13 (10), 14 (9), 15 (11), 16 (2), 17 (7), 18 (10), 19 (11), 20 (5), 21 (8), 22 (4),
23 (9), 24 (16), 25 (31), 26 (12), 27 (3), 28 (18)
CLIFF SWALLOW: 1 (1), 8 (2), 12 (1), 17 (1), 19 (1), 22 (10), 23 (4), 24 (1), 26 (1), 27-28 (3)
Swallow sp.: 1 (38), 4 (12), 15 (10), 16 (8), 19 (6), 21 (8), 22 (12), 23 (6), 24 (8), 25 (7), 26 (5), 27 (24),
28 (5)
CEDAR WAXWING: 1 (9), 2 (1), 3 (2), 8 (3), 10 (1), 13 (3), 18 (1), 21 (1), 26 (1)
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 1 (1), 2 (3), 3 (1), 6 (2), 7 (1), 8 (3), 10 (3), 12-13 (1), 15-17 (1),
18-19 (2), 20 (1), 21 (2), 22 (2 + BY 1), 23 (1), 25 (1), 26 (2), 28 (2)
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER: 10 (1)
CAROLINA WREN: 6 (1), 13 (1)
NORTHERN HOUSE WREN: 1 (2), 2 (8), 3 (7), 4 (4), 5 (1), 6 (4), 7 (1), 8-9 (2), 10 (3), 11-12 (1),
15-16 (1), 17 (2), 18 (1), 19 (3), 20 (2), 21-22 (1), 23 (4), 24 (1), 27 (2), 28 (1)
SEDGE WREN: 1-3 (1), 5-6 (1), 7 (3), 9 (3), 10 (1), 11 (4), 13 (3), 14 (2), 15 (1), 17-18 (1), 20 (1),
23 (1)
MARSH WREN: 24-25 (2)
GRAY CATBIRD: 1 (6), 2 (12), 3 (6 + BY 1), 4 (8), 5 (11), 6 (19), 7 (11), 8 (14), 9 (6), 10 (11), 11 (8),
12 (4), 13 (9), 14 (1), 15 (7), 16 (8), 17 (18), 18 (10), 19 (7), 20 (4), 21 (9), 22 (6), 23 (10), 24 (5),
25-26 (6), 27 (7), 28 (2), 29 (1)
BROWN THRASHER: 10 (1 im)
EUROPEAN STARLING: 1 (1), 2 (10), 3 (9), 4 (20), 5 (41), 6 (8), 7 (19), 8 (21), 9 (132), 10 (11),
11 (76), 12 (68), 13 (49), 14 (55), 15 (26), 16 (14), 17 (33), 18 (74), 19 (58), 20 (27), 21 (22),
22 (40), 23 (21), 24 (40), 25 (79), 26 (80), 27 (48), 28 (15)
EASTERN BLUEBIRD: 5 (1), 15 (1), 18 (1♂), 21 (1)
SWAINSON’S THRUSH: 27 (1)
AMERICAN ROBIN: 1 (22 + FY 1), 2 (34), 3 (24), 4 (32), 5 (28 + BY 1), 6 (18 + BY 1), 7 (27 + BY 1),
8 (15), 9 (10), 10 (25 + BY/FY 3), 11 (10), 12 (12 + BY 2), 13 (7), 14 (1), 15 (17), 16 (15), 17-18 (7),
19-20 (4), 21 (2), 22 93), 23 (2), 24 (1), 25 (2), 26 (1), 27 (4), 28-29 (2)
HOUSE SPARROW: 1 (6 + BY 1), 2 (29 + BY 6), 3 (18 + BY/FY 3), 4 (17 + BY 1), 5 (20 + BY 3), 6 (15
+ BY 6), 7 (4), 8 (6 + BY 1), 9 (51), 10 (8 + BY 1), 11 (28), 12 (16), 13 (8), 14 (44 + BY 2), 15 (36 +
BY 1), 16 (30), 17 (10), 18 (91), 19 (69), 20 (32), 21 (31), 22 (29), 23 (6), 24 (44), 25-26 (1), 28 (3)
HOUSE FINCH: 1 (20 + BY 5), 2 (15 + BY 4), 3 (29 + BY 4), 4 (21 + BY 3), 5 (19 + BY 10), 6 (14 + BY
9), 7 (25 + BY 4), 8 (37 + BY 6), 9 (14 + BY 5), 10 (22 + BY 5), 11 (13 + BY 3), 12 (14 + BY 9),
13 (21 + BY 5), 14 (10 + BY 13), 15 (10 + BY 6), 16 (9 + BY 1), 17 (3 + BY 4), 18 (7 + BY 1), 19 (14
+ BY 1), 20 (4 + BY 2), 21 (1 + BY 4), 22 (14 + BY 4), 23 (3 + BY 4), 24 (12 + BY 9), 25 (2 + BY 6),
26 (14 + BY 4), 27 (5 + BY 4), 28 (BY 5), 29 (BY 9)
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1 (7), 2 (11), 3 (17 + FY 1), 4 (8 + FY 1), 5 (15 + BY 1), 6 (16 + FY 1), 7 (8
+ BY/FY 2), 8 (16), 9 (13), 10 (14), 11 (10), 12 (15), 13 (13), 14 (12 + BY 1), 15-16 (11), 17 (13 +
FY 3), 18 (15), 19 (18), 20 (13), 21 (18), 22 (17), 23 (15), 24 (24 + FY 1), 25 (20), 26 (17), 27 (22),
28 (14), 29 (2 + BY 2)
SONG SPARROW: 1-2 (11), 3 (8), 4 (17), 5-7 (9), 8 (7), 9 (8), 10 (12), 11 (9), 12 (5), 13 (6), 14 (4),
15-16 (8), 17-18 (9), 19 (10), 20 (5), 21-22 (7), 23 (9), 24 (3), 25 (4), 26 (1), 27 (7), 28 (3), 29 (1)
ORCHARD ORIOLE: 10-11 (1 ♀/im)
BALTIMORE ORIOLE: 4 (1♂), 5 (1♀), 6 (2), 7 (1), 8 (2), 10-11 (4), 13 (1), 15 (3), 16 (6), 17 (11),
18 (9), 19 (3), 20 (10), 21 (7), 22 (6), 23 (10 + BY 1♂), 25 (4), 26 (5), 27 (1), 28 (3)
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 1 (19), 2 (24), 3 (12), 4 (30), 5 (12), 6 (13), 7 (15), 8 (12), 9-10 (7), 11 (3),
12 (1), 14 (1), 16 (3), 17-19 (2), 20 (1), 21 (2), 25 (1)
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD: 1 (1♂ + 1♀), 2 (3♂), 3 (2♂), 4 (5♂ + 2♀ + 1 im), 5 (1 im), 7 (1♂ + 2♀),
8 (1 im), 10 (4♂), 16 (3♂ + 1♀)
COMMON GRACKLE: 1-3 (1)
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER: 17 (1), 19-20 (1), 24-25 (1), 28 (1)
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER: 21-22 (1), 26 (1)
NASHVILLE WARBLER: 28 (1)
MOURNING WARBLER: 18 (1)
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT: 1 (7), 2 (6), 3 (5), 4 (12), 5 (6), 6 (1), 7 (4), 8 (3), 9 (1), 10 (6), 11 (2),
12 (1), 14 (1), 15 (3), 17 (4), 19 (1), 21 (1), 23-24 (1), 28 (1)
AMERICAN REDSTART: 17 (1), 22 (2 + BY 1), 24 (3), 27 (1)
MAGNOLIA WARBLER: 23 (1), 29 (BY 1)
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER: 23 (1)
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER: 18 (1), 27-28 (1)
YELLOW WARBLER: 2 (2), 5 (1), 6 (4), 8 (2), 10 (1), 12 (1), 16 (1), 17 (2), 20 (1), 22 (1), 27 (2), 28 (1)
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER: 17-20 (1), 21 (2 + BY 1), 23 (2 + BY 2), 24 (1), 25 (2), 26 (1), 27 (2)
CANADA WARBLER: 19 (1), 24 (1)
WILSON’S WARBLER: 18 (1), 26 (1)
NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1 (3 + BY 2), 2 (7 + BY 2), 3 (7 + BY 2), 4 (9 + BY 1), 5 (4 + BY 3), 6 (8 + BY
3), 7 (4 + BY 3), 8 (6 + BY 2), 9 (7 + BY 2), 10 (8 + BY 2), 11 (2 + BY 2), 12 (6 + BY 2), 13 (6 + BY
4), 14 (2 + BY 2), 15 (2 + BY 3), 16 (5 + BY 4), 17 (4 + BY 3), 18 (5 + BY 2), 19 (3 + BY 2), 20 (4 +
BY 2), 21 (3 + BY 2), 22 (2 + BY 3), 23 (2 + BY 2), 24 (BY 2), 25 (BY 1), 26 (BY/FY 3), 27 (3 + BY
2), 28 (6 + BY 2), 29 (1 + BY 1)
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK: 1-2 (BY 1♀), 5 (BY 1♀), 7 (BY 1♀), 8 (1), 10 (2), 13 (1), 15 (BY 1♀),
17 (1), 20 (1), 26 (1♂), 27 (1), 29 (BY 1♂)
BLUE GROSBEAK: 1 (1♂ + 1♀), 2 (1♂), 4 (1♂), 5 (1♂ + 1♀), 6 (1♂), 8-10 (1♂), 12-13 (1♂),
15-16 (1♂), 18-19 (1♂), 26 (1♂)
INDIGO BUNTING: 1-2 (2♂), 3 (3♂), 4 (4♂), 5 (1♂), 6 (2♂), 7 (3♂), 8 (5♂), 9 (2♂), 10 (3♂), 11 (5♂ +
1♀), 12-13 (2♂), 14 (1♂), 15-16 (2♂), 17 (1♂), 18 (6♂), 19-21 (1♂), 22 (3♂), 25 (1♂)
DICKCISSEL: 1 (3♂), 2 (4♂), 3 (2♂), 4-6 (1♂), 7 (3♂), 9-10 (1♂), 12 (1♂), 25 (1♂)
MAMMALIAN
EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 1 (3 + BY/FY 2), 2 (2), 3 (3), 4 (2), 5 (4 + BY 1), 6 (4 + BY 1), 7 (3 + BY 1),
8 (7 + BY 2), 9 (2 + FY 1), 10 (2 + BY 1), 12 (FY 1), 13 (BY/FY 3), 14 (4 + BY 1), 15 (2 + BY 1),
16 (2 + BY 1), 17-18 (3 + BY 1), 19 (5), 20 (4), 21 (5 + BY 2), 22 (9 + BY/FY 2), 23 (4 + BY 1),
24 (6), 25 (3 + BY 1), 26 (1), 27 (8), 28 (8 + BY 1), 29 (8 + FY 1)
EASTERN CHIPMUNK: 1 (BY 1), 3 (BY 1), 5-6 (BY 2), 7 (BY 1), 10-11 (BY 1), 12 (BY 2), 13-14 (BY
1), 17 (BY 1), 21 (1), 23-24 (BY 1), 26 (BY 2), 28-29 (BY 1)
WOODCHUCK: 4 (1)
EASTERN FOX SQUIRREL: 2 (BY 1), 3 (BY 2), 4 (BY 1), 5 (5 + BY 1), 6 (1 + BY 3), 7 (1 + BY 4), 8 (2
+ BY 1), 9 (BY 1), 10 (3 + BY 2), 11 (BY 1), 12 (2 + BY 2), 13 (3 + BY 2), 14 (3 + BY 1), 16 (BY 1),
17 (2 + BY 4), 18 (BY 1), 20 (3), 21 (2), 22 (2 + BY 1), 23 (2 + BY 1), 24 (3 + BY 1), 25 (BY 1),
26 (1 + BY 1), 27 (1), 28 (2 + BY 2), 29 (1 + BY 1), 31 (BY 1)
AMERICAN BEAVER: 6 (1), 16 (1), 18 (1), 25-26 (1)
MEADOW VOLE: 20 (1)
COMMON MUSKRAT: 27 (1)
NORTHERN RACCOON: 3 (4), 6 (BY 2)
NORTHERN RIVER OTTER: 18 (1)
STRIPED SKUNK: 5 (1)
WHITE-TAILED DEER: 1 (BY 1♀ + 1 f), 3 (2♀ + 1 f), 4 (3♀ + 4 f), 5 (1♀ + 1 f + BY 1♀), 6 (BY 1♀ + 1
y), 8 (1♀ + BY 2♀), 9 (1♀ + BY 2♀ + 2 f), 10 (1♀ + 2 f + BY 3 ♀+ 2 f), 11 (1♀ + BY 2♀ + 2 f),
12 (4♀ + 2 f + BY 1♀), 13 (1♂ + 3♀ + 2 f + BY 3♀ + 2 f), 14 (1♀ + 2 f), 15 (1♀), 16 (3♀ + 2 f + BY
2♀ + 1 f), 17 (1 f + BY 2♀), 18 (1♀ + BY 2♀), 19 (BY 1♀), 20 (BY 1 + 2 f), 21 (BY 3♀ + 1 f), 22 (BY
2♀), 23 (5♀ + 1 f + BY 3♀ + 2 f), 24 (1♀), 25 (1♂ + 3♀ + 1 f), 26 (2♀), 27 (BY 2♀ + 2 f), 28 (1♀ +
BY 1♀), 29 (1♂ + 3♀ + 2 f + BY 2♀), 31 (BY 1♀ + 1 f)
REPTILIAN
DEKAY’S BROWN SNAKE: 19 (1)
SNAPPING TURTLE: 7 (1), 10 (1)
WESTERN PAINTED TURTLE: 1 (15), 2 (23), 3 (24), 4 (9), 6 (14), 7 (1), 8 (21), 9 (2), 10 (15), 11 (2),
12-13 (10), 14 (15), 15 (6), 16 (3), 17 (10), 18 (3), 19 (10), 20 (15), 21 (14), 22 (11), 23 (12),
24 (15), 25 (2), 26 (4), 27 (6), 28 (14)
RED-EARED SLIDER: 2-3 (1), 6 (1), 8 (1), 10 (1), 12 (1), 17 (4), 21 (1), 23 (3), 24 (1), 26 (1), 27 (4),
28 (2)
AMPHIBIAN
AMERICAN TOAD: 16 (1), 17 (2), 19 (1), 24-25 (1), 27 (1), 29 (1)
AMERICAN BULLFROG: 1 (12), 2 (18), 3 (19), 4 (4), 6 (14), 7 (4), 8 (22), 9 (2), 10 (15), 11 (11),
12-13 (5), 15 (3), 16 (1), 17 (10), 18 (1), 19 (12), 20 (23), 21 (32), 22 (29), 23 (42), 24 (15), 25 (7),
26 (31), 27 (41), 28 (36)
NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG: 1 (1), 4 (1), 10 (1), 11-12 (2), 13 (1), 19 (2), 20-23 (1), 24 (4)
LEPIDOPTERA
SILVER-SPOTTED SKIPPER: 9 (FY 1), 18 (1)
WILD INDIGO DUSKYWING: 10-13 (1), 17 (1)
LEAST SKIPPER: 2 (2), 3 (1), 4 (2), 6 (5), 10 (5), 11-12 (6), 13 (2), 15 (1), 17 (2), 18-20 (1), 23 (2),
24 (3), 26-27 (1), 28 (4)
BLACK SWALLOWTAIL: 6 (1), 11 (1), 14 (3), 19 (1), 21 (2), 22 (1)
EASTERN TIGER SWALLOWTAIL: 10 (1), 14 (3), 17 (2), 22 (1), 24 (1)
CABBAGE WHITE: 2 (1), 6-7 (FY 1), 9 (1), 10 (BY 1), 11 (6 + FY 1), 12 (3 + FY 1), 13 (1), 17 (1 + BY/
FY 2), 18-19 (FY 1), 20 (2), 23 (1 + BY/FY 2), 24 (1), 28 (BY 1)
ORANGE SULPHUR: 1 (1), 2 (2), 3-4 (1), 6 (1), 10 (6), 11 (11), 12 (15), 13 (4), 14 (2), 15 (1), 17 (3 +
FY 1), 18 (5), 19 (3), 20 (5), 21 (6), 22 (4), 24 (8), 26 (5 + BY 1), 27 (4), 28 (3)
Sulphur sp.: 11 (6), 14 (1), 18 (2)
GRAY HAIRSTREAK: 12 (FY 1)
EASTERN TAILED-BLUE: 12 (1), 14 (3), 15 (1 + BY 1), 18 (2)
SUMMER AZURE: 11 (1)
EASTERN COMMA: 24 (1)
PAINTED LADY: 2 (1), 4 (1), 9 (1), 10-12 (3), 14 (2), 17 (7), 18 (4), 19 (8), 20-21 (4), 22 (2), 23-24 (4),
25 (1), 26 (3), 27 (11), 28 (7 + FY 1)
RED ADMIRAL: 2-3 (1), 26-27 (1)
COMMON BUCKEYE: 3 (1), 10 (2), 12 (1), 24 (1)
PEARL CRESCENT: 6 (1), 9-10 (1), 11 (2)
RED-SPOTTED PURPLE: 9 (2), 10 (1), 17 (BY 1), 19 (1)
VICEROY: 9 (2), 13-14 (1), 20 (1), 21 (3)
HACKBERRY EMPEROR: 13 (1)
MONARCH: 1 (1), 2 (3), 3 (2 + FY 1), 4 (2), 5 (1), 6 (4), 7 (4 + FY 1), 8 (3), 9 (5 + BY 1), 10 (13),
11 (20), 12 (19), 13 (9 + FY 1), 14 (6), 15 (3), 16 (7), 17 (22), 18 (30), 19 (27 + FY 1), 20 (34),
21 (29), 22 (18), 23 (10 + FY 1), 24 (20), 25 (1), 26 (13), 27 (15), 28 (31)
CHICKWEED GEOMETER: 4 (1), 9 (2), 10 (1), 13 (1), 16 (1), 24-25 (2)
LARGE LACE-BORDER: 26 (1)
VIRGINIAN TIGER MOTH: 20 (2), 21 (1)
FORAGE LOOPER: 20 (1)
ODONATA
AMERICAN RUBYSPOT: 19 (1)
SLENDER SPREADWING: 6 (1), 10 (1), 13 (1), 21-22 (1)
BLUE-FRONTED DANCER: 1-3 (1), 7 (1), 10 (4), 11 (12), 12-13 (1), 24 (14)
POWDERED DANCER: 4 (1), 11 (7), 12 (1), 24 (54), 27 (1)
FAMILIAR BLUET: 15 (1), 21 (1)
EASTERN FORKTAIL: 2-3 (1), 4 (2), 6 (1), 9 (4), 10 (5), 11 (1), 12 (2), 17 (1), 28 (3)
COMMON GREEN DARNER: 1 (1), 2-4 (3), 6 (BY 1), 8-9 (1), 10 (3 + BY 1), 11 (4), 12 (7), 13-14 (1),
17 (1), 20 (4), 21 (17), 22-23 (1), 24 (8), 26 (2), 27 (1), 29 (2)
EASTERN PONDHAWK: 3 (3), 4-6 (1), 8-9 (1), 10 (3), 12-13 (1), 16 (1), 19 (3), 20-21 (4), 23 (1),
24 (2), 26 (2), 28 (2)
WIDOW SKIMMER: 3 (1), 11 (4), 12 (8), 17-19 (1), 20 (2), 23 (1), 26 (1), 28 (1)
COMMON WHITETAIL: 9 (1), 10 (2), 18 (1), 23-24 (1), 28 (1)
TWELVE-SPOTTED SKIMMER: 1 (1), 3-4 (1), 6 (1), 10 (2), 11 (1), 12 (2), 19 (1), 21 (1), 24 (1)
BLUE DASHER: 11 (1), 20 (1), 22 (2), 23 (1)
WANDERING GLIDER: 1 (1), 8-9 (1), 11 (3), 12 (2), 20 (1), 26 (1)
BLACK SADDLEBAGS: 2 (2), 6 (1), 9 (1), 10 (2), 11 (3), 12 (4), 13 (1), 17 (4), 19 (1), 20 (7), 21 (3),
26 (1)
ORTHOPTERA
CAROLINA GRASSHOPPER: 2 (1), 3 (2), 12 (3), 18-19 (2), 22 (2), 23-24 (1), 28 (1)
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