Adult male Blue-winged Teal are easily identified, with the white crescent on the violet-gray head, black bill, and black rump. In flight, the wing color patterns of blue, green, and white are very similar to those of Cinnamon Teal and Northern Shovelers. The females are harder to tell apart between the teal. Female Blue-winged Teal are slightly larger than the Green-winged Teal and their undertail coverts are more heavily spotted. The plumage of female Cinnamon Teal is a richer brown and the bill is more spatulate.
Blue-winged Teal are also among the latest ducks to migrate through our area.
A total of 87 avian species (plus 3 sp.) was recorded this month, ranking this month as the highest March among 29 years of records. This total is 29 species more than last month and 2 more than March 2025. March 1998, with only 44 species, is the lowest March.
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 Double-crested Cormorant found on the 9th may represent a new extreme early Spring record (former record set on 18 March 2011 & 2012 at AHHP) 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, sa=subadult, ad=adult, y=yearling), 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
SNOW GOOSE: 5 (8), 6 (42), 7 (278), 8 (768 + BY 28), 9 (926 + FY 42), 10 (2), 12 (190), 14 (2),
17 (2), 30 (1)
ROSS’S GOOSE: 7 (7), 8 (1), 9 (5), 16 (1 + BY 1), 18 (1 ad w), 23 (1 ad w)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE: 1 (54), 2 (29), 3 (38), 4 (786), 5 (24), 6 (93), 7 (223), 8 (1563
+ BY 93), 9 (2368 + BY/FY 352), 10 (78), 12 (290), 13 (2), 14 (128), 15 (2), 16 (12), 17 (337),
18 (164), 23 (20), 31 (2)
CACKLING GOOSE: 2 (1), 6 (2)
CANADA GOOSE: 1 (1029 + BY 6), 2 (691 + BY 2), 3 (1035), 4 (1223 + BY 2), 5 (977), 6 (873 + BY
22), 7 (399 + BY 2), 8 (1008), 9 (226), 10 (151 + BY 19), 11 (51 + BY 4), 12 (125), 13 (84), 14 (151
+ BY 2), 15 (104), 16 (19 + BY 1), 17 (106 + BY 1), 18 (151), 23 (97), 24 (66), 25 (69), 26 (42),
27 (64), 28 (80), 29 (52), 30 (67), 31 (59 + BY 2)
TRUMPETER SWAN: 8 (14), 9 (4), 10 (6), 12 (12)
WOOD DUCK: 1 (1♂ + 1♀), 3-6 (1♂ + 1♀), 8 (2♂ + 2♀), 12 (1♂ + 1♀ + 1), 13 (1♀), 14 (8♂ + 6♀),
15 (11♂ + 4♀), 16 (1♂ + 1♀), 17 (2♂ + 2♀), 18 (8♂ + 8♀), 23-24 (1♂ + 1♀), 26-28 (1♂ + 1♀),
29 (1♂), 30 (3♂ + 1♀), 31 (2♂ + 1♀)
BLUE-WINGED TEAL: 10 (2♂), 12 (3♂ + 1♀), 13 (1♂ + 1♀), 15 (2♂), 18 (3♂), 23 (3♂), 24 (4♂ + 3♀),
25 (6♂ + 2♀), 26 (7♂ + 2♀), 28 (2♂), 29 (6♂ + 1♀), 30 (12♂ + 2♀), 31 (13♂ + 6♀ + 8)
NORTHERN SHOVELER: 6 (4♂ + 2♀), 9 (2♂), 10 (6♂), 12 (1♂ + 1♀), 13-14 (2♂ + 1♀), 15 (19♂ +
11♀), 16 (2♂ + 1♀), 17 (16♂ + 7♀), 18 (15♂ + 7♀), 23 (7♂ + 2♀), 25 (3♂ + 1♀), 26 (3♂ + 1♀ + 6),
27 (3♂ + 1♀), 29 (1♂ + 1♀), 30 (10♂ + 4♀), 31 (3♂ + 2♀)
GADWALL: 4 (2♂ + 2♀), 6 (2♂ + 2♀), 7 (3♂ + 2♀), 10 (5♂ + 3♀ + 3), 12-13 (5♂ + 4♀), 14 (6♂ + 4♀),
15 (15♂ + 8♀), 16 (78 + BY 6), 17 (60), 18 (71), 23 (20♂ + 15♀), 24 (21♂ + 6♀), 25 (24♂ + 14♀),
26 (31♂ + 17♀), 27 (18♂ + 11♀), 29 (14♂ + 7♀), 30 (8♂ + 5♀), 31 (13♂ + 6♀)
AMERICAN WIGEON: 4 (1♂ + 1♀), 10 (1♂ + 1♀), 13 (2♂), 16 (6♂ + 6♀), 17 (2♂ + 2♀), 18 (1♂ + 1♀),
24 (1♂), 31 (1♂)
MALLARD: 1 (3♂ + 2♀), 2 (8♂ + 3♀), 3 (21♂ + 10♀), 4 (99♂ + 51♀), 5 (66♂ + 35♀), 6 (21♂ + 8♀),
7 (69♂ + 11♀ + 34), 8 (7♂ + 4♀ + 5), 9 (9♂ + 5♀), 10 (25♂ + 12♀ + 6), 11 (3♂ + 3♀ + 3), 12 (24♂
+ 18♀), 13 (15♂ + 8♀ + 6), 14 (26♂ + 14♀), 15 (42♂ + 22♀ + 7), 16 (137 + BY 35), 17 (111),
18 (446), 23 (15♂ + 12♀), 24 (28♂ + 13♀), 25 (20♂ + 11♀), 26 (13♂ + 9♀), 27 (19♂ + 8♀),
28 (14♂ + 9♀), 29 (10♂ + 6♀), 30 (8♂ + 5♀), 31 (10♂ + 6♀)
NORTHERN PINTAIL: 1-3 (2♂), 4 (27♂ + 14♀), 5 (7♂ + 3♀), 6 (25♂ + 10♀), 7 (6♂ + 1♀ + 14), 8 (19),
13 (1♂), 16 (6♂ + 1♀), 17 (6♂ + 2♀), 18 (14♂ + 3♀), 23 (2♂), 27 (1♂ + 1♀), 29 (1♂)
GREEN-WINGED TEAL: 6 (1♂), 9 (3♂), 13 (3♂ + 2♀), 15 (2♂ + 1♀), 16 (13♂ + 4♀), 17 (76), 18 (18♂
+ 9♀), 23 (8♂ + 4♀), 24 (3♂ + 1♀), 25 (2♂ + 1♀), 27 (9♂ + 2♀), 20 (1♂ + 1♀), 31 (6♂ + 4♀)
CANVASBACK: 5 (2♂), 6 (1♂ + 1♀), 16 (2♂), 17 (3♂), 18 (3♂ + 3♀), 23 (2♂), 27 (4♂ + 2♀)
REDHEAD: 4 (1♂ + 1♀ + 5), 6 (6♂ + 5♀), 8 (1♂ + 1♀), 16 (4♂ + 2♀), 17 (12♂ + 7♀), 18 (22♂ + 16♀)
RING-NECKED DUCK: 4 (14♂ + 7♀), 5 (6♂), 6 (47♂ + 12♀), 7 (18♂ + 3♀), 9 (7♂ + 5♀), 10 (20♂ +
6♀), 12 (6♂ + 2♀), 13 (7♂ + 5♀), 14 (1♂ + 2♀), 15 (15♂ + 12♀), 16 (122 + BY 12), 17 (241),
18 (24♂ + 8♀), 23 (23♂ + 11♀), 24 (18♂ + 9♀), 25 (16♂ + 5♀), 26 (6♂ + 4♀), 27 (5♂ + 2♀), 29 (4♂
+ 2♀), 30 (4♂ + 3♀), 31 (1♂)
LESSER SCAUP: 1 (4♂), 4 (36♂ + 7♀ + 19), 6 (17♂ + 11♀), 7 (21), 8 (10), 14 (45), 15 (4♂ + 4♀ + 6),
16 (32♂ + 6♀), 17 (148), 18 (34♂ + 15♀), 25 (13♂ + 6♀), 16 (11♂ + 7♀), 27 (2♂), 29 (1♂)
BUFFLEHEAD: 6 (5♂ + 1♀), 10 (1♂), 15 (1♂ + 1♀), 16 (2♂ + 1♀ + BY 1♂), 17 (17♂ + 6♀), 18 (7♂ +
6♀), 26 (1♂), 28 (2♂ + 1♀)
COMMON GOLDENEYE: 1 (2♂ + 1♀), 15 (2♂ + 4♀), 17-18 (1♂ + 4♀)
HOODED MERGANSER: 1 (1♂), 3 (1♂ + 1♀), 4 (5♂ + 3♀), 5 (4♂ + 3♀), 7 (2♂ + 2♀), 8 (3♂ + 3♀),
12 (1♂ + 1♀), 15 (4♂ + 8♀), 16 (19♂ + 11♀), 17 (32♂ + 25♀), 18 (39♂ + 25♀), 23 (2♂ + 3♀),
25 (1♂ + 1♀)
COMMON MERGANSER: 1 (20), 2 (3♂), 4 (47), 7 (54), 10 (1♂ + 3♀), 12 (1♀), 13 (1♂), 16 (2♀ + BY
13), 17 (16♂ + 13♀), 18 (1♂), 23 (1♂ + 1♀), 25 (2♂), 26 (1♂ + 1♀ + 7), 29 (19)
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER: 13 (1♀), 16 (8♂ + 2♀), 17 (6♂), 18 (1♂ + 2♀), 25 (2♂)
RUDDY DUCK: 7 (1♂), 16 (1♂ + 2♀), 17 (1♂ + 1♀), 25 (1♂)
Duck sp.: 6 (17), 7 (47), 8 (4), 9 (16), 12 (2), 15 (2), 16 (BY 26)
RING-NECKED PHEASANT: 4-5 (1), 6 (2), 7-8 (1), 9 (2), 10 (1), 13 (2♂), 15 (1), 17 (2), 18 (1), 24 (2),
26 (1), 27 (4), 30 (30, 31 (2)
PIED-BILLED GREBE: 15 (2), 16-17 (1), 18 (3), 23 (12), 24 (3), 25 (14), 26 (11), 27 (8), 28-29 (6),
30 (12), 31 (6)
MOURNING DOVE: 1 (1 + BY 2), 2 (1 + BY 1), 3 (8), 4 (3 + BY 1), 5 (5 + BY/FY 2), 6 (2), 7 (2 + BY 1),
8 (BY 1), 9 (4 + BY 1), 10 (2 + BY 1), 11 (1), 12 (10), 13 (6 + BY 1), 14 (14), 15 (2), 16 (BY 1), 17 (3
+ BY 1), 18 (2 + BY 1), 23 (2), 24 (6 + BY 1), 25 (6), 26 (4 + BY 1), 27 (6), 29-31 (4)
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE: 25-27 (1), 29 (1), 30 (1 + FY 1)
AMERICAN COOT: 10 (1), 12 (2), 14 (4), 15 (57), 16 (55), 17 (59 + BY 6), 18 (79), 23 (56), 24 (48),
25 (54), 26 (39), 27 (31), 28 (24), 29 (36), 30 (41), 31 (29)
KILLDEER: 6 (1), 8 (2), 10 (2), 12 (1), 25 (2), 26 (1), 29 (2), 30 (3), 31 (2)
AMERICAN WOODCOCK: 15 (1), 23 (1), 30 (1)
WILSON’S SNIPE: 29 (1)
RING-BILLED GULL: 4 (43), 5 (18), 6 (7), 7 (4), 8 (129), 9 (27), 10 (39), 11 (6), 12 (4), 13 (9), 14 (20),
15 (23), 16 (11 + BY 12), 17 (2), 18 (11), 23 (7), 24 (21), 25 (10), 26 (12), 27-28 (2), 29 (3), 30 (1),
31 (4)
AMERICAN HERRING GULL: 8 (1), 18 (1)
COMMON LOON: 23-24 (1 bp), 25-26 (2 bp), 27 (3 bp), 28 (2 bp)
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT: 9 (1), 16 (5), 25 (1), 31 (74)
GREAT BLUE HERON: 10 (1), 11 (2), 12-14 (1), 15 (2), 16 (1), 17-18 (3), 24-25 (1), 28 (1 + BY 1),
29 (1), 31 (2)
TURKEY VULTURE: 23-24 (1), 25 (6), 26 (BY 1), 27 (3), 29 (4), 30 (3), 31 (8 + BY 4)
OSPREY: 30 (1)
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK: 2 (1)
COOPER’S HAWK: 8 (1 ad), 13-14 (1 ad), 26 (1 ad), 31 (1 ad)
Sharp-shinned Hawk / Cooper’s Hawk sp.: 7 (1)
NORTHERN HARRIER: 11 (11♂)
BALD EAGLE: 4 (3 ad), 5 (2 ad), 6 (1 ad + 1 sa + 1 im), 7 (2 ad + 3 im), 9 (1 ad + FY 1 ad), 13-14 (1
ad), 16 (1 ad + BY 1 ad), 17 (2 ad + 1 im), 18 (1 ad), 25 (1 ad), 31 (2 ad + 1 im)
RED-TAILED HAWK: 2 (1), 10 (1), 27 (1), 29 (1), 30 (2)
BARRED OWL: 2 (BY 1), 13 (BY 1), 26 (BY 1), 29 (1)
BELTED KINGFISHER: 10 (1), 29-30 (1)
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER: 1 (3), 2 (2), 3 (1), 4 (5), 5-6 (2), 8 (4), 9 (6), 10 (4), 11 (1), 12 (5),
13 (3), 14 (6 + BY 1♂), 15 (1), 17 (6 + BY 1♂), 18 (5), 23-24 (2), 25 (3), 26 (1), 27 (3), 28-29 (2),
30 (3), 31 (BY 1♂)
DOWNY WOODPECKER: 1 (9), 2 (1), 3 (7), 4 (5), 5 (4), 6 (1), 8 (6), 9 (4), 10 (1), 12 (8), 13 (2♂ + 2♀),
14 (5), 15-16 (1), 17 (4), 18 (3), 23 (6), 24 (4), 25 (3), 26 (1), 27 (5), 28 (3), 29 (5), 30 (4), 31 (1)
HAIRY WOODPECKER: 4 (1)
NORTHERN FLICKER (Yellow-shafted): 4 (1♂), 8 (2), 9 (2♂), 12 (4), 13 (2), 14 (1♂), 15 (1), 17 (1♂),
18 (1), 23 (3), 24 (8), 25 (6), 26 (4), 27 (7), 29 (4), 30 (7), 31 (8)
AMERICAN KESTREL: 7 (1♀), 8 (1♂), 9 (1♀), 12 (1♀), 17 (1♂), 27 (1♂), 31 (1♂)
MERLIN: 7 (BY 2), 31 (1)
EASTERN PHOEBE: 18 (2)
NORTHERN SHRIKE: 2 (1), 17 (1)
BLUE JAY: 2 (2 + BY 2), 3 (1), 6 (2 + BY 1), 8-9 (2), 10 (3), 11 (1), 12 (2 + BY 1), 14-15 (1 + FY 1),
17 (2), 18 (4), 19 (FY 1), 23-24 (2), 25 (4), 26 (1), 27 (1 + BY 1), 29 (3), 30 (1)
AMERICAN CROW: 1 (7), 2 (4 + BY 1), 3 (5), 4 (5 + FY 1), 5 (4 + FY 1), 6 (2), 7 (3), 8 (4), 9 (6),
10-11 (2), 12 (5 + BY 1), 13 (1 + BY 1), 14 (1), 15 (2), 16 (1), 17 (2), 18 (1), 19 (FY 1), 24 (3),
25 (1), 26 (2), 27 (2 + BY 1), 28 (BY 1), 29-30 (1), 31 (2)
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 1 (1 + BY 1), 2-3 (BY 2), 5 (BY 2), 6 (BY 3), 7 (BY 1), 8 (1 + BY 2),
9 (BY 2), 10 (3 + BY 1), 13 (BY 2), 14 (BY 1), 15 (2 + BY 2), 16 (BY 1), 17 (3 + BY 3), 18 (1),
22 (BY 1), 23 (2 + BY 3), 24 (1 + BY 2), 25 (2), 27 (4), 28 (1 + BY 1), 29 (3), 30 (1)
TREE SWALLOW: 23 (2), 24 (11), 25 (18), 26 (14), 27 (2), 29 (16), 30 (30), 31 (4)
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET: 24 (1), 29 (BY 1)
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET: 15-16 (1), 24 (1), 28 (2), 31 (2)
CEDAR WAXWING: 2 (1), 3 (3), 8 (11), 11 (4), 14 (16), 15 (8), 17 (2), 18 (3)
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH: 1 (3), 2 (BY 1), 3 (1), 5-7 (1), 8 (BY 1), 9-10 (2), 12 (1), 13 (2),
18 (3), 23 (4), 26 (1), 29-30 (1), 31 (2)
BROWN CREEPER: 23 (1), 31 (1)
BROWN THRASHER: 31 (1)
EUROPEAN STARLING: 1 (13), 2 (38), 3 (69 + BY 1), 4 (33), 5 (36 + BY 1), 6 (66), 7 (16), 8 (29 + FY
1), 9-10 (26), 11 (57), 12 (19), 13 (12), 14 (19), 15 (6), 16 (9), 17-18 (17), 23 (25), 24 (19), 25 (24),
26 (8), 27 (18), 28 (11), 29 (12), 30 (14), 31 (17)
EASTERN BLUEBIRD: 1 (3), 4 (2♂ + 2♀), 5 (2♂ + 1♀ + 1), 7 (1♂ + 1♀), 8-9 (2♂ + 1♀), 10 (3♂ + 2♀),
12 (1♂), 13 (1♂ + 3♀), 14 (1♂ + 1♀), 15 (2♂), 17 (1♂ + 1♀ + 1), 18 (1♂ + 1♀), 19 (1♂ + 2), 24 (1♂
+ 1♀), 25 (1♂), 26 (2♂), 27 (2♂ + 2♀)
AMERICAN ROBIN: 1 (10 + BY 1), 2 (15), 3 (21 + BY 1), 4 (39), 5 (33 + FY 1), 6 (27 + BY/FY 2), 7 (57
+ BY 1), 8 (38 + BY 2), 9 (48 + BY 1), 10 (62 + BY 1), 11 (25 + BY/FY 3), 12 (49 + BY 2), 13 (40 +
BY 2), 14 (40 + BY 1), 15 (31 + FY 1), 16 (22), 17 (60 + BY 2), 18 (44 + BY 1), 23 (38 + BY 1),
24 (50 + BY 1), 25 (42 + BY 1), 26 (57 + BY 1), 27 (33 + BY 1), 28 (22 + BY 1), 29 (43 + BY 3),
30 (69 + BY/FY 2), 31 (40 + BY 3)
HOUSE SPARROW: 1 (21 + BY 12), 2 (42 + BY 2), 3 (23 + BY/FY 3), 4 (16 + BY 1), 5 (12 + BY 1),
6 (6 + BY 1), 7 (22 + BY 1), 8 (23 + BY 3), 9 (10 + BY 2), 10 (15), 11 (13 + BY 3), 12 (25 + BY 2),
13 (15 + BY 2), 14 (11 + BY 1), 15 (19), 16 (18 + BY 1), 17 (12 + BY 3), 18 (17), 23 (6), 24 (15),
25 (19), 26 (15), 27 (25), 28 (8), 29-30 (7), 31 (5)
HOUSE FINCH: 1 (6 + BY 17), 2 (16 + BY 16), 3 (7 + BY 10), 4 (4 + BY 5), 5 (7 + BY 5), 6 (3 + BY
10), 7 (7 + BY 3), 8-9 (5 + BY 3), 10 (9 + BY 4), 11 (8 + BY 5), 12 (15 + BY 2), 13 (24), 14 (4 + BY
1), 15 (22 + BY 2), 16 (4 + BY 2), 17 (5 + BY 7), 18 (1 + BY 3), 23 (5), 24 (4 + BY 1), 25 (5 + BY 1),
26 (4 + BY 2), 27 (10), 28 (1), 29 (4), 30 (6 + BY 1), 31 (3)
PURPLE FINCH: 13 (BY 1♀), 25 (BY 1♀)
PINE SISKIN: 1 (BY 2), 2 (10 + BY 1), 3 (11), 5 (7), 7 (2), 8 (5), 10 (3), 13 (9), 17 (2), 18 (3), 24 (4),
28-29 (1)
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH: 1 (6 + BY 1), 2 (15), 3 (5 + BY 1), 4 (6), 5 (26), 7 (5 + BY 1), 8 (4 + BY 1),
9 (9), 10 (2), 12 (12 + BY 2), 13 (16), 14 (4), 15 (1), 17 (BY 1), 18 (3), 24 (2), 25 (3), 27 (4),
28-29 (2), 30 (5)
FIELD SPARROW: 26 (1)
FOX SPARROW: 9 (2), 11 (1), 12 (3), 13 (1), 15 (3), 16 (5), 17 (5 + BY 2), 18 (8 + BY 2), 23 (3),
24 (5),26 (3), 27-18 (1), 30 (1)
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW: 1 (46), 2 (56), 3 (27), 4 (25), 5 (37), 6 (23), 7 (15), 8 (9), 9 (31),
10 (15), 11 (17), 12 (45), 13 (22), 14 (26), 15 (32), 16 (38), 17 (110), 18 (114), 23 (27), 24 (19),
25 (6), 26 (4), 27 (12), 28 (1), 29 (13), 30 (5), 31 (1)
DARK-EYED JUNCO (Slate-colored): 1 (10 + BY 7), 2 (16 + BY 7), 3 (9 + BY 6), 4 (16 + BY 1), 5 (20
+ BY 7), 6 (8 + BY 5), 7 (24 + BY 4), 8 (23 + BY 4), 9 (19 + BY 2), 10 (30 + BY 2), 11 (18 + BY 11),
12 (46 + BY 6), 13 (11 + BY 4), 14 (20 + BY 12), 15 (29 + BY 11), 16 (27 + BY 13), 17 (84 + BY
35), 18 (61 + BY 6), 19 (BY 7), 23 (14 + BY 3), 24 (25 + BY 9), 25 (13 + BY 7), 26 (27 + BY 9 + 1
leucistic), 27 (14 + BY 1), 28 (5 + BY 1), 29 (7 + BY 1), 30 (5 + BY 4), 31 (BY 2)
DARK-EYED JUNCO (Oregon): 5 (BY 1), 10 (BY 1), 16-17 (BY 1)
HARRIS’S SPARROW: 9 (1), 12 (1)
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW: 3 (1), 10 (8)
SAVANNAH SPARROW: 29 (1)
SONG SPARROW: 1 (2), 5 (1), 7 (1), 8 (2), 9 (1), 10 (25), 11 (1), 12 (14), 13 (5), 14 (7), 15 (14),
16 (4), 17 (62), 18 (34), 23 (41), 24 (37), 25 (39), 26 (50), 27 (26), 28 (12), 29 (29), 30 (40), 31 (27)
LINCOLN’S SPARROW: 31 (1)
SWAMP SPARROW: 16-17 (1), 26 (3), 27 (1), 30 (6), 31 (2)
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 1 (68 + BY 1), 2 (67), 3 (258), 4 (29), 5 (46), 6 (26), 7 (81 + BY 5), 8 (43
+ BY 1), 9 (71), 10 (174 + BY 2♂), 11 (26 + BY 1♂), 12 (101 + BY 1♂), 13 (51 + BY 2♂), 14 (89 +
BY 4♂), 15 (22), 16 (7), 17 (71), 18 (67 + BY 1♂), 23 (51), 24 (69), 25 (73), 26 (62), 27 (68),
28 (34), 29 (55), 30 (65), 31 (66)
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD: 9 (7♂), 11 (1♂ + BY 1♂), 12 (2♂), 14 (1♂), 16 (2♂), 17 (5♂), 18 (6♂ +
1♀), 24-25 (6♂), 26 (17♂), 27 (4♂ + 1♀), 28 (6♂), 29 (4♂), 30 (8♂), 31 (3♂ + 1♀)
RUSTY BLACKBIRD: 18 (1), 24 (3)
COMMON GRACKLE: 8 (4), 9 (13 + BY 3), 10 (35 + BY/FY 5), 11 (32 + BY 2), 12 (39 + BY 2), 13 (24
+ BY 3), 14 (56 + BY 3), 15 (28 + BY 1), 17 (46 + BY/FY 3), 18 (50 + BY 3), 19 (BY 1), 23 (60 + BY
3), 24 (46 + BY 4), 25 (48 + BY 1), 26 (30 + BY/FY 5), 27 (40 + BY 2), 28 (101 + BY 2), 29 (57),
30 (44 + BY 3), 31 (149 + BY/FY 7)
Blackbirds sp.: 26 (28)
NORTHERN CARDINAL: 1 (10 + BY 1♂ + 1♀), 2 (6 + BY 1♂ + 1♀), 3 (10 + BY 1♂), 4 (5♂ + 1♀ + 4 +
BY 1♂), 5 (6♂ + 5♀ + 9 + BY/FY 4♂), 6 (3♂ + 4 + BY 2♂ + 1♀), 7 (5♂ + 1♀ + BY 1♂ + 1♀), 8 (7♂
+ 2♀ + 3 + BY 1♂ + 1♀), 9 (7♂ + 3♀ + 8 + BY 1♂ + 1♀), 10 (7♂ + 2♀ + 8 + BY 2♂), 11 (3♂ + 1 +
BY 1♂ + 1♀), 12 (4♂ + 4 + BY 1♂ + 1♀), 13 (3♂ + 1♀ + 2 + BY 1♂ + 1♀), 14 (5♂ + 3♀ + 5 + BY
1♂ + 1♀), 15 (3♂ + 2♀ + 3 + BY 1♂ + 1♀), 16 (BY 1♂ + 1♀), 17 (7♂ + 3 + BY 1♂ + 1♀), 18 (8♂ +
3♀ + 6 + BY 1♀), 19 (BY 1♂), 23 (7♂ + 4 + BY 1♂ + 1♀), 24 (7♂ + 2♀ + 5 + BY 1♂), 25 (1♂ + 3 +
BY 1♂), 26 (6♂ + 1♀ + 4 + BY 1♂), 27 (5♂ + 1♀ + 6 + BY 1♂), 28 (3♂ + 1♀ + 4 + BY 1♀), 29 (4♂
+ 6), 30 (10♂ + 1♀ + 4 + BY 1♂ + 1♀), 31 (4♂ + 1♀ + 2)
MAMMALIAN
EASTERN COTTONTAIL: 1 (BY 2), 2 (1 + BY 1), 3 (BY 3), 4 (1 + BY 1), 5 (1 + BY 4), 7 (1 + BY 1),
8-9 (BY 1), 10 (BY 2), 11 (BY 1), 14 (1 + BY 1), 16 (BY 2), 17 (1 + BY 4), 18 (1 + BY 1), 19 (BY 2),
22 (BY 1), 23 (1 + BY 3), 25 (BY 1), 26 (1 + FY 1), 27 (1), 28 (1 + BY 1), 29-30 (BY 1), 31 (2 + BY
1)
EASTERN CHIPMUNK: 8 (BY 1), 10-11 (BY 1), 18 (BY 1), 24 (2), 25 (BY 1), 26 (1), 30 (BY 1)
THIRTEEN-LINED GROUND SQUIRREL: 23 (1)
EASTERN FOX SQUIRREL: 1 (3 + BY 3), 2 (BY 2), 3 (1 + BY 3), 4 (BY 2), 5 (2 + BY 3), 6 (1 + BY 2),
7 (1 + BY 1), 8 (3 + BY 3), 9 (2 + BY 3), 10 (1 + BY 3), 11 (BY 2), 12 (6 + BY 3), 13 (1 + BY 2),
14 (BY 4), 15 (5 + BY 3), 16 (BY 2), 17 (1 + BY 6), 18 (1 + BY 4), 19 (BY 1), 23 (2 + BY 1), 24 (3 +
BY 2), 25 (5 + BY 1), 27 (3 + BY 2), 28 (BY 1), 29 (2 + BY 3), 30 (1 + BY 2), 31 (1 + BY 3)
AMERICAN BEAVER: 10 (1), 25 (1), 30 (1)
COMMON MUSKRAT: 14 (1), 23-24 (1), 25-27 (2), 28 (1)
NORTHERN RACCOON: 3 (BY 1), 5 (BY 2), 8 (BY 1), 12 (BY 1), 14 (BY 1), 16 (BY 1), 20 (BY 1),
23 (BY 1), 24 (BY 2), 27-28 (BY 1)
NORTHERN RIVER OTTER: 30 (1)
WHITE-TAILED DEER: 1 (14 + BY 5), 2 (3 + BY 3), 3 (9), 4 (12 + BY 4), 5 (11), 6 (BY 2), 7 (11 + BY
5), 9 (2 + BY 1♂ + 3), 10 (2), 11 (BY 4), 12 (1 + BY 2), 13 (1♂ + 11 + BY 1♂ + 4), 14 (4 + BY 1♂),
15 (7 + BY 2), 16 (4 + BY 1♂ + 10), 17 (BY 2), 18 (13 + BY 3), 20 (BY 2), 21 (BY 1), 22 (BY 1),
23 (11 + BY 5), 24 (21 + BY 3), 25 (11 + BY 5), 26 (13 + BY 3), 27 (9 + BY 14), 28 (3 + BY 2),
29 (21), 30 (1♂ + 6 + BY 4), 31 (21 + BY 2)
REPTILIAN
WESTERN PAINTED TURTLE: 9-10 (1), 23 (19), 24-25 (1), 26 (10), 29 (1), 30 (113+)
RED-EARED TURTLE: 10 (2), 23 (2), 26 (2), 30 (5)
AMPHIBIAN
BOREAL CHORUS FROG: 6, 10, 23-27, 30-31
NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG: 6 (1), 25-26, 30
LEPIDOPTERA
PAINTED LADY: 30 (1)
ODONATA
COMMON GREEN DARNER: 29 (1), 30 (6)
VARIEGATED MEADOWHAWK: 30 (1)
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