BIRD X BIRD 2005 Avian Data
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Eloise Butler Wildlife Garden & Bird Sanctuary's
  Phenology Notes
    Phenology is a record keeping process that documents the daily happenings or natural history of mammal, avian, insect, and plant species throughout the nesting season. Over time, these notes help park naturalists to better understand the dynamics of the park’s flora and fauna.
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  The Great Gray Owl Invasion
    In the fall and winter of 2004-2005, Great Gray Owls, Northern Hawk Owls, and Boreal Owls, were recorded moving into Minnesota in unprecedented numbers. Local news, Twin Cities' media and even the National Geographic picked up on this extraordinary event. The reason for this invasion is most likely the lack of prey species, either because of a crash in the populations of red-backed voles — their primary food source; or the presence of a thick hard layer of ice due to intermittent snow melt caused by the effects of global warming. This layer of ice provides cover for their prey. Mike Link, the director of ACNW, has kept a photographic record of Great Gray Owls he encountered. .
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Phenology Notes from Eloise Butler Wildlife Garden & Bird Sanctuary
April ~ May ~ June
Date
Birds
Herbaceous Plants
Woody Plants
Mammals Present
Herps Present
Insects present
Artists
6-20-05 downy woodpecker, hairy woodpecker, white breasted nuthatch, black capped chickadee, canada violet, small flowered buttercup, downy yellow violet, creeping charlie, yellow trillium, running myrtle, wild oats, blue cohosh, bastard toadflax, blunt-leaved sandwort, golden alexanders, rock cress , columbine, cleavers, lily of the valley, Canada anemone, mayapple, , swamp saxifrage, white baneberry, leafy spurg, carrion flower, forget-me-not, comfrey, dame’s rocket, wild calla, cream colored vetchling, asparagus, spiderwort, false blue indigo, pale vetchling, hooked buttercup, Solomon’s seal, veiny vetchling, showy lady’s slipper, horse gentian, willow amsonia, tall buttercup, water chickweed, golden ragwort, alum root, yellow daylily, red clover, daisy fleabane, white false indigo (baptisia leucantha), cream false indigo, yellow iris, oyster plant, cinquefoil, heart leaved four-o’clock, bittersweet nightshade, white clover, purple clover, tall meadow rue, bittercress, rock cress, hooked crowfoot, yarrow, northern bedstraw, foxglove beardtongue, thimbleweed, long headed thimbleweed, yellow sorrel, cow parsnip, yellow iris, white avens, blue flag iris, grecian foxglove, Indian hemp smooth wild rose, flame azalea, grey dogwood, silky dogwood, bush honeysuckle, limber honeysuckle, coral berry, canada moonseed, ninebark. chipmunks, grey squirrels, woodchuck. three baby raccoons climbing a tree, peering down at me curiously American toad 12 spotted skimmer, bumblebee, Bluet damselfly, spittlebug
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6-19-05 Same as 6-18-05 plus Saw an adult red-shouldered hawk on the driveway! I startled it (it was on the ground) and it flew from the right side across the road into a tree. Great look, unmistakable – bird was a bit scruffy – molting? Also saw a broad-winged hawk sitting in a tree, cardinals were chipping at it. Then it flew to the top of a dead snag, where there was a fuzzy dead animal of some sort, probably a grey squirrel. It started eating it. We saw a second hawk fly away, and speculated that it could have been the mate sharing its kill. After the hawk finished its meal, it cleaned its beak on the wood and flew away. Same as 6-16-05 Same as 6-16-05 chipmunks, grey squirrels, woodchuck American toad

12 spotted skimmer, bumblebee, Bluet damselfly, spittlebug, tiger swallowtail, cicada, ladybug, daddy long Legs, painted lady butterfly, common whitetail, American emerald

Kate Van Cleve

Jacob Stoltz

6-18-05

gray catbird, common yellowthroat, swamp sparrow, indigo bunting, woodduck, mallard, tree swallow barn swallow, goldfinch, northern cardinal, white breasted nuthatch, black capped chickadee, eastern wood peewee, cooper’s hawk, baltimore oriole, house finch, crow, blue jay, cedar waxwing, northern flicker, red-winged blackbird, song sparrow, ruby-throated hummingbird,

Same as 6-16-05 Same as 6-16-05 chipmunks, grey squirrels, woodchuck, raccoon and two babies American toad 12 spotted skimmer, bumblebee, Bluet damselfly, spittlebug, tiger swallowtail, cicada, ladybug, daddy long Legs
Kate Van Cleve
6-17-05

eastern wood peewee, wood duck, black capped chickadee, northern cardinal, downy woodpecker, goldfinch, blue jay, goldfinch, white breasted nuthatch,indigo bunting, great crested flycatche, red-eyed vireo, gray catbird, northern flicker, song sparrow. Eight little wood ducklings being watched by an adult female as they bobbed along and darted about in the duckweed.

Same as 6-16-05 Same as 6-16-05 chipmunks, grey squirrels, woodchuck American toad same as 6-16-05 plus Daddy long Legs
Jil Evans
6-16-05

housefinch, rose breasted grosbeak, house wren, wood duck, cedar waxwing, barn swallow, tree swallow, grackle, red bellied woodpecker, broad winged hawk, black capped chickadee, hairy woodpecker, northern cardinal, red-winged blackbird, downy woodpecker, goldfinch, pileated woodpecker, common yellowthroat, red-winged blackbird, blue jay, goldfinch, white breasted nuthatch, oriole, indigo bunting, green heron, tree swallow, great crested flycatche, red-eyed vireo, starling.

 canada violet, small flowered buttercup, downy yellow violet, creeping charlie, yellow trillium, running myrtle, wild oats, blue cohosh, jack-in-the-pulpit, wild geranium, virginia waterleaf, shooting star, miterwort, bastard toadflax, blunt-leaved sandwort, golden alexanders, rock cress , columbine, cleavers, lily of the valley, Canada anemone, mayapple, wild phlox, swamp saxifrage, white baneberry, leafy spurg, prairie violet, carrion flower, forget-me-not, comfrey, dame’s rocket, blue phlox, wild calla, cream colored vetchling, asparagus, spiderwort, false blue indigo, starflower, pale vetchling, hooked buttercup, tall buttercup, Solomon’s seal, veiny vetchling, showy lady’s slipper, horse gentian, willow amsonia, tall buttercup, water chickweed, golden ragwort, alum root, yellow daylily, red clover, daisy fleabane, white false indigo (baptisia leucantha), cream false indigo, yellow iris, oyster plant, cinquefoil, heart leaved four-o’clock, bittersweet nightshade, white clover, purple clover, tall meadow rue, bittercress, rock cress, hooked crowfoot, yarrow, northern bedstraw, foxglove beardtongue, thimbleweed, long headed thimbleweed, yellow sorrel, cow parsnip, yellow iris, white avens smooth wild rose, flame azalea, grey dogwood, shrubby bittersweet, high bush cranberry, , Running strawberry bush, red osier dogwood, black cherry, silky dogwood, bush honeysuckle, black locust, dewberry, wild grape, limber honeysuckle, coral berry, canada moonseed, ninebark. chipmunks, grey squirrels, woodchuck American toad 12 spotted skimmer, bumblebee, Bluet damselfly, spittlebug, tiger swallowtail, cicada, ladybug
Diane Katsiaficas
6-15-05

northern cardinal, red-winged blackbird, downy woodpecker, pileated woodpecker, blue jay, goldfinch, white breasted nuthatch, oriole, rose breasted grosbeak. An adult hairy woodpecker was feeding two young that were following it – they were fully feathered and capable of flying but still begging for mom to feed them

Same as 6-13-05 Same as 6-13-05 Same as------ 6-14-05 Same as ---6-14-05 hummingbird moth
Vazalt -(hairy woodpecker family)
6-14-05 hairy woodpecker, northern cardinal, red-winged blackbird, downy woodpecker, pileated woodpecker, blue jay, goldfinch, white breasted nuthatch, oriole, broad winged hawk

Same as 6-13-05 plus: Many grasses are emerging in the prairie. The needle and thread, panic grass, and brome sway gently amongst the false blue indigo, wild rose, and golden alexander.

Same as 6-13-05 chipmunks, grey squirrels, woodchuck American toad /
Cate Vermeland
6-13-05 hairy woodpecker, northern cardinal, red-winged blackbird, downy woodpecker, goldfinch, pileated woodpecker, blue jay, goldfinch, white breasted nuthatch, oriole, indigo bunting, canada violet, small flowered buttercup, downy yellow violet, creeping charlie, yellow trillium, running myrtle, wild oats, blue cohosh, jack-in-the-pulpit, wild geranium, virginia waterleaf, shooting star, miterwort, bastard toadflax, blunt-leaved sandwort, golden alexanders, rock cress , columbine, cleavers, lily of the valley, Canada anemone, mayapple, wild phlox, swamp saxifrage, white baneberry, leafy spurg, prairie violet, carrion flower, forget-me-not, comfrey, dame’s rocket, blue phlox, wild calla, cream colored vetchling, asparagus, spiderwort, false blue indigo, starflower, pale vetchling, hooked buttercup, tall buttercup, Solomon’s seal, veiny vetchling, showy lady’s slipper, horse gentian, willow amsonia, tall buttercup, water chickweed, golden ragwort, alum root, yellow daylily, red clover, daisy fleabane, white false indigo (baptisia leucantha), cream false indigo, yellow iris, oyster plant, cinquefoil, heart leaved four-o’clock, bittersweet nightshade, white clover, purple clover, tall meadow rue, bittercress, rock cress, hooked crowfoot, yarrow, northern bedstraw, foxglove beardtongue, thimbleweed, long headed thimbleweed, yellow sorrel, cow parsnip, yellow iris, white avens smooth wild rose, flame azalea, grey dogwood, shrubby bittersweet, high bush cranberry, , Running strawberry bush, red osier dogwood, black cherry, silky dogwood, bush honeysuckle, black locust, dewberry, wild grape, limber honeysuckle, coral berry, canada moonseed. chipmunks, grey squirrels, woodchuck American toad northern pearl crescent, common whitetail dragonfly.
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6-12-05 same as 6-11-05

same as 6-10-05 plus: cow parsnip & yellow iris,

same as 6-10-05 chipmunks, grey squirrels, woodchuck American toad mosquitoes, flies, green darners, tiger swallowtail, 12 spotted skimmers, Bluet damselfly pair hovering near each other amongst the swamp saxifrage
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6-11-05

black capped chickadee, hairy woodpecker, northern cardinal, red-winged blackbird, downy woodpecker, eastern wood peewee, goldfinch, pileated woodpecker, common yellowthroat, red-winged blackbird, blue jay, goldfinch, white breasted nuthatch, oriole, indigo bunting, gray catbird, green heron, tree swallow, great crested flycatche, red-eyed vireo, chimney swift, brown headed cowbirds, starling, crow

 same as 6-10-05 same as 6-10-05 same as 6-10-05 same as 6-10-05 same as 6-10-05
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6-10-05 black capped chickadee, northern cardinal, hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker, house sparrow, blue jay, goldfinch, rose breasted grosbeak, cooper’s hawk canada violet, small flowered buttercup, downy yellow violet, creeping charlie, yellow trillium, recurved (prairie) trillium, running myrtle, wild oats, blue cohosh, jack-in-the-pulpit, wild geranium, virginia waterleaf, shooting star, miterwort, bastard toadflax, veiny meadow rue, blunt-leaved sandwort, golden alexanders, rock cress , columbine, cleavers, lily of the valley, Canada anemone, mayapple, wild phlox, swamp saxifrage, white baneberry, leafy spurg, prairie violet, carrion flower, forget-me-not, comfrey, dame’s rocket, blue phlox, wild calla, cream colored vetchling, asparagus, spiderwort, false blue indigo, starflower, pale vetchling, hooked buttercup, tall buttercup, Solomon’s seal, veiny vetchling, showy lady’s slipper, horse gentian, willow amsonia, tall buttercup, water chickweed, golden ragwort, alum root, yellow daylily, red clover, daisy fleabane, white false indigo (baptisia leucantha), cream false indigo, yellow iris, oyster plant, cinquefoil, heart leaved four-o’clock, bittersweet nightshade, white clover, purple clover, tall meadow rue, bittercress, rock cress, hooked crowfoot, yarrow, northern bedstraw, foxglove beardtongue, thimbleweed, long headed thimbleweed, yellow sorrel

smooth wild rose, flame azalea, shrubby bittersweet, pagoda dogwood, high bush cranberry, Tatarian honeysuckle, Running strawberry bush, red osier dogwood, black cherry, silky dogwood, nannyberry, raspberry, dwarf raspberry, blackberry, black raspberry, bush honeysuckle, black locust, dewberry, wild grape, limber honeysuckle, coral berry, canada moonseed.

 chipmunks, grey squirrels, woodchuck American toad mosquitoes, bumble bees, bluets, black tiger swallowtail, white striped block moth, green darners, 12 spotted skimmers, asparagus beetle,
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6-9-05 black capped chickadee, northern cardinal, hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker,great crested flycatcher, blue-grey gnatcatcher. On Theodore Wirth Parkway just north of the Garden entrance, there was a red-tailed hawk being harassed by a crow. The crow kept diving at the hawk, but was smart enough to mostly stay above it – out of reach of its talons! same as 6-8-05 plus: heart leaved four-o’clock same as 6-8-05 chipmunks, grey squirrels, woodchuck American toad mosquitoes, bumble bees, bluets
Camille Gage
6-8-05
 black capped chickadee, hairy woodpecker, northern cardinal, red-winged blackbird, downy woodpecker, eastern wood peewee, goldfinch, mallard, northern flicker, eastern kingbird, common grackle, pileated woodpecker, cooper’s hawk, common yellowthroat, red-winged blackbird, great egret, kingfisher, green heron, blue-grey gnatcatcher. A pair of broad-winged hawks were soaring around up high, calling to each other canada violet, small flowered buttercup, common blue violet, wooly blue violet, downy yellow violet, creeping charlie, yellow trillium, Sessile trillium, recurved (prairie) trillium, running myrtle, wild oats, blue cohosh, jack-in-the-pulpit, red baneberry, foam flower, wild geranium, virginia Waterleaf, shooting star, miterwort, bastard toadflax, blunt-leaved sandwort, golden alexanders, rock cress , columbine, cleavers, lily of the valley, foamy bells, Canada anemone, mayapple, wild phlox, swamp saxifrage, white baneberry, leafy spurg, prairie violet, carrion flower, forget-me-not, comfrey, dame’s rocket, blue phlox, wild calla, cream colored vetchling, asparagus, spiderwort, false blue indigo, starflower, pale vetchling, hooked buttercup, Solomon’s seal, veiny vetchling,, showy lady’s slipper, horse gentian, willow amsonia, tall buttercup, water chickweed, golden ragwort, alum root, yellow daylily, red clover, daisy fleabane, white false indigo (baptisia leucantha), yellow iris, oyster plant, cinquefoil smooth wild rose, flame azalea, shrubby bittersweet, pagoda dogwood, high bush cranberry, Choke Cherry, mountain maple, mountain ash, Tatarian honeysuckle, Running strawberry bush, red osier dogwood, black cherry, silky dogwood, nannyberry, fragrant sumac, dwarf birch, black raspberry, bush honeysuckle, black locust, dewberry, wild grape, limber honeysuckle chipmunks, grey squirrels, woodchuck American toad

mosquitoes, bumble bees,

Diane Katsiaficas
6-7-05
 Same as 6-6-05 Same as 6-6-05 Same as 6-6-05 Same as 6-6-05 a big, fat American toad scrambling through the underbrush, and two small young toads along a path

mosquitoes, bumble bees and a black tiger swallowtail butterfly fluttering around a honeysuckle shrub.

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6-6-05
 black capped chickadee, hairy woodpecker, northern cardinal, blue jay, white breasted nuthatch, goldfinch, downy woodpecker, red-bellied woodpecker, turkey vulture, house finch, chimney swift, tree swallow, red-winged blackbird canada violet, small flowered buttercup, common blue violet, wooly blue violet, downy yellow violet, creeping charlie, yellow trillium, Sessile trillium, recurved (prairie) trillium, running myrtle, wild oats, blue cohosh, jack-in-the-pulpit, red baneberry, foam flower, wild geranium, virginia Waterleaf, shooting star, miterwort, bastard toadflax, blunt-leaved sandwort, golden alexanders, rock cress , columbine, cleavers, lily of the valley, foamy bells, Canada anemone, mayapple, wild phlox, swamp saxifrage, white baneberry, leafy spurg, prairie violet, carrion flower, forget-me-not, comfrey, dame’s rocket, blue phlox, wild calla, cream colored vetchling, asparagus, spiderwort, false blue indigo, starflower, pale vetchling, hooked buttercup, Solomon’s seal, veiny vetchling,, showy lady’s slipper, horse gentian, willow amsonia, tall buttercup, water chickweed, golden ragwort, alum root, yellow daylily, red clover, daisy fleabane, white false indigo (baptisia leucantha), yellow iris, oyster plant, cinquefoil smooth wild rose, flame azalea, shrubby bittersweet, bebb willow, Iowa crabapple, pagoda dogwood, high bush cranberry, Choke Cherry, mountain maple, mountain ash, Tatarian honeysuckle, Running strawberry bush, red osier dogwood, black cherry, silky dogwood, nannyberry, fragrant sumac, dwarf birch, black raspberry, bush honeysuckle, black locust, dewberry, wild grape