Phenological List of Konza Prairie Animals
Common Name	Scientific Name	1st Sighting	1st Sighting	1st Sighting	1st Sighting
Birds		2015	2014	2013	2012
Killdeer	Charadrius vociferus	03/09/15	03/11/14	03/04/13	2/29/12
American Woodcock	Scolopax minor	03/12/15	03/20/14	03/08/13	2/21/12
Ring-necked duck	Aythya collaris	03/16/15
Field Sparrow	Spizella pusilla	03/25/15	03/21/14	04/03/13	3/16/12
Turkey Vulture	Carthartes aura	03/28/15	03/21/14	03/14/13	3/9/12
Blue-winged Teal	Anas discors	04/14/15
Bufflehead	Bucephala albeola			04/13/13
American Pipit	Anthus rubescens	03/25/15		03/16/13
Rusty Blackbird	Euphagus carolinus
Brewer's Blackbird	Euphagus cyanocephalus	04/01/15	03/26/14		3/13/12
Common Grackle	Quiscalus quiscula
Upland Sandpiper	Bartramia longicauda	04/11/15	04/03/14	04/11/13	4/8/12
Savannah Sparrow	Passerculus sandwichensis	04/22/15		04/16/13
Great-tailed Grackle	Quiscalus mexicanus
Eastern Phoebe	Sayornis nigricans	03/21/15	03/14/14	03/14/13	3/10/12
Merlin	Falco columbarius			04/16/13	3/22/12
American Golden Plover	Pluvialis fulva			04/10/13
Long-billed curlew  NEW	Numenius americanus
Brown-headed Cowbird	Molothrus ater	03/21/15	04/15/14	04/06/13	4/2/12
Common snipe	Gallinago gallinago
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	Polioptila caerulea	04/04/15	04/15/14	04/15/13	4/2/12
Sprague's Pipet	Anthus spragueii			04/06/13	4/8/12
Louisiana Waterthrush	Seiurus motacilla	05/02/15		04/11/13	4/17/12
Red-winged Blackbird	Agelaius phoeniceus	04/14/15	04/21/14	03/13/13
Short-eared Owl	Asio flammeus	04/05/15		04/15/13
Swainson's Hawk	Buteo swainsoni	03/26/15	04/15/14	03/28/13
Loggerhead Shrike	Lanius ludovicianus		02/19/14	04/06/13
Brown Thrasher	Toxostoma rufrum	04/06/15	04/12/14	04/09/13	3/28/12
Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	04/19/15	04/20/14	04/25/13	4/21/12
Lark Sparrow	Chondestes grammacus	04/16/15	04/21/14	04/12/13	4/17/12
Tennessee Warbler	Vermivora peregrina		04/23/14
Northern Mockingbird	Mimus polyglottus		03/17/14	04/13/13	4/17/12
American bittern	Botaurus lentiginosus
Whip-poor-will	Caprimulgus vociferus	04/25/15	04/26/14	04/27/13	4/28/12
Chuck-will's-widow	Caprimulgus carolinensis	05/02/15	04/26/14	04/27/13	4/25/12
Common Poorwill	Chordeiles minor	04/25/15		04/13/13	4/15/12
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	Tyrannus forficatus	04/19/15	04/21/14	05/20/13	3/26/12
Chipping Sparrow	Spizella passerina	04/11/15	04/22/14	04/22/13	3/31/12
House Wren	Troglodytes aedon	04/12/15		04/29/13
Bewick's Wren	Thryomanes bewickii	03/21/15	05/06/14	03/30/13	3/13/12
Northern Parula	Parula americana			04/26/13	4/26/12
White-throated Sparrow	Zonotrichia albacollis	04/22/15		04/25/13
Black-and-White Warbler	Mniotilta varia			04/24/13
White-eyed Vireo	Vireo griseus	05/02/15
Brewer's Blackbird	Euphagus cyanocephalus	04/16/15	03/26/14
Grasshopper Sparrow	Ammodramus savannarum	04/14/15	04/21/14	04/15/13	04/48/12
Vesper Sparrow	Pooecetes gramineus	03/25/15	04/21/14	04/15/13
Franklin's Gull	Larus pipixcan
Yellow-headed Blackbird	Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes
Henslow's Sparrow	Ammodramus henslowii	04/11/15	04/21/14	04/28/13	4/8/12
Baltimore Oriole	Icterus galbula		05/16/14	04/30/13	5/18/12
Great-crested Flycatcher	Myiarchus crinitus	05/02/15	05/08/14	05/01/13	5/19/12
Buff-breasted sandpiper	Tryngites subruficollis		04/17/14
White-crowned Sparrow	Zonotrichia leucophrys		05/16/14	05/08/13
Common Yellowthroat	Geothlypis trichas	04/22/15		05/10/13
Rough-winged Swallow	Stelgidopteryx serripennis			04/25/13	4/17/12
Cliff Swallow	Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Tree Swalllow	Tachycineta bicolor		05/16/14	04/16/13
Chimney Swift	Chaetura pelagica	05/01/15		05/08/13
Mississippi Kite	Ictinia mississippiensis	05/14/15
Clay-colored Sparrow	Spizella pallida		05/16/14	04/27/13
Yellow Warbler	Dendroica petechia		05/07/14	04/30/13
Orange-crowned Warbler	Vermivora celata	04/22/15		04/25/13
Dickcissel	Spiza americana	05/08/15	05/06/14	04/30/13	5/19/12
Common Nighthawk	Phalaenoptilus nuttallii	05/04/15	04/26/14	05/01/13	5/17/12
Cattle egret	Bubulcus ibus
Gray Catbird	Dumetella carolinensis			05/10/13	5/19/12
Kentucky Warbler	Oporornis agilis			05/17/13
Yellow-rumped Warbler	Dendroica coronata	04/07/15		05/03/13
Red-eyed Vireo	Vireo olivaceus	05/02/15			4/21/12
Warbling Vireo	Vireo gilvus			05/03/13	4/28/12
Bell's Vireo	Vireo bellii	05/09/15	04/30/14	05/03/13
Summer Tanager	Piranga rubra	04/28/15	05/07/14	04/29/13	4/28/12
Swainson's Thrush	Catharus ustulatus	05/08/15		05/16/13
Indigo Bunting	Passerina cyanea	05/05/15		05/09/13	5/29/12
Eastern Kingbird	Tyrannus tyrannus	05/08/15	05/16/14	04/26/13	4/28/12
Western Kingbird	Tyrannus verticalis			05/02/13	5/3/12
Green Heron	Butorides virescens
Horned Lark	Eremophila alpestris	04/14/15	03/07/14	03/16/13
Spotted Towhee	Pipilo maculatus	04/16/15			4/16/12
Eastern Towhee	Pipilo erythrophthalmus	04/07/15		04/25/13	4/28/12
Blue Grosbeak	Guiraca caerulea		05/15/14	05/08/13	5/6/12
Lark Bunting	Calamospiza melanocorys
Wood Duck	Aix sponsa			05/02/13
Eastern Wood-Pewee	Contopus virens	03/28/15	05/23/14	05/17/13	5/21/12
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	Coccyzus americanus	05/18/15	05/20/14	05/09/13	5/24/12
Black-billed Cuckoo	Coccyzus erythropthalmus	05/17/15	05/20/14
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	Archilochus colubris	05/01/15	05/01/14
Orchard Oriole	Icterus spurius	05/21/15	05/16/14	05/03/13
Spotted Sandpiper	Actitis macularia
Solitary sandpiper	Tringa solitaria			04/26/13
Dark-eyed Junco	Junco hyemalis				10/24/12
Song Sparrow	Melospiza melodia			04/19/13
Lincoln's Sparrow	Melospiza lincolnii
White Pelican	Pelecanus erythrorhynchos			09/21/13	10/8/12
White-faced ibis	Plegadis chihi	09/18/15
Northern Harrier	Circus cyaneus	10/15/15
American Tree Sparrow	Spizella arborea
Cedar Waxwing	Bombycilla cedrorum	03/29/15
Lapland Longspur	Calcarius lapponicus
Upland Sandpiper - chicks	Bartramia longicauda	06/16/15
Wild Turkey - chicks	Meleagris gallopavo		06/25/14		6/7/12
Killdeer - chicks	Charadrius vociferus	04/28/15		05/11/13	4/26/12
Bob White - chicks	Colinus virginianus				7/14/12
Cormorant migration	Phalacrocroax auritus			04/21/13
Harris's Sparrow	Zonotrichia querula	04/22/15
Mammals
Wood chuck	Marmota monax
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel	Spermophilus tridecemlineatus	03/16/15	04/21/14	04/29/13	5/1/12
White-tailed deer fawn	Odocoileus virginianus		06/25/14		5/26/12
Bison calf	Bison bison	04/11/15	05/01/14		4/8/12
American beaver	Castor canadensis
Muskrat	Ondatra zibethicus
Hoary Bat	Lasiurus cinereus
Big Brown Bat
Reptiles
Collared Lizard	Crotaphytus collaris	04/07/15	05/06/14	05/07/13	3/29/12
Texas Horned Lizard	Phrynosoma cornutum	04/15/15	04/26/14	05/13/13	4/3/12
Great Plains Skink	Eumeces obsoletus	04/09/15	05/02/14	04/13/13
Ground skink
Prairie Racerunner	Cnemidophorus sexlineatus viridis		05/01/14	06/24/13	4/14/12
Western Slender Glass Lizard	Ophisaurus attenuatus		05/19/14	04/30/13	4/14/12
Prairie Ringneck Snake	Diadophis punctatus	04/28/15	05/19/14	04/13/13	4/19/12
Eastern Yellowbelly Racer	Coluber constrictor flaviventris
Red-sided Garter Snake	Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis			04/29/13	5/6/12
Lined Snake	Tropidoclonion lineatum			05/21/13
Great Plains Rat Snake	Elaphe guttata emoryi		05/24/14		3/18/12
Black Rat Snake	Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta	04/15/15	05/15/14
Brown Snake	Storeri dekayi				3/18/12
Bull Snake	Pituophis melanoleucus	04/15/15	05/08/14		3/28/12
Copperhead	Agkistrodon contortrix
Milk Snake	Lampropeltis triangulum		05/19/14
Flathead Snake	Tantilla gracilis
Common King Snake	Lampropeltis getulus	04/28/15			3/25/12
Prairie King Snake	Lampropeltis calligaster
Speckled King Snake	Lampropeltis getulus holbrooki
Northern Water Snake	Nerodia sipedon
Ornate Box Turtle	Terrapene ornata ornata	04/20/15	05/03/14		4/2/12
Western Painted Turtle	Chrysemys picta bellii
Snapping Turtle	Chelydra serpentina serpentina	06/09/15
Amphibians
Western Chorus Frog	Pseudacris triseriata	04/11/15	04/25/14	04/19/13	3/10/12
Blanchard's Cricket Frog	Acris crepitans blanchardi	04/15/15	05/09/14	05/21/13
Cope's Gray Tree Frog	Hyla chrysoscelis	06/14/15			08/1312
Plains Leopard Frog	Rana blairi
Bullfrog	Rana catesbeiana		05/19/14	04/13/13
GreatPlains Narrow-mouth Toad	Gastrophryne olivacea	06/06/15
Plains Spadefoot Toad	Spea bombifrons
Woodhouse's Toad	Bufo woodhousii		05/18/14	08/15/13
Fish
Southern Redbelly Dace-spawn	Phoxinus erythrogaster
Butterflies
Question Mark	Polygonia interrogationis	03/10/15	03/15/14	09/12/13	3/13/12
Comma or Hop Merchant	Polygonia comma				3/23/12
Mourning Cloak	Nymphalis antiopa antiopa	03/16/15	03/15/14	03/14/13	3/13/12
Checkered White	Pontia protodice				3/27/12
Cabbage White (non-native)	Pieris rapae	04/11/15	04/09/14	05/07/13	3/18/12
Red Admiral	Vanessa atalanta rubria	04/28/15	04/09/14	04/21/13	3/23/12
Henry's Elfin	Incisalia henrici turneri	04/28/15	04/09/14	04/25/13	3/27/12
Juvenal's Duskywing	Erynnis juvenalis			07/01/13	3/23/12
Horace's Dusky Wing	Erynnis horatius				4/17/12
Mottled Dusky Wing	Erynnis martialis	04/11/15	04/09/14	05/11/13	3/26/12
Spring Azure	Celastrina argiolus ladon	04/04/15	04/09/14		3/23/12
American Painted Lady	Vanessa virginiensis	05/13/12	05/15/14	07/06/13	6/2/12
Goatweed Butterfly	Anaea andria	03/30/15	03/15/14	04/21/13	3/27/12
Olive Hairstreak	Mitoura gryneus gryneus
Monarch	Danaus plexippus	05/27/15	05/06/14	05/31/13	4/2/12
Tiger Swallowtail	Pterourus glaucus glaucus	04/17/15	04/21/14	05/14/13	3/24/12
Silver-spotted Skipper	Epargyreus clarus clarus	04/28/15	05/18/14	05/31/13
Dusted Skipper	Atrytonopsis hianna hianna
Common Sooty Wing	Pholisora catullus
Painted Lady	Vanessa cardui	04/11/15	04/12/14	07/06/13	3/30/12
Eastern-tailed Blue	Everes comyntas	03/22/15	04/09/14	05/07/13	3/30/12
Zebra Swallowtail	Eurytides marcellus		06/04/14	06/15/13	5/15/12
Black Swallowtail	Papilio polyxenes asterius		04/25/14	07/01/13	3/29/12
Alfalfa Butterfly	Colias eurytheme	04/28/15	04/24/14	05/31/13	3/27/12
Eastern Dun Skipper	Euphyes ruricola metacomet		06/04/14	08/30/13	5/28/12
Gorgone Checkerspot	Charidryas gorgone carlota
Nysa Roadside Skipper	Amblyscirtes nysa				7/20/12
Roadside Skipper	Amblyscirtes vialis		06/04/14		8/19/12
Southern Cloudy Wing	Thorybes bathyllus	07/16/15			8/19/12
Wild Indigo Dusky Wing	Erynnis baptisiae		05/28/14		5/28/12
Giant Swallowtail	Heraclides cresphontes	05/25/15	06/04/14	05/29/13	4/25/12
Variegated Fritillary	Euptoieta claudia	04/16/15	06/08/14	05/08/13	4/6/12
Red -spotted Purple	Limenitis arthemis astyanax				6/2/12
Pearl Crescent	Phyciodes tharos tharos	04/01/15	04/24/14	05/07/13	4/6/12
Silvery Checkerspot	Charidryas nycteis nycteis	06/07/15	05/28/14	06/24/13	5/28/12
Pearly-eye	Enodia anthedon
Hackberry Butterfly	Asterocampa celtis celtis	06/07/15	06/15/14	06/12/13	8/13/12
Tawny Emperor	Asterocampa clyton clyton	08/27/15	06/04/14	08/19/13
Snout Butterfly	Libytheana bachmanii
Great Copper	Gaeides xanthoides
Tawny-edged Skipper	Polites themistocles		06/04/14
Great Spangled Fritillary	Speyeria cybele cybele	05/25/15	05/30/14	06/12/13	5/6/12
Regal Fritillary	Speyeria idalia	06/14/15	05/31/14	07/01/13	6/2/12
Pipe Vine Swallowtail	Battus philenor
Little Glassywing	Pompeius verna
Summer Azure	Celastrina neglecta	08/15/15
Little Wood Satyr	Megisto cymela
Wood Nymph	Cercyonis pegala	07/06/15	07/09/14	07/15/13	7/9/12
Golden Byssus	Probelma byssus kumskaka
Checkered Skipper	Pyrgus communis			07/01/13	3/13/12
Gray Hairstreak	Strymon melinus				4/17/12
Reakirt's Blue	Hemiargus isola alce			05/11/13	5/10/12
Ottoe Skipper	Hesperia ottoe			07/03/13	6/2/12
Sachem	Atalopedes campestris huron			08/24/13
Dainty Sulphur	Nathalis iole	08/27/15		05/08/13	3/30/12
Northern Broken Dash	Wallengrenia egeremet
Least Skipper	Ancycloxypha numitor
Sleepy Orange	Abaeis nicippe		08/23/14	08/15/13	5/6/12
Clouded Sulphur	Colias philodice philodice
Cloudless Sulphur	Phoebis sennae eubule			08/17/13
Little sulphur	Pyrisitia lisa lisa
Olympia Marble	Euchloe olympia
Viceroy	Basilarchia archippus	04/16/15		07/06/13
Delaware	Atrytone logan logan		06/04/14		8/25/12
Eufala Skipper	Lerodea eufala				8/26/12
Phaon Crescent	Phyciodes phaon				9/16/12
Fiery Skipper	Hylephila phyleus				8/26/12
Buckeye	Junonia coenia	08/27/15	08/23/14	07/01/13	4/17/12
Northern Cloudy Wing	Thorybes pylades		05/28/14	08/24/13	4/25/12
Zabulon Skipper	Poanes zabulon
Banded Hairstreak	Satyriumcalanus falacer	06/04/15
Moths
Eastern Tent Caterpillar	Malacosoma americanum	04/04/15	04/12/14	04/29/13	3/23/12
Clearwing Moth	Hemaris diffinis	03/31/15	04/09/14		3/15/12
Grapevine epimenis	Psychomorpha epimenis
White-lined Sphinx	Hyles lineata	05/03/15	05/06/14	05/25/13	4/18/12
Five-spotted hawk moth	Manduca quinquemaculata		05/06/14
Cecropia Moth	Hyalophora cecropia
Polyphemus Moth	Antheraea polyphemus	04/01/15
Unexpected Cycnia caterpillar	Cycnia sp	05/19/15	05/23/14	08/09/13	5/6/12
Reversed Haploa	Cisseps fulvicollis	06/09/15	06/22/14
Clouded Crimson	Schinia gaurae	08/01/15	08/16/14		6/23/12
Joined underwing	Catocala junctura
Glorious flower moth	Schinia gloriosa (sanguinea)
Leadplant flower moth	Schinia lucens		06/22/14
Goldenrod flower moth	Schinia nundina		08/16/14
Walnut Moth caterpillar	Datana integerrima
Osage Orange Sphinx moth	Ceratomia hageni
Luna Moth	Actias luna		10/11/14
Buck Moth hatch/adult	Hemileuca maia	04/11/15	04/24/14	04/30/13	3/27/12
Grasshoppers
Coral-winged grasshopper	Pardalophora apiculata	04/04/15	03/15/14	04/30/13	3/15/12
Speckle-winged grasshopper	Arphia conspersa		03/15/14	04/30/13
Green-striped grasshopper	Chortophaga viridifasciata				4/13/12
Plains Yellow band-winged	Arphia simplex				6/2/12
Wrinkled grasshopper	Hippiscus ocelote
Grizzly spur-throat	Melanoplus punctulatus
Snakeweed grasshopper	Hesperotettix viridis
Obscure Bird grasshopper	Schistocera obscura			08/15/13
Lubber (nymph or adult)	Brachystola magna		06/25/14	08/17/13	5/31/12
Cicadas
Golden-winged Cicada	Neotibicen auriferus				6/8/12
17-yr periodical cicada	Magicicada cassini	05/09/15
Bush Cicada	Neotibicen dorsatus		08/13/14		6/22/12
Dog Days Cicada	Neotibicen pruinosus	06/26/15	06/21/14	06/22/13	5/26/12
Prairie Cicada	Cicadetta calliope calliope			07/01/13	6/15/12
Beetles
Dogbane beetle	Chrysochus auratus
Eastern Firefly	Photinus pyralis	06/14/15	05/25/14	06/06/13
Sixspotted Tiger Beetle	Cicindela sexguttata
Tumblebug	Canthon pilularius	05/26/15	05/27/14
Dragonflies/Damselflies
Green Darner	Anax junius		05/20/14		3/30/12
Plains Clubtail	Gomphus externus			06/24/13
Widow Skimmer	Libellula luctuosa		06/16/14	06/25/13
Common Whitetail	Libellula lydia		05/19/14	05/21/13
Ebony Jewelwing	Calopteryx maculata				5/30/12
Twelve-spotted skimmer	Libellula pulchella		06/16/14	06/06/13
Darner migration		09/18/15
Citrine Forktail	Ischnura hastata
Bluets	Enallagama spp.		06/21/14
Eastern Amberwing	Perithemis tenera
Red-mantled Saddlebags	Tramea onusta		05/19/14	06/25/13
Black Saddlebags	Tramea lacerata		06/16/14	06/25/13
Halloween Pennant	Celithemis eponina
Eastern Pondhawk	Erythemis simplicicollis			06/25/13
Comet Darner	Anax longipes		06/24/14
Blue Dasher	Pachydiplax longipennis		06/23/14
Calico Pennant	Celithemis elisa		06/16/14
Misc. Insects
Carpenter Bee	Xylocopa virginica	04/04/15	04/24/14	04/30/13	3/15/12