Species on the move, Spring 2020: mid-March

Spring migration is well underway for a number of species, and the tables below highlight species you can expect in your regions over the coming week! Note that, as our 1-, 2-, and 3- day forecasts highlight, the most noticeable movements will occur in the southern and southeastern US ahead of an approaching weather system crossing the country’s mid-section (areas forecast to receive precipitation of various types appear in greens and blues in the image below).

Need a review of our definitions for regions, species on the move, and migration amounts? Please visit thisĀ link.

Upper Midwest and Northeast

Green-winged Teal. Davida Kalina/Macaulay Library. eBird S35073721.

Species on the Move

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Species,Noticeability[attr style=”color:orange”],Migrants Begin Arriving[attr style=”color:green”],Rapid Migrant Influx[attr style=”color:green”],Peak,Rapid Migrant Departure,Last Migrants Depart

Purple Finch,*,2/2,4/12,4/25,5/7,5/16
Northern Harrier,*,2/20,3/30,4/8,4/23,5/5
American Kestrel,**,2/26,3/30,4/12,4/28,5/11
Fox Sparrow,***,3/1,3/21,4/2,4/19,4/29
Great Blue Heron,***,3/2,3/21,5/14,5/28,6/7
Pied-billed Grebe,***,3/3,3/25,4/9,4/27,5/12
Wilson’s Snipe,**,3/7,3/29,4/14,5/1,5/12
Cooper’s Hawk,*,3/11,4/13,4/24,5/13,5/25
Eastern Phoebe,****!,3/12,3/26,4/13,5/27,6/6
Osprey,***,3/13,3/30,4/18,5/1,5/11
Brown-headed Cowbird,****!,3/14,4/8,5/2,5/17,After Jun 30
Blue-winged Teal,***,3/15,4/1,4/18,5/3,5/16
Pectoral Sandpiper,**,3/17,3/29,4/16,5/23,6/5
Tree Swallow,****!,3/17,4/1,5/9,5/25,After Jun 30
Northern Gannet,*,3/17,3/26,4/6,4/19,4/28
Bonaparte’s Gull,***,3/18,3/28,4/11,4/24,5/4
Double-crested Cormorant,***,3/19,3/31,4/19,6/1,6/11
Great Egret,***,3/19,3/30,5/14,5/27,6/4
Common Loon,***,3/20,3/30,4/11,4/23,5/2
Golden-crowned Kinglet,***,3/20,3/28,4/8,4/21,4/30
Laughing Gull,**,3/20,4/2,5/17,5/30,6/7

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Species,Noticeability[attr style=”color:orange”],Migrants Begin Arriving,Rapid Migrant Influx[attr style=”color:green”],Peak[attr style=”color:green”],Rapid Migrant Departure,Last Migrants Depart

American Wigeon,***,2/17,2/27,3/16,4/14,4/28
Red-breasted Merganser,**,2/20,2/27,3/14,4/21,5/5
Ring-billed Gull,***,2/20,2/27,3/13,4/18,4/28
Gadwall,***,2/19,2/28,3/17,4/18,5/2
Lesser Scaup,***,2/19,3/1,3/21,4/18,5/5
Bufflehead,***,2/21,3/2,3/28,4/21,5/6
Hooded Merganser,***,2/20,3/2,3/18,4/8,4/24
Ruddy Duck,*,2/21,3/2,4/1,4/25,5/10
Ring-necked Duck,***,2/20,3/3,3/23,4/16,5/1
American Coot,**,2/21,3/3,4/6,5/1,5/21
American Woodcock,**,2/20,3/3,3/21,4/6,6/3
Red-winged Blackbird,***,2/18,3/3,5/5,5/20,After Jun 30
Northern Shoveler,***,2/20,3/5,4/4,4/26,5/11
Killdeer,***,2/20,3/6,3/30,6/3,6/13
Common Grackle,***,2/19,3/6,5/14,6/6,After Jun 30
Green-winged Teal,***,2/20,3/7,3/31,4/24,5/10
Rusty Blackbird,*,2/23,3/8,4/10,5/1,5/13
Horned Grebe,**,2/26,3/9,3/27,4/17,5/7

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Species,Noticeability[attr style=”color:orange”],Migrants Begin Arriving,Rapid Migrant Influx,Peak[attr style=”color:green”],Rapid Migrant Departure[attr style=”color:green”],Last Migrants Depart

American Tree Sparrow,***,-,-,Before Feb 1,4/18,5/4
Dark-eyed Junco,***,-,2/2,2/15,4/22,5/6
Brant,*,2/19,2/24,3/4,5/26,6/4
Great Cormorant,*,2/24,2/27,3/4,3/20,4/24
Surf Scoter,*,2/23,2/27,3/5,4/19,4/28
Black Scoter,*,2/23,2/27,3/5,3/18,6/1
Long-tailed Duck,*,2/22,2/26,3/5,3/18,4/26
Rough-legged Hawk,*,2/21,2/26,3/5,3/21,4/9
Horned Lark,**,2/17,2/24,3/6,3/20,After Jun 30
Red-throated Loon,*,2/21,2/26,3/7,4/20,4/30
Common Goldeneye,***,2/20,2/26,3/8,3/24,4/23
Snow Goose,**,2/15,2/25,3/9,3/26,4/13
Greater Scaup,**,2/20,2/27,3/9,4/18,4/30
Herring Gull,***,2/21,2/27,3/9,4/18,6/6
American Black Duck,***,2/20,2/26,3/10,4/16,4/26
Bald Eagle,*,2/19,2/26,3/10,5/26,6/7
Northern Pintail,**,2/16,2/26,3/11,3/27,4/22
Canvasback,**,2/19,2/27,3/11,3/27,4/25
Tundra Swan,**,2/19,2/27,3/12,3/30,4/17
Redhead,**,2/19,2/27,3/12,3/27,4/28
Common Merganser,***,2/19,2/27,3/12,4/16,4/29
Ring-billed Gull,***,2/20,2/27,3/13,4/18,4/28
Red-breasted Merganser,**,2/20,2/27,3/14,4/21,5/5
American Wigeon,***,2/17,2/27,3/16,4/14,4/28
Gadwall,**,2/19,2/28,3/17,4/18,5/2
Hooded Merganser,***,2/20,3/2,3/18,4/8,4/24
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Species,Noticeability[attr style=”color:orange”],Migrants Begin Arriving,Rapid Migrant Influx,Peak,Rapid Migrant Departure[attr style=”color:green”],Last Migrants Depart[attr style=”color:green”]

Common Redpoll,*,-,2/2,2/15,3/9,5/2
Snow Bunting,*,-,-,Before Feb 1,3/10,4/5
Black Scoter,*,2/23,2/27,3/5,3/18,6/1
Long-tailed Duck,*,2/22,2/26,3/5,3/18,4/26
Horned Lark,*,2/17,2/24,3/6,3/20,After Jun 30
Great Cormorant,*,2/24,2/27,3/4,3/20,4/24

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Gulf Coast and Southeast

Pectoral Sandpiper. George McHenry/Macaulay Library. eBird S65609428

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Species,Noticeability[attr style=”color:orange”],Migrants Begin Arriving[attr style=”color:green”],Rapid Migrant Influx[attr style=”color:green”],Peak,Rapid Migrant Departure,Last Migrants Depart

Laughing Gull,***,2/20,4/6,4/17,5/2,5/12
Caspian Tern,*,2/21,4/5,4/14,5/3,5/16
Dunlin,*,2/22,4/5,4/20,5/24,6/7
Sanderling,*,2/23,4/5,4/17,6/1,6/12
Ruddy Turnstone,*,2/24,4/10,4/25,5/28,6/12
Willet,**,2/25,4/6,4/16,5/2,5/12
Royal Tern,**,2/25,4/5,4/16,5/1,5/11
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron,**,2/26,4/8,5/1,5/11,5/17
Black-bellied Plover,*,2/27,4/11,4/24,5/13,5/30
Marbled Godwit,*,2/27,4/2,4/13,4/30,5/10
Yellow-throated Warbler,***,2/27,3/22,4/10,4/24,After Jun 30
Least Sandpiper,**,2/28,4/20,5/1,5/18,5/29
Short-billed Dowitcher,*,2/28,4/7,4/19,5/7,5/21
Long-billed Dowitcher,*,2/28,4/11,4/21,5/7,5/18
Lesser Yellowlegs,**,2/28,4/11,4/23,5/12,5/24
Brown-headed Cowbird,***,3/1,3/17,4/30,5/15,After Jun 30
American Golden-Plover,**,3/2,3/14,3/31,4/20,5/15
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck,***,3/3,3/16,4/23,5/6,5/15
Piping Plover,*,3/3,4/5,4/15,5/2,5/11
Northern Rough-winged Swallow,***,3/3,3/18,4/27,After Jun 30,-
Barn Swallow,***,3/3,3/21,5/2,5/17,5/27
Black-and-white Warbler,***,3/3,4/15,4/25,5/10,5/21
Black-necked Stilt,***,3/4,3/16,4/19,5/4,5/14
Pectoral Sandpiper,**,3/4,3/15,4/29,5/18,5/29
White-eyed Vireo,***,3/4,3/24,4/16,After Jun 30,-
Black-chinned Hummingbird,***,3/5,3/16,5/5,5/21,6/1
Louisiana Waterthrush,***,3/8,3/19,4/5,4/16,6/2
Yellow-throated Vireo,***,3/12,3/30,4/21,After Jun 30,-
Cliff Swallow,***,3/14,3/29,5/10,5/21,After Jun 30
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher,***,3/14,3/27,4/10,4/21,After Jun 30
Ruby-throated Hummingbird,***,3/15,4/6,4/27,5/14,5/26
Ash-throated Flycatcher,*,3/15,4/6,5/25,6/7,6/14
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher,***,3/15,3/27,5/9,5/24,6/2
Lark Sparrow,**,3/16,4/8,5/3,5/20,6/3
Swainson’s Hawk,***,3/17,3/29,4/16,5/2,5/19
Gull-billed Tern,**,3/18,4/3,4/19,5/2,5/11
Broad-winged Hawk,***,3/19,3/29,4/13,4/25,After Jun 30
Sandwich Tern,**,3/20,4/5,4/18,5/2,5/11
House Wren,**,3/20,3/30,4/12,5/1,5/21
White-throated Sparrow,***,3/20,3/30,4/9,4/30,5/11
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Species,Noticeability[attr style=”color:orange”],Migrants Begin Arriving,Rapid Migrant Influx[attr style=”color:green”],Peak[attr style=”color:green”],Rapid Migrant Departure,Last Migrants Depart

Chipping Sparrow,**,-,2/2,3/29,4/11,5/18
Brown Pelican,*,2/20,2/27,4/14,4/30,5/10
Osprey,***,2/19,2/27,3/13,4/24,5/5
Long-billed Curlew,*,2/19,2/27,3/13,4/27,5/13
Tree Swallow,***,2/19,2/28,3/18,4/28,5/25
Western Sandpiper,*,2/22,3/2,4/10,5/19,6/1
Purple Martin,**,2/2,3/2,6/18,After Jun 30,-
Cedar Waxwing,**,2/21,3/2,3/28,5/20,5/29
Vesper Sparrow,*,2/23,3/2,3/14,5/1,5/19
Spotted Towhee,*,2/21,3/2,3/19,4/27,5/9
Blue-winged Teal,***,2/20,3/4,4/7,5/4,5/26
Greater Yellowlegs,*,2/23,3/4,4/5,5/5,5/21
Blue-headed Vireo,*,2/24,3/4,4/8,5/15,5/26
Ruby-crowned Kinglet,**,2/25,3/4,3/24,4/20,5/4
Lincoln’s Sparrow,**,2/24,3/6,4/15,5/6,5/19
Wilson’s Plover,*,2/27,3/10,4/21,5/5,5/13
Hermit Thrush,*,3/3,3/10,3/20,4/10,4/25
Couch’s Kingbird,*,2/27,3/11,4/3,5/7,5/20
Northern Parula,***,2/21,3/11,4/19,After Jun 30,-
Golden-cheeked Warbler,*,3/3,3/12,3/27,4/4,6/13
American Golden-Plover,*,3/2,3/14,3/31,4/20,5/15
Pectoral Sandpiper,*,3/4,3/15,4/29,5/18,5/29
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck,**,3/3,3/16,4/23,5/6,5/15
Black-necked Stilt,***,3/4,3/16,4/19,5/4,5/14
Black-chinned Hummingbird,**,3/5,3/16,5/5,5/21,6/1
Brown-headed Cowbird,***,3/1,3/17,4/30,5/15,After Jun 30
Northern Rough-winged Swallow,***,3/3,3/18,4/27,After Jun 30,-
Louisiana Waterthrush,**,3/8,3/19,4/5,4/16,6/2
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Species,Noticeability[attr style=”color:orange”],Migrants Begin Arriving,Rapid Migrant Influx,Peak[attr style=”color:green”],Rapid Migrant Departure[attr style=”color:green”],Last Migrants Depart

Northern Pintail,**,-,-,Before Feb 1,3/13,3/24
Rufous Hummingbird,*,-,-,Before Feb 1,3/31,4/14
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker,***,-,-,Before Feb 1,3/31,4/20
Brown Creeper,*,-,-,Before Feb 1,3/30,4/11
Fox Sparrow,*,-,-,Before Feb 1,3/18,4/1
Dark-eyed Junco,***,-,2/2,2/16,4/3,4/13
Pine Siskin,*,-,2/2,2/17,5/11,5/24
Song Sparrow,***,2/20,2/22,2/26,3/29,4/15
Redhead,**,2/19,2/23,3/1,3/16,3/25
Ring-necked Duck,***,2/20,2/24,3/2,3/19,4/1
Sandhill Crane,**,2/18,2/23,3/2,3/18,3/29
Harris’s Sparrow,*,2/20,2/24,3/2,3/18,5/6
American Wigeon,**,2/21,2/25,3/3,3/19,4/18
Bufflehead,**,2/22,2/26,3/3,3/26,4/14
Ruddy Duck,**,2/21,2/25,3/3,3/17,4/26
Sharp-shinned Hawk,*,2/24,2/27,3/3,4/25,5/11
Ring-billed Gull,***,2/22,2/25,3/3,3/19,4/28
American White Pelican,**,2/20,2/25,3/4,3/22,4/27
Rusty Blackbird,*,2/26,2/28,3/4,3/25,4/11
Gadwall,***,2/21,2/26,3/5,3/22,4/21
Lesser Scaup,***,2/20,2/25,3/5,3/21,4/17
American Kestrel,***,2/21,2/26,3/5,3/23,4/11
Green-winged Teal,**,2/20,2/26,3/6,4/15,4/26
Northern Harrier,***,2/22,2/27,3/6,4/22,5/6
Herring Gull,*,2/22,2/27,3/6,4/26,5/8
Eastern Phoebe,***,2/19,2/25,3/6,3/20,3/31
Pied-billed Grebe,***,2/20,2/26,3/7,4/19,5/1
Horned Grebe,*,2/22,2/27,3/7,3/24,4/14
Cinnamon Teal,*,2/2,2/14,3/8,4/17,5/8
Northern Shoveler,**,2/22,2/27,3/8,4/23,5/21
Red-breasted Merganser,*,2/20,2/26,3/8,4/21,5/3
American Bittern,*,2/22,2/27,3/8,4/29,5/14
Bald Eagle,**,2/22,2/28,3/8,3/24,5/21
Belted Kingfisher,***,2/22,2/27,3/8,4/18,4/29
Golden-crowned Kinglet,**,2/24,3/1,3/8,3/29,4/14
Yellow-rumped Warbler,***,2/20,2/26,3/8,5/1,5/16
American Coot,***,2/20,2/27,3/9,4/22,5/10
Forster’s Tern,*,2/24,3/1,3/9,5/3,5/17
Winter Wren,*,2/28,3/4,3/9,4/2,4/16
Great Blue Heron,***,2/21,2/27,3/10,3/21,5/26
Glossy Ibis,*,2/20,2/27,3/10,3/25,4/24
Common Gallinule,*,2/20,2/27,3/10,4/30,5/9
Wilson’s Snipe,**,2/22,2/28,3/10,4/18,5/3
Bonaparte’s Gull,*,2/26,3/2,3/10,4/8,4/24
Palm Warbler,***,2/21,2/27,3/10,5/2,5/15
Common Loon,*,3/1,3/4,3/11,4/18,5/3
Double-crested Cormorant,***,2/21,2/27,3/11,4/20,5/4
Northern Flicker,***,2/23,3/1,3/11,4/3,4/18
Cooper’s Hawk,*,2/23,3/2,3/12,4/27,5/19
Savannah Sparrow,***,2/23,3/1,3/12,5/8,5/21
Swamp Sparrow,**,2/24,3/2,3/12,4/25,5/8
Osprey,***,2/19,2/27,3/13,4/24,5/5
Long-billed Curlew,*,2/19,2/27,3/13,4/27,5/13
Vesper Sparrow,*,2/23,3/2,3/14,5/1,5/19
Tree Swallow,**,2/19,2/28,3/18,4/28,5/25
Spotted Towhee,*,2/21,3/2,3/19,4/27,5/9
Hermit Thrush,***,3/3,3/10,3/20,4/10,4/25
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Species,Noticeability[attr style=”color:orange”],Migrants Begin Arriving,Rapid Migrant Influx,Peak,Rapid Migrant Departure[attr style=”color:green”],Last Migrants Depart[attr style=”color:green”]

Snow Goose,*,-,-,Before Feb 1,2/3,3/22
Canvasback,*,-,-,Before Feb 1,2/3,3/24
Hooded Merganser,***,-,-,Before Feb 1,2/3,3/25
American Pipit,**,-,-,Before Feb 1,2/3,3/25
Orange-crowned Warbler,***,-,-,Before Feb 1,2/3,5/11
Purple Finch,*,-,2/2,2/16,2/28,4/18
American Robin,***,-,2/2,2/19,3/12,5/24
Northern Pintail,**,-,-,Before Feb 1,3/13,3/24
Redhead,**,2/19,2/23,3/1,3/16,3/25
Ruddy Duck,**,2/21,2/25,3/3,3/17,4/26
Sandhill Crane,***,2/18,2/23,3/2,3/18,3/29
Fox Sparrow,**,-,-,Before Feb 1,3/18,4/1
Harris’s Sparrow,*,2/20,2/24,3/2,3/18,5/6
American Wigeon,**,2/21,2/25,3/3,3/19,4/18
Ring-necked Duck,***,2/20,2/24,3/2,3/19,4/1
Ring-billed Gull,***,2/22,2/25,3/3,3/19,4/28
Eastern Phoebe,***,2/19,2/25,3/6,3/20,3/31
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Great Plains

Greater Yellowlegs. Rick Sammons/Macaulay Library. eBird S34995615.

Species on the Move

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Species,Noticeability[attr style=”color:orange”],Migrants Begin Arriving[attr style=”color:green”],Rapid Migrant Influx[attr style=”color:green”],Peak,Rapid Migrant Departure,Last Migrants Depart

Cinnamon Teal,*,2/19,4/5,4/18,5/4,5/16
American White Pelican,***,2/21,3/31,4/13,After Jun 30,-
Horned Grebe,**,2/23,4/1,4/16,5/5,5/17
Northern Shoveler,***,2/25,3/19,4/13,5/7,After Jun 30
American Coot,***,2/25,4/2,4/18,5/7,5/22
Ruddy Duck,***,2/26,3/14,4/8,After Jun 30,-
Wood Duck,***,2/27,3/26,5/7,5/25,6/5
Wilson’s Snipe,**,2/27,3/31,4/15,After Jun 30,-
Great Blue Heron,***,2/28,3/26,4/24,5/19,After Jun 30
Song Sparrow,***,3/1,3/16,4/1,4/15,4/25
Common Grackle,****!,3/2,3/16,5/24,6/10,6/24
Greater Yellowlegs,***,3/5,3/25,4/15,5/4,5/18
Baird’s Sandpiper,***,3/10,3/26,4/22,5/18,6/4
Field Sparrow,***,3/10,4/2,4/26,5/9,5/17
Blue-winged Teal,****!,3/11,3/29,4/21,5/12,After Jun 30
Common Loon,**,3/13,3/24,4/9,5/9,After Jun 30
Turkey Vulture,****!,3/14,3/27,4/17,5/23,After Jun 30
Brown-headed Cowbird,****!,3/16,4/15,5/15,5/23,After Jun 30
Double-crested Cormorant,****!,3/17,3/29,4/14,5/1,After Jun 30
Purple Martin,***,3/19,4/7,5/9,After Jun 30,-
Tree Swallow,***,3/20,4/5,5/5,After Jun 30,-
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Species,Noticeability[attr style=”color:orange”],Migrants Begin Arriving,Rapid Migrant Influx[attr style=”color:green”],Peak[attr style=”color:green”],Rapid Migrant Departure,Last Migrants Depart

Redhead,***,2/15,2/26,3/13,3/27,After Jun 30
Ring-necked Duck,***,2/15,2/27,3/15,4/6,5/10
Northern Harrier,***,2/20,2/27,3/13,4/22,After Jun 30
Gadwall,***,2/18,2/28,3/26,After Jun 30,-
Golden-crowned Kinglet,*,2/23,2/28,3/13,4/15,4/25
American Wigeon,***,2/16,3/1,3/24,4/20,After Jun 30
Lesser Scaup,***,2/18,3/2,3/31,4/20,After Jun 30
Bufflehead,***,2/20,3/3,3/21,4/13,5/10
Sandhill Crane,***,2/20,3/3,3/18,4/3,4/17
Green-winged Teal,***,2/18,3/6,3/29,4/21,5/12
Red-breasted Merganser,*,2/22,3/6,3/21,4/11,4/27
Killdeer,****!,2/20,3/6,4/1,5/1,After Jun 30
American Pipit,*,2/21,3/6,4/19,5/7,5/19
Fox Sparrow,*,3/1,3/9,3/23,4/15,4/29
Ruddy Duck,***,2/26,3/14,4/8,After Jun 30,-
Song Sparrow,***,3/1,3/16,4/1,4/15,4/25
Common Grackle,***,3/2,3/16,5/24,6/10,6/24
Northern Shoveler,***,2/25,3/19,4/13,5/7,After Jun 30

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Species,Noticeability[attr style=”color:orange”],Migrants Begin Arriving,Rapid Migrant Influx,Peak[attr style=”color:green”],Rapid Migrant Departure[attr style=”color:green”],Last Migrants Depart

Brown Creeper,*,-,-,Before Feb 1,4/18,5/11
Dark-eyed Junco,***,-,2/2,2/10,4/10,4/24
Rusty Blackbird,*,2/17,2/23,3/3,3/17,4/21
Cackling Goose,***,2/19,2/25,3/5,3/19,3/31
Common Goldeneye,***,2/19,2/25,3/5,3/19,3/31
Hooded Merganser,***,2/20,2/25,3/5,3/17,4/27
Bald Eagle,***,2/19,2/24,3/5,3/19,3/30
Common Merganser,***,2/18,2/25,3/6,3/21,4/6
Lapland Longspur,*,2/24,2/27,3/6,3/20,3/31
Ross’s Goose,***,2/16,2/24,3/7,3/20,3/29
Northern Shrike,*,2/21,2/26,3/7,3/23,4/11
American Tree Sparrow,***,2/21,2/27,3/7,3/24,4/11
Greater White-fronted Goose,***,2/17,2/24,3/8,3/20,3/30
Rough-legged Hawk,***,2/21,2/27,3/8,3/22,4/5
Snow Goose,***,2/17,2/25,3/9,3/22,4/2
American Woodcock,*,2/16,2/25,3/10,3/23,4/3
Northern Pintail,**,2/15,2/24,3/11,After Jun 30,-
Redhead,***,2/15,2/26,3/13,3/27,After Jun 30
Northern Harrier,***,2/20,2/27,3/13,4/22,After Jun 30
Golden-crowned Kinglet,*,2/23,2/28,3/13,4/15,4/25
Ring-necked Duck,***,2/15,2/27,3/15,4/6,5/10
Sandhill Crane,***,2/20,3/3,3/18,4/3,4/17

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Species,Noticeability[attr style=”color:orange”],Migrants Begin Arriving,Rapid Migrant Influx,Peak,Rapid Migrant Departure[attr style=”color:green”],Last Migrants Depart[attr style=”color:green”]

Hooded Merganser,***,2/20,2/25,3/5,3/17,4/27
Rusty Blackbird,*,2/17,2/23,3/3,3/17,4/21
Cackling Goose,***,2/19,2/25,3/5,3/19,3/31
Common Goldeneye,***,2/19,2/25,3/5,3/19,3/31
Bald Eagle,***,2/19,2/24,3/5,3/19,3/30
Greater White-fronted Goose,***,2/17,2/24,3/8,3/20,3/30
Ross’s Goose,***,2/16,2/24,3/7,3/20,3/29
Lapland Longspur,**,2/24,2/27,3/6,3/20,3/31

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West

Scott’s Oriole. Emily Tornga/Macaulay Library. eBird S35048755.

Species on the Move

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Species,Noticeability[attr style=”color:orange”],Migrants Begin Arriving[attr style=”color:green”],Rapid Migrant Influx[attr style=”color:green”],Peak,Rapid Migrant Departure,Last Migrants Depart

American White Pelican,*,2/19,4/4,5/9,5/25,6/3
White-throated Swift,*,2/20,4/3,6/3,After Jun 30,-
Brant,*,2/21,4/11,4/20,5/6,5/17
Violet-green Swallow,***,2/21,4/27,6/22,After Jun 30,-
Brewer’s Blackbird,**,2/24,4/12,6/3,After Jun 30,-
Cassin’s Kingbird,*,2/28,4/13,5/6,5/24,6/5
Rufous Hummingbird,***,3/2,3/18,4/12,5/11,5/26
Broad-billed Hummingbird,**,3/3,3/13,3/29,6/6,6/14
Bell’s Vireo,**,3/7,3/18,4/26,6/3,6/12
Lucy’s Warbler,***,3/7,3/16,4/2,6/5,6/14
Hooded Oriole,***,3/9,3/22,4/23,5/25,6/8
Scott’s Oriole,*,3/10,3/24,4/28,6/2,6/13
Pacific-slope Flycatcher,***,3/14,4/18,6/3,After Jun 30,-
Orange-crowned Warbler,***,3/15,4/8,4/28,5/16,After Jun 30
Black-chinned Hummingbird,***,3/15,4/2,5/16,6/1,6/11
Western Kingbird,***,3/17,4/29,5/17,6/1,6/12
Cliff Swallow,***,3/19,4/26,After Jun 30,-,-

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Species,Noticeability[attr style=”color:orange”],Migrants Begin Arriving,Rapid Migrant Influx[attr style=”color:green”],Peak[attr style=”color:green”],Rapid Migrant Departure,Last Migrants Depart

Tree Swallow,***,2/14,2/26,5/12,5/29,6/11
Yellow-rumped Warbler,*,2/21,2/26,4/17,5/17,5/29
Cinnamon Teal,**,2/17,2/27,4/20,5/14,6/15
Northern Shoveler,*,2/21,2/27,4/9,4/28,6/2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow,***,2/14,2/27,5/8,5/23,6/4
Gadwall,*,2/21,2/28,4/14,5/22,After Jun 30
Mountain Bluebird,*,2/20,3/3,4/2,4/16,4/24
Cooper’s Hawk,*,2/20,3/7,3/29,5/9,5/28
Broad-billed Hummingbird,*,3/3,3/13,3/29,6/6,6/14
Lucy’s Warbler,**,3/7,3/16,4/2,6/5,6/14
Rufous Hummingbird,**,3/2,3/18,4/12,5/11,5/26
Bell’s Vireo,*,3/7,3/18,4/26,6/3,6/12

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[table sort=”,,,,asc” tablesorter=”true”]
Species,Noticeability[attr style=”color:orange”],Migrants Begin Arriving,Rapid Migrant Influx,Peak[attr style=”color:green”],Rapid Migrant Departure[attr style=”color:green”],Last Migrants Depart

Sharp-shinned Hawk,*,-,-,Before Feb 1,5/5,5/18
Bald Eagle,**,-,-,Before Feb 1,3/18,4/4
Rough-legged Hawk,*,-,-,Before Feb 1,3/29,4/26
Varied Thrush,*,-,2/2,2/18,4/5,4/25
Dark-eyed Junco,***,-,2/2,2/21,4/8,4/24
Glaucous-winged Gull,**,2/24,2/26,3/2,3/19,5/2
Canvasback,*,2/25,2/27,3/3,4/18,5/1
Northern Pintail,**,2/20,2/25,3/4,3/20,5/2
Barrow’s Goldeneye,*,2/26,2/28,3/4,4/14,4/26
Hooded Merganser,*,2/22,2/26,3/4,3/20,4/30
Cackling Goose,*,2/22,2/26,3/5,3/19,5/13
Common Goldeneye,***,2/21,2/26,3/5,4/15,4/28
Tundra Swan,*,2/20,2/26,3/6,3/25,4/9
Common Merganser,**,2/21,2/26,3/6,3/19,5/5
Ruddy Duck,**,2/22,2/26,3/6,5/21,6/3
Ring-billed Gull,***,2/19,2/25,3/6,3/20,4/1
Greater Scaup,*,2/25,3/1,3/7,5/5,5/23
Bufflehead,***,2/21,2/26,3/7,4/29,5/18
Pied-billed Grebe,**,2/22,2/27,3/7,4/21,5/31
Eurasian Wigeon,*,2/24,3/1,3/8,3/27,4/27
Horned Grebe,*,2/25,3/1,3/8,5/1,5/15
American Coot,**,2/21,2/27,3/8,4/27,6/5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet,***,2/23,3/1,3/10,4/22,5/18
American Wigeon,***,2/20,2/27,3/11,4/20,5/16
Green-winged Teal,**,2/20,2/27,3/11,4/30,5/16
Ring-necked Duck,**,2/21,2/27,3/11,4/26,5/16
Surf Scoter,*,2/25,3/2,3/11,5/6,5/22
Black Turnstone,*,2/26,3/3,3/11,5/2,5/12
Lesser Scaup,**,2/20,2/27,3/12,4/25,5/22
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Species,Noticeability[attr style=”color:orange”],Migrants Begin Arriving,Rapid Migrant Influx,Peak,Rapid Migrant Departure[attr style=”color:green”],Last Migrants Depart[attr style=”color:green”]

Snow Goose,*,-,-,Before Feb 1,2/3,5/1
Mew Gull,*,-,-,Before Feb 1,2/3,3/28
Herring Gull,**,-,-,Before Feb 1,2/3,3/26
Merlin,*,-,-,Before Feb 1,2/3,5/5
Bald Eagle,**,-,-,Before Feb 1,3/18,4/4
Cackling Goose,*,2/22,2/26,3/5,3/19,5/13
Common Merganser,**,2/21,2/26,3/6,3/19,5/5
Glaucous-winged Gull,*,2/24,2/26,3/2,3/19,5/2
Northern Pintail,**,2/20,2/25,3/4,3/20,5/2
Hooded Merganser,**,2/22,2/26,3/4,3/20,4/30
Ring-billed Gull,***,2/19,2/25,3/6,3/20,4/1

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