Migration

Species on the move, Spring 2020: mid-March

Andrew Farnsworth The Cornell Lab Mar 10, 2020

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 this link.

Upper Midwest and Northeast

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

Species on the Move

Beginning Arrivals What is this?

Species Noticeability Migrants Begin Arriving Rapid Migrant Influx 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

Peaking Arrivals

Species Noticeability Migrants Begin Arriving Rapid Migrant Influx Peak 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

Beginning Departures

Species Noticeability Migrants Begin Arriving Rapid Migrant Influx Peak Rapid Migrant Departure 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

Ending Departures

Species Noticeability Migrants Begin Arriving Rapid Migrant Influx Peak Rapid Migrant Departure Last Migrants Depart
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

Gulf Coast and Southeast

Pectoral Sandpiper. George McHenry/Macaulay Library. eBird S65609428

Beginning Arrivals What is this?

Species Noticeability Migrants Begin Arriving Rapid Migrant Influx 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

Peaking Arrivals

Species Noticeability Migrants Begin Arriving Rapid Migrant Influx Peak 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

Beginning Departures

Species Noticeability Migrants Begin Arriving Rapid Migrant Influx Peak Rapid Migrant Departure 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

Ending Departures

Species Noticeability Migrants Begin Arriving Rapid Migrant Influx Peak Rapid Migrant Departure Last Migrants Depart
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

Great Plains

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

Species on the Move

Beginning Arrivals What is this?

Species Noticeability Migrants Begin Arriving Rapid Migrant Influx 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 -

Peaking Arrivals

Species Noticeability Migrants Begin Arriving Rapid Migrant Influx Peak 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

Beginning Departures

Species Noticeability Migrants Begin Arriving Rapid Migrant Influx Peak Rapid Migrant Departure 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

Ending Departures

Species Noticeability Migrants Begin Arriving Rapid Migrant Influx Peak Rapid Migrant Departure Last Migrants Depart
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

West

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

Species on the Move

Beginning Arrivals What is this?

Species Noticeability Migrants Begin Arriving Rapid Migrant Influx 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 - -

Peaking Arrivals

Species Noticeability Migrants Begin Arriving Rapid Migrant Influx Peak 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

Beginning Departures

Species Noticeability Migrants Begin Arriving Rapid Migrant Influx Peak Rapid Migrant Departure 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

Ending Departures

Species Noticeability Migrants Begin Arriving Rapid Migrant Influx Peak Rapid Migrant Departure Last Migrants Depart
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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