Hello all,
Below are the earliest arrival dates I've recorded for spring migrants in=20
Virginia through this morning. I'll be away for the next two weeks, and Tod=
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Day (BlkVulture@xxxxxxx) will be keeping track of the arrivals as they come=20
over the next 6-7 weeks, reposting periodically. Do send him your sightings=
,=20
especially if you see your records not represented here. Sooty Shearwaters=20
and Wilson's Storm-Petrels are already passing northward off Cape Hatteras,=20
so don't neglect the sea! Roseate Terns usually follow in late April and=20
early May! =20
Ned Brinkley, Cape Charles
2003 Spring Arrival Dates: Commonwealth of Virginia
March: Almost-certain immigrants from out-of-state
06 March: Pectoral Sandpiper (25 birds!, Leggetts Bottom, Halifax County;=20
Jeff Blalock)
10 March: Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Lake Shenandoah, Rockingham County;=
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Ken Ranck)
11 March: Purple Martin (Williamsburg vicinity; Dana Bradshaw)
12 March: Blue-winged Teal (Dulles Wetlands, Loudoun County; John Drummond)
13 March: Broad-winged Hawk (east of Danville; Jeff Blalock)
19 March: Royal Tern (Cape Charles Beach; Steve Hairfield, Ned Brinkley) =20
21 March: Yellow-throated Warbler (Williamsburg area?; Dana Bradshaw)
22 March: Barn Swallow (Augusta County; Allen Larner)
22 March: Louisiana Waterthrush (Great Falls NP, Fairfax County; Alex Merrit=
t)
23 March: Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Huntley Meadows; Brenda Tekin; and First=20
Landing SP; Elisa Enders).
23 March: Glossy Ibis (Cape Charles Beach; Ned Brinkley)
23 March: Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Norfolk; David Clark)
25 March: Black-and-white Warbler (Pocahontas State Park, Chesterfield=20
County; Paul Bedell)
28 March: Caspian Tern (Dyke Marsh, Fairfax County; Rich Rieger)
March: Earliest arrivals in Virginia away from known or likely wintering=20
areas (possibly intrastate migrants)=20
22 March: American Bittern (Huntley Meadows, Ben Jesup)
23 March: King Rail (Huntley Meadows, Brenda Tekin)=20
16 March: House Wren (Manassas; Laura Catterton)
29 March: Common Yellowthroat (Henricus, Richmond; fide Larry Lynch)
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April
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01 April: Northern Parula (James River Park, Richmond; Scott Olmstead)
03 April: Eastern Kingbird* (Cape Charles town; Mary Reid Barrow, Ned=20
Brinkley)
03 April: Whip-poor-will (Dillwyn, Buckingham County; David Spears)
04 April: Ovenbird (Suffolk; Les Willis)
04 April: Worm-eating Warbler* (Lake Albemarle, Albemarle County; Brenda=20
Tekin)
04 April: Prairie Warbler (Great Dismal Swamp NWR; Terry Jenkins, Aaron=20
Decker)
06 April: Prothonotary Warbler (Great Dismal Swamp NWR; Kurt and Debbie=20
Schroeder)
06 April: Wood Thrush (Great Dismal Swamp NWR; Kurt and Debbie Schroeder)
06 April: Great Crested Flycatcher+ (Great Dismal Swamp NWR; Brenda Tekin)
06 April: Solitary Sandpiper (Rockingham County; Todd Day, Ken Ranck, Sue=20
Heath, Ian Topolsky)
06 April: Green Heron (Augusta County, Allen and Pat Larner; Fauquier County=
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Ian Topolsky, Todd Day)
06 April: Veery*+ (Great Dismal Swamp NWR; Brenda Tekin)
07 April: Common Tern (CBBT; Brian Taber)
08 April: Orchard Oriole (Cape Charles town; Ned Brinkley)
08 April: Black-throated Green Warbler+ (Mountain Top Golf Course, Buchanan=20
County; Roger Mayhorn)
09 April: Spotted Sandpiper (BayCreek, Cape Charles; Tom Saunders)
13 April: Hooded Warbler (CBBT #4; Phil Kenney, Brenda Tekin, Ned Brinkley)
13 April: Parasitic Jaeger (CBBT #3; Phil Kenney, Ned Brinkley, et al.)
14 April: Chimney Swift (Oak Grove Lake Park, Chesapeake; David Clark;=20
Suffolk, Les Willis; Cape Charles; Ned Brinkley)
14 April: Swainson=E2=80=99s Warbler (Great Dismal Swamp NWR; Bob Ake)
14 April: Northern Waterthrush (Great Dismal Swamp NWR; Bob Ake)
15 April: Yellow Warbler (Grundy; Roger Mayhorn)
15 April: American Redstart (Ivy Creek Natural Area, Charlottesville; Dave=20
White)
15 April: Blackburnian Warbler (Ivy Creek Natural Area, Charlottesville; Dav=
e=20
White)
April: Earliest arrivals in Virginia away from known or likely wintering=20
areas (possibly intrastate migrants)=20
04 April: White-eyed Vireo (Dutch Gap Conservation Area, Chesterfield County=
,=20
Paul Bedell)
09 April: Baltimore Oriole* (Staunton; Lisa Hamilton)
11 April: Common Moorhen (Bells Lane, Augusta County; Allen Larner)
13 April: Little Blue Heron (Back Bay NWR; David Clark)
* =3D more than one week earlier than =E2=80=9Caverage=E2=80=9D arrival date=
. =20
+ =3D heard only or not mentioned as seen=20
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