Some recent first of spring dates for new returnees.
(below, 'ever' = 14 prior years I have data for here)
Black-chinned Hummingbird 2/28 the new normal
Vermilion Flycatcher .... 2/24 earliest ever
Ash-throated Flycatcher.. 3/1 earliest ever
White-eyed Vireo ....... 2/12 earliest ever
Blue-headed Vireo ....... 2/26 earliest ever
Common Yellowthroat ..... 2/26 earliest ever
Barn Swallow ............ 2/24 2nd earliest (2/23 once)
Purple Martin ........... 2/26 average
Should be a fitzy-fancy warbler around any day now.
"Our" wintering Pine Warbler last seen early Feb.
"The" wintering Rusty Blackbird last on Feb. 21.
happy feathers!
Mitch Heindel
Utopia
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