38 SPRING MIGRATION 



SPRING MIGRATION 



Arrival of Summer Residents and Transients* from the south. 



February 15-March 10. Canada Goose (April 20-30), Pintail 

 (April), Scaup Duck (April 20-30), Purple Crackle, Rusty Blackbird 

 (May 1-10), Red-winged Blackbird, Robin, Bluebird. 



March 10-20. Woodcock, Phcebe, Meadowlark, Cowbird, Fox 

 Sparrow (April 1-15). 



March 20-31. Red-breasted Merganser (May 1-10), Wilson's 

 Snipe (May 1-10), Kingfisher, Mourning Dove, Swamp Sparrow, White- 

 throated Sparrow (May 15-30), Field Sparrow. 



April 1-10. Great Blue Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron, 

 Fish Hawk, Purple Finch, Vesper Sparrow, Savanna Sparrow (May 

 1-15), Chipping Sparrow, Tree Swallow (May 15-31), Myrtle Warbler 

 (May 10-20), Pipit (April 15-25), Hermit Thrush (April 25-May 5). 



April 10-20. Bittern, Green Heron, Clapper Rail, Yellow-bellied 

 Sapsucker (April 20-30), Barn Swallow, Yellow Palm Warbler (April 

 25-May 10), Pine Warbler, Louisiana Water-Thrush, Ruby-crowned 

 Kinglet (May 1-15). 



April 20-30. Virginia Rail, Sora, Spotted Sandpiper, Whip-poor- 

 will, Chimney Swift, Least Flycatcher, Seaside Sparrow, Sharp-tailed 

 Sparrow, Towhee, Blue-headed Vireo (May 10-15), Purple Martin, 

 Cliff Swallow, Bank Swallow, Rough-winged Swallow, Black and 

 White Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler (May 15-25), Oven- 

 bird, House Wren, Brown Thrasher, Catbird, Wood Thrush. 



May 1-10. Least Bittern, Solitary Sandpiper (May 15-25), Semi- 

 palmated Sandpiper (June 1-10), Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Black-billed 

 Cuckoo, Nighthawk, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Crested Fly- 

 catcher, Kingbird, Baltimore Oriole, Orchard Oriole, Bobolink, Grass- 

 hopper Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, (May 15-25), Indigo Bunting, 

 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Scarlet Tanager, Red-eyed Vireo, Warbling 

 Vireo, Yellow-throated Vireo, White-eyed Vireo, Nashville Warbler 

 (May 15-25), Blue-winged Warbler, Parula Warbler, Yellow Warbler, 

 Black-throated Blue Warbler (May 15-30), Magnolia Warbler (May 

 15-30), Chestnut-sided Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Maryland Yellow- 

 throat, Worm-eating Warbler, Northern Water-Thrush (May 10-30), 

 Hooded Warbler, Chat, Redstart, Veery. 



May 10-20. Wood Pewee, Acadian Flycatcher, Alder Flycatcher, 

 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (May 20-30), White-crowned Sparrow 

 (May 20-30), Golden- winged Warbler (May 15-30), Tennessee Warbler 

 (May 15-30), Cape May Warbler (May 15-30), Blackburnian Warbler 

 (May 15-30), Bay-breasted Warbler (May 15-30), Black-poll Warbler 

 (May 25- June 5), Mourning Warbler (May 20-30), Wilson's Warbler 

 (May 20-30), Canadian Warbler (May 25- June 5), Long-billed Marsh 

 Wren, Short-billed Marsh Wren, Olive-backed Thrush (May 20-30), 



*The date of departure for the north is given for transient visitants; the omission 

 of this date indicates a summer resident. 



