These are ‘first of the season’ dates for each of these bird species at Prairie Haven. The first list is spring arriving species; the second shorter list is birds that fly here, or through here, in the fall.
I’m always anxious in the spring, watching and waiting for each species to show up. I’m hoping this will help me know when to expect them.
Spring
American Redstart 5/10/22, 5/12/21, 5/14/23
American Woodcock 3/18/20, 3/27/22
Baltimore Oriole 5/1/21, 5/4/22, 5/5/23
Barn Swallow 4/26/21, 4/30/22, 5/4/23
Black-billed Cuckoo 5/4/23, 5/14/21, 5/15/22
Blue Winged Warbler 5/4/21, 5/10/23
Brown Creeper 4/10/23, 4/13/22
Brown Thrasher 4/30/22, 5/9/23
Brown-headed Cowbird 3/25/21, 4/7/22, 4/8/23
Chipping Sparrow 4/8/21, 4/23/22
Clay-colored Sparrow 4/30/22, 5/14/21
Common Yellowthroat 5/6/22, 5/11/21
Eastern Bluebird 2/11/23, 2/29/24, 3/13/22, 3/20/21
Eastern Kingbird 5/17/22, 5/29/23, 6/4/21
Eastern Phoebe 3/30/21, 4/5/23, 4/10/22
Eastern Towhee 4/9/23, 4/9/21, 4/15/22
Eastern Wood Pewee 5/11/22, 5/16/23, 5/19/21
Field Sparrow 4/6/21, 4/9/23, 4/13/22
Fox Sparrow 3/21/21, 3/26/22
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4/25/22
Gray Catbird 4/29/21, 5/3/22, 5/6/23
Great Crested Flycatcher 5/22/23, 5/26/21, 6/2/22
Henslow’s Sparrow 5/14/21, 5/22/23, 5/29/22
Hermit Thrush 4/19/22
House Wren 4/25/22, 5/3/23, 5/14/21
Indigo Bunting 5/10/23, 5/10/22, 5/12/21
Killdeer 3/10/21, 3/14/22, 3/15/23
Northern Cardinal spring song 2/22/21, 3/6/23
Northern Flicker 4/9/23, 4/16/22
Northern Oriole 5/5/23
Northern Waterthrush 5/6/23
Orchard Oriole 5//23, 5/10/22, 5/10/21
Ovenbird 5/2/22, 5/4/21, 5/9/23
Palm Warbler 4/29/22, 4/29/21, 5/3/23
Red-eyed Vireo 5/13/22, 5/29/21
Red-winged Blackbird 3/1/24, 3/8/23, 3/8/21, 3/13/22
Rose Breasted Grosbeak 4/29/23, 4/29/21
Rough-winged Swallow 4/28/23, 4/30/22, 5/2/21
Ruby Crowned Kinglet 4/15/23, 4/15/22, 5/1/21
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 5/8/23, 5/9/22, 5/10/21
Ruffed Grouse drumming 3/28/22, 4/13/23
Sandhill Crane 3/5/23, 3/9/21, 3/14/22
Scarlet Tanager 5/10/22, 5/13/23, 5/15/21
Sedge Wren 4/30/22
Song Sparrow 3/19/21, 3/24/23, 3/24/22
Swamp Sparrow 4/14/23, 4/27/21, 4/30/22
Trumpeter Swan 2/22/24
Turkey Vulture 3/21/21, 3/23/23, 3/27/22
Veery 5/17/23, 5/23/20
Whip-poor-will 5/29/23
White-throated Sparrow 4/13/23, 4/25/22, 4/26/21
Willow Flycatcher 5/10/22, 5/20/23, 5/21/21
Wilson’s Snipe 3/23/21, 5/1/22
Wood Thrush 5/9/23, 5/9/22, 5/11/21
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4/4/22, 4/6/23, 4/23/21
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4/10/23, 4/17/22, 4/26/21
Yellow-throated Vireo 5/10/22, 5/11/23, 5/12/21
Yellow Warbler 5/5/21, 5/6/22
Fall
American Tree Sparrow 9/14/23, 10/30/22, 11/5/21
Dark-eyed Junco 9/26/22, 9/27/21, 10/7/23
Golden Eagle 10/1/22, 11/28/21
Northern Shrike 10/19/22, 12/24/20, 12/24/23
White-throated Sparrow 9/15/21, 9/20/23, 9/21/22
Yellow-rumped Warbler 9/24/21