Connor Cochrane Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Just got my first Allen's Hummingbrids up here today, which usually signifies the start of Spring migration for us in coastal California. It'll still be at least a month before birds start moving in some numbers, but I thought I'd at least get the thread started. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Nothing yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Here, it's WAY too early to start seeing birds moving through already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Tree Swallows have returned to the western part of Sacramento County during the past week. They're usually absent anywhere away from the southeastern part (Where they are year round) between November and late January. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 No “technically” Spring Migrants yet, but I can’t recall another year we have had more over-wintering species found. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Only sign of Spring here is the displaying Woodcocks! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Northern Cardinals, chickadees, titmice, and House Finches have started singing, which are the spare signs of spring here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 3 hours ago, Quiscalus quiscula said: Northern Cardinals, chickadees, titmice, and House Finches have started singing, which are the spare signs of spring here. Same here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 2 hours ago, chipperatl said: Same here. And here. There's been a cardinal singing just outside the house for a couple of mornings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meghann Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Well, you west coasters can do what you want, but here on the east coast, I don't have all the winter ducks for my year list yet, so spring migration isn't allowed! Sorry! ? 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 My earliest record for Common Grackle just showed up under my feeder. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Heard the first woodpecker drumming yesterday. Think it was Hairy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 On 2/8/2022 at 12:26 PM, meghann said: Well, you west coasters can do what you want, but here on the east coast, I don't have all the winter ducks for my year list yet, so spring migration isn't allowed! Sorry! ? I going to the ACE Basin refuges Saturday (between Charleston and Hilton Head SC). There darn sure better still be some quackers! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 The only sign of spring here is the weather. It’s been well above freezing for the last few weeks. There’s practically no snow and the ponds are sooooo close to being open. Had a few ducks swimming on the melt water above the ice today. The weather looks good for the next bit so I’m hoping they’ll open up and attract some wintering waterfowl. They usually don’t begin to melt until the end of April. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 On my morning walk I saw a pair each of Red-shouldered Hawk, Mallard, and Hairy Woodpecker. The hawks were pulling small branches off trees and carrying them away to their nest. A Common Grackle presaged the coming influx. At sunrise a cardinal and a Song Sparrow sang briefly. Spring is underway here in Maryland. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meghann Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 On 2/8/2022 at 12:26 PM, meghann said: Well, you west coasters can do what you want, but here on the east coast, I don't have all the winter ducks for my year list yet, so spring migration isn't allowed! Sorry! ? 19 hours ago, Charlie Spencer said: I going to the ACE Basin refuges Saturday (between Charleston and Hilton Head SC). There darn sure better still be some quackers! I got my Pintails yesterday, just need Gadwall (which I thought I had already, but apparently not), and I'm good to go. I'd love Goldeneye, but those are so hit and miss, I'm at peace with not getting one before spring. Didn't have one at all last year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 16 minutes ago, meghann said: I got my Pintails yesterday, just need Gadwall (which I thought I had already, but apparently not), and I'm good to go. I'd love Goldeneye, but those are so hit and miss, I'm at peace with not getting one before spring. Didn't have one at all last year. I picked up my lifer Gadwalls in mid-January when two occupied a nearby wastewater pond for a couple of weeks. Easy-peasy; Stevie Wonder could have found them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 On 2/9/2022 at 3:01 PM, Charlie Spencer said: I going to the ACE Basin refuges Saturday (between Charleston and Hilton Head SC). There darn sure better still be some quackers! Five species of ducks that I saw, three more that others in the group had, and Tundra Swans. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 On 2/10/2022 at 9:11 AM, Peromyscus said: On my morning walk I saw a pair each of Red-shouldered Hawk, Mallard, and Hairy Woodpecker. The hawks were pulling small branches off trees and carrying them away to their nest. A Common Grackle presaged the coming influx. At sunrise a cardinal and a Song Sparrow sang briefly. Spring is underway here in Maryland. Yesterday I saw about 10 grackles on my afternoon walk. Today I caught up with the Mottled Duck in Montgomery County, Maryland (and a couple of birders I hadn't seen in years). At this location there was a pair of Red-shoulders copulating, and Mottled Duck was courting a female Mallard. The cardinal sang for a couple of minutes this morning at sunrise. Today it hit 58 (yesterday 65), tomorrow it will snow. February in Maryland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 No migration yet, but some signs of spring, the Bewick's Wrens Chickadees, and Northern Cardinals have started singing. Also I would say the grasshoppers have started coming out, except I have not ever stopped see them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Here in North Florida we are seeing Tree Swalows, American Robins and Cedar Waxings in large numbers. May is the best month for migrants here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Other signs of spring. The cardinals have been singing for a couple of weeks. The Eastern Bluebirds are busy nest building in the bluebird box we have and they are chasing away Blue Jays and Squirrels. The Carolina Wrens have been checking out there nesting area daily. We left their nest intact this year so no building going on. Last year we had clean out the old nest and there was nest building by this time. I actually hope they don't nest too soon because all of their first brood died last year. I don't think there were enough bugs coming out that early to provide food. We even supplied dried worms. ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meghann Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Cardinals and wrens singing up a storm here, and saw an Osprey carrying nesting material. Got all my normal ducks, but would still like to snag black duck or goldeneye. We'll see. 6 hours ago, Clip said: I actually hope they don't nest too soon because all of their first brood died last year. I don't think there were enough bugs coming out that early to provide food. We even supplied dried worms. ? We have a towhee pair that nests in our yard every year, and fails EVERY year. It's depressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 The hummingbirds have been nesting since December, guess that counts!!?? No migrants yet, but people are starting to have rufous hummingbirds. I’ll have to see if I can get one this weekend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Not technically migration, but singing Winter Wrens were a nice sign of spring! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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