Charlie Spencer Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 (edited) Anyone else in the southeast not seeing many Blue Jays? There seem to be far fewer this winter and spring than previous years. I think I've seen only four or five since the first of the year, and I've hit suburban, coastal, and salt marsh environments in both Carolinas. Robins, Red-wingeds, Common Grackles, and Brown-headed Cowbirds have been moving through in increasing numbers for a couple of weeks. Juncos have dropped off; I had two at the feeder yesterday for the first time in three weeks. Edited February 19, 2022 by Charlie Spencer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 8 hours ago, Avery said: Not technically migration, but singing Winter Wrens were a nice sign of spring! I always love hearing their song! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 First Red-winged Blackbird spring arrival of the year! We're going to have some warmish weather for a few days starting tomorrow, so that should bring in a few more blackbird species. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 A bunch of birds are starting to sing here. Song sparrows, wrens, OCWAs, wrentits, mockingbirds, thrashers, and others. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 21 minutes ago, IKLland said: A bunch of birds are starting to sing here. Song sparrows, wrens, OCWAs, wrentits, mockingbirds, thrashers, and others. Do the Thrashers ever stop singing? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 1 minute ago, Connor Cochrane said: Do the Thrashers ever stop singing? I don’t think so. They just are really cool sounding! Somehow I got my first ones for the year today….along with a bunch of other stuff. https://ebird.org/checklist/S103091820 https://ebird.org/checklist/S103034139 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, IKLland said: I don’t think so. They just are really cool sounding! Somehow I got my first ones for the year today….along with a bunch of other stuff. https://ebird.org/checklist/S103091820 https://ebird.org/checklist/S103034139 Nice. I don't have any yet this year either because they basically don't exist in my county. Maybe one or two on public lands but very hard to access. I've learned of a place that supposedly has them but it's private (so I'll have to make a quick early morning trip later in the year). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 (edited) I had a Common Poorwill early this morning. All the swallows are back, Barn, Cliff, and Rough-winged so far. Tree Swallows have been around for a while. Just waiting on a VG swallow now. Edited February 20, 2022 by Aidan B 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 20 minutes ago, Aidan B said: I had a Common Poorwill early this morning. All the swallows are back, Barn, Cliff, and Rough-winged so far. Tree Swallows have been around for a while. Just waiting on a VG swallow now. It's interesting how different swallow migration is in the Central Valley than out here on the coast. I've had Barn, Tree, and Violet-green all winter, but still no sign of any Cliff's or Rough-winged 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 24 minutes ago, Aidan B said: I had a Common Poorwill early this morning. All the swallows are back, Barn, Cliff, and Rough-winged so far. Tree Swallows have been around for a while. Just waiting on a VG swallow now. I’ve had barn and rough winged so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 We had a bazillion Tree Swallows on the SC coast last weekend, but I haven't seen any inland yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 21 hours ago, Charlie Spencer said: Anyone else in the southeast not seeing many Blue Jays? There seem to be far fewer this winter and spring than previous years. I think I've seen only four or five since the first of the year, and I've hit suburban, coastal, and salt marsh environments in both Carolinas. Robins, Red-wingeds, Common Grackles, and Brown-headed Cowbirds have been moving through in increasing numbers for a couple of weeks. Juncos have dropped off; I had two at the feeder yesterday for the first time in three weeks. I have plenty of Blue Jays here in NE Florida. I have 5 or 5 just in my yard daily. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Not migration but a sign of early spring for sure. I have a Brown Thrasher in the backyard right now singing his little lungs out. This is the 3rd Spring in a row that we have had one do this in our yard. As most of you know Brown Thrasher's tend to stick low in brush or on the ground but when singing for a mate the top of the tallest tree is where they will be. It will sing until a potential mate appears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpa Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Had a half dozen Violet-green Swallows yesterday. Rather early for my county and still marked rare on eBird. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 Got my first Orange-crowned Warblers singing on their breeding grounds today. They're alway the second migrants to come after Allen's Hummingbirds. Pac-slopes are usually next, they should be here in 3 weeks. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 9 minutes ago, Connor Cochrane said: Got my first Orange-crowned Warblers singing on their breeding grounds today. They're alway the second migrants to come after Allen's Hummingbirds. Pac-slopes are usually next, they should be here in 3 weeks. They aren’t resident by you? I have them all year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 3 minutes ago, IKLland said: They aren’t resident by you? I have them all year. They are resident directly along the coast and in a few residential neighborhoods, but they are only migrants and summer residents in the hills where they breed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 The summer Phoebes showed up a week ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meghann Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Went outside just now, and EVERYBODY was singing. Cardinals, Bluebirds, Chickadees, White-throated Sparrows, etc. It's warm here this week, too. If I have to turn on the air conditioner in February, I'm going to be grumpy. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Red-winged Blackbirds returned in fair numbers to one large park in my county yesterday, along with a decent amount of duck sp moving in, my FOY Lesser Scaup included. It’s 50 degrees now, but it’s going to drop below freezing for a couple days. I bet I won’t see any more migrants (COGR, BHCO, probably) for a week at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 On 2/20/2022 at 12:17 PM, neilpa said: Had a half dozen Violet-green Swallows yesterday. Rather early for my county and still marked rare on eBird. I miss these! Colorado had them in abundance in spring and summer. Here in Florida now zippo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Summer robins have arrived, and juncos passing through in larger numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 The first Osprey of the season flew over the house this evening. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Went from single Red-winged Blackbird on 23rd, to hundreds of them at a hotspot tonight. 50 plus Common Grackles. First Brown-headed Cowbirds. First Killdeer. Lots of singing happening in the morning. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colton V Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Violet-green Swallows have been making the rare bird alerts for the last couple of weeks (one of them being mine). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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