This past spring I kept a list of when I first saw new spring migrants passing through our area. I thought it might be interesting to keep a tally of fall migrants as they come through here too. I should have started this list earlier in the season when the shorebirds were migrating through, but I do have a tendency to put things off as long as possible.
Aug. 15 Upland Sandpiper
Aug. 29 Marbled Godwit
Sept. 2 Wilson’s Snipe
Sept. 2 Pectoral Sandpiper
Sept. 15 Prairie Warbler
Sept. 15 American Redstart
Sept. 16 Eastern Screech-Owl
Sept. 17 Red-breasted Nuthatch
Sept. 19 Nashville Warbler
Sept. 19 Northern Parula
Sept. 20 Connecticut Warbler
Sept. 20 Dickcissel
Sept. 20 Lark Sparrow
Sept. 24 Blackpoll Warbler
Sept. 24 Cape May Warbler
Sept. 25 Wilson’s Warbler
Sept. 25 Magnolia Warbler
Sept. 25 Black-throated Blue Warbler
Sept. 25 Prairie Warbler
Sept. 25 Ovenbird
Sept. 25 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Sept. 25 Chestnut-sided Warbler
Sept. 25 Merlin
Sept. 25 Broad-winged Hawk
Sept. 25 Parasitic Jaeger
Sept. 26 Northern Shoveler
Sept. 26 Northern Pintail
Sept. 26 American Wigeon
Sept. 26 Veery
Sept. 26 Black Scoter
Sept. 26 Lesser Black-backed Gull
Sept. 26 Common Gallinule
Sept. 26 Yellow-green Vireo
Sept. 27 Philadelphia Vireo
Sept. 27 Canada Warbler
Sept. 27 Northern Waterthrush
Sept. 27 Clay-colored Sparrow
Sept. 27 Red-headed Woodpecker
Sept. 27 Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Sept. 27 Swainson’s Thrush
Sept. 27 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Sept. 28 Chimney Swift
Oct. 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Oct. 1 Dunlin
Oct. 1 Western Willet
Oct. 9 Yellow-rumped Warbler
Oct. 9 Golden-crowned Kinglet
Oct. 9 Brant
Oct. 9 Dark-eyed Junco
Oct. 13 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Oct. 13 Blue-headed Vireo
Oct. 13 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Oct. 13 Brown Creeper
Oct. 13 Hermit Thrush
Oct. 13 Purple Finch
Oct. 13 White-crowned Sparrow
Oct. 15 Wilson’s Snipe
Oct. 15 Solitary Sandpiper (finally!)
Oct. 17 Bobolink
Oct. 18 Ring-necked Duck
Oct. 24 Bufflehead
Oct. 24 Fox Sparrow
Oct. 25 Lincoln’s Sparrow
Oct. 25 Tennessee Warbler
Oct. 25 Rusty Blackbird
Oct. 25 Eurasian Wigeon
Oct. 25 Ruddy Duck
Oct. 25 American Coot
Oct. 30 White-winged Scoter
Oct. 30 King Eider
Oct. 31 Horned Grebe
Nov. 1 Pine Siskin
Nov. 1 Long-billed Dowitcher
Nov. 3 Tundra Swan
Nov. 3 Vesper Sparrow
Nov. 12 Long-tailed Duck
Nov. 12 Orange-crowned Warbler
Nov. 12 Common Raven
Nov. 12 Red-breasted Merganser
Nov. 14 Hooded Merganser
Nov. 14 Common Goldeneye
Nov. 24 American Tree Sparrow
Nov. 24 Snow Bunting
Nov. 30 Common Eider
Nov. 30 Horned Lark