Marin Audubon Society - Marin Bird Migrations

Arrival And Departure Dates Of Marin County Birds Compiled by Ken Burton
These dates indicate the approximate times of the year at which the commoner migratory birds first arrive in and last depart from the area. Some individuals usually will be found both before and after these periods. February \| March \| April \| May \| June \| July \| August \| September \| October \| November \| December Return to Birds Early February Arrivals: Allen's Hummingbird Mid February Arrivals: Violet-green Swallow Departures: Heermann's Gull Early March Arrivals: Rufous Hummingbird, Barn Swallow Mid March Arrivals: Red Knot, Caspian Tern, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Bullock's Oriole Late March Arrivals: Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Wilson's Warbler Early April Arrivals: Warbling Vireo Mid April Arrivals: Vaux's Swift, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Western Kingbird, Cassin's Vireo, Swainson's Thrush, Yellow Warbler, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Western Tanager, Chipping Sparrow, Black-headed Grosbeak Departures: Bufflehead, Say's Phoebe Late April Arrivals: Sabine's Gull, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Western Wood-Pewee, Lazuli Bunting Departures: American Wigeon, Black Scoter, Thayer's Gull, Fox Sparrow Early May Arrivals: Grasshopper Sparrow Departures: Northern Fulmar, Green-winged Teal, Canvasback, Ring-necked Duck, Common Goldeneye, Greater Yellowlegs, Red Knot, Least Sandpiper, Wilson's Snipe, Mew Gull, Herring Gull, Varied Thrush, Lincoln's Sparrow Mid May Departures: Horned Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Eared Grebe, American White Pelican, Semipalmated Plover, Wandering Tattler, Spotted Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone, Black Turnstone, Surfbird, Sanderling, Western Sandpiper, Dunlin, Short-billed Dowitcher, Long-billed Dowitcher, Black-legged Kittiwake, Rufous Hummingbird, American Pipit, Cedar Waxwing, Townsend's Warbler, Golden-crowned Sparrow Late May Departures: Brant, Northern Shoveler, Pomarine Jaeger, Bonaparte's Gull, Sabine's Gull, Ruby-crowned Kinglet Early June Departures: Red-breasted Merganser Mid June Arrivals: Heermann's Gull Late June Arrivals: Elegant Tern Early July Arrivals: Greater Yellowlegs Mid July Arrivals: Lesser Yellowlegs, Wandering Tattler, Western Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher Late July Arrivals: Northern Fulmar, American White Pelican, Spotted Sandpiper, Black Turnstone, Surfbird, Least Sandpiper, Common Tern Early August Arrivals: Buller's Shearwater, Northern Shoveler, Red-breasted Merganser, Ruddy Turnstone, Red Knot, Sanderling, Long-billed Dowitcher, Parasitic Jaeger, Sabine's Gull Mid August Arrivals: Eared Grebe, Green-winged Teal, Semipalmated Plover, Wilson's Phalarope, Red-necked Phalarope, Red Phalarope, Bonaparte's Gull, Townsend's Warbler Departures: Allen's Hummingbird Late August Arrivals: Brant, American Wigeon, Wilson's Snipe Early September Arrivals: Canvasback, Pomarine Jaeger, Cedar Waxwing Mid September Arrivals: Ring-necked Duck, Dunlin, Black-legged Kittiwake, Say's Phoebe, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, American Pipit, Fox Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow Departures: Olive-sided Flycatcher, Western Kingbird, Grasshopper Sparrow, Bullock's Oriole Late September Arrivals: Horned Grebe, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Mew Gull, Herring Gull, Varied Thrush, Golden-crowned Sparrow Departures: Lazuli Bunting Early October Departures: Wilson's Phalarope, Western Wood-Pewee, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Cliff Swallow, Black-headed Grosbeak Mid October Arrivals: Black Scoter, Thayer's Gull Departures: Sabine's Gull, Caspian Tern, Vaux's Swift, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Cassin's Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Swainson's Thrush, Yellow Warbler, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Western Tanager, Chipping Sparrow Late October Departures: Wilson's Warbler Early November Departures: Buller's Shearwater, Red-necked Phalarope, Elegant Tern, Common Tern, Violet-green Swallow, Barn Swallow Mid November Departures: Red Knot Late November Departures: Lesser Yellowlegs Early December Departures: Parasitic Jaeger Late December Departures: Red Phalarope
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