Arrival Dates of Marin County, California Landbirds
With Comparisons to Other Regions of California
 
(from the Marin County Breeding Bird Atlas, Dave Shuford, Bushtit Books and the Point Reyes Bird Observatory (PRBO, 2003)

 

(Data below indicates average arrival date in bold, number of data years inside paranthetical ( ), and the span/range of first arrival and latest)

 

 

PRBOÕs Palomarin Field Station (1967-89)

(West Marin County near Bolinas)

Marin County

(1900-1980)

Berkeley Area

(1911-1947)

(Data from H.G. Weston, Spring arrival of summer residents in the Berkeley area. Condor 49:54-73)

N. California

(1972-1984)

(Middle Pacific Coast Region of American Birds)

S. California

(1972-1984)

(Southern Pacific Coast Region of American Birds)

VauxÕs Swift

 

 

 

4/6 (6) 3/26-4/19

4/12 (15) 4/4-4/19

Black-chinned Hummingbird

 

 

 

3/26 (5) 3/11-4/9

3/25 (10) 2/25-4/11

AllenÕs Hummingbird

2/5 (19) 1/24-2/27

2/5 (27) 1/16-2/28

2/13 (30) 1/29-2/24

 

 

Olive-sided Flycatcher

4/17 (18) 4/13-4/26

4/18 (23) 4/7-4/30

4/19 (30) 3/28-5/5

4/14 (6) 4/9-4/22

4/12 (14) 3/19-4/29

Western Wood-Pewee

5/15 (11) 4/24-6/7

-      (4) 4/14-4/26

5/1 (13) 4/18-5/8

4/15 (6) 4/9-4/21

4/13 (14) 4/3-4/24

Pacific-slope Flycatcher

3/27 (16) 3/18-4/8

3/25 (16) 3/1-4/5

3/26 (32) 3/12-4/9

3/22 (5) 3/12-4/4

3/14 (5) 3/2-3/22

Ash-throated Flycatcher

4/26 (13) 4/10-5/9

 

 

4/9 (5) 4/2-4/15

3/31 (15) 3/22-4/9

Western Kingbird

 

4/5 (5) 4/1-4/11

 

3/23 (5) 3/2-3/31

3/14 (14) 3/5-4/3

Purple Martin

 

4/7 (13) 3/6-4/30

 

 

 

Tree Swallow

(some remain over the winter during  occasional years)

2/13 (19) 1/20-3/8

2/22 (12) 2/3-3/5

 

 

 

Violet-green Swallow

2/25 (18) 2/9-3/19

2/21 (11) 2/6-3/13

 

 

 

N. Rough-winged Swallow

3/19 (15) 3/8-3/31

3/7 (7) 2/29-3/15

 

 

 

Cliff Swallow

3/24 (18) 3/12-4/10

3/18 (16) 3/9-3/29

3/22 (11) 3/5-4/7

 

 

Barn Swallow

3/15 (14) 2/24-4/8

3/11 (14) 3/5-3/19

 

 

 

House Wren

 

 

3/21 (21) 3/4-4/6

 

 

SwainsonÕs Thrush

4/27 (19) 4/19-5/4

4/26 (20) 4/15-5/4

4/24 (32) 4/14-5/5

4/21 (5) 4/18-4/28

4/21 (15) 4/6-5/1

CassinÕs Vireo

 

-       (4) 3/20-4/5

 

4/1 (6) 3/22-4/9

3/27 (15) 3/14-4/10

Warbling Vireo

3/26 (21) 3/15-4/3

3/25 (20) 3/13-4/6

3/25 (30) 3/9-4/6

3/21 (6) 3/13-3/31

3/11 (15) 3/1-3/20

Orange-crowned Warbler

3/6 (22) 2/27-3/16

3/4 (15) 2/18-3/16

3/3 (29) 2/21-3/14

-      (4) 2/26-3/8

 

Yellow Warbler

 

4/18 (5) 4/8-4/23

4/16 (30) 4/7-5/2

4/6 (6) 3/21-4/17

4/2 (15) 3/24-4/12

Black-throated Gray Warbler

 

4/14 (8) 3/31-4/27

 

4/4 (5) 3/30-4/14

3/24 (15) 3/11-4/7

Hermit Warbler

 

 

 

4/16 (5) 4/13-4/20

4/16 (15) 3/11-4/7

MacGillivrayÕs Warbler

4/20 (12) 4/9-4/30

4/18 (9) 4/3-4/30

4/12 (18) 4/3-4/26

4/11 (6) 4/8-4/14

4/1 (15) 3/18-4/17

WilsonÕs Warbler

3/25 (23) 3/16-4/15

3/24 (27) 3/10-4/8

3/22 (32) 3/11-4/3

3/19 (6) 3/17-3/20

3/13 (15) 3/3-3/23

Yellow-breasted Chat

 

 

 

 

4/13 (15) 4/4-4/24

Western Tanager

 

 

 

4/13 (5) 4/3-4/22

4/13 (15) 4/7-4/17

Black-headed Grosbeak

4/14 (18) 4/5-4/21

4/13 (34) 4/4-4/26

4/13 (37) 4/4-4/21

4/3 (6) 3/28-4/8

3/26 (15) 3/22-4/1

Lazuli Bunting

 

4/28  (6) 4/21-5/2

4/22 (30) 3/30-5/7

4/18 4/14-4/22

4/5 (15) 4/1-4/15

Chipping Sparrow

 

4/14 (7) 4/2-4/24

4/15 (10) 3/29-4/26

-     (4) 3/20-4/12

 

Black-chinned Sparrow

 

 

 

 

3/28 (15) 3/10-4/24

Grasshopper Sparrow

 

4/21 (5) 4/2-4/30

 

- (3) 4/1-4/18

 

Brown-headed Cowbird

3/28 (13) 3/3-3/14

3/30 (6) 3/17-4/14

 

 

 

Hooded Oriole

 

3/29 (13) 3/16-4/13

 

3/19 (6) 3/5-3/30

3/10 (15) 2/27-3/24

BullockÕs Oriole

 

4/3 (6) 3/24-4/7

 

3/16 (6) 3/10-3/20

3/14 (15) 3/5-3/21

American Goldfinch

3/30 (13) 3/23-4/6

3/24 (8) 3/2-4/6

 

 

 

 

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