Cayuga Lake Basin Spring Arrival Dates:
2000-2009 |
| Species |
Median Date |
Mean Date |
Std. Dev. |
| Wood Duck* |
March 7 |
March 6 |
5 |
| American Woodcock |
March 8 |
March 8 |
7 |
| Northern Shoveler* |
March 9 |
March 10 |
5 |
| Golden Eagle |
March 9 |
March 8 |
7 |
| Fox Sparrow |
March 11 |
March 12 |
7 |
| American Pipit* |
March 12 |
March 12 |
7 |
| Eastern Meadowlark |
March 13 |
March 13 |
4 |
| Rusty Blackbird* |
March 13 |
March 13 |
5 |
| Eastern Phoebe |
March 16 |
March 17 |
6 |
| Tree Swallow |
March 16 |
March 16 |
6 |
| Blue-winged Teal |
March 18 |
March 19 |
6 |
| Wilson's Snipe |
March 20 |
March 20 |
9 |
| Bonaparte's Gull* |
March 25 |
March 21 |
10 |
| Osprey |
March 26 |
March 24 |
6 |
| Sandhill Crane |
March 30 |
March 28 |
12 |
| Greater Yellowlegs |
March 30 |
March 30 |
8 |
| Savannah Sparrow* |
April 1 |
March 30 |
8 |
| Field Sparrow* |
April 1 |
April 2 |
5 |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker* |
April 4 |
April 3 |
4 |
| Chipping Sparrow* |
April 4 |
April 3 |
3 |
| Winter Wren* |
April 4 |
April 2 |
6 |
| Barn Swallow |
April 5 |
April 4 |
4 |
| Pine Warbler* |
April 5 |
April 6 |
7 |
| Vesper Sparrow |
April 7 |
April 6 |
5 |
| Hermit Thrush* |
April 7 |
April 9 |
6 |
| Purple Martin |
April 8 |
April 10 |
7 |
| Pectoral Sandpiper |
April 9 |
April 9 |
9 |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
April 9 |
April 8 |
4 |
| Lesser Yellowlegs |
April 9 |
April 7 |
8 |
| Eastern Towhee* |
April 9 |
April 9 |
5 |
| Caspian Tern |
April 10 |
April 10 |
7 |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet* |
April 10 |
April 10 |
6 |
| Louisiana Waterthrush |
April 11 |
April 13 |
6 |
| Dunlin |
April 12 |
April 12 |
8 |
| Virginia Rail |
April 12 |
April 12 |
7 |
| American Bittern |
April 13 |
April 10 |
7 |
| Brown Thrasher |
April 13 |
April 14 |
6 |
| Great Egret |
April 14 |
April 13 |
14 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler* |
April 15 |
April 15 |
4 |
| Broad-winged Hawk |
April 15 |
April 15 |
2 |
| Palm Warbler |
April 15 |
April 15 |
5 |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron |
April 16 |
April 19 |
7 |
| Spotted Sandpiper |
April 17 |
April 18 |
3 |
| Blue-headed Vireo |
April 17 |
April 16 |
4 |
| Common Moorhen |
April 18 |
April 18 |
9 |
| Green Heron |
April 18 |
April 17 |
8 |
| House Wren |
April 19 |
April 18 |
6 |
| Upland Sandpiper |
April 19 |
April 21 |
8 |
| Common Tern |
April 20 |
April 20 |
8 |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
April 21 |
April 20 |
4 |
| Bank Swallow |
April 22 |
April 21 |
5 |
| Chimney Swift |
April 23 |
April 22 |
2 |
| Northern Waterthrush |
April 23 |
April 23 |
3 |
| Black-throated Green Warbler |
April 23 |
April 23 |
4 |
| Forster's Tern |
April 24 |
April 21 |
8 |
| Yellow Warbler |
April 24 |
April 23 |
2 |
| Black-and-white Warbler |
April 24 |
April 25 |
3 |
| Cliff Swallow |
April 25 |
April 24 |
7 |
| Great Crested Flycatcher |
April 27 |
April 27 |
4 |
| White-crowned Sparrow* |
April 27 |
April 28 |
4 |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
April 27 |
April 27 |
4 |
| Warbling Vireo |
April 27 |
April 26 |
4 |
| Sora |
April 27 |
April 28 |
7 |
| Eastern Kingbird |
April 28 |
April 29 |
4 |
| Solitary Sandpiper |
April 28 |
April 26 |
5 |
| Northern Parula |
April 29 |
April 28 |
6 |
| Nashville Warbler |
April 29 |
April 28 |
3 |
| Baltimore Oriole |
April 29 |
April 29 |
3 |
| Least Flycatcher |
April 29 |
April 29 |
4 |
| Marsh Wren |
April 29 |
April 26 |
11 |
| Gray Catbird* |
April 29 |
April 28 |
8 |
| Wood Thrush |
April 29 |
April 29 |
5 |
| Common Yellowthroat |
April 30 |
April 29 |
6 |
| Blue-winged Warbler |
April 30 |
April 29 |
2 |
| Ovenbird |
April 30 |
April 29 |
2 |
| Black-bellied Plover |
April 30 |
May 5 |
14 |
| Least Sandpiper |
April 30 |
April 30 |
4 |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
May 1 |
April 29 |
5 |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler |
May 1 |
May 1 |
3 |
| Bobolink |
May 1 |
April 30 |
5 |
| Black Tern |
May 1 |
April 30 |
3 |
| Veery |
May 1 |
April 30 |
4 |
| Indigo Bunting |
May 1 |
May 1 |
3 |
| Glossy Ibis |
May 2 |
May 2 |
9 |
| American Redstart |
May 2 |
May 1 |
3 |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler |
May 2 |
May 2 |
3 |
| Blackburnian Warbler |
May 2 |
May 2 |
3 |
| Lincoln's Sparrow |
May 2 |
May 3 |
4 |
| Red-eyed Vireo |
May 3 |
May 3 |
4 |
| Yellow-throated Vireo |
May 4 |
May 2 |
4 |
| Magnolia Warbler |
May 4 |
May 3 |
3 |
| Prairie Warbler |
May 4 |
May 3 |
3 |
| Scarlet Tanager |
May 4 |
May 3 |
3 |
| Cerulean Warbler |
May 4 |
May 4 |
3 |
| Cape May Warbler |
May 5 |
May 5 |
3 |
| Grasshopper Sparrow |
May 6 |
May 6 |
8 |
| Orchard Oriole |
May 7 |
May 8 |
7 |
| Whip-poor-will |
May 8 |
May 7 |
6 |
| Canada Warbler |
May 8 |
May 8 |
3 |
| Hooded Warbler |
May 8 |
May 7 |
5 |
| Tennessee Warbler |
May 9 |
May 8 |
4 |
| Orange-crowned Warbler |
May 9 |
May 9 |
7 |
| Golden-winged Warbler |
May 9 |
May 8 |
6 |
| Philadelphia Vireo |
May 10 |
May 11 |
5 |
| Black-billed Cuckoo |
May 10 |
May 10 |
5 |
| Swainson's Thrush |
May 10 |
May 10 |
6 |
| Worm-eating Warbler |
May 10 |
May 11 |
5 |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
May 10 |
May 11 |
5 |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee |
May 11 |
May 8 |
6 |
| Bay-breasted Warbler |
May 11 |
May 10 |
2 |
| Wilson's Warbler |
May 11 |
May 10 |
2 |
| Semipalmated Plover |
May 11 |
May 11 |
7 |
| Blackpoll Warbler |
May 12 |
May 11 |
2 |
| Mourning Warbler |
May 13 |
May 13 |
4 |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper |
May 14 |
May 13 |
6 |
| Alder Flycatcher |
May 16 |
May 16 |
5 |
| Willow Flycatcher |
May 17 |
May 17 |
3 |
| Short-billed Dowitcher |
May 17 |
May 15 |
8 |
| Common Nighthawk |
May 18 |
May 17 |
7 |
| White-rumped Sandpiper |
May 18 |
May 19 |
7 |
| Wilson's Phalarope |
May 21 |
May 19 |
14 |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
May 21 |
May 21 |
4 |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush |
May 21 |
May 21 |
5 |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher |
May 22 |
May 22 |
6 |
| Ruddy Turnstone |
May 22 |
May 20 |
7 |
| Brant |
May 26 |
May 23 |
10 |
| Sanderling |
May 31 |
May 31 |
4 |
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| *Individuals of this species can occasionally seen during the winter |
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