This year I settled on a plan to generally go out weekly once the spring thaw occurred until going out more when peak migration began later in spring reversing that in the fall. My plan was also to spend as little time driving as reasonably possible, so any interesting birds in Carver County outside of the couple areas I prefer to walk I missed. I stuck to my plan for the most part.
This year's thaw was later than last year. While Rapids Lake did not clear of ice completely until April, the river and small areas of open water on the lake did allow for relatively normal arrival dates of waterfowl beginning on March 16. While there was almost no open water in the area on that date, it was a typical early migration day with many of the 250+ ducks that I counted resting on ice after overflying ice-out south of here. After that migration played out rather predictably with normal arrivals through mid-April. With late-April warmth, the typical migrant surge began with a few species arriving slightly earlier than normal. Though there was nothing out of the ordinary. Coming into May, I was hopeful. A very late leafout this year meant viewing was going to be as good as it gets here. Weather wasn't particularly favorable for significant movement in early May again until May 7. After that, migrant numbers were exceptional for the next two weeks. While weather was favorable for bird movement across the central U.S. May 7-May 14, the next week was less favorable for migration across the midwest. This led the outstanding warbler numbers to linger/slowly move through the area. Migrant numbers began to dramatically decline after May 22 partially due to favorable weather and partially due to just the time of year. The most memorable day of the spring was May 14 at Rapids Lake. Beginning before sunrise through about noon, warbler were about as abudant as I have seen them. It was also the highest variety species day I have had here. For the morning, I counted 464 identified warbler with many more unidentified. Obviously, this spring saw a significant increase in warbler compared to the past two years. This spring's cumulative warbler count was 3823. This was a 129% increase compared to last spring's total. The time I spent out birding during each of the last two Mays was about the same. The two years that 2022's totals compared more similarly to were 2019 and 2014. Spring 2019 had a cumulative warbler total of 3974. Spring 2014 had a cumulative warbler total of 3565. But in 2019 I spent about 50 more hours out birding in the month of May than I did this year. Between April 27 and June 2, 2019, I was out birding every day except for 6 of those days. Migrants did linger longer that year though with a very good variety still around in late May. I also spent more time out during the spring of 2014 but only by about 15 hours. I was out every day from May 5 to May 26 that year, but my daily walks were shorter then. This spring, I had 6 days with 20 or more warbler species. In 2019, I had 9 days with 20 or more warbler species and in 2014 there were 11. Had I had the energy to go out every day this May, I would have had the potential to find 20 or more warbler species 10-12 days. Numbers of other migrants varied. Vireo numbers were good as were flycatcher numbers. Swainson's Thrush numbers were very good. Veery, Gray-cheeked, and Wood Thrush numbers were average. Hermit Thrush numbers were very poor, and hopefully I just missed their larger movement through the area. Migrant sparrow numbers were once again poor. I guess I should just consider it normal for the areas I walk. Like last year, I spent very little time out birding during June and July. Also like last year, I spent more time at Carver Park Reserve than Rapids Lake MVNWR mainly due to convenience with Carver Park being a slightly shorter drive for me and taking slightly less effort to be thorough. During the primary 2022 fall months(Aug.-Oct.) I spent 147.75 hours in the field. This was about 9% less time spent in the field than those same months in fall 2021. During those 147.75 hours I walked about 156.25 miles not including any small amount of doubling back each day. Most of my time out was during August and September. I did not spend a lot of time out in October and spent even less in November. I spent all my time at Carver Park Reserve this fall southwest of the main highway only. Fall warbler migration began promisingly with a few migrant warbler showing up in the area in late July, Tennessee and Nashville Warbler. Despite the early start, the first large surge of migrants in the area occurred a week later than August 2021. On August 20 following a very favorable overnight for migration, I found 17 warbler species(114 birds) along with some other obvious migrants. Fog began forming around sunrise which likely also aided in grounding some birds. That began the most consistent fall warbler migration that I have seen with 14 or more warbler species every day I was out from August 20 through September 18(16 or more on all but 1 day). This was also the first fall that I saw more than 20 warbler species on more than 1 day. My cumulative fall identified warbler count for 2022 was 2593. This was a 30.5% increase compared to fall 2021. Fall 2015 was the only fall that I saw a higher number of warbler. Though I also spent nearly 40 hours more in the field that fall, so my per hour rate of warbler was about 25% higher this fall than 2015. Like in the spring, there were relatively good numbers of flycatcher and vireo ths fall. Thrush numbers ranged from mediocre to poor. Migrant sparrow numbers were disappointing again. While still abundant, even the number of White-throated Sparrow was down significantly compared to last fall. Also of note this year was the lack of hawks. Excluding the more common vulture, eagle, and Osprey, I counted only 90 other raptors the entire year. While I have never considered Carver County to be the greatest for migrant raptors(except for eagle in the spring), I do go into the year with higher expectations than what I saw this year. It did seem as if a few of the locally reliable breeders were absent this year. This year I had very little interest in going out in wintry weather. Because of that, my early first of year dates and my late last of year dates are not necessarily representative of when some species first arrived and then departed the area this year. Though, my first day out in March was timed well to the first larger movement of birds into the area this spring. Carver County spring 2022 warbler species seen each day followed by cumulative migrant warbler counts with the 2008-2021 average spring count in parenthesis(excluding Yellow, Yellowthroat, and Redstart) and a comparison to spring 2021 totals following that. Before April 23- 1 April 23- 3 (of 81 species at Rapids Lake) April 27- 4 (of 72 species at Rapids Lake) April 30- 6 (of 70 species at Carver Park Reserve) May 4- 7 (of 84 species at Rapids Lake) May 7- 12 (of 80 species at Carver Park Reserve) May 8- 16 (of 88 species at Carver Park Reserve) May 10- 20 (of 79 species at Carver Park Reserve) May 12- 23 (of 86 species at Carver Park Reserve) May 14- 26 (of 111 species at Rapids Lake) May 15- 23 (of 90 species at Carver Park Reserve) May 16- 21 (of 94 species at Carver Park Reserve) May 18- 22 (of 93 species at Carver Park Reserve) May 20- 19 (of 90 species at Carver Park Reserve) May 22- 18 (of 94 species at Carver Park Reserve) May 24- 15 (of 86 species at Carver Park Reserve) Blue-winged Warbler 73 (57) (14.12% decrease from spring 2021) Golden-winged Warbler 17 (15) (88.89% increase from spring 2021) Brewster's Warbler 1 (compares to 1 during spring 2021) Tennessee Warbler 493 (195) (348.18% increase from spring 2021) (new spring high total) Orange-crowned Warbler 39 (30) (30% increase from spring 2021) Nashville Warbler 167 (84) (145.59% increase from spring 2021) Northern Parula 32 (11) (700% increase from spring 2021) Yellow Warbler 608 (75.72% increase from spring 2021) Chestnut-sided Warbler 126 (34) (404% increase from spring 2021) (new spring high total) Magnolia Warbler 130 (42) (293.93% increase from spring 2021) Cape May Warbler 7 (5) (compares to 1 seen during spring 2021) Yellow-rumped Warbler 713 (587) (114.76% increase from spring 2021) Black-throated Green Warbler 22 (13) (144.44% increase from spring 2021) Blackburnian Warbler 84 (22) (740% increase from spring 2021) (new spring high total) Pine Warbler 0 (2) (compares to 1 seen during spring 2021) Palm Warbler 134 (109) (109.38% increase from spring 2021) Bay-breasted Warbler 5 (6) (16.67% decrease from spring 2021) Blackpoll Warbler 105 (47) (1212.5% increase from spring 2021, 2021 was my worst spring for Blackpoll since 2010) Black-and-white Warbler 56 (46) (86.67% increase from spring 2021) American Redstart 508 (128.83% increase from spring 2021) Prothonotary Warbler 8 (10) (73.33% decrease from spring 2021) Ovenbird 39 (36) (62.5% increase from spring 2021) Northern Waterthrush 37 (37) (42.31% increase from spring 2021) Connecticut Warbler 6 (3) (compares to 0 seen during spring 2021) Mourning Warbler 45 (10) (650% increase from spring 2021) (ties my previous high spring total) Common Yellowthroat 258 (61.25% increase from spring 2021) Wilson's Warbler 67 (33) (644.44% increase from spring 2021) Canada Warbler 43 (13) (2050% increase from spring 2021) Other species counts: Olive-sided Flycatcher 2 (compares to 1 seen during spring 2021) Eastern Wood-Pewee 58 (87.1% increase from spring 2021) Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 7 (compares to 3 seen during spring 2021) Acadian Flycatcher 1 (none in the spring but 1 in June, 2021) Alder Flycatcher 34 (325.5% increase from spring 2021) Willow Flycatcher 28 (211.11% increase from spring 2021) Least Flycatcher 159 (178.95% increase from spring 2021) Eastern Phoebe 32 (39.13% increase from spring 2021) Great Crested Flycatcher 70 (12.5% decrease from spring 2021) Western Kingbird 1 Eastern Kingbird 65 (116.67% increase from spring 2021) Yellow-throated Vireo 61 (27.01% increase from spring 2021) Blue-headed Vireo 46 (187.5% increase from spring 2021) Warbling Vireo 34 (88.89% increase from spring 2021) Philadelphia Vireo 33 (1550% increase from spring 2021) Red-eyed Vireo 157 (153.23% increase from spring 2021) Winter Wren 10 (25% increase from spring 2021) Golden-crowned Kinglet 148 (190.2% increase from spring 2021) Ruby-crowned Kinglet 179 (32.2% decrease from spring 2021) Veery 13 (compares to 1 seen during spring 2021) Gray-cheeked Thrush 7 (16.67% increase from spring 2021) Swainson's Thrush 101 (158.97% increase from spring 2021) Hermit Thrush 4 (42.86% decrease from spring 2021) Wood Thrush 6 (50% increase from spring 2021) Fox Sparrow 65 (19.75% decrease from spring 2021) Lincoln's Sparrow 28 (250% increase from spring 2021) White-throated Sparrow 308 (85.54% increase from spring 2021) Harris's Sparrow 3 (compares to 0 seen during spring 2021) White-crowned Sparrow 0 (compares to 2 seen during spring 2021) Select Spring High Counts Eastern Wood-Pewee- 18 on May 24 Alder Flycatcher- 15 on May 22 Willow Flycatcher- 6 on May 24 Least Flycatcher- 25 on May 20 Great Crested Flycatcher- 17 on May 24 Eastern Kingbird- 8 on May 8 and 18 Yellow-throated Vireo- 8 on May 12 Blue-headed Vireo- 7 on May 18 Philadelphia Vireo- 5 on May 22 Warbling Vireo- 7 on May 16 Red-eyed Vireo- 57 on May 20 Ruby-crowned Kinglet- 50 on April 27 Golden-crowned Kinglet- 27 on April 27 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher- 8 on May 7 House Wren- 20 on May 14 Gray Catbird- 30 on May 14 Veery- 3 on May 8 and 16 Swainson's Thrush- 22 on May 14 and 20 Gray-cheeked Thrush- 3 on May 14 Grasshopper Sparrow- 8 on May 14 Clay-colored Sparrow- 35 on May 7 White-throated Sparrow- 105 on April 27 Lincoln's Sparrow- 6 on May 10 and 12 Bobolink- 13 on May 10 Baltimore Oriole- 15 on May 14 Ovenbird- 7 on May 15 Northern Waterthrush- 7 on May 14 Golden-winged Warbler- 6 on May 18 Blue-winged Warbler- 12 on May 15 Black-and-white Warbler- 12 on May 8 Prothonotary Warbler- 4 on May 14 Tennessee Warbler- 100 on May 14 Orange-crowned Warbler- 6 on May 8 and 12 Nashville Warbler- 27 on May 16 Connecticut Warbler- 3 on May 20 Mourning Warbler- 9 on May 18 Common Yellowthroat- 45 on May 24 American Redstart- 109 on May 16 Cape May Warbler- 3 on May 14 Northern Parula- 11 on May 15 Magnolia Warbler- 27 on May 15 Bay-breasted Warbler- 2 on May 14 Blackburnian Warbler- 15 on May 16 Yellow Warbler- 135 on May 14 Chestnut-sided Warbler- 24 on May 15 Blackpoll Warbler- 22 on May 14 Palm Warbler- 30 on April 27 Yellow-rumped Warbler- 120 on May 4 Black-throated Green Warbler- 3 multiple days Canada Warbler- 13 on May 18 Wilson's Warbler- 13 on May 18 Scarlet Tanager- 10 on May 15 Indigo Bunting- 15 on May 24 2022 Spring Arrival Dates February 25- Rough-legged Hawk March 16- Greater White-fronted Goose, Canada Goose, Tundra Swan, Wood Duck, Gadwall, American Wigeon, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Common Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser, American Coot, Sandhill Crane, Killdeer, Ring-billed Gull, American Kestrel, Snow Bunting, Song Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, Rusty Blackbird, Common Grackle March 20- Snow Goose, Redhead, Belted Kingfisher March 27- Blue-winged Teal, Bufflehead, American Woodcock, Turkey Vulture, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Eastern Bluebird, Fox Sparrow April 6- Northern Shoveler, Red-breasted Merganser, Herring Gull, Common Loon, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Eastern Phoebe, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Winter Wren, White-throated Sparrow, Eastern Meadowlark, Yellow-rumped Warbler April 10- Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Osprey, Tree Swallow, Hermit Thrush April 13- American White Pelican, Swamp Sparrow, Field Sparrow April 18- Great Egret April 23- Canvasback, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Bonaparte's Gull, Barn Swallow, Sedge Wren, Lapland Longspur, Chipping Sparrow, Henslow's Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, Eastern Towhee, Orange-crowned Warbler, Palm Warbler April 27- Pied-billed Grebe, Forster's Tern, Northern Harrier, Broad-winged Hawk, Merlin, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Bank Swallow, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Nashville Warbler April 30- Red-shouldered Hawk, Purple Martin, House Wren, Veery, Grasshopper Sparrow, Clay-colored Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Northern Waterthrush, Black-and-white Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Rose-breasted Grosbeak May 4- Ruddy Duck, Sora, Cooper's Hawk, Least Flycatcher, Cliff Swallow, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Brown Thrasher, Lark Sparrow, American Redstart, Yellow Warbler, Indigo Bunting May 7- Chimney Swift, Solitary Sandpiper, Caspian Tern, Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, Yellow-throated Vireo, Blue-headed Vireo, Gray Catbird, Bobolink, Ovenbird, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Parula, Black-throated Green Warbler, Scarlet Tanager May 8- Least Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, American Bittern, Green Heron, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Western Kingbird, Warbling Vireo, Swainson's Thrush, Wood Thrush, Mourning Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler May 10- Willow Flycatcher, Philadelphia Vireo, Marsh Wren, Harris's Sparrow, Baltimore Oriole, Blue-winged Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Wilson's Warbler May 12- Common Nighthawk, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Red-eyed Vireo, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Orchard Oriole, Golden-winged Warbler, Canada Warbler May 14- Olive-sided Flycatcher, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Acadian Flycatcher, Alder Flycatcher, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Prothonotary Warbler, Connecticut Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler May 15- Ruby-throated Hummingbird May 16- Yellow-billed Cuckoo May 18- Black-billed Cuckoo, Virginia Rail May 22- Black Tern Fall 2022 warbler species seen each day followed by cumulative migrant warbler counts with the 2008-2021 average fall count in parenthesis(excluding Yellow, Yellowthroat, and Redstart) and a comparison to fall 2021 totals following that. August 7- 7 (of 76 species at Carver Park Reserve) August 14- 8 (of 68 species at Carver Park Reserve) August 20- 17 (of 73 species at Carver Park Reserve) August 21- 19 (of 75 species at Carver Park Reserve) August 25- 14 (of 65 species at Carver Park Reserve) August 27- 18 (of 77 species at Carver Park Reserve) August 28- 17 (of 70 species at Carver Park Reserve) August 31- 18 (of 80 species at Carver Park Reserve) September 3- 22 (of 77 species at Carver Park Reserve) September 4- 21 (of 71 species at Carver Park Reserve) September 10- 21 (of 78 species at Carver Park Reserve) September 11- 17 (of 74 species at Carver Park Reserve) September 17- 17 (of 77 species at Carver Park Reserve) September 18- 16 (of 72 species at Carver Park Reserve) September 19- 9 (of 68 species at Carver Park Reserve) September 21- 12 (of 62 species at Carver Park Reserve) September 23- 8 (of 58 species at Carver Park Reserve) September 26- 10 (of 61 species at Carver Park Reserve) September 28- 8 (of 63 species at Carver Park Reserve) October 1- 7 (of 64 species at Carver Park Reserve) October 8- 4 (of 62 species at Carver Park Reserve) October 15- 2 (of 59 species at Carver Park Reserve) October 22- 2 (of 58 species at Carver Park Reserve) October 29- 2 (of 60 species at Carver Park Reserve) Ovenbird 49 (34) (69% increase from fall 2021) Northern Waterthrush 12 (34) (36.8% decrease from fall 2021) Golden-winged Warbler 33 (19) (6.5% increase from fall 2021) Blue-winged Warbler 26 (14) (116.7% increase from fall 2021) Black-and-white Warbler 87 (63) (11.5% increase from fall 2021) Tennessee Warbler 186 (148) (97.9% increase from fall 2021) Orange-crowned Warbler 100 (88) (17.4% decrease from fall 2021) Nashville Warbler 350 (178) (14.4% increase from fall 2021) (new high fall total) Mourning Warbler 8 (10) (14.3% increase from fall 2021) Common Yellowthroat 213 (17.1% decrease from fall 2021) American Redstart 261 (69.5% increase from fall 2021) Cape May Warbler 8 (1) (Compares to 2 seen fall 2021) (new high fall total) Northern Parula 23 (5) (76.9% increase from fall 2021) (new high fall total) Magnolia Warbler 80 (42) (207.7% increase from fall 2021) Bay-breasted Warbler 41 (12) (192.9% increase from fall 2021) Blackburnian Warbler 35 (22) (25% increase from fall 2021) Yellow Warbler 34 (3% increase from fall 2021) Chestnut-sided Warbler 75(79) 29.3% increase from fall 2021) Blackpoll Warbler 8 (5) (100% increase from fall 2021) Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 (fall average is less than 1)(Compares to 2 seen fall 2021) Palm Warbler 57 (24) (11.8% increase from fall 2021) Pine Warbler 3 (2) (50% decrease from fall 2021) Yellow-rumped Warbler 788 (416) (37.3% increase from fall 2021) Black-throated Green Warbler 30 (9) (100% increase from fall 2021) (new high fall total) Canada Warbler 51 (29) (155% increase from fall 2021) Wilson's Warbler 32 (34) (60% increase from fall 2021) Other species fall 2022 cumulative counts Olive-sided Flycatcher 3 (compares to 4 in fall 2021) Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 5 (compares to 1 in fall 2021) Alder Flycatcher 9 (compares to 2 in fall 2021) Least Flycatcher 65 (32.7% increase from fall 2021) Blue-headed Vireo 43 (7.5% increase from fall 2021) Philadelphia Vireo 14 (40% increase from fall 2021) Red-breasted Nuthatch 45 (55.2% increase from fall 2021) Winter Wren 13 (7.1% decrease fall 2021) Golden-crowned Kinglet 143 (54.5% increase from fall 2021) Ruby-crowned Kinglet 239 (12.5% decrease from fall 2021) Veery 3 (compares to 4 in fall 2021) Gray-cheeked Thrush 2 (66.7% decrease from fall 2021) Swainson's Thrush 32 (23.8% decrease from fall 2021) Hermit Thrush 9 (30.8% decrease from fall 2021) Fox Sparrow 38(43.3% decrease from fall 2021) White-crowned Sparrow 3 (80% decrease from fall 2021) Harris's Sparrow 2 (75% decrease from fall 2021) White-throated Sparrow 405 (40.7% decrease from fall 2021) LeConte's Sparrow 2 (compares to 1 in fall 2021) Lincoln's Sparrow 34 (42.4% decrease from fall 2021) Select Fall High Counts Eastern Wood-Pewee- 18 on August 31 Least Flycatcher- 8 on August 31 Eastern Phoebe- 6 on October 1 Great Crested Flycatcher- 7 on August 14 Eastern Kingbird- 7 on August 14 Yellow-throated Vireo- 8 on September 3 Blue-headed Vireo- 6 on September 10 Philadelphia Vireo- 3 on September 17 Warbling Vireo- 1 Red-eyed Vireo- 29 on September 3 Red-breasted Nuthatch- 10 on September 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet- 39 on September 28 Golden-crowned Kinglet- 29 on October 8 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher- 8 on August 20 Gray Catbird- 19 on September 17 Veery- 1 Swainson's Thrush- 11 on September 3 Gray-cheeked Thrush- 1 Hermit Thrush- 5 on October 22 Fox Sparrow- 14 on October 22 White-throated Sparrow- 90 on October 8 Lincoln's Sparrow- 10 on September 28 Baltimore Oriole- 6 on August 7 Ovenbird- 8 on August 31 Northern Waterthrush- 3 on September 4 Golden-winged Warbler- 7 on August 27 Blue-winged Warbler- 4 on August 7 Black-and-white Warbler- 15 on August 27 Tennessee Warbler- 25 on September 4 Orange-crowned Warbler- 22 on September 23 Nashville Warbler- 47 on September 11 Mourning Warbler- 2 Common Yellowthroat- 27 on August 14 American Redstart- 34 on August 20 Cape May Warbler- 2 on September 10 Northern Parula- 5 on September 10 Magnolia Warbler- 21 on August 27 Bay-breasted Warbler- 7 on September 4 Blackburnian Warbler- 7 on August 21 and 27 Yellow Warbler- 9 on August 31 Chestnut-sided Warbler- 11 on August 27 Blackpoll Warbler- 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler- 1 Palm Warbler- 14 on September 26 Pine Warbler- 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler- 187 on September 28 Black-throated Green Warbler- 7 on September 10 Canada Warbler- 12 on August 27 Wilson's Warbler- 7 on August 27 Rose-breasted Grosbeak- 9 on August 31 and September 10 Scarlet Tanager- 4 on August 20 Indigo Bunting- 17 on August 21 2022 Fall Arrival Dates July 22- Pectoral Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Tennessee Warbler July 30- Nashville Warbler August 7- Solitary Sandpiper, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Swainson's Thrush, Northern Waterthrush, Golden-winged Warbler August 14- Caspian Tern, Alder Flycatcher, Blackburnian Warbler August 20- Olive-sided Flycatcher, Black-and-white Warbler, Mourning Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Pine Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Canada Warbler August 21- Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Blackpoll Warbler, Palm Warbler, Wilson's Warbler August 25- Northern Parula August 27- Blue-headed Vireo August 31- Philadelphia Vireo September 3- Gray-cheeked Thrush, Orange-crowned Warbler September 4- Yellow-rumped Warbler September 11- Franklin's Gull, Purple Finch September 17- Sharp-shinned Hawk, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Smith's Longspur, Lincoln's Sparrow September 18- Brown Creeper, White-throated Sparrow September 19- White-crowned Sparrow September 23- American Wigeon, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Winter Wren September 26- Gadwall, Green-winged Teal, Dark-eyed Junco September 28- Northern Pintail, American Pipit, Harris's Sparrow October 1- Ring-necked Duck, Bonaparte's Gull October 8- Northern Shoveler, White-rumped Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, Red-headed Woodpecker October 15- Merlin, Hermit Thrush, American Tree Sparrow, LeConte's Sparrow, Rusty Blackbird October 22- Wilson's Snipe, Lapland Longspur October 29- Redhead, Bufflehead, Snow Bunting, Brewer's Blackbird November 5- Common Goldeneye, Golden Eagle 2022 Last of Fall Dates July 22- Acadian Flycatcher, Henslow's Sparrow, Dickcissel July 30- Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Prothonotary Warbler August 14- Brown Thrasher August 21- Cliff Swallow, Grasshopper Sparrow, Orchard Oriole August 25- Chimney Swift, Purple Martin August 28- Red-shouldered Hawk, Olive-sided Flycatcher August 31- Willow Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, Baltimore Oriole September 3- Alder Flycatcher September 4- Veery, Northern Waterthrush September 10- Common Nighthawk, Blue-winged Warbler, Mourning Warbler September 11- Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Yellow Warbler September 17- Smith's Longspur, Golden-winged Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler September 18- Green Heron, Least Flycatcher, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Blackburnian Warbler, Wilson's Warbler September 19- Sora, Great Crested Flycatcher, Yellow-throated Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Ovenbird, American Redstart, Bay-breasted Warbler, Scarlet Tanager September 21- Red-eyed Vireo, Bobolink, Pine Warbler, Indigo Bunting September 23- Eastern Wood-Pewee, Canada Warbler, Rose-breasted Grosbeak September 26- Philadelphia Vireo, Tree Swallow, Chipping Sparrow, Black-and-white Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Northern Parula, Blackpoll Warbler September 28- Magnolia Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler October 1- Bonaparte's Gull, Franklin's Gull, Osprey, Blue-headed Vireo, Barn Swallow, House Wren, Marsh Wren, Gray Catbird, Clay-colored Sparrow, Tennessee Warbler, Palm Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler October 8- White-rumped Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, Great Egret, Northern Harrier, Red-headed Woodpecker, Sedge Wren, Swainson's Thrush, Nashville Warbler, Common Yellowthroat October 15- Turkey Vulture, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Merlin, Field Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow October 22- Pied-billed Grebe, Wilson's Snipe, Double-crested Cormorant, Hermit Thrush, LeConte's Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow October 29- Redhead, Bufflehead, Hooded Merganser, Ring-billed Gull, Broad-winged Hawk, Eastern Phoebe, Horned Lark, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, American Pipit, Lapland Longspur, Brown-headed Cowbird, Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler November 5- Wood Duck, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Common Goldeneye, Great Blue Heron, Golden Eagle, Brewer's Blackbird November 9- Gadwall, American Wigeon, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Hooded Merganser, Ring-billed Gull, American White Pelican, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Winter Wren, Eastern Bluebird, Snow Bunting, Fox Sparrow, White-throated 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