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airmorse
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02/10/2021 12:28PM  
Spring Migration has begun!!!

I was out with the dogs this afternoon and heard the sound of Red Wing Blackbirds. True to form they are the first to show up every year here in NW Indiana.
 
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airmorse
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02/15/2021 08:38AM  
I had one solitary Brewers Blackbird on one of my back yard trees this morning.
 
02/15/2021 10:12AM  
Migration in NE GA is still the other direction! We are getting a huge explosion of pine siskins moving south and east out of the cold. January 1 there were no siskins here. Now there are hundreds at the feeder. North Georgia also has quite a few sightings of evening grosbeaks this winter.
 
airmorse
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02/15/2021 12:47PM  
It's been a weird winter for birds. I have had House Wrens at the feeders all winter. That never happens. I do enjoy them however. Such a small bird with a loud voice.
 
02/15/2021 07:27PM  
Robins: my wife saw 2 today. We have 2+ feet of snow on the ground, will probably have 2.5 – 3 feet by tomorrow, and the wind chill tonight will be -4 deg F. I don't know what those birds are eating; they are not seed eaters as far as I know.
 
JWilder
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02/22/2021 12:06PM  
As I look out my patio slider here in southern Minnesota, I see 2 robins. First sighting this year.

Yesterday we had overcast and 3" of snow accumulated. Today, partly sunny and temps hovering around 40. Very nice.

I am home all week so I will be on the sharp lookout for other seasonal changes in my "neck of the woods".

JW
 
airmorse
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03/05/2021 08:49PM  
I saw and heard a flock of Sand Hill Cranes when I was doing yard work this afternoon.

Spring is close!
 
gravelroad
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03/06/2021 08:18PM  
airmorse: "I saw and heard a flock of Sand Hill Cranes when I was doing yard work this afternoon.


Spring is close!"


I’ll see your Sandhill Cranes at 41.49° N and raise ya a pair of Trumpeter Swans headed north yesterday at 46.81° N. :-)
 
airmorse
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03/06/2021 10:32PM  
gravelroad: "
airmorse: "I saw and heard a flock of Sand Hill Cranes when I was doing yard work this afternoon.



Spring is close!"



I’ll see your Sandhill Cranes at 41.49° N and raise ya a pair of Trumpeter Swans headed north yesterday at 46.81° N. :-)"


Ha!!! Funny you should say that. Walking the dogs this morning in the hood i saw 4 Trumpeter Swans headed north.

They fly fast. ;-)
 
04/04/2021 08:56AM  
White throated sparrows showed up yesterday. 30 miles south of Madison.
 
gravelroad
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04/04/2021 01:55PM  
Saw nine American White Pelicans this morning on the St. Louis River in Duluth, opposite the Boy Scout Landing. While I'm thinking about how to get a picture at that distance with just my iPhone, about 150 Tundra Swans in a huge V passed overhead. My wife saw our first Goldfinches on Park Point; the males were in brilliant plumage.
 
04/04/2021 05:30PM  
Birds that are just migrating from the Atlantic and Gulf coasts are showing up in good numbers in NE GA. Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Black and White Warblers, Louisiana Waterthrush and White-eyed and Blue-headed vireos in particular.
 
airmorse
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04/06/2021 07:22PM  
I put my hummingbird feeder out today. No sightings yet, but they have been reported in my area.
 
JWilder
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04/18/2021 06:54PM  
A Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was on my roof this morning. From the little I know, they are only in Minnesota during the summer time...

JW
 
airmorse
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04/27/2021 05:38PM  
I had two male Baltimore Orioles at my jelly feeder today here in NW Indiana.

No hummingbirds, White Throat Sparrows, or Rose Breasted Grossbeaks yet.
 
04/28/2021 02:01PM  
Waiting on hummingbirds and orioles in the Twin Cities. Put out a bluebird house in my backyard this year, but none so far. Wondering if I will have any luck with the bluebirds or if I am dreaming given my small, suburban loaction.
 
05/04/2021 08:58AM  
Put out the jelly early this morning and by 8 a young pair of B Orioles stopped by.
 
JWilder
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05/04/2021 07:26PM  
Had my first hummingbird at my nectar feeder just minutes ago here in southern Minnesota.

Good sign!!

JW
 
05/04/2021 09:19PM  
First Oriole yesterday, first hummingbird this morning.
 
JWilder
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05/08/2021 07:33PM  
Male Rose-breasted Grosbeak hanging out today. Summertime bird. Late to arrive, early to leave.

JW
 
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05/09/2021 09:45AM  
Watched a Forster's Tern fishing off our dock. Wow, awesome aerobatics! I had never seen one stop by our lake before. My son spotted a Green Heron the other day which we had never seen there before either.
 
Wayouttroy
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05/10/2021 02:31PM  
Moorhead Mn. Orioles at the feeder yesterday, put hummingbird feeders out, lots of Finches, Cardinals have been frequent to the feeders, more this year than last.
Put up nesting boxes for the Chickadees, Nuthatches, the Chickadees are the only ones showing interested. Waiting for Martins, 3rd year I've had the houses out, maybe this is the year?
 
05/14/2021 03:48PM  
Male rose breasted grosbeak today; first one I have ever seen! Still no hummingbirds; hopeful!
 
airmorse
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05/14/2021 05:00PM  
I had my first hummingbird of the season at my feeder two days ago. A male. He has been back every day, so hopefully he stays around.
 
airmorse
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05/16/2021 08:36AM  
A Scarlet Tangier is back at my feeder this year again. Second year in a row. I'll try and get a good picture.

 
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