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June 2001:11 June: A Black-billed Cuckoo in east Dearborn is a bit tardy for this species.
7 June: A singing male Magnolia Warbler in east Dearborn is getting late.
May 2001:
22 May: A pair of Orchard Orioles are flirting at Greenfield Village.
20 May: Oops, migration collapsed again. By 19 May, numbers of migrants were extremely low, although the Northern Pintail was again found on the Rouge. A Common Loon flying over today was getting late for the area.
17 May: Finally, migration picks up. Twenty species of warbler were observed or banded today, including the first Mourning Warbler. Alder/Willow Flycatchers also arrived. We banded 14 Yellow Warblers today, a high number for this late in the month. We also recaptured a Red-eyed Vireo first banded in 1998.
16 May: The first Common Nighthawks arrive.
12 May: The spring migration count only tallies 75 species, including the season's first Blackpoll Warbler and the Northern Pintail that's still hanging around.
11 May: Another White-eyed Vireo is found on campus, and the first Canada Warbler.
7 May: Philadelphia and Yellow-throated Vireos were new arrivals, along with Wilson's Warblers. An American Bittern was seen at Greenfield Village.
6 May: A Northern Pintail was on the Rouge at the campus, only Dearborn's 5th record and the first outside of winter.
5 May: American Redstarts and Chestnut-sided Warblers arrived at Greenfield Village.
4 May: A Yellow-breasted Chat was found by the Estate today, and another Hooded Warbler was northeast of the lake. Scarlet Tanagers and Blackburnian Warblers have also arrived.
3 May: A Prothonotary Warbler was found at the north end of Fairlane Lake. Ovenbirds and Indigo Buntings have arrived.
2 May: A singing male Hooded Warbler was located near the stone gazebo andbetween the Rose Garden and Jensen's Meadow. A silent White-eyed Vireo was northeast of the lake. We banded our first Orange-crowned and Magnolia Warblers of the year, and recorded the season's first Black-throated Blue Warbler and Ruby-throated Hummingbird (new early record). At Greenfield Village, the first Northern Parula was seen, and in west Dearborn, the first Tennessee Warbler.
1 May: This morning we heard our first Wood Thrush of the season, and had reports of Black-billed Cuckoo and Bay-breasted Warbler -- both early spring arrival records. We banded a gorgeous male Blue-winged Warbler and banded our first Lincoln's Sparrow of the season. An Eastern Bluebird was by the Estate.
Last month's sightings. More Archived sightings are listed below
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Archived sightings
