Mike & all, well - what rule would possibly be 'broken'? I actually once distributed a modest number of that exact book, in the interest I would guess you have now. A couple of things, maybe - at least some "arrival" dates may have become earlier since that publication, and perhaps a little more complex, the question is are these (& other such dates) reflective of average dates of greatest occurrence (ie, highest numbers of individuals of a particular species sought) or rather, average "early" dates for the species. (this & other issues may be answered in that book, or not...)
It is a nice reference to check as it's based on a period of years greatly preceding our present, "data-driven" age of birding & almost everything else. Also of use, the "Birds of New York State", most recent edition, edited by E. "Manny" Levine & containing species accounts by many highly-experienced birders & ornithologists. I will assume most contempoary birders are already familiar with the many on- line resources, of which at least a fair percentage are public-access, that is, no registration or "membership" required to view reports or data. Thanks for sharing this. Tom Fiore Manhattan ______________ On Mar 12, 2014, at 12:40 PM, Mike Cooper wrote: > At the risk of breaking some rule, below is a list of typical spring > arrival dates mostly lifted from Birds of the New York Area by Bull > (1964)- one of my favorite books. A few things here may be slightly > outdated, but overall it's still surprisingly accurate > > Late Feb (Feb 21-28)- Canada Goose, Red-wing, Common Grackle > > Early March (March 1-10)- Pied-billed Grebe, Wood Duck, Killdeer, > Woodcock, Robin, Eastern Bluebird, Rusty Blackbird, Fox Sparrow, > Song Sparrow > > Mid March (11-20)- Gannet, Blk-cr Night Heron, Snow Goose, Turkey > Vulture, Piping Plover, Wilson's Snipe, Mourning Dove, Belted > Kingfisher, Flicker, Phoebe, Fish Crow, Water Pipit, Meadowlark, > Cowbird > > Late March (21-31) DC Cormorant, Osprey, Greater Yellowlegs, > Laughing Gull, Tree Swallow, G-Cr Kinglet, Savannah Sparrow, Vesper > Sparrow, Field Sparrow > > Early April (1-10) Great Bl Heron, Great Egret, Bittern, Bl winged > Teal, Broad-winged Hawk, Merlin, Pectoral Sandpiper, Sapsucker, > Creeper, Hermit Thrush, Ruby-cr Kinglet, Pine Warbler, "Yellow" Palm > Warbler, Towhee, Chipping Sparrow, White-throat, Swamp Sparrow > > Mid April- Snowy Egret, Green Heron, Yellow-cr Night Heron, Clapper > Rail, Virginia Rail, Sora, Upland Sandpiper, Rough-winged Swallow, > Barn Swallow, Purple Martin, Gnatcatcher, Yellow-rumped Warbler, > Louisiana Waterthrush > > Late April- Little Blue Heron, Common Moorhen, Semi Plover, Solitary > Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Dunlin, Semi Sandpiper, Whip-poor-will, > Chimney Swift, Bank Swallow, Cliff swallow, House Wren, Brown > Thrasher, Blue-headed Vireo, Blk& White Warbler, Worm-eating > Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Parula, Yellow Warbler, Blk-thr Green > Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Grasshopper Sparrow, Sharp-tailed Sparrow, > Seaside Sparrow > > Early May- Least Bittern, Ruddy Turnstone, Willet, Shrt-billed > Dowitcher, Common Tern, Least Tern, R-thr Hummingbird, E. Kingbird, > Grt-cr. Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher, Marsh Wren, Catbird, Wood > Thrush, Veery, White-eyed Vireo, Yellow-thr Vireo, Warbling Vireo, > Golden -w Warbler, Bl-w Warbler, Blk-thr Blue Warbler, Chestnut- > sided Warbler, Ovenbird, N. Waterthrush, Yellowthroat, Hooded > Warbler, Wm. Redstart, Bobolink, Orchard Oriole, Baltimore Oriole, > Scarlet Tanager, Rose-br Grosbeak > > Mid May- Knot, White-rumped Sandpiper, Roseate Tern, Black Skimmer, > Yellow-b Cuckoo, Blk--b Cuckoo, Common Nighthawk, Wood Peewee, > Swainson's Thrush, Gr- Cheeked Thrush, Cedar Waxwing, Red-eyed > Vireo, Tennessee Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Cape May Warbler, > Blackburnian Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Blackpoll, Yellow-br. > Chat, Wilson's Warbler, Canada Warbler, Indigo Bunting, White-cr > Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow > > Late May- Sooty Shearwater, Wilson's Storm Petrel, Black Tern, > Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Alder/ Willow Flycatcher, Olive-sided > Flycatcher, Mourning Warbler, Nelson’s Sparrow > > > Mike Cooper > Ridge, LI NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
