Summary of spring 1997 Ohio statewide bird sightings

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Part IV - Thrushes - Buntings

Chronology of Spring 97 Sightings by month:

March 1997

April 1997

May 1997

Selected Spring Migration Arrivals

Red-throated Loon                        27 March; NW
Red-necked Grebe                          5 March; Central
Eared Grebe                                    8 March; SE
American Bittern                          26 March; SW
Least Bittern                                 13 April; SW

Great Egret                                   22 March; L. Erie
Snowy Egret                                 20 April; L.Erie
Cattle Egret                                    7 April; NE
Green Heron                                12 April; South & Central
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron       1 April; Central

Blue-winged Teal                          8 March ; SW    
Osprey                                         24 March; L.Erie
Broad-winged Hawk                    12 April; SW
Sora                                               5 April; SW
Virginia Rail                                 3 March; NE

King Rail                                     27 April; NW
Common Moorhen                      13 April; SW
Piping Plover                                3 May; NE
Black-bellied Plover                    20 April; L.Erie
American Golden-Plover               2 April; Central
American Avocet                        14 April; Central {VERY early}

Greater Yellowlegs                     22 March; NW
Lesser Yellowlegs                        2 April; Central
Solitary Sandpiper                      29 March; SW    {VERY early}
Willet                                          27 April; L.Erie

Upland Sandpiper                       12 April; Central
Whimbrel                                   16 April; South {RECORD early}
Least Sandpiper                            6 April; SW   {ties RECORD early date}
White-rumped Sandpiper             3 May; NE

Pectoral Sandpiper                       1 March; L.Erie
Dunlin                                          1 April; Central
Franklin's Gull                             4 April; L.Erie
Caspian Tern                                6 April; L.Erie

Common Tern                              5 April; South
Black Tern                                  18 April; NW {RECORD early}
Whip-poor-will                           24 April; SE
Chimney Swift                            26 March; Central (overshoot)

Ruby-throated Hummingbird           16 April; SE
Eastern Kingbird                          6 April; L.Erie {ties RECORD early date}
Least Flycatcher                         21 April; NW  {VERY early}
Purple Martin                             28 March; L.Erie
Tree Swallow                               1 March; L.Erie

Barn Swallow                            27 March; Central
Bank Swallow                           13 April; SW
Northern Rough-winged Swallow    29 March; SW
Cliff Swallow                             6 April; L. Erie
House Wren                              13 April; SW

Marsh Wren                              13 April; SW
Wood Thrush                            20 April; NW
Swainson's Thrush                      5 April; L.Erie {RECORD early date}
Veery                                        23 April; L.Erie
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher             28 March; NW (overshoots)
Gray Catbird                            16 March; SW (remarkable spring overshoot or overwintering?)
                                                  6 April; NW
American Pipit
White-eyed Vireo                    17 April; SW
Solitary Vireo                          16 April; Central
Yellow-throated Vireo              6 April; Central {RECORD early date}

Warbling Vireo                       27 April; SW
Orange-crowned Warbler       24 April; Central
Northern Parula                      15 April; Central
Yellow Warler                       26 April; South
Black-throated Green Warbler        14 April; South

Yellow-throated Warbler        5 April; Central
Pine Warbler                         27 March; Central
Prairie Warbler                       2 April; SW {RECORD early date}
Black-and -White Warbler     14 April; South

Northern Waterthrush              1 April; SW {VERY early}
Louisiana Waterthrush          23 March; SW
Ovenbird                               19 April; South
Kentucky Warbler                 23 April; South

Hooded Warbler                    15 April; Central
Rose-breasted Grosbeak        13 April; SW {VERY early}
Indigo Bunting                       18 April; NW {VERY early}
Chipping Sparrow                  28 March; NW
Henslow's Sparrow                15 April; Central

Grasshopper Sparrow             21 April; NW
Western Meadowlark              6 April; NW
Baltimore Oriole                    18 April; NW {VERY early}
Orchard Oriole                         3 May; NE

to Ohio Birder Resources | OBRC Information Desk | Current Sightings: Ohio State Wide
research, construction, design, and maintainance by Victor W. Fazio III / last modified 16 June 1997

Summary of spring 1997 Ohio statewide bird sightings

Part I - Loons - Ducks

Part II - Vultures - Phalaropes

Part III - Jaegers - Kinglets

Part IV - Thrushes - Buntings

Chronology of Spring 97 Sightings by month:

Selected Spring Migration Arrivals

to Ohio Birder Resources | OBRC Information Desk | Current Sightings: Ohio State Wide
research, construction, design, and maintainance by Victor W. Fazio III / last modified 16 June 1997

Summary of spring 1997 Ohio statewide bird sightings

Part I - Loons - Ducks

Part II - Vultures - Phalaropes

Part III - Jaegers - Kinglets

Part IV - Thrushes - Buntings

Chronology of Spring 97 Sightings by month:

Selected Spring Migration Arrivals

to Ohio Birder Resources | OBRC Information Desk | Current Sightings: Ohio State Wide research, construction, design, and maintainance by Victor W. Fazio III / last modified 16 June 1997

to Ohio Birder Resources | OBRC Information Desk | Current Sightings: Ohio State Wide
research, construction, design, and maintainance by Victor W. Fazio III / last modified 16 June 1997