[Sorry, no Swainson's Hawks to report out here yet today...]
A singing Scott's Oriole in our Juniper Hills neighborhood today was the first for the year. However, this arrival date is a bit later than average. For the past five springs here, arrivals have been: 2019 -- 22 March 2020 -- 14 March 2021 -- 6 March 2022 -- 2 March 2023 -- 18 March [mean arrival, about 12 March]
I'm sure Ruth Gravance in Crystalaire also has good data on arrival dates, but her situation is complicated by regular wintering of at least one male in her neighborhood. No Scott's have wintered in our Juniper Hills neighborhood.
Coincidentally, the first Hooded Oriole in our neighborhood also arrived today.
