Everyone,
Here are my Scott's Oriole stats for Crystalaire. The first two are
probably not significant, because I wasn't birding consistently then. For
the last three years one male has returned very early and stayed.
2012 - 5 April
2016 - 12 April
2017 - 6 Mar
2018 - 26 Mar
2019 - 18 Mar
2020 - 19 Mar
2021 - 1 Jan
2021 - 23 Nov
2022 - 22 Nov
No Hooded or Bullock's yet this year.
Ruth
On Sat, Mar 18, 2023 at 2:22 PM Kimball Garrett <cyanolyca818...>
wrote:
> Birders,
>
> [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.
>
> Kimball
>
> Kimball Garrett
> Juniper Hills, CA
>
>
>
