Updated guide to spring arrival dates

Over the past couple of weeks I have updated a project I started a couple of years ago - a guide to spring arrival dates for Ontario birds. Check it out for a complete listing of when to expect each species coming back to Ontario over the next couple of months.

Whether or not it feels like it it's March now and that means that birds are coming! Today's warm weather and warm weather (it's all relative!!) again later this week could very well spur some migrants into southern Ontario. And don't forget things having been moving for a couple weeks now, especially crows and Horned Larks.

Using the guide, the following species usually start arriving en masse in the first week of March:

Snow Goose

Canada Goose

Ring-billed Gull

Mallard

Lesser Scaup

Red-breasted Merganser

American Coot

Cackling Goose

Hooded Merganser

Red-winged Blackbird

Red-necked Grebe

Common Grackle

Coming soon

Anyways, check out the full list and see what you can find!