Spring Migrant Bird Sightings

Sightings of migrating birds that spend winters to the south and either return
to breed in Sligo or pass through Sligo on their way to breeding areas further north.
Section Map
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Common Name
(* = Breeds in Sligo)		 Date [section number]
2008 2007
Common Loon    
Double-crested Cormorant    
Great Blue Heron 5/7 [2] 4/22 [4]
Great Egret    
Green Heron *    
Black-crowned Night-Heron * 5/4 [2] 4/20 [2]
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron * 3/20 [2] 4/18 [2]
Wood Duck *    
Broad-winged hawk    
Osprey    
Killdeer    
Solitary Sandpiper    
Spotted Sandpiper    
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo   4/30 [6]
Whip-poor-will    
Common Nighthawk 5/18 [6]  
Chimney Swift * 4/29 [6]  
Ruby-throated Hummingbird * 5/6 [6] 5/10 [6]
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker    
Northern Flicker * 4/10 [7]  
Eastern Wood-Pewee * 5/8 [6] 5/10 [2]
Acadian Flycatcher * 5/6 [6] 5/9 [6]
Eastern Phoebe * 3/15 [6]  
Eastern Kingbird *    
White-Eyed Vireo * 5/6 [6]  
Yellow-throated Vireo 5/28 [7] 4/30 [6]
Blue-headed Vireo 4/11 [6]  
Warbling Vireo * 4/26 [6]  
Philadelphia Vireo 4/29 [6]  
Red-Eyed Vireo * 4/24 [7] 4/30 [6]
Barn Swallow * 4/14 [6]  
Brown Creeper 4/15 [6]  
Carolina Wren * 4/24 [6] 4/30 [6]
House Wren * 4/24 [6] 4/30 [6]
Winter Wren    
Golden-Crowned Kinglet 4/11 [6]  
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet 4/11 [6]  
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher * 4/12 [6,7] 4/30 [6]
Veery * 4/29 [6] 5/3 [6]
Gray-cheeked Thrush 5/20 [6] 5/5 [6]
Swainson's Thrush 5/8 [6] 5/7 [6]
Hermit Thrush 4/10 [7] 4/14 [3]
Wood Thrush * 4/24 [6] 4/30 [6]
Gray Catbird * 4/24 [6] 4/30 [6]
Brown Thrasher *    
Cedar Waxwing * 3/27 [3] 3/1 [5]
Blue-Winged Warbler 4/26 [6] 5/2 [7]
Tennessee Warbler 5/1 [6]  
Nashville Warbler 5/4 [6] 5/4 [6]
Northern Parula * 5/4 [6] 5/2 [7]
Yellow Warbler 4/26 [6] 4/30 [6]
Chestnut-sided Warbler 5/5 [6] 5/21 [9]
Magnolia Warbler 5/8 [6]  
Cape May Warbler 5/5 [6]  
Black-throated Blue Warbler 5/4 [6] 4/30 [6]
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4/14 [7] 4/30 [6]
Black-throated Green Warbler 4/26 [6] 4/30 [6]
Blackburnian Warbler 5/22 [7]  
Pine Warbler 4/10 [7]  
Palm Warbler 4/10 [7]] 5/2 [7]
Bay-breasted Warbler    
Blackpoll Warbler 5/5 [6] 5/4 [6]
Black-and-White Warbler 4/24 [6] 4/30 [6]
American Redstart * 5/4 [6] 4/30[6]
Worm-Eating Warbler    
Ovenbird * 4/26 [7] 4/30 [6]
Northern Waterthrush 4/3 [7]] 5/2 [7]
Louisiana Waterthrush 5/9 [6]  
Kentucky Warbler * 5/15 [6]  
Mourning Warbler    
Common Yellowthroat * 5/1 [6] 4/30 [6]
Hooded Warbler 5/11 [6] 5/1 [6]
Wilson's Warbler    
Canada Warbler 5/21 [6] 5/10 [6]
Scarlet Tanager * 4/29[6] 5/1 [7]
Eastern Towhee * 4/10 [7] 7/1 [2]
Chipping Sparrow * 4/10 [7]]  
Field Sparrow * 4/14 [6]  
Fox Sparrow 4/10 [7] 4/15 [7]
Lincoln's Sparrow    
Swamp Sparrow 4/11 [6]  
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 5/1 [6] 4/30 [6]
Indigo Bunting * 4/29 [6] 5/5 [6]
Red-winged Blackbird * 4/15 [6]  
Common Grackle * 3/15 [6]  
Brown-headed Cowbird * 4/24 [6]  
Orchard Oriole    
Baltimore Oriole * 4/26 [7] 4/30 [6]

The following people contributed sightings to this report:

Madere Olivar
Gail Mackiernan
Bruce Sidwell
Beth Baker
Alison Gillespie