Well, we did pretty well plugging many gaps in January and February, and the Spring Season is almost upon us! The following are species not recorded in eBird in the weeks noted – now let’s go out and get them! Those marked with ^ should be slam dunks, those marked with * are stretch goals. I put in italics the best place to look for certain species.

April
Week one:
King Rail, Common Nighthawk, Sedge Wren

Week two:
Gadwall, Green-winged Teal, Hooded Merganser, Reddish Egret, Mississippi Kite, King Rail, Peregrine Falcon, Nelson’s Sparrow, Saltmarsh Sparrow

Week three:
Nelson’s Sparrow, Saltmarsh Sparrow, Song Sparrow

Week four:
Gadwall, King Rail, White-rumped Sandpiper, Acadian Flycatcher

March
Week one: Red-throated Loon* (Little Talbot Island SP), American Bittern, Glossy Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill (Sisters Creek Marina), Whimbrel (Huguenot), Solitary Sandpiper

Week two: Northern Pintail* (Perdue Pond), Northern Bobwhite (Branan Field Mitigation Area), American Avocet (White Shell Bay), Purple Sandpiper* (Huguenot), Solitary Sandpiper, Gull-billed Tern (Huguenot), Peregrine Falcon (Huguenot, Spoonbill Pond), Great Crested Flycatcher, Nelson’s Sparrow (Spoonbill Pond boat ramp), Saltmarsh Sparrow (Haulover Creek), White-crowned Sparrow (Eastport Wastelands)

Week three: American Avocet (White Shell Bay), Least Tern, Common Tern (Huguenot), Eastern Screech Owl^ (Fort George Island), Chimney Swift, Eastern Kingbird, American Pipit (Ringhaver Park), Hooded Warbler, Indigo Bunting

Week four: American Black Duck* (Perdue Pond), Least Bittern (Imeson), Semipalmated Sandpiper (Spoonbill Pond), Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Seaton Creek Preserve), Black-throated Blue Warbler