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Anas acuta · Anatidae

Northern Pintail: When and Where to See It

Adult Northern Pintail
Photo: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, CC BY 4.0 via iNaturalist

The Northern Pintail reaches Colorado first, around early September, and South Dakota last, around late December.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Second week of November

Each county is shaded by the share of complete checklists there that listed the bird, blended with the weeks either side. Darker is more often. It follows where people watch birds, not how many birds there are. How to read it.

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0%1%2%3%4%Jan 1-7: 3.2% of 1114036 checklistsJan 8-14: 3.3% of 824708 checklistsJan 15-21: 3.4% of 825978 checklistsJan 22-31: 3.3% of 1105853 checklistsFeb 1-7: 3.3% of 779772 checklistsFeb 8-14: 3.1% of 864504 checklistsFeb 15-21: 2.8% of 1127933 checklistsFeb 22-28: 3.9% of 840124 checklistsMar 1-7: 3.8% of 839610 checklistsMar 8-14: 3.6% of 870138 checklistsMar 15-21: 3.0% of 898456 checklistsMar 22-31: 2.4% of 1335637 checklistsApr 1-7: 1.8% of 1030617 checklistsApr 8-14: 1.5% of 1124024 checklistsApr 15-21: 1.3% of 1194575 checklistsApr 22-30: 1.1% of 1675723 checklistsMay 1-7: 0.9% of 1449080 checklistsMay 8-14: 0.7% of 1538353 checklistsMay 15-21: 0.7% of 1219898 checklistsMay 22-31: 0.7% of 1452282 checklistsJun 1-7: 0.6% of 900636 checklistsJun 8-14: 0.6% of 829907 checklistsJun 15-21: 0.4% of 773255 checklistsJun 22-30: 0.3% of 916255 checklistsJul 1-7: 0.2% of 717733 checklistsJul 8-14: 0.2% of 658223 checklistsJul 15-21: 0.2% of 638752 checklistsJul 22-31: 0.2% of 895727 checklistsAug 1-7: 0.3% of 655651 checklistsAug 8-14: 0.4% of 650038 checklistsAug 15-21: 0.7% of 654639 checklistsAug 22-31: 0.9% of 974928 checklistsSep 1-7: 1.2% of 765914 checklistsSep 8-14: 1.3% of 738674 checklistsSep 15-21: 1.5% of 750433 checklistsSep 22-30: 1.7% of 944196 checklistsOct 1-7: 2.0% of 760106 checklistsOct 8-14: 2.3% of 793131 checklistsOct 15-21: 2.8% of 728727 checklistsOct 22-31: 3.1% of 959954 checklistsNov 1-7: 3.3% of 709464 checklistsNov 8-14: 3.5% of 693424 checklistsNov 15-21: 3.3% of 653952 checklistsNov 22-30: 3.4% of 871137 checklistsDec 1-7: 3.3% of 627591 checklistsDec 8-14: 3.1% of 642427 checklistsDec 15-21: 2.6% of 775638 checklistsDec 22-31: 3.1% of 1132751 checklistsJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Share of complete checklists reporting it, by week (4 per month). Grey bars: fewer than 10 checklists, not counted.

Pooled across every state in the data, so it leans toward states with the most birders.

States, in order of first arrivals

StatePatternFirst arrivalsPeakMost gone byPeak %
AlaskaSummer visitorJan 15-21May 1-7Oct 8-1428%
WyomingSummer visitorFeb 15-21Apr 1-7Jun 15-217.7%
North DakotaSummer visitorMar 1-7Apr 15-21Nov 8-1421%
OhioPasses throughOct 8-14Mar 1-7Mar 22-317.2%
South DakotaSummer visitorDec 22-31Apr 8-14Nov 22-3015%
TexasWinter visitorOct 1-7Jan 15-21Feb 22-286.6%
MissouriWinter visitorOct 1-7Mar 1-7Mar 22-313.6%
Rhode IslandWinter visitorOct 1-7Jan 8-14Mar 8-142.9%
MassachusettsWinter visitorOct 8-14Mar 8-14Apr 1-72.5%
MarylandWinter visitorOct 8-14Feb 22-28Mar 15-213.1%
North CarolinaWinter visitorOct 8-14Jan 22-31Feb 22-283.8%
PennsylvaniaWinter visitorOct 15-21Mar 1-7Apr 1-74.2%
TennesseeWinter visitorOct 15-21Jan 22-31Mar 1-72.6%
ConnecticutWinter visitorOct 15-21Mar 8-14Apr 1-72.0%
LouisianaWinter visitorOct 15-21Jan 15-21Feb 22-282.5%
VirginiaWinter visitorOct 22-31Jan 1-7Mar 1-73.2%
KentuckyWinter visitorOct 22-31Jan 15-21Mar 15-212.4%
MississippiWinter visitorOct 22-31Dec 22-31Feb 22-281.9%
West VirginiaWinter visitorNov 1-7Dec 1-7Mar 8-141.7%
South CarolinaWinter visitorNov 8-14Jan 8-14Feb 15-211.3%
AlabamaWinter visitorNov 15-21Dec 15-21Feb 8-142.8%
New HampshireWinter visitorJan 1-7Mar 15-21Apr 1-71.4%
NebraskaWinter visitorJan 22-31Mar 8-14Apr 22-3014%
IowaWinter visitorFeb 1-7Mar 8-14Apr 8-1411%
WisconsinWinter visitorFeb 15-21Mar 8-14Apr 22-305.0%
VermontWinter visitorFeb 15-21Mar 8-14Apr 8-143.4%
MinnesotaWinter visitorFeb 22-28Mar 15-21Apr 22-303.8%
MontanaWinter visitorJul 22-31Mar 22-31Jun 8-1414%
IdahoWinter visitorAug 1-7Mar 15-21Jun 1-77.7%
NevadaWinter visitorAug 1-7Jan 22-31May 8-146.9%
OregonWinter visitorAug 8-14Jan 22-31Apr 22-3010%
WashingtonWinter visitorAug 8-14Mar 1-7Apr 22-309.6%
CaliforniaWinter visitorAug 15-21Jan 15-21Mar 8-146.6%
KansasWinter visitorAug 22-31Mar 1-7Apr 15-217.2%
ArizonaWinter visitorSep 1-7Nov 22-30Mar 1-78.1%
New MexicoWinter visitorSep 1-7Nov 15-21Mar 15-217.1%
ColoradoWinter visitorSep 1-7Mar 8-14Apr 22-304.6%
UtahWinter visitorSep 8-14Mar 1-7Apr 22-308.3%
MichiganWinter visitorSep 8-14Mar 8-14May 1-72.8%
DelawareWinter visitorSep 15-21Mar 1-7Mar 15-2112%
New JerseyWinter visitorSep 15-21Oct 22-31Mar 22-317.1%
IllinoisWinter visitorSep 15-21Mar 1-7Mar 22-313.3%
New YorkWinter visitorSep 15-21Mar 8-14Apr 8-144.7%
HawaiiWinter visitorSep 22-30Nov 8-14Mar 15-216.2%
IndianaWinter visitorSep 22-30Mar 1-7Mar 22-315.3%
OklahomaWinter visitorSep 22-30Nov 8-14Mar 22-314.7%
ArkansasWinter visitorSep 22-30Mar 1-7Mar 15-212.4%
District of ColumbiaWinter visitorSep 22-30Oct 15-21Dec 22-311.2%
MaineWinter visitorSep 22-30Nov 8-14Apr 8-141.9%

Winter visitor in: West Virginia, Arizona, New Mexico, New Jersey, Hawaii, Oklahoma, District of Columbia, Maine, New Hampshire, Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Vermont, Minnesota, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, California, Kansas

Summer visitor in: Alaska, Wyoming, North Dakota