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Piranga rubra · Cardinalidae

Summer Tanager: When and Where to See It

Adult male Summer Tanager
Photo: tcantrell52, CC BY 4.0 via iNaturalist

The Summer Tanager reaches Alabama first, around late March, and Ohio last, around late April.

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%2%4%6%Jan 1-7: 0.1% of 1114036 checklistsJan 8-14: 0.2% of 824708 checklistsJan 15-21: 0.1% of 825978 checklistsJan 22-31: 0.1% of 1105853 checklistsFeb 1-7: 0.1% of 779772 checklistsFeb 8-14: 0.1% of 864504 checklistsFeb 15-21: 0.1% of 1127933 checklistsFeb 22-28: 0.1% of 840124 checklistsMar 1-7: 0.1% of 839610 checklistsMar 8-14: 0.1% of 870138 checklistsMar 15-21: 0.1% of 898456 checklistsMar 22-31: 0.2% of 1335637 checklistsApr 1-7: 0.7% of 1030617 checklistsApr 8-14: 1.8% of 1124024 checklistsApr 15-21: 3.8% of 1194575 checklistsApr 22-30: 5.4% of 1675723 checklistsMay 1-7: 5.3% of 1449080 checklistsMay 8-14: 4.6% of 1538353 checklistsMay 15-21: 4.0% of 1219898 checklistsMay 22-31: 3.6% of 1452282 checklistsJun 1-7: 3.3% of 900636 checklistsJun 8-14: 3.2% of 829907 checklistsJun 15-21: 3.0% of 773255 checklistsJun 22-30: 3.0% of 916255 checklistsJul 1-7: 3.0% of 717733 checklistsJul 8-14: 2.7% of 658223 checklistsJul 15-21: 2.5% of 638752 checklistsJul 22-31: 2.3% of 895727 checklistsAug 1-7: 2.2% of 655651 checklistsAug 8-14: 2.0% of 650038 checklistsAug 15-21: 2.0% of 654639 checklistsAug 22-31: 2.3% of 974928 checklistsSep 1-7: 2.9% of 765914 checklistsSep 8-14: 3.2% of 738674 checklistsSep 15-21: 3.3% of 750433 checklistsSep 22-30: 2.7% of 944196 checklistsOct 1-7: 1.7% of 760106 checklistsOct 8-14: 0.9% of 793131 checklistsOct 15-21: 0.5% of 728727 checklistsOct 22-31: 0.3% of 959954 checklistsNov 1-7: 0.2% of 709464 checklistsNov 8-14: 0.1% of 693424 checklistsNov 15-21: 0.1% of 653952 checklistsNov 22-30: 0.1% of 871137 checklistsDec 1-7: 0.1% of 627591 checklistsDec 8-14: 0.1% of 642427 checklistsDec 15-21: 0.1% of 775638 checklistsDec 22-31: 0.1% 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 %
FloridaSummer visitorMar 15-21Sep 22-30Oct 22-316.9%
AlabamaSummer visitorMar 22-31May 1-7Oct 1-727%
LouisianaSummer visitorMar 22-31Apr 22-30Oct 15-2123%
TexasSummer visitorMar 22-31Apr 22-30Sep 22-3021%
MississippiSummer visitorApr 1-7May 1-7Oct 1-726%
South CarolinaSummer visitorApr 1-7May 1-7Sep 22-3021%
GeorgiaSummer visitorApr 1-7May 1-7Oct 1-719%
ArkansasSummer visitorApr 8-14May 8-14Oct 1-732%
TennesseeSummer visitorApr 8-14May 8-14Oct 1-721%
North CarolinaSummer visitorApr 8-14May 8-14Sep 22-3017%
OklahomaSummer visitorApr 8-14May 8-14Sep 22-3015%
ArizonaSummer visitorApr 8-14May 1-7Oct 1-714%
New MexicoSummer visitorApr 8-14May 8-14Sep 22-3012%
MissouriSummer visitorApr 15-21May 8-14Oct 1-723%
KentuckySummer visitorApr 15-21May 8-14Oct 1-722%
KansasSummer visitorApr 15-21May 8-14Oct 1-718%
VirginiaSummer visitorApr 15-21May 8-14Sep 22-307.9%
IndianaSummer visitorApr 15-21May 8-14Oct 1-76.6%
DelawareSummer visitorApr 15-21May 8-14Aug 1-74.0%
IllinoisSummer visitorApr 15-21May 8-14Oct 1-74.1%
Rhode IslandPasses throughApr 15-21May 8-14May 22-311.6%
UtahSummer visitorApr 15-21May 1-7Oct 1-71.6%
IowaSummer visitorApr 22-30May 15-21Sep 15-213.4%
MarylandSummer visitorApr 22-30May 15-21Jul 22-314.0%
NebraskaSummer visitorApr 22-30May 15-21Sep 15-213.5%
NevadaSummer visitorApr 22-30May 22-31Oct 1-73.0%
West VirginiaSummer visitorApr 22-30May 8-14Jul 22-312.5%
New JerseySummer visitorApr 22-30May 8-14Jul 8-141.4%
OhioSummer visitorApr 22-30May 8-14Aug 1-72.3%
District of ColumbiaSummer visitorAug 15-21Sep 15-21Oct 1-71.2%

Summer visitor in: Florida, District of Columbia