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Troglodytes hiemalis · Troglodytidae

Winter Wren: When and Where to See It

Adult Winter Wren
Photo: Derek Spencer, CC BY 4.0 via iNaturalist

The Winter Wren reaches Illinois first, around mid September, and Texas last, around late October.

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%Jan 1-7: 1.6% of 1114036 checklistsJan 8-14: 1.5% of 824708 checklistsJan 15-21: 1.3% of 825978 checklistsJan 22-31: 1.3% of 1105853 checklistsFeb 1-7: 1.2% of 779772 checklistsFeb 8-14: 1.0% of 864504 checklistsFeb 15-21: 0.8% of 1127933 checklistsFeb 22-28: 0.9% of 840124 checklistsMar 1-7: 0.9% of 839610 checklistsMar 8-14: 0.8% of 870138 checklistsMar 15-21: 0.9% of 898456 checklistsMar 22-31: 1.1% of 1335637 checklistsApr 1-7: 1.4% of 1030617 checklistsApr 8-14: 1.4% of 1124024 checklistsApr 15-21: 1.2% of 1194575 checklistsApr 22-30: 1.0% of 1675723 checklistsMay 1-7: 0.9% of 1449080 checklistsMay 8-14: 0.7% of 1538353 checklistsMay 15-21: 0.8% of 1219898 checklistsMay 22-31: 0.8% of 1452282 checklistsJun 1-7: 0.8% of 900636 checklistsJun 8-14: 1.0% of 829907 checklistsJun 15-21: 1.2% of 773255 checklistsJun 22-30: 1.2% of 916255 checklistsJul 1-7: 1.2% of 717733 checklistsJul 8-14: 1.0% of 658223 checklistsJul 15-21: 0.9% of 638752 checklistsJul 22-31: 0.6% of 895727 checklistsAug 1-7: 0.3% of 655651 checklistsAug 8-14: 0.2% of 650038 checklistsAug 15-21: 0.1% of 654639 checklistsAug 22-31: 0.1% of 974928 checklistsSep 1-7: 0.1% of 765914 checklistsSep 8-14: 0.2% of 738674 checklistsSep 15-21: 0.3% of 750433 checklistsSep 22-30: 0.8% of 944196 checklistsOct 1-7: 1.5% of 760106 checklistsOct 8-14: 2.1% of 793131 checklistsOct 15-21: 2.6% of 728727 checklistsOct 22-31: 2.6% of 959954 checklistsNov 1-7: 2.6% of 709464 checklistsNov 8-14: 2.4% of 693424 checklistsNov 15-21: 2.5% of 653952 checklistsNov 22-30: 2.4% of 871137 checklistsDec 1-7: 2.2% of 627591 checklistsDec 8-14: 2.3% of 642427 checklistsDec 15-21: 2.6% of 775638 checklistsDec 22-31: 2.1% 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 %
New HampshireSummer visitorMar 22-31Jun 22-30Aug 1-711%
VermontSummer visitorMar 22-31Jun 22-30Aug 1-711%
MaineSummer visitorApr 1-7Jun 22-30Aug 1-712%
South DakotaPasses throughSep 22-30Oct 8-14Nov 8-141.0%
District of ColumbiaWinter visitorOct 1-7Dec 8-14Apr 1-79.7%
MarylandWinter visitorOct 1-7Nov 15-21Apr 1-78.8%
VirginiaWinter visitorOct 1-7Nov 22-30Apr 1-78.2%
DelawareWinter visitorOct 1-7Dec 8-14Mar 22-316.6%
New JerseyWinter visitorOct 1-7Nov 22-30Apr 8-146.2%
ConnecticutWinter visitorOct 1-7Nov 22-30Jul 15-213.2%
IndianaWinter visitorOct 1-7Oct 22-31Feb 1-73.9%
KentuckyWinter visitorOct 1-7Dec 15-21Apr 8-144.1%
MassachusettsWinter visitorOct 1-7Nov 8-14Jul 15-212.8%
MissouriWinter visitorOct 1-7Oct 22-31Apr 15-213.1%
West VirginiaWinter visitorOct 1-7Dec 8-14Aug 1-74.7%
NebraskaWinter visitorOct 1-7Oct 8-14Feb 1-71.2%
North CarolinaWinter visitorOct 8-14Nov 8-14Mar 22-318.2%
TennesseeWinter visitorOct 8-14Nov 15-21Mar 22-319.0%
AlabamaWinter visitorOct 8-14Nov 15-21Feb 15-216.1%
ArkansasWinter visitorOct 8-14Dec 8-14Mar 8-145.3%
GeorgiaWinter visitorOct 8-14Dec 8-14Mar 8-146.1%
Rhode IslandWinter visitorOct 8-14Nov 15-21Apr 8-144.3%
KansasWinter visitorOct 15-21Dec 8-14Mar 22-313.2%
MississippiWinter visitorOct 15-21Dec 15-21Mar 15-214.7%
OklahomaWinter visitorOct 15-21Dec 8-14Mar 15-212.8%
South CarolinaWinter visitorOct 15-21Dec 8-14Mar 8-143.9%
LouisianaWinter visitorOct 22-31Nov 22-30Mar 8-142.8%
TexasWinter visitorOct 22-31Dec 8-14Mar 8-141.6%
IllinoisWinter visitorSep 15-21Oct 15-21Jan 8-148.8%
New YorkWinter visitorSep 15-21Oct 15-21Jan 22-315.7%
WisconsinWinter visitorSep 15-21Oct 8-14Dec 22-315.1%
IowaWinter visitorSep 15-21Oct 8-14Jan 8-144.6%
MichiganWinter visitorSep 15-21Oct 8-14Jan 1-73.5%
MinnesotaWinter visitorSep 15-21Oct 8-14Nov 1-73.3%
OhioWinter visitorSep 22-30Oct 15-21Jan 22-315.0%
PennsylvaniaWinter visitorSep 22-30Nov 8-14Apr 15-215.0%

Summer visitor in: New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine