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Vireo flavifrons · Vireonidae

Yellow-throated Vireo: When and Where to See It

Adult Yellow-throated Vireo
Photo: John Rosford, CC BY 4.0 via iNaturalist

The Yellow-throated Vireo reaches Alabama first, around the second week of March, and North Dakota last, around the second week of May.

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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: 0.1% 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: 0.2% of 870138 checklistsMar 15-21: 0.4% of 898456 checklistsMar 22-31: 0.7% of 1335637 checklistsApr 1-7: 1.0% of 1030617 checklistsApr 8-14: 1.3% of 1124024 checklistsApr 15-21: 1.8% of 1194575 checklistsApr 22-30: 2.7% of 1675723 checklistsMay 1-7: 4.2% of 1449080 checklistsMay 8-14: 5.0% of 1538353 checklistsMay 15-21: 5.2% of 1219898 checklistsMay 22-31: 4.3% of 1452282 checklistsJun 1-7: 3.8% of 900636 checklistsJun 8-14: 3.6% of 829907 checklistsJun 15-21: 3.4% of 773255 checklistsJun 22-30: 3.1% of 916255 checklistsJul 1-7: 2.9% of 717733 checklistsJul 8-14: 2.4% of 658223 checklistsJul 15-21: 1.9% of 638752 checklistsJul 22-31: 1.4% of 895727 checklistsAug 1-7: 1.0% of 655651 checklistsAug 8-14: 0.9% of 650038 checklistsAug 15-21: 1.1% of 654639 checklistsAug 22-31: 1.9% of 974928 checklistsSep 1-7: 2.9% of 765914 checklistsSep 8-14: 3.2% of 738674 checklistsSep 15-21: 2.6% of 750433 checklistsSep 22-30: 1.4% of 944196 checklistsOct 1-7: 0.7% of 760106 checklistsOct 8-14: 0.4% of 793131 checklistsOct 15-21: 0.2% of 728727 checklistsOct 22-31: 0.1% of 959954 checklistsNov 1-7: 0.1% 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 1-7Sep 1-7Oct 15-215.2%
AlabamaSummer visitorMar 8-14Apr 15-21Oct 1-712%
LouisianaSummer visitorMar 8-14Apr 15-21Sep 22-309.2%
MississippiSummer visitorMar 15-21Apr 8-14Sep 22-3014%
ArkansasSummer visitorMar 15-21Apr 15-21Sep 22-3010%
GeorgiaSummer visitorMar 15-21Apr 22-30Oct 1-78.4%
TexasSummer visitorMar 15-21Apr 15-21Sep 8-144.2%
TennesseeSummer visitorMar 22-31Apr 22-30Oct 1-710%
South CarolinaSummer visitorMar 22-31Apr 22-30Oct 1-76.8%
OklahomaSummer visitorMar 22-31May 8-14Jul 8-141.7%
North CarolinaSummer visitorApr 1-7Sep 8-14Oct 1-76.3%
West VirginiaSummer visitorApr 8-14May 8-14Sep 22-3013%
MissouriSummer visitorApr 8-14May 1-7Sep 22-3010%
KentuckySummer visitorApr 8-14May 1-7Oct 1-710%
VirginiaSummer visitorApr 8-14May 8-14Sep 22-307.5%
IndianaSummer visitorApr 15-21May 8-14Sep 22-3012%
IllinoisSummer visitorApr 15-21May 8-14Sep 22-307.7%
OhioSummer visitorApr 15-21May 22-31Sep 22-307.7%
District of ColumbiaSummer visitorApr 15-21May 8-14Jul 8-145.0%
KansasSummer visitorApr 15-21May 8-14Jul 22-315.8%
MarylandSummer visitorApr 15-21May 8-14Sep 15-216.8%
DelawareSummer visitorApr 15-21May 8-14Jul 1-73.7%
IowaSummer visitorApr 22-30May 15-21Sep 15-2117%
ConnecticutSummer visitorApr 22-30May 15-21Sep 8-149.6%
MichiganSummer visitorApr 22-30May 15-21Sep 15-218.8%
WisconsinSummer visitorApr 22-30May 22-31Sep 15-218.9%
NebraskaSummer visitorApr 22-30May 8-14Jul 22-315.3%
New JerseySummer visitorApr 22-30Jun 1-7Jul 22-316.1%
New YorkSummer visitorApr 22-30May 22-31Sep 8-146.3%
PennsylvaniaSummer visitorApr 22-30May 15-21Sep 15-215.5%
Rhode IslandSummer visitorApr 22-30May 15-21Jul 8-146.6%
MinnesotaSummer visitorMay 1-7May 22-31Sep 8-1411%
MassachusettsSummer visitorMay 1-7May 22-31Jul 15-214.1%
New HampshireSummer visitorMay 1-7May 22-31Sep 8-142.6%
South DakotaSummer visitorMay 1-7May 15-21Sep 8-142.9%
VermontSummer visitorMay 1-7May 22-31Aug 1-73.5%
North DakotaSummer visitorMay 8-14May 22-31Sep 8-146.0%

Summer visitor in: Florida, North Carolina