Spring arrivals and departures

Apparently, its Spring in New Brunswick. If the snow is getting you down, there are some signs that we have indeed changed seasons. If you pay attention to what birds have recently arrived in our province, it can give you hope that it really is Spring.
In some parts of our province there have been reports of American Robins, Canada Geese and even a Great Blue Heron. These are very common once the snow starts to melt, so soon enough we will all see and hear them around.

I created this chart to show what species have been sighted in the past couple of weeks and those that should be arriving in the next two months. I went back through my own ebird data to come up with the "Coming Soon" portion and have looked at all available forms of media to create the Spotted Recently" part.

I didn't include species that stay all year (Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Downy Woodpecker etc.). I live in Carleton county and work in York county, so I focused primarily on species that could be found in these two areas of NB. Once the St. John River starts to melt, I can start to add a lot more different species of ducks.

I'm going to keep up with the Spotted Recently sections, but would gladly accept any input to the Coming Soon parts.

 

Spotted Recently Backyard/Feeders	Spotted Recently Water, Forest, Driving	Coming Soon (Apr/May) Backyard/Feeders	Coming Soon (Apr/May) Water, Forest, Driving	Leaving Soon
Common Grackle American Robin Brown-headed Cowbird Red-winged Blackbird Cedar Waxwing Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	Wood Duck American Wigeon Ring-necked Duck Canada Geese Snow Goose Great Blue Heron American Woodcock Killdeer Turkey Vulture Red-tailed Hawk Northern Harrier Merlin Osprey American Kestrel Eastern Phoebe Tree Swallow Savannah Sparrow Northern Flicker	Chipping Sparrow	Belted Kingfisher Eastern Kingbird Barn Swallow Cliff Swallow Blue-headed Vireo Gray Catbird Veery Hermit Thrush Spotted Sandpiper Bobolink Baltimore Oriole Ruby-crowned Kinglet Palm Warbler CommonYellowthroat Yellow-rumped Warbler	Snow Bunting Bohemian Waxwing Northern Shrike Purple Sandpiper American Tree Sparrow