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Event Record Last Year This Year
Chickadees sing "Hey, sweetie" 01/01/** 01/17 01/01
Cardinals sing "cheer-whip-whip-whip" 01/10/02 02/25 01/25
Turkeys "gobble" 01/22/02 02/27
Mourning Doves sing "coo-ah-coo-coo-coo" 01/28/02 03/06
First Red-tailed Hawk 01/31/10 01/06 01/08
First Great Blue Heron 02/03/00 04/13
Titmice sing "peter, peter, peter" 02/04/01 02/18 01/10
First Day above 50 02/10/09 03/17
First Horned Lark 02/10/11 02/10
Sap runs in Maple trees 02/10/99 02/15
First Chipmunk 02/19/98 03/11
First Day above 60 02/25/00 04/10
First Red-shouldered Hawk calling 02/26/01 03/06
First Killdeer "Killdeer, Killdeer" 02/27/07 03/17
First Bluebird "tru-a-ly" 02/28/00 03/16
First Belted Kingfisher 02/28/02 03/15
First Red-winged Blackbird "oak-a-Ree" 03/01/** 03/09
First Crocus blooms 03/03/00 03/27
Ruffed Grouse drumming 03/04/00 03/19
Spring Peepers sing 03/04/00 04/06
First Eastern Meadowlark 03/04/00 03/16
Robins sing "Cheer-up, cheerily" 03/05/00 03/14
Song Sparrows sing 03/07/00 03/18
Pussy Willows 03/07/00 03/15
First Day above 70 03/07/00 04/10
Woodcocks dance 03/07/00 04/04
First American Kestrel 03/07/04 03/21
Wood Frogs sing "kuk, kuk, kuk" 03/08/00 04/10
Juncos begin singing 03/13/06 03/15
First Sandhill Crane 03/14/09 02/25
First Turkey Vulture 03/14/10 03/16
First Mourning Cloak Butterfly 03/16/10 04/12
First Eastern Phoebe "Fee-bee, fee-Bee" 03/24/07 04/05
First Hepatica blooms 03/25/** 04/15
Leeks come up 03/25/07 04/11
First Garter Snake 03/26/07 04/24
First Tree Swallow 03/26/07 04/08
First Day above 80 03/27/** 05/12
First Chipping Sparrow 03/28/09 04/24
First Spring Beauty blooms 03/29/07 04/19
First Daffodil blooms 03/31/07 04/22
Morel Mushrooms appear 04/01/00 04/26
Forsythia blooms 04/02/98 04/27
First Yellow-rumped Warbler 04/03/** 04/11
First Hermit Thrush 04/06/07 04/20
First Brown Thrasher 04/11/02 04/24
First Baltimore Oriole 04/12/02 05/01
First House Wren 04/13/** 05/07
Duchman's Breeches blooms 04/14/98 04/24
Toads trilling 04/15/02 05/04
First Trillium blooms 04/17/02 05/06
Trout Lilly Blooms 04/17/02 05/01
Maple leaves begin to open 04/24/98 05/09
First Hummingbird 04/29/00 05/08
First Great-crested Flycatcher 05/01/01 05/11
First Rose-breasted Grosbeak 05/01/01 05/01
Last Frost (earliest record) 05/02/** 05/04
First Ovenbird "Teacher-Teacher-Teacher" 05/02/01 05/06
First Wood Thrush 05/02/01 05/29
First Scarlet Tanager 05/02/01 05/12
First Catbird 05/03/** 05/01
First Yellowthroat 05/05/** 05/08
First American Redstart 05/07/** 05/08
Green Frogs sing 05/07/00 05/29
Crickets sing 05/07/00
First Veery 05/07/01
First Indigo Bunting 05/07/99 05/11
First Monarch butterfly 05/16/01 05/22
First Firefly 05/21/99
Last Frost (latest record) 06/23/** 05/04
Snow in air 09/**/** 11/17
Crickets stop singing 09/02/**
First Frost (earliest record) 09/02/**
Leaves begin to turn colors 09/25/** 09/11
Snow on ground 10/**/** 11/17
Peak Leaf Color 10/10/07 10/08
Last Ruby-throated Hummingbird 10/10/08
Last Rose-breasted Grosbeak 10/20/08
Leaves gone from trees 10/23/00 11/02
Last Bluebird 10/26/08
Last Eastern Meadowlark 10/28/**
First Frost (latest record) 11/01/**
First Snowy Owl 11/13/08 11/24