Any Warblers Yet?

[LPCrowRiverFisherman]

If not, how soon do you think they will be around.

[Nymph]

The way this weather has been I would say about 2- 3 weeks.

[half-dutch]

They should show up just a little before the barn swallows return, and then you can plant corn.

[Nymph]

Has anyone seen the warbler migration starting? I heard that they are absent even from southern Minnesota yet. I thought with the weather we are having and all the bugs out they would be pushing through already.

[grousehunter]

I saw some yellow-rumped warblers today in Brookings. A lot new sparrows lately.

[Dotch]

Resident barn swallows returned yesterday. We could plant corn I suppose but most have been done for a week.

[Birdsong]

Spring was early, but migration seems a little slow. The ruby-crowns finally arrived here on Thursday. But sparse. I have seen only a couple little warblers. In SWMN we usually consider May 15th to be peak warbler season.

[MN Shutterbug]

I was at Frontenac State Park yesterday and was told that warblers are the main attraction. Unfortunately, I have just one warbler shot in my portfolio, and that's the Black-throated Blue Warbler from Birdsong's backyard. Within a couple weeks I'm going to need to make a return trip to Frontenac. I'm told they get birders there from all over in may.