Arrival & Departure Dates
Arrival And Departure Dates For Atlanta Area Birds
These dates represent the earliest arrival and latest departure dates for the species seen in Bartow, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton, Paulding, Rockdale, Spaulding, and Walton counties. The STATUS column represents Summer Resident, Migrant, Winter Resident, Permanent Resident. Species richness is Abundant, Common, Uncommon or Rare. Permanent Residents have no arrival and departure dates. Birds listed with two dates in their fall departure dates are migrants that lingered into December with no evidence that they continued fall migration, died or spent the winter months here. Typically, for this list, December through February records are considered winter records, not late migration dates. This list is current as of January 2012. If you have new sightings and dates, please email Georgann Schmalz
| SPECIES | STATUS | SPRING ARRIVAL | SPRING DEPARTURE | FALL ARRIVAL | FALL DEPARTURE |
| ACADIAN FLYCATCHER | SR/C | 16-Apr | 24-Oct | ||
| ALDER FLYCATCHER | M/R | 19-Sep | |||
| AMERICAN BITTERN | M/U | 13-Mar | 15-May | 22-Aug | 7-Nov |
| AMERICAN BLACK DUCK | WR/U | 2-Jun | 11-Sep | ||
| AMERICAN COOT | WR/A | 17-Jun | 18-Sep | ||
| AMERICAN CROW | PR/C | ||||
| AMERICAN GOLDFINCH | PR/C | ||||
| AMERICAN KESTREL | PR/C | ||||
| AMERICAN PIPIT | WR/U | 13-May | 7-Oct | ||
| AMERICAN REDSTART | SR/R | 6-Apr | 31-Oct/7 Dec | ||
| AMERICAN ROBIN | PR/C | ||||
| AMERICAN WIGEON | M/U | 25-Feb | 18-May | 11-Oct | 24-Nov |
| AMERICAN WOODCOCK | PR/U | ||||
| BACHMAN`S SPARROW | SR/R | 28-Feb | 1-Oct | ||
| BALTIMORE ORIOLE | M/U | 2-Apr | 28-May | 2-Aug | 23 Nov |
| BANK SWALLOW | M/R | 29-Mar | 16-May | 10-Jul | 20-Sep |
| BARN OWL | PR/R | ||||
| BARN SWALLOW | SR/C | 7-Mar | 25-Oct | ||
| BARRED OWL | PR/U | ||||
| BAY-BREASTED WARBLER | M/U | 18-Apr | 24-May | 23-Aug | 27-Nov/1 Dec |
| BELTED KINGFISHER | PR/U | ||||
| BEWICK`S WREN | WR/R | 6-Apr | 20-Sep | ||
| BLACK TERN | M/R | ||||
| BLACK VULTURE | PR/U | ||||
| BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER | SR/U | 10-Mar | 2 Nov/21-Nov | ||
| BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO | M/R | 16-Apr | 17-May | 13-Sep | 12 Nov |
| BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER | M/U | 2-Apr | 28-May | 19-Jul | 2-Nov |
| BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON | SR/R | 19-Mar | 5-Aug | ||
| BLACKPOLL WARBLER | M/C | 1-Apr | 29-May | 5-Sep | 24 Nov/5 Dec |
| BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER | M/U | 25-Mar | 23-May | 4-Jul | 25 Nov |
| BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER | M/U | 23-Mar | 24-May | 6-Jul | 1 Dec |
| BLUE GROSBEAK | SR/C | 14-Apr | 8-Nov | ||
| BLUE JAY | PR/A | ||||
| BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER | SR/C | 9-Mar | 5-Dec | ||
| BLUE-HEADED VIREO | SR/U WR/C |
28-Jun | 15-Jul | ||
| BLUE-WINGED TEAL | M/C | 13-Mar | 29-May | 30-Aug | 8-Nov |
| BLUE-WINGED WARBLER | M/U | 26-Mar | 4-Jun | 19-Jul | 16-Oct |
| BOBOLINK | M/C | 17-Apr | 23-May | 23-Aug | 19-Oct |
| BONAPARTE`S GULL | M/R | 11-Mar | 22-Apr | 27-Nov | 6-Dec |
| BREWER`S BLACKBIRD | WR/R | 15-Apr | 14-Nov | ||
| BROAD-WINGED HAWK | SR/U | 5-Mar | 5-Oct | ||
| BROWN CREEPER | WR/U | 17-Apr | 20-Sep | ||
| BROWN THRASHER | PR/C | ||||
| BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD | PR/C | ||||
| BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH | PR/C | ||||
| BUFFLEHEAD | WR/U | 23-May | 8-Nov | ||
| CANADA GOOSE | PR/C | ||||
| CANADA WARBLER | M/U | 23-Apr | 28-May | 24-Jul | 12-Oct |
| CANVASBACK | WR/R | 13-Apr | 9-Nov | ||
| CAPE MAY WARBLER | M/C | 4-Apr | 21-May | 29-Aug | 26-Nov |
| CAROLINA CHICKADEE | PR/C | ||||
| CAROLINA WREN | PR/C | ||||
| CASPIAN TERN | M/R | 2-Jun | |||
| CATTLE EGRET | M/R | 1-Apr | 2-Jun | 31-Jul | 27-Aug |
| CEDAR WAXWING | WR/C | 11-Jun | 1-Aug | ||
| CERULEAN WARBLER | M/U | 25-Mar | 17-May | 28 -Jun | 20-Oct |
| CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER | M/C | 9-Apr | 24-May | 28-Jul | 2 Nov |
| CHIMNEY SWIFT | SR/A | 21-Mar | 30-Oct | ||
| CHIPPING SPARROW | PR/C | ||||
| CHUCK-WILL`S-WIDOW | SR/C |
3-Apr
|
6-Sep | ||
| CLIFF SWALLOW | M/R | 8-Apr | 17-May | 28-Jun | 15-Sep |
| COMMON GOLDENEYE | WR/R | 7-Apr | 7-Nov | ||
| COMMON GRACKLE | PR/A | ||||
| COMMON LOON | M/C WR/U |
13-Mar | 6-Jun | 30-Sep | 11-Dec |
| COMMON MOORHEN | M/R | 31-Mar | 10-May | 26-Sep | 23-Dec |
| COMMON NIGHTHAWK | SR/C | 6-Apr | 10-Dec | ||
| COMMON SNIPE | WR/C | 2-Jun | 25-Aug | ||
| COMMON TERN | M/R | 13-May | |||
| COMMON YELLOWTHROAT | S/C W/R |
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| CONNECTICUT WARBLER | M/R | 3-May | 28-May | 12-Aug | 22-Sep |
| COOPER`S HAWK | PR/U | ||||
| DARK-EYED JUNCO | WR/A | 4-May | 2-Oct | ||
| DICKCISSEL | M/R | 18-Apr | 26-May | 4-Jul | 15-Oct |
| DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT | SR/M/U | 4-Apr | 22-Jun | 25-Sep | 19-Dec |
| DOWNY WOODPECKER | PR/C | ||||
| EARED GREBE | WR/U | 9-Feb | 29-Oct | ||
| EASTERN BLUEBIRD | PR/C | ||||
| EASTERN KINGBIRD | SR/C | 30-Mar | 21-Oct | ||
| EASTERN MEADOWLARK | PR/C | ||||
| EASTERN PHOEBE | PR/C | ||||
| EASTERN TOWHEE | PR/C | ||||
| EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE | SR/C | 21-Mar | 26-Oct | ||
| EUROPEAN STARLING | PR/A | ||||
| EVENING GROSBEAK | WR/R | 23-May | 30-Nov | ||
| FIELD SPARROW | PR/C | ||||
| FORSTER`S TERN | M/R | 4-Jun | |||
| FOX SPARROW | WR/U | 21-Apr | 18-Oct | ||
| GADWALL | WR/U | 24-Mar | 19-Oct | ||
| GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET | WR/C | 9-May | 4-Oct | ||
| GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER | M/U | 10-Apr | 14-May | 1-Aug | 15-Oct |
| GRASSHOPPER SPARROW | PR/U | ||||
| GRAY CATBIRD | PR/U | ||||
| GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH | M/R | 12-Apr | 24-May | 6-Sep | 7-Nov |
| GREAT BLUE HERON | PR/U | ||||
| GREAT EGRET | SR/U | 25-Mar | 18-Oct | ||
| GREAT HORNED OWL | PR/U | ||||
| GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER | SR/C | 20-Mar | 16-Dec | ||
| GREATER YELLOWLEGS | M/U | 11-Mar | 24-May | 5-Aug | 7-Nov |
| GREATER SCAUP | WR/U | 17-Oct | 7-Jan | ||
| GREEN HERON | SR/C | 23-Mar | 24-Oct | ||
| GREEN-WINGED TEAL | WR/R | 30-Mar | 11-Sep | ||
| HAIRY WOODPECKER | PR/U | ||||
| HARLEQUIN DUCK | WR/R | 22-Feb | 28-Feb | ||
| HENSLOW`S SPARROW | WR/R | 5 May | 19-Oct | ||
| HERMIT THRUSH | WR/C | 21-May | 29-Sep | ||
| HERRING GULL | WR/R | 13-Apr | 4-Oct | ||
| HOODED MERGANSER | WR/C | 9-Apr | 23-Oct | ||
| HOODED WARBLER | SR/U | 17-Mar | 19-Nov/1-Dec | ||
| HORNED GREBE | WR/U | 29-May | 1-Nov | ||
| HORNED LARK | PR/R | ||||
| HOUSE FINCH | PR/C | ||||
| HOUSE SPARROW | PR/A | ||||
| INDIGO BUNTING | SR/C | 5-Apr | 3 Nov | ||
| KENTUCKY WARBLER | SR/U | 1-Apr | 26-Oct | ||
| KILLDEER | PR/C | ||||
| KING RAIL | PR/U | ||||
| LAUGHING GULL | M/R | 21-May | 15-Jun | 14-Aug | |
| LEAST BITTERN | SR/R | 2-May | 29-Aug | ||
| LEAST FLYCATCHER | M/R | 11-Apr | 4-May | 13-Sep | 28-Sep |
| LEAST SANDPIPER | M/U | 3-Apr | 28-May | 14-Jul | 1-Jan |
| LESSER GOLDEN PLOVER | M/R | 21-Mar | 31-Mar | 3-Oct | |
| LESSER SCAUP | WR/U | 5-Jun | 19-Oct | ||
| LESSER YELLOWLEGS | M/U | 28-Feb | 30-May | 25-Jun | 23-Oct |
| LINCOLN`S SPARROW | WR/R | 10-May | 11-Oct | ||
| LITTLE BLUE HERON | SR/U | 26-Mar | 2-Oct | ||
| LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE | PR/U | ||||
| LONG-TAILED DUCK | WR/R | 21-Oct | 21-Nov | ||
| LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH | SR/U | 5-Mar | 10-Sep | ||
| MAGNOLIA WARBLER | M/C | 17-Apr | 26-May | 29-Aug | 29-Nov |
| MALLARD | PR/U | ||||
| MARSH WREN | M/U | 11-Apr | 16-May | 25-Aug | 15-Nov |
| MERLIN | WR/R | 26-Apr | 13-Oct | ||
| MOURNING DOVE | PR/A | ||||
| MOURNING WARBLER | M/R | 19-April | 23-May | 25-Oct | |
| NASHVILLE WARBLER | M/R | 11-Apr | 18-May | 29-Aug | 24–Nov/6 Dec |
| NORTHERN BOBWHITE | PR/C | ||||
| NORTHERN CARDINAL | PR/A | ||||
| NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD | PR/A | ||||
| NO. ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW | SR/C | 1-Mar | 24-Nov | ||
| NORTHERN FLICKER | PR/C | ||||
| NORTHERN HARRIER | WR/U | 15-May | 22-Jul | ||
| NORTHERN PARULA | SR/R | 29-Mar | 1-Nov | ||
| NORTHERN PINTAIL | WR/R | 21-May | 11-Oct | ||
| NORTHERN SHOVELER | WR/U | 26-Apr | 15-Oct | ||
| NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH | M/U | 19-Mar | 27-May | 17-Aug | 7-Nov |
| OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER | M/R | 29-Apr | 23-May | 16-Aug | 25-Sep |
| ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER | WR/R | 2-May | 21-Sep | ||
| ORCHARD ORIOLE | SR/C | 3-Apr | 18-Oct | ||
| OSPREY | M/U | 30-Mar | 18-Apr | 20-Oct | |
| OVENBIRD | SR/U | 2-Apr | 29-Nov | ||
| PALM WARBLER | WR/U | 28-May | 22-Aug | ||
| PECTORAL SANDPIPER | M/U | 9-Mar | 4-Jun | 22-Jul | 21-Oct |
| PEREGRINE FALCON | PR/R | ||||
| PHILADELPHIA VIREO | M/R | 20-Apr | 21-May | 4-Aug | 8-Nov |
| PIED-BILLED GREBE | WR/C | 22-May | 8-Jul | ||
| PILEATED WOODPECKER | PR/U | ||||
| PINE SISKIN | WR/C | 6-Jun | 20-Oct | ||
| PINE WARBLER | PR/C | ||||
| PRAIRIE WARBLER | SR/C | 26-Mar | 31-Oct | ||
| PROTHONOTARY WARBLER | SR/U | 3-Apr | 24 Nov | ||
| PURPLE FINCH | WR/U | 27-Apr | 29-Sep | ||
| PURPLE MARTIN | SR/U | 19-Jan | 23-Sep | ||
| RED CROSSBILL | WR/R | 3-Jun | 17-Nov | ||
| RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER | PR/C | ||||
| RED-BREASTED MERGANSER | WR/R | 7-May | 16-Nov | ||
| RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH | WR/U | 19-May | 11-Sep | ||
| RED-EYED VIREO | SR/C | 31-Mar | 1-Nov | ||
| REDHEAD | WR/U | 29-Apr | 17-Oct | ||
| RED-HEADED WOODPECKER | PR/U | ||||
| RED-SHOULDERED HAWK | PR/U | ||||
| RED-TAILED HAWK | PR/C | ||||
| RED-THROATED LOON | M/R | 12-Apr | 25-Oct | ||
| RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD | PR/A | ||||
| RING-BILLED GULL | WR/U | 2-Jun | 2-Nov | ||
| RING-NECKED DUCK | WR/C | 18-Jun | 20-Sep | ||
| ROCK PIGEON | PR/A | ||||
| ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK | M/C | 2-Apr | 23-May | 10-Sep | 28-Nov |
| RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET | WR/C | 18-May | 6-Sep | ||
| RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD | SR/C | 15-Mar | 13-Nov | ||
| RUDDY DUCK | WR/U | 29-May | 10-Oct | ||
| RUSTY BLACKBIRD | WR/U | 1-May | 20-Sep | ||
| SANDHILL CRANE | M/C | 5-Feb | 24-Mar | 18-Oct | 14-Dec |
| SAVANNAH SPARROW | WR/C | 19-May | 12-Sep | ||
| SAW-WHET OWL | WR/R | 14-Mar | 19-Dec | ||
| SCARLET TANAGER | SR/R | 4-Apr | 1-Nov | ||
| EASTERN SCREECH-OWL | PR/C | ||||
| SEDGE WREN | M/R | 20-Apr | 16-May | 30-Sep | 27-Nov |
| SPECIES | STATUS | SPRING ARRIVAL | SPRING DEPARTURE | FALL ARRIVAL | FALL DEPARTURE |
| SEMIPALMATED PLOVER | M/R | 31-Mar | 27-May | 22-Jul | 24-Oct |
| SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER | M/R | 23-Apr | 4-Jun | 1-Aug | 24-Oct |
| SHARP-SHINNED HAWK | PR/U | ||||
| SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER | M/R | 14-Mar | 27-Aug | ||
| SNOW GOOSE | WR/R | 4-Jun | 9-Nov | ||
| SNOWY EGRET | SR/R | 29-Apr | 10-Sep | ||
| SOLITARY SANDPIPER | M/C | 16-Mar | 22-May | 25-Jun | 31-Oct |
| SONG SPARROW | PR/C | ||||
| SORA | M/U | 11-Mar | 12-May | 28-Aug | 20-Nov |
| SPOTTED SANDPIPER | M/R | 30-Mar | 27-May | 31-Oct | |
| SUMMER TANAGER | SR/C | 28-Mar | 10-Nov/6 Dec | ||
| SWAINSON`S THRUSH | M/C | 3-Apr | 28-May | 24-Aug | 27-Nov |
| SWAINSON`S WARBLER | SR/R | 8-Apr | 14-Aug | ||
| SWALLOW-TAILED KITE | SR/R | 31-Jul | |||
| SWAMP SPARROW | WR/C | 13-May | 3-Oct | ||
| TENNESSEE WARBLER | M/C | 13-Apr | 20-May | 9-Aug | 16 Dec |
| TREE SWALLOW | M/U | 4Feb | 27-May | 10-Jul | 25-Oct |
| TRICOLORED HERON | SR/R | 1-May | 19-Aug | ||
| TUFTED TITMOUSE | PR/C | ||||
| TUNDRA SWAN | WR/R | 25-Feb | 23-Nov | ||
| TURKEY VULTURE | PR/C | ||||
| UPLAND SANDPIPER | M/U | 29-Mar | 6-May | ||
| VEERY | M/U | 13-Apr | 2-Jul | 27-Aug | 19-Oct |
| VESPER SPARROW | WR/U | 5-May | 11-Oct | ||
| VIRGINIA RAIL | PR/R | ||||
| WARBLING VIREO | M/R | 17-Apr | 15-May | 17-Aug | 21-Sep |
| WESTERN KINGBIRD | M/R | 30-Apr | 9-May | 15-Sep | 20-Oct |
| WESTERN SANDPIPER | M/R | 7-May | 21-May | 17-Aug | 13-Sep |
| WHIP-POOR-WILL | SR/U | 19-Mar | 15-Nov | ||
| WHITE IBIS | SR/R | 3-Jul | 17-Sep | ||
| WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH | PR/C | ||||
| WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW | WR/R | 3-May | 13-Oct | ||
| WHITE-EYED VIREO | SR/C | 18-Mar | 31-Oct | ||
| WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER | M/R | 10-May | 28-May | ||
| WHITE-THROATED SPARROW | WR/A | 15-Jun | 29-Sep | ||
| WHITE-WINGED SCOTER | WR/R | 11-Nov | |||
| WILLET | M/R | 25-Apr | 29-Apr | 20-Sep | 27-Aug |
| WILLOW FLYCATCHER | SR | 3-May | 27-Sept | ||
| WILSON’S WARBLER | M/R | 26-Apr | 26-May | 18-Aug | 26-Oct |
| WINTER WREN | WR/U | 28-Apr | 21-Sep | ||
| WOOD DUCK | PR/C | ||||
| WOOD THRUSH | SR/C | 27-Mar | 26-Nov | ||
| WORM-EATING WARBLER | SR/R | 3-Apr | 17-Oct | ||
| YELLOW WARBLER | SR/U | 1-Apr | 8-Oct | ||
| YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER | M/R | 12-May | 31-May | 26-Aug | 16-Dec |
| YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER | WR/C | 5-May | 1-Sep | ||
| YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO | SR/U | 7-Apr | 2-Nov | ||
| YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT | SR/C | 12-Apr | 24-Oct | ||
| YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON | SR/U | 13-Apr | 14-Nov | ||
| YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER | WR/A | 27-May | 10-Oct | ||
| YELLOW-THROATED VIREO | SR/U | 1-Apr | 27-Oct | ||
| YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER | SR/U | 12-Mar | 18-Oct |