Popular WI Migrating Birds
Popular Birds Migrating FROM WI these next of months:
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Arrive: End of April
Migrate: August/September
Kentucky & Yellow Warblers
Arrive: Late March/Early April
Migrate: Mid August
Baltimore Orioles
Arrive: Later April/Early May
Migrate: Late August/Early Sept
Scarlet Tanager
Arrive: Mid March/Early April
Migrate: Mid August
Indigo Bunting
Arrive: Mid April/ Mid May
Migrate: Late October/ Early November
Wood Ducks
Arrive: Mid March
Migrate: Mid November
Canadian Geese
Arrive: Mid March
Migrate: Mid November
Birds Arriving to Winter in WI
Tundra Swans
Arrive: Late November/ Early December
Migrate: Leave for Canadian nesting grounds between April & May
Common Red Poll - Irruptive Migrant Bird** See Definition below
Arrive: Late November/ Early December
Migrate: Leave for Canadian nesting grounds between April & May
**Irruptive migrant. (a bird which moves away from its normal wintering grounds in order to find food & water most of the time out side of it’s normal migration) Common Redpolls move south irregularly in winter following patterns in food supply. Along with Pine Siskins they are among the best known finches to do this. On a roughly 2-year cycle, redpolls come far south in winter and occasionally reach the central or southern United States. The movements generally correspond to the availability of seeds.