>Today, 3/30, at Camp Long in Seattle, there was a singing Solitary Vireo,
>which seems early to me. Does anyone have an average arrival date for
>this species? Other than that bird, there were no other spring migrants.
>
>
>David Buckley----------------------------------------------------------------
>lsdb at u.washington.edu
>West Seattle, USA

I don't have an average date, but I'd say your bird was at least several
weeks early. I usually think of them as arriving in mid to late April.

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