Date: 04/26/2008

Number: 1

They finally made it. I heard from several people the first American Robin was seen in Porter Creek (Whitehorse) on Saturday April 26th. That is a few weeks late. I still haven’t heard of anyone hearing them singing, but this morning there were White-crowned Sparrow, Varied Thrush, Dark-eyed Juncos and Yellow-rumped Warblers all singing in my yard, so I suspect the birds are back.

It was very spooky last week. All the winter residents had either moved north or were nesting, so except for a few Red-breasted Nuthatches there was no spring bird song. We live in the middle of the woods and it was truly “Silent Spring”.

A Northern Observation Post

Whitehorse, YT

Latitude: 60.7 Longitude: -135.1

Observed by: Bruce
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