Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, plate by John James Audubon
Audubon, Birds of America, plate 84, as “Blue-Grey Fly-catcher”
Songbirds

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

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“On the afternoon of November 4 I came across a very late in the season Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.”
November 23, 2023 · Read the column
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May 9, 2018first mention
Nov 23, 2023last mention

Through the year

Columns that mention it, by the month they were published.

Year by year

Columns that mention it each year.

In his words

All 7 passages, oldest first.

May 9, 2018

On the last days of April the following birds were seen and heard – Palm Warbler, Yellow-rumped / Myrtle Warbler, Pine Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Blue- gray Gnatcatcher and Ruby-crowned Kinglets.

May 7, 2019

On April 21 my wife and I saw three Blue gray Gnatcatchers in Pond Cove.

May 20, 2020

The 5th of May brought a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher to the fringes of Robinson Woods.

May 5, 2021

On April 21 within the one remaining shrub along Pond Cove I discovered a foraging Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher.

May 18, 2022

Other mentionables include: on May 1 along the back trail of Crescent Beach State Park, a single Blue-gray Gnatcatcher and Red-breasted Nuthatch.

May 10, 2023

By the first day in May last year Gray Catbirds had already arrived as had Blue-headed Vireos, Blue Gray Gnatcatchers, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Indigo Buntings and Barn Swallows.

Nov 23, 2023

On the afternoon of November 4 I came across a very late in the season Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.