- Dates
- 2021-03-23 – 2021-05-05
- Kind
- Environmental observation
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- ecologyweatherphenologywildlife
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In late March 2021, a Beaver Island resident reported seeing robins, monarch butterflies, and a June bug earlier than expected. A later April reply reported the season’s first observed tick after a dog played at an unspecified point.
Evidence limits
This record preserves local phenological observations and uncertainty. It does not establish an island-wide early spring, climate trend, first-emergence dates, or tick prevalence.
Sources
- Joe Moore reported seeing robins, monarch butterflies, and a June bug unusually early in late March; a later reply reported finding a tick after a dog had been playing at “the point.” These are individual observations without dates of first emergence, weather records, species verification, or a representative survey.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 16 · t016109
- A resident reported putting up a hummingbird feeder on May 4 and seeing hummingbirds arrive immediately. This is a single feeder observation and does not establish the island-wide first arrival date or abundance.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 16 · t016212
Added 10 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Resident reports unusually early spring wildlife on Beaver Island, 2021”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-early-spring-phenology-observations-2021/, accessed [date], citing Joe Moore and MegSing33, “Crazy Spring,” Beaver Island Forum, March 23–April 6, 2021. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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