Approximate Dates When Birds Begin to Nest 



May : First week. 



Second 



Third 



6i} Barn Swallow 



617 Rough-winged Swallow 



676 Louisiana Water-thrush 



703 Mockingbird (Va.) 

 718 Carolina Wren 

 393 Hairy Woodpecker 

 467 Least Flycatcher 

 494 Bobolink 



498 Red-winged Blackbird 



542a Savanna Sparrow 



546 Yellow-winged or Grasshop- 

 per Sparrow 



584 Swamp Sparrow 



587 Chewink ; Towhee 



601 Painted Bunting 



610 Summer Tanager 



611 Purple Martin 

 614 Tree Swallow 

 616 Bank Swallow 



638 Swainson's Warbler 



652 Yellow Warbler 



654 Black-throated Blue Warbler 



658 Cerulean Warbler (?) 



674 Oven-bird 



675 Water Thrush 



683 Yellow-breasted Chat 



704 Catbird 



705 Brown Thrasher 

 721 House Wren 

 726 Brown Creeper 

 735 Chickadee 



755 Wood Thrush 



289 Bob-white 



388 Black-billed Cuckoo 



420 Nighthawk (New England) 



423 Chimney Swift 



452 Crested Flycatcher 



461 Wood Pewee 



490 Fish Crow 



506 Orchard Oriole 



