May: First week. 
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Approximate Dates When Birds Begin to Nest 
613 
617 
676 
703 
718 
393 
467 
494 
498 
Barn Swallow 
Rough-winged Swallow 
Louisiana Water-thrush 
Mockingbird (Va.) 
Carolina Wren 
Hairy Woodpecker 
Least Flycatcher 
Bobolink 
Red-winged Blackbird 
542a Savanna Sparrow 
Yellow-winged or Grasshop- 
per Sparrow 
Swamp Sparrow 
Chewink ; Towhee 
Painted Bunting 
Summer Tanager 
Purple Martin 
Tree Swallow 
Bank Swallow 
Swainson’s Warbler 
Yellow Warbler 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 
Cerulean Warbler (?) 
Oven-bird 
Water Thrush 
Yellow-breasted Chat 
Catbird 
Brown Thrasher 
House Wren 
Brown Creeper 
Chickadee 
Wood Thrush 
Bob-white 
Black-billed Cuckoo 
Nighthawk (New England) 
Chimney Swift 
Crested Flycatcher 
Wood Pewee 
Fish Crow 
Orchard Oriole 
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