APPROXIMATE DATES WHEN BIRDS BEGIN 

 TO NEST 



THESE DATES APPLY TO THE VICINITY OF NEW YORK (WITHIN ONE 

 HUNDRED MILES OF THE CITY) EXCEPT WHEN THE BIRD'S RANGE 

 IS NOT WITHIN THAT AREA, OR WHEN OTHERWISE SPECIFIED 



January : First week. 

 February : Fourth week. 



March : First week. 



Second 

 Third 



Fourth 



Some time during March. 



April : First week. 



352 Bald Eagle (Fla.) 



349 Golden Eagle (Cal.) 



375 Great Horned Owl 



484 Canada Jay (Me.) 



521 American Crossbill 



328 White-tailed Kite (S. C.) 



331 Marsh Hawk 



362 Audubon's Caracara 



368 Barred Owl 



367 Short-eared Owl (Ohio) 



474# Prairie Horned Lark (Iowa) 



372 Sawwhet Owl 



373 Screech Owl 



392 Ivory-billed Woodpecker (?) 



326 Black Vulture 



330 Swallow-tailed Kite 



3390 Florida Red-shouldered Hawk 



(Fla.) 



356 Duck Hawk (Southern States) 



395 Red Cockaded Woodpecker (?) 



479 Florida Jay (Fla.) 



729 Brown-headed Nuthatch 



316 Mourning Dove 



332 Sharped-shinned Hawk 

 337 Red-tailed Hawk 



343 Broad-winged Hawk 

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