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 



it 



Fourth 



Some time during March. 



April : First week. 



Bald Eagle (Fla.) 



Golden Eagle (Cal.) 



Great Horned Owl 



Canada Jay (Me.) 



American Crossbill 



White-tailed Kite (S. C.) 



Marsh Hawk 



Audubon's Caracara 



Barred Owl 



Short-eared Owl (Ohio) 

 474^ Prairie Horned Lark (Iowa) 

 372 Sawwhet Owl 



Screech Owl 



Ivory-billed Woodpecker (?) 



Black Vulture 



Swallow-tailed Kite 

 339fl Florida Red-shouldered Hawk 

 (Fla.) 



Duck Hawk (Southern States) 



Red Cockaded Woodpecker (?) 



Florida Jay (Fla.) 



Brown-headed Nuthatch 



352 

 349 

 315 

 484 

 521 

 328 



33 i 

 362 



368 



367 



313 

 392 

 326 



330 



^56 



395 



479 

 729 



316 



332 



337 



343 



Mourning Dove 

 Sharped-shinned Hawk 

 Red-tailed Hawk 

 Broad-winged Hawk 



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