Approximate Dates When Birds Begin to Nest 



April : First week. 



Some time during April. 



May 



366 American Long-eared Owl 



American Crow 



Bluebird 



American Sparrow Hawk 



Phoebe 



White-breasted Nuthatch 



American Robin 



Ruffed Grouse 



Prairie Hen (Kansas) 



Cooper's Hawk 



American Barn Owl 



Purple Crackle 



Henslow's Sparrow (111.) 



Cardinal 



Mississippi Kite 



American Osprey ; Fish Hawk 



Downy Woodpecker 



Yellow-throated Warbler 

 289^ Florida Bob-white (Fla.) 

 320 Ground Dove 

 323 Turkey Vulture 

 327 Swallow-tailed Kite 

 339 Red-shouldered Hawk 

 378ti Florida Bui rowing Owl (Fla.) 

 416 Chuck-will's-widow (Fla.) 

 513 Boat-tailed Crackle (Fla.) 

 575a Bachman's Sparrow 

 731 Tufted Titmouse 



Belted Kingfisher 



Red-headed Woodpecker 



Red-bellied Woodpecker 



Golden-winged Woodpecker ; 

 Flicker. 



Blue Jay 



Meadow-lark. 



Pine Finch ; Siskin (New Eng- 

 land) 



Chipping Sparrow 



Field Sparrow 



Song Sparrow 

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