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. 352 Bald Eagle (Fla.) 
February : Fourth week. 349 Golden Eagle (Cal.) 
fe tf ue 375 Great Horned Owl 
a ee 484 Canada Jay (Me.) 
a a 521 American Crossbill 
March: First week. 328 White-tailed Kite (S. C.) 
et ee ae 331 Marsh Hawk 
“ ee ee 362 Audubon’s Caracara 
aS Second ‘‘ 368 ~=Barred Owl 
ae Third =‘ 367 Short-eared Owl (Ohio) 
ge “ us 4740 Prairie Horned Lark (Iowa) 
Fourth ‘‘ 372, Sawwhet Owl 
ny ns a 373 Screech Owl 
- " 392 Ivory-billed Woodpecker (?) 
¢ 326 Black Vulture 
330 ©=Swallow-tailed Kite . 
3394 Florida Red-shouldered Hawk 
(Fla.) 
356 Duck Hawk (Southern States) 
395 Red Cockaded Woodpecker (?) 
479 Florida Jay (Fla.) 
(729 Brown-headed Nuthatch 
Some time during March. 
April: First week. 316 Mourning Dove 
a a fe 332 Sharped-shinned Hawk 
a < as 337 Red-tailed Hawk 
ie ae i 343 Broad-winged Hawk 
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