| State/Province |
First Native Egg laid in a
Nestbox Details |
| Alabama
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| Eastern Bluebird |
I have two eggs in one of the boxes on our
64 box trail. They were laid 3--22 and 3--23 . We are in North
Alabama near I-65 and 30 miles south of Tenn. state line.
Hartselle Dobbs |
| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
April 12, 2002 One of our bluebird boxes is
occupied by a rather fierce white breasted nuthatch. I would
have counted her eggs but she fluffed herself and threatened
me, so I backed off. I know she is setting on 5 -6 eggs. This
box was empty on April 5, James and Sarah Dobbs
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Titmice
(sp) |
April 12, Another of our b/b boxes has 6
Tufted Titmice eggs, also was empty on April 5. James and
Sarah Dobbs |
| Tree Swallow |
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| Alaska
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| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Alberta
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| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Arizona
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| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
5/12/02 We
have three BB boxes with four chicks in each. Two are
Westerns and one is a Mountain. We’re at 7000 feet and may be
lucky enough to get 2-3 clutches this summer with such an
early start. We’ve gotten two clutches from each box in the
past. Tim
Whitney, Flagstaff, AZ 86004 |
| Western Bluebird |
5/12/02 We
have three BB boxes with four chicks in each. Two are
Westerns and one is a Mountain. We’re at 7000 feet and may be
lucky enough to get 2-3 clutches this summer with such an
early start. We’ve gotten two clutches from each box in the
past. Tim
Whitney, Flagstaff, AZ 86004 |
| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Arkansas
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| Eastern Bluebird |
Eastern Bluebird- March 18, 2002 Hope,
Arkansas 5 nextboxes have eggs. More bluebirds and
earlier nesting from last year. Must have recovered from the
ice storm of December 2000. Tracy Powell Fayetteville,
Arkansas |
| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
Carolina Chickadee- March 21, 2002
Gilbertson PVC nest box Fayetteville, Arkansas, Tracy Powell |
| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| British
Columbia
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| Eastern Bluebird |
Sherry Linn Osoyoos, BC, first egg was laid on April 8th,
2002.
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| California
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| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
March 2nd, one of my boxes in
Coastal So Cal has 5 eggs in it, Randy Johnson
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Oak Titmice |
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| Colorado
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| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Connecticut
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| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Delaware
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| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Florida
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| Eastern Bluebird |
3/24/02Just finished monitoring our trail. we had 0 eggs on Thursday, today's total
is 26 EABL eggs + 1 Momma incubating and would not move off the nest. She looked
me in the eye and refused to get up! Spring has sprung in NW Florida. Phil Berry
Gulf Breeze, Florida |
| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
4/3/02, 6 Carolina Chickadee eggs, Phil
Berry, Gulf Breeze, Florida |
| Nuthatch (sp) |
4/3/02, Brown Headed Nuthatch that is
slowly laying her clutch. She has 2 finished now, Phil Berry,
Gulf Breeze, Florida |
| Tree Swallow |
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| Georgia
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| Eastern Bluebird |
3/25/02, egg in a Chalet nest box, Gary
Springer on Madison Georgia Trail |
| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
4/1/02, 2 eggs, Carolina Chickadee, Gary
Springer Carnesville, GA |
| Nuthatch (sp) |
Four Brown-Headed Nuthatch eggs in a Chalet
Nest box
as of April 3, 2002 so I guess the first egg was laid March
31, Gary Springer on Madison Georgia Trail |
| Tree Swallow |
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| Titmice (sp) |
4/9/02-One Tufted Titmouse egg in a Chalet
nest box mounted 12 feet high on a ten foot length of one inch
EMT pipe telescoped over a half inch galvanized steel pipe and
held in place with a hose clamp. Gary Springer Carnesville, GA |
| Carolina Wren |
one egg as of 3/17/01 in a slot box on the
opposite side of the house they used last spring, Gary
Springer, Carnesville GA |
| Red-headed Woodpecker |
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| Idaho
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| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Illinois
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| Eastern Bluebird |
3/27/02 1 egg, Bob Sitarski a.k.a The Doctor, Clay County
Illinois
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Indiana
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| Eastern Bluebird |
4/2/02, Bill Morgan,
Dearborn County,
SE Indiana |
| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Iowa
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| Eastern Bluebird |
first Eastern Bluebird egg on Tuesday,
April 9, 2002 two weeks earlier than last year. The location
is near Cumming, IA 50211. Cumming is in Warren County and
about 10 miles southwest of Des Moines, IA., Jay Gilliam
Norwalk, IA |
| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
This is the first year we have mantained
nest boxes and were hoping for Eastern Bluebirds. But to our
surprise we have a Black Capped Chickadee instead. Nest
started out as mostly green moss and finished up with grasses
and feathers. 5 eggs were laid by 4/30/02.
Two were found hatched on 5/13/02. Located at Raccoon River
Park in West Des Moines, IA 50265 Lisa and Michael Hagen |
| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
First Tree Swallow eggs on 5/5/02 in two
different boxes along my bluebird trail. The average date over
the last three seasons has been on 5/7 so they are right on
time. The location of my trail is near Cumming, IA in Warren
County and about 10 miles southwest of Des Moines, IA. Jay
Gilliam Norwalk, IA |
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| Kansas
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| Eastern Bluebird |
Checked my 30 boxes in extreme
southeastern, Cherokee Co., Kansas, yesterday, 3-29-02.
Nine had bluebirds with eggs, including one with a clutch of
four white eggs, six had bluebird nests no eggs, ten were
empty and five had house sparrow nests that were evicted.
Larry Herbert, Joplin MO. |
| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Kentucky
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| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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Louisiana
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| Eastern Bluebird |
3/13/02, 4 eggs in box #3, Evelyn Cooper,
Delhi, La., 32.4450 Lat N., 91.5760 Long W |
| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Maine
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| Eastern Bluebird |
Last year I put up 4 Peterson
style birdhouses at our new house in Wilton, Maine. I had
tree swallows nest in two of them. This year I built 2 more
and placed them much closer to our house for better
viewing. My wife saw a pair of bluebirds on April 16, 2002
flying in and out of both houses. They selected one. We have
been seeing them off and on whenever we are home. Today May
3, I checked and there is a nest with one egg in it. I also
built 2 additional Peterson houses for friends of ours who
live in Cornville, Maine. The week after we put them up a
pair of bluebirds arrived and are nesting as well. Jim
and Lisa Bailey Wilton, Maine
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Maryland
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| Eastern Bluebird |
1 egg, April 3, 2002 at 11:00am. Pam Ford,
Nestbox 2, Abingdon, Harford County, Maryland. |
| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Titmice (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Manitoba
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| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Massachusetts
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| Eastern Bluebird |
4/1/01, 1 egg, (Suet/mealworm fed blues) Amherst MA, Haleya
Priest |
| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Michigan
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| Eastern Bluebird |
March 22, 10:00 AM. After remaining with us
all winter again, Fred and Ethel (whose second nesting last
year was chronicled in "The
Bluebird Monitor's Guide" ) have presented their first egg
of the season this morning. Temps are in the 20's with night
time lows expected to be in the teens. The nest was complete
3/17/02. All previous young were chased away 2 weeks ago, but
have been allowed back in to eat during the bad weather.,
Malinda Mastako, SE Michigan
Oakland County--30 miles west of Detroit |
| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
First Black Capped Chickadee egg in NABS nestbox in my front
yard on 5/2/02. The adults carried in bright green moss for a
day, then gathered milti-colored fluff from a quilt in my
neighbor's open garage. After that they shredded the fibers
from a roll of burlap in my garage and topped it off with a
layer of soft fur. It is a very interesting nest to say the
least! I added a hole reducer immediately due to many pairs
of TRES vying for boxes, and they did not abandon as I was
afraid they would if the reducer was put on before egg laying
began. Hoping for success in my first ever BCCH nest! Malinda
Mastako, SE Michigan 30 miles west of Detroit |
| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
First TRES egg found on 5-8-02 in standard
NABS box in my front yard. The weather has been cool and they
have delayed egg laying for quite a while. There are two other
TRES nests waiting for eggs. They are being friendly neighbors
now with the Black Capped Chickadees across the yard, and
bluebirds in the back. Malinda Mastako SE Michigan 30
miles west of Detroit. |
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| Minnesota
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| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Mississippi
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| Eastern Bluebird |
first Bluebird eggs were started March 20th,
2002 and the female laid five eggs in a Peterson Box. The
hatching started yesterday and today April 8th we have five
little baby bluebirds. This is a few days earlier than last
year when our first egg was on March 31st. Jeanette Smith
Mississippi
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Missouri
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| Eastern Bluebird |
Koby Prater from Seneca,
MO. The female in the box near my house laid the first egg of
the season today (4/1). |
| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Montana
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| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Nebraska
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| Eastern Bluebird |
4/8/01, Ten of my 100 boxes have eggs in
them and 2 have 5 warm eggs. Merlin
Wright, Peru, Nemaha County |
| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
5/8/02, three eggs in a Gilbertson style
PVC box, Jim McLochlin Omaha NE |
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| Nevada
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| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| New
Brunswick
Back to the map |
| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Newfoundland
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| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| New
Hampshire
Back to the map |
| Eastern Bluebird |
My one and only bluebird box had a clutch
of 3 eggs on May 10th in North Haverhill, NH. Peter Cataldo
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| New
Jersey
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| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| New
Mexico
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| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| New
York
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| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| North
Carolina
Back to the map |
| Eastern Bluebird |
first bluebird egg laid on Tuesday, March
12, 2002 at Glendale Kenly Elementary School in Kenly, NC
27542/919 284 2821. On Friday there were 4 eggs. Ann
Weaver |
| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| North
Dakota
Back to the map |
| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Nova
Scotia
Back to the map |
| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Prince
Edward Island
Back to the map |
| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Ohio
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| Eastern Bluebird |
Apr. 12th 2002 first egg.
Val from Ashland County, OH |
| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Oklahoma
Back to the map |
| Eastern Bluebird |
first egg as of Sunday 3/24/02, Kerry Sweet
in NE corner of Okla. |
| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Titmice (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Ontario
Back to the map |
| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Oregon
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| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Pennsylvania
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| Eastern Bluebird |
first BB egg of the season 4/03/02. In a
Springer-Chalet box that I built this winter. This is 15
days earlier than last year for this particular pair. I live
in Dallastown, PA. Benn Druck |
| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Quebec
Back to the map |
| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Rhode
Island
Back to the map |
| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Saskatchewan
Back to the map |
| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| South
Carolina
Back to the map |
| Eastern Bluebird |
3/27/02, 3 completed bluebird nest. One of
them with three eggs. Ron Hall Salley, South Carolina 33.38'
9"N 81.17' 38"W |
| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
3/25/02 The 2002 cam season is right on schedule as we have just received the first
few images of a Carolina Chickadee sitting on five eggs! Some of you may
remember that this cam site experienced predator problems last year. The cam
host has erected an additional predator guard on this box this year. Now
all we can do is watch and learn...the rest is up to nature.
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/birdhouse/nestboxcam/index.html
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
3/27/02, One brown-headed nuthatch with 6
eggs. Ron Hall Salley, South Carolina 33.38' 9"N 81.17' 38"W
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Titmouse (sp) |
3/28/02 - Titmouse - 1 egg in Peterson Box
34º 45' 00"N 082º 22' 30"W- Greenville, SC - M. Harvell |
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| South
Dakota
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| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Tennessee
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| Eastern Bluebird |
3/23/02 Just finished checking my trail. I adopted some boxes that were not
monitored that the TWRA had placed two - three years ago. They gave me
permission to monitor them. On 3-15, I cleaned them out and repaired a few.
Upon checking them I found that eight days later I have a nest with three
eggs! It was near 20 degrees last night, too. Carol Williams,
Smithville, TN
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Titmouse (sp) |
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| Texas
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| Eastern Bluebird |
First Eastern Bluebird Egg of 2002 on Sunday, February 17th! Pauline Tom,
Mountain City (no mountains) TX,
South Central Texas,
south of Austin, north of San Antonio
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
Carolina Chickadee, 2/26/02 (or earlier),
Pauline Tom, Mtn City (no mountains), PVC box on lawn |
| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Titmouse (sp) |
Tufted Titmouse (Black-crested), 3/3/02 (or
earlier), Pauline Tom, Mtn City (no mountains) in NABS-style
box, backyard |
| Tree Swallow |
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| Wren (sp) |
Bewicks Wren, 3/4/02 (or earlier), Pauline
Tom, egg was tossed from box by House Sparrow |
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| Utah
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| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Virginia
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| Eastern Bluebird |
1 egg. April 5, Va Beach Va 23456, vagirl@aol.com |
| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Vermont
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| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Washington
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| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| West
Virginia
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| Eastern Bluebird |
first egg was laid on April 7, 2002. (As of
today - 4/9/02, we have 3 blue eggs.) Patty Haught, Fairview,
WV 26570 |
| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Wisconsin
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| Eastern Bluebird |
1st Eastern Bluebird egg was laid on April
11th, 2002 here on one of my trails in an Ahlgren constructed
Peterson nestbox. I have numerous completed nests with cups
formed but no other eggs. Ann Wick Black Earth |
| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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| Wyoming
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| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Western Bluebird |
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| Chickadee (sp) |
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| Nuthatch (sp) |
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| Tree Swallow |
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