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Map For 2002

of the First Egg laid from a cavity nester (from a Native  Species).

More details on many of these incidents are located in the
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also see the Map for 2000  & Map for 2001
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Map Key:
 * = Eastern Bluebird

 * = Mountain Bluebird
 * = Western Bluebird
 * = Wren (sp), Swallow (sp),
       Chickadee (sp),
Nuthatch (sp),

Please Note: These sightings are for the whole state/province and therefore they are not truly a
geographic representation of the sighting (i.e., a sighting in El Paso, TX would probably be
displayed in the center of the state of  Texas). 

 
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  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp)  
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
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  
Alaska

 

 

 

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Eastern Bluebird  
Mountain Bluebird  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp)  
Nuthatch (sp)  
Tree Swallow  
Alberta

 

 

 

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Eastern Bluebird  
Mountain Bluebird  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp)  
Nuthatch (sp)  
Tree Swallow  
Arizona

 

 

 

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Eastern Bluebird  
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)  
Nuthatch (sp)  
Tree Swallow  
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  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp) Carolina Chickadee- March 21, 2002 Gilbertson PVC nest box Fayetteville, Arkansas, Tracy Powell
Nuthatch (sp)  
Tree Swallow  
British Columbia

 

 

 

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Eastern Bluebird

Sherry Linn Osoyoos, BC, first egg was laid on April 8th, 2002.

Mountain Bluebird  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp)  
Nuthatch (sp)  
Tree Swallow  
California

 

 

 

 

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Eastern Bluebird  
Mountain Bluebird  
Western Bluebird
March 2nd, one of my boxes in Coastal So Cal has 5 eggs in it, Randy Johnson
Chickadee (sp)  
Nuthatch (sp)  
Tree Swallow  
Oak Titmice  
Colorado

 

 

 

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Mountain Bluebird  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp)  
Nuthatch (sp)  
Tree Swallow  
Connecticut

 

 

 

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Eastern Bluebird  
Mountain Bluebird  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp)  
Nuthatch (sp)  
Tree Swallow  
Delaware

 

 

 

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Eastern Bluebird  
Mountain Bluebird  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp)  
Nuthatch (sp)  
Tree Swallow  
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  
Western Bluebird  
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  
Georgia

 


 

 

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Eastern Bluebird 3/25/02, egg in a Chalet nest box, Gary Springer on Madison Georgia Trail
Mountain Bluebird  
Western Bluebird  
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  
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  
Idaho

 

 

 

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Eastern Bluebird  
Mountain Bluebird  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp)  
Nuthatch (sp)  
Tree Swallow  
Illinois

 

 

 

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Eastern Bluebird

3/27/02 1 egg, Bob Sitarski a.k.a The Doctor, Clay County Illinois

Mountain Bluebird  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp)  
Nuthatch (sp)  
Tree Swallow  
Indiana





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Eastern Bluebird 4/2/02, Bill Morgan, Dearborn County, SE Indiana
Mountain Bluebird  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp)  
Nuthatch (sp)  
Tree Swallow  
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  
Western Bluebird  
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)  
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
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  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp)  
Nuthatch (sp)  
Tree Swallow  
Kentucky

 

 

 

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Eastern Bluebird  
Mountain Bluebird  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp)  
Nuthatch (sp)  
Tree Swallow  
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  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp)  
Nuthatch (sp)  
Tree Swallow  
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
Mountain Bluebird  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp)  
Nuthatch (sp)  
Tree Swallow  
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  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp)  
Nuthatch (sp)  
Titmice (sp)  
Tree Swallow  
Manitoba

 

 

 

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Eastern Bluebird  
Mountain Bluebird  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp)  
Nuthatch (sp)  
Tree Swallow  
Massachusetts

 

 

 

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Eastern Bluebird 4/1/01, 1 egg, (Suet/mealworm fed blues)  Amherst MA, Haleya Priest
Mountain Bluebird  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp)  
Nuthatch (sp)  
Tree Swallow  
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  
Western Bluebird  
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)  
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.
Minnesota

 

 

 

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Mountain Bluebird  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp)  
Nuthatch (sp)  
Tree Swallow  
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
Mountain Bluebird  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp)  
Nuthatch (sp)  
Tree Swallow  
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  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp)  
Nuthatch (sp)  
Tree Swallow  
Montana

 

 

 

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Mountain Bluebird  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp)  
Nuthatch (sp)  
Tree Swallow  
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  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp)  
Nuthatch (sp)  
Tree Swallow 5/8/02, three eggs in a Gilbertson style PVC box, Jim McLochlin Omaha NE
Nevada

 

 

 

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Mountain Bluebird  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp)  
Nuthatch (sp)  
Tree Swallow  
New Brunswick

 

 

 

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Eastern Bluebird  
Mountain Bluebird  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp)  
Nuthatch (sp)  
Tree Swallow  
Newfoundland

 

 

 

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Mountain Bluebird  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp)  
Nuthatch (sp)  
Tree Swallow  
New Hampshire

 

 

 

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Eastern Bluebird My one and only bluebird box had a clutch of 3 eggs on May 10th in North Haverhill, NH. Peter Cataldo
Mountain Bluebird  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp)  
Nuthatch (sp)  
Tree Swallow  
New Jersey

 

 

 

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Mountain Bluebird  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp)  
Nuthatch (sp)  
Tree Swallow  
New Mexico

 

 

 

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Eastern Bluebird  
Mountain Bluebird  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp)  
Nuthatch (sp)  
Tree Swallow  
New York

 

 

 

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Eastern Bluebird  
Mountain Bluebird  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp)  
Nuthatch (sp)  
Tree Swallow  
North Carolina

 

 

 

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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  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp)  
Nuthatch (sp)  
Tree Swallow  
North Dakota

 

 

 

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Eastern Bluebird  
Mountain Bluebird  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp)  
Nuthatch (sp)  
Tree Swallow  
Nova Scotia

 

 

 

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Eastern Bluebird  
Mountain Bluebird  
Western Bluebird  
Chickadee (sp)