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How to Identify What Type of Bird is Nesting in Your Box, and Incubation and Fledge Timing

BIRD

NEST MATERIAL

EGGS

INCUBATION

FLEDGE (approx.)

EASTERN BLUEBIRD

Grass; pine needles

2 to 7 light blue or white eggs

12 to 14 days

15 to 20 days

TREE SWALLOW

Dried grass; feathers

4 to 6 white eggs; oval to long oval

13 to 16 days

16 to 24 days

TUFTED TITMOUSE

Bark; leaves; soft grass; snakeskin

4 to 8 white to cream; white speckled with brown

13 to 14 days

15 to 18 days

BLACK CAPPED CHICKADEE

Vegetation; moss; feathers; hair; insect cocoons

5 to 10 white eggs with fine reddish-brown marks; oval to short oval

11 to 13 days

14 to 18 days

HOUSE WREN

Box filled to top with small twigs-sticks; lined with hair; coccoons; fine grass

5 to 9 white eggs with brown flecks; short rounded to oval

12 to 14 days

14 days

HOUSE SPARROW

Grass; straw; cotton; trash; twigs; feathers

3 to 7 light green or blue eggs, dotted with grays and browns. Oval to long oval

10 to 14 days

14 to 17 days

Source: Ken Leister

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Our nature preserves are open to the public 365 days per year from sunrise to sunset, providing natural places that offer peace and respite for all. Willistown Conservation Trust owns and manages three nature preserves in the Willistown area - Ashbridge, Kirkwood and Rushton Woods Preserve. We maintain these lands for the … Learn more about our nature preserves.

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