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
