| Nov. 27, 2001 | James Garth | Punta Gorda, Florida | Today at 2:15 p.m. a large group of martins flew over my home. (4 days earlier than last year.) |
| Jan. 3 | Nancy Newfield | Metairie, Louisiana | While banding in the Airline Park section of Metairie this morning, I observed a single adult male purple martin circle overhead. |
| Jan. 7 | Betty Butler | Clewiston, Florida | Betty lives in Effingham, South Carolina, but saw a purple martin scout in Clewiston on Monday. |
| Jan. 9 | Brenda Austin | Tunica, Mississippi | Saw 3 male martin scouts on martin houses this morning. |
| Jan. 12 | Bill & Sheila Strenkert | E. Naples, Florida | Two martins at their colony (Tall Oaks) in the morning. Reported by Bill Dietrich of the Purple Martin Society of Collier County (Florida). |
| Jan. 13 | Jerry & Sue Glasson | E. Naples, Florida | Nine martins at their colony (Queen's Park). Reported by Bill Dietrich of the Purple Martin Society of Collier County (Florida). |
| Jan. 14 | Frank S. Woodard | Corpus Christi, Texas | What a beautiful lsound every morning and evening. |
| Jan. 14 | Andrea Loncaric | North Palm Beach, Florida | |
| Jan. 15 | Ed Miller | Corkscrew, Florida | Reported by Bill Dietrich of the Purple Martin Society of Collier County (Florida). |
| Jan. 15 | Abbie & Ida Gaspard | Lake Charles, Louisiana | |
| Jan. 15 | Gerald & Vera Fitz | N. Naples, Florida | Reported by Bill Dietrich of the Purple Martin Society of Collier County (Florida). |
| Jan. 16 | Dale Graft & Bill Dietrich | Corkscrew, Florida | (sited at Collier County Extension Service) |
| Jan. 16 | Ken Hoyt | Estero, Florida | 8 purple martins checking gourds; 6 ASY males & 2 ASY females |
| Jan. 16 | Ken Wilson | Marco Island, Florida | Reported by Bill Dietrich of the Purple Martin Society of Collier County (Florida). |
| Jan. 16 | Arvel L. Locklear | Plant City, Florida | I saw my first purple martins today; one male and one female. |
| Jan. 16 | John Matson | Port of the Islands, Florida | (sited on Big Cypress Preserve)Reported by Bill Dietrich of the Purple Martin Society of Collier County (Florida). |
| Jan. 16 | Vera Fitz-Gerald | Tampa, Florida | |
| Jan. 17 | Karen Dillenbeck | Geneva, Florida | Saw one male martin this morning. |
| Jan. 17 | Gene & Edna Street | LaPlace, Louisiana | A well known birder in this area came be this a.m. to check out our hummingbirds, and we saw a purple martin fly over. The first one we've seen this year. |
| Jan. 17 | Henry & Jean Myers | Zapata, Texas | Reported by Gerry Dreyer of Crawfordsville, Indiana |
| Jan. 18 | Norman Conner | Cape Coral, Florida | Scouts arrived at our house today. Hope everyone has a good year. |
| Jan. 18 | Stuart Lasseigne | LaPlace, Louisiana | 3 martins were flying overhead; 2 left, one ASY male landed on housing, then a few minutes later went into housing. |
| Jan. 18 | Charles Duhon | Lafayette, Louisiana | |
| Jan. 18 | Robert C. Draudt | Lake Wales, Florida | First martins (4) arrived at 9 a.m. |
| Jan. 18 | Giles J. Kiefer | Palmetto, Florida | |
| Jan. 18 | Connel & Nanette Rodgers | Winter Haven, Florida | |
| Jan. 20 | Allen L. Newman | Temple, Texas | |
| Jan. 20 | Paul Krejci | Venice, Florida | 2 adult males, very excited, stayed the night. 7 days earlier than last year. |
| Jan. 21 | Sheila Delaneuville | Dulac, Louisiana | |
| Jan. 22 | Sunny Boleman | Citrus Park, Florida | |
| Jan. 23 | Truett Welborn | Garland, Texas | This is the first time they have arrived this early. I pulled the plugs and made them welcome. This is my 28th year to have purple martins at this location. |
| Jan. 24 | James Bolerjack | Bratt, Florida | |
| Jan. 24 | Howard Hanks | Bratt, Florida | |
| Jan. 24 | Robert Pum | Fort Myers, Florida | While on vacation in Florida I sighted my first martin of 2002 flying high overhead at 7:30 in the morning. What a delightful and aesthetic sight for this old Wisconsin "snowbird" to see. |
| Jan. 24 | Denise Campbell | Fort Myers, Florida | 1 male first day. Now have 2 pairs staying. |
| Jan. 25 | Richard Savoy | Lake Charles, Louisiana | Saw 3 purple martins that day and more the next. |
| Jan. 25 | Jeff Morvant | Thibodaux, Louisiana | One male; arrival date 2 weeks earlier than last year.earlier |
| Jan. 26 | Bobbye Higgins | Broussard, Louisiana | |
| Jan. 27 | Mrs. Lewis Blount | Clewiston, Florida | |
| Jan. 27 | B.J. Robertson | Willis, Texas | One, evening of 1/27; 3 the next morning circling above bird house. |
| Jan. 28 | Weldon Vickrey | Atmore, Alabama | |
| Jan. 28 | Roger Bleim | Leesburg, Florida | 5 pairs nested on January 30. |
| Jan. 28 | Herman Barton | Pembroke, North Carolina | |
| Jan. 28 | Joe Dundon | Redlands, Florida | 2 ASY males |
| Jan. 29 | Liz McCarty | Houston, Texas | At 8 o'clock this morning there was a martin on one of the bird houses. |
| Jan. 29 | Gene Loibl | Lutz, Florida | |
| Jan. 29 | John & Gloria Fade | St. Petersburg, Florida | Purple martin scouts arrived at 7:30 this morning. It's such a thrill to hear them again. |
| Jan. 30 | Brooks Blair | Dallas, Texas | Earliest arrival date since I started providing housing 10 years ago. One male and one female arrived at 12:10 p.m. checking houses. |
| Jan. 30 | Catherine Antoniou | Loxahatchee, Florida | |
| Jan. 30 | Carlyle Rogillio | New Orleans, Louisiana | Six purple martins were at the Causeway Roost at the Lake Pontchartrain. |
| Jan. 31 | B.W. Taylor | Arlington, Texas | 1 ASY male |
| Jan. 31 | J.D. Yarbrough | Chandler, Texas | |
| Jan. 31 | C.J. Haygood | Harrison, Louisiana | Saw 3 matrins in gourds. |
| Jan. 31 | Frank Farmer | Hazelhurst, Georgia | |
| Jan. 31 | Bobby Mathis | Hearne, Texas | Found 1 male on house this morning. Removed plugs to welcome. This is our 3rd year. |
| Jan. 31 | Floyd & Yvonne Allbritton | Hialeah, Florida | |
| Jan. 31 | Jim & Lourdes Gonzales | Hialeah, Florida | |
| Jan. 31 | Lee Carpenter | San Antonio, Texas | |
| Feb. 1 | Nancy DeNuncio | Hialeah, Florida | |
| Feb. 1 | Mitchell Ray | Kerrville, Texas | |
| Feb. 1 | J.F. Luker | Uriah, Alabama | The first martin came this morning. |
| Feb. 1 | Jim & Natalie Brandt | Wallis, Texas | Had 1 female checking out houses today. Two weeks earlier than last year. |
| Feb. 2 | Jerry & Sherry Kamrath | Cairo, Georgia | When we first awakened we went to kitchen window and there were 2 of our sweet purple martins. This is our 4th year. |
| Feb. 3 | Bernice Boone | El Campo, Texas | |
| Feb. 3 | Tony Cross | Graceville, Florida | 1 scout came by and circled the houses, this is my 3rd year here and I am excited and ready for their return. |
| Feb. 3 | Sabrina Goodchild | Houston, Texas | |
| Feb. 4 | George Harvey | Bridge City, Texas | 4 ASY circling above house. |
| Feb. 4 | The Partins | Cove, Texas | Our 3rd year and the scouts were here upon arriving from church. |
| Feb. 4 | Karen Kempfer | Deer Park, Florida | |
| Feb. 4 | George & Shirley Moore | Livingston, Texas | We saw martins again the 6th and 13th. |
| Feb. 5 | Walter D'heedene | San Antonio, Texas | First male martin arrived. Three days earlier than last year. |
| Feb. 6 | Earl Kelly | Houston, Texas | |
| Feb. 7 | Leroy Clement | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |
| Feb. 7 | Ramon Penny | Biloxi, Mississippi | |
| Feb. 7 | Betty McKinney | Brenham, Texas | A pair at martin house. |
| Feb. 7 | Tim Painschab | Corpus Christi, Texas | 1 ASY male, two weeks early. This is our 7th year |
| Feb. 7 | Mary Lou Abernathy | Lake Corpus Christi, Texas | |
| Feb. 7 | Jim Dickerson | Lillian, Alabama | |
| Feb. 8 | Bubba Hyde | Grandy, North Carolina | |
| Feb. 8 | Woody & Sharon (no last name provided) | Marreno, Louisiana | 1 ASY, 2 days late this year. 6th year. |
| Feb. 8 | Barry Call | Palmetto, Florida | 2nd year for martins. |
| Feb. 8 | John Frazier | Port Gibson, Mississippi | |
| Feb. 8 | Mary Lou Jones | Trinity, Texas | |
| Feb. 9 | Trey Tatum | Port Lavaca, Texas | Scout arrival, same day as last year. One male @ 5:15 p.m. stayed the night after I pulled a few plugs. |
| Feb. 9 | Jan Weldon | Tunica Lake, Mississippi | |
| Feb. 9 | Maxine Pippins | Winnsboro, Louisiana | Scouts came same day as last year. |
| Feb. 9 | Edsel Fielder | Winona, Mississippi | |
| Feb. 10 | Marshall Ryan | Bells/Ruffin, South Carolina | Scout arrival same day as last year. Came in just before dark and entered gourd. ASY male. Reported by Kathy Stieglitz. |
| Feb. 10 | Don Gramm Jr. | Vienna, Georgia | 2 scouts |
| Feb. 11 | E.N. Thornton | Mobile, Alabama | Two male purple martins on 56-compartment housing this morning. Weather is clear but cool; low temp tonight will be close to freezing with freeze warning tomorrow night. Reported by Bill Moore of Mobile. |
| Feb. 11 | Roland J. Tabor | Thibodaux, Louisiana | 5 male scouts. |
| Feb. 12 | Dallas Talbut | Concord, North Carolina | |
| Feb. 12 | Willie Sanders | Missouri City, Texas | 1 male and 1 female. |
| Feb. 12 | Ray T. Shelton | Shreveport, Louisiana | 2 scouts seen at 1 p.m. |
| Feb. 14 | Jack & Reba Leake | Decatur, Texas | |
| Feb. 14 | Gloria Smith | Fairfield, Texas | |
| Feb. 14 | Mike York | Wichita Falls, Texas | Upon returning home, the landlord noted 2 ASY males and 2 ASY females on TG-12 house. Reported by a friend. |
| Feb. 15 | Jason Torres | Arabi, Louisiana | |
| Feb. 15 | J.D. Blair | Boerne, Texas | First scout was scouting our Trio houses. Last year the first scout was seen Feb. 14. |
| Feb. 15 | Johnny Fife | Brookshire, Texas | ASY scout sighted this morning and afternoon. |
| Feb. 15 | Bill Watts | Miller Grove, Texas | Saw first scout at 10:20; scout circled about 20 minutes and left. Have 200 nesting compartments. |
| Feb. 15 | Isabelle Joslin | St. Augustine, Florida | |
| Feb. 16 | J.D. Anderson | Beaumont, Texas | |
| Feb. 16 | Brad Allen | Cedar Grove, Alabama | 2 ASY scouts 10 a.m. |
| Feb. 16 | Tony Vitovsky | Ennis, Texas | |
| Feb. 16 | Billy Richardson | Naples, Texas | |
| Feb. 16 | Catherine Paris | St. Augustine, Florida | |
| Feb. 17 | Dr. Dale W. Trimpe | Bluffton, South Carolina | Scouts arrived at Sun City Hilton Head. |
| Feb. 17 | Priscilla Childers | Coconut Creek, Florida | |
| Feb. 17 | Charles Canter | Grand Prairie, Texas | |
| Feb. 17 | Eric Weeks | Grayson, Louisiana | |
| Feb. 17 | Ben Horton | Pflugerville, Texas | 4 ASY scouts around 6 p.m. |
| Feb. 17 | Gary Pung | Wills Point, Texas | I was entertained by an ASY male soaring above my site. He checked out housing, did his alarm cry and swooped away, soaring above the pond circling the site. He did this several times then he gained a high altitude and headed west. |
| Feb. 18 | Gerald Murray | Charleston, South Carolina | 2 ASY males and 1 ASY female circled high chortling, swooping and lighting on houses. They are right on time. |
| Feb. 18 | Carol Hamilton | Columbus, Mississippi | 2 scouts at 8 a.m. Didn't spend the night; came back every day. |
| Feb. 18 | Victor Stoll | Finger, Tennessee | One black ASY male at 3:30 p.m. |
| Feb. 18 | Russell Smith | Greenville, Mississippi | 4 scouts |
| Feb. 18 | Jerry Branch | Houston, Texas | 2 ASY males visited purple martin Castle with a lot of fanfare around noon. Returned around 3:30 p.m. proclaiming ownership again. This is in southwest Houston. |
| Feb. 18 | Mrs. David DeDear | Mason, Texas | (10 miles north of Mason) |
| Feb. 18 | Forrest Harvey | Monroe, Louisiana | |
| Feb. 18 | Edwin Smith | Pharr, Texas | Had 6 scouts. |
| Feb. 18 | Oval Fielder | Sugar Land, Texas | Reported by Jean Teague... my dad's 89 years old and he's always happy when the martins are back. |
| Feb. 19 | Bill H. Burris | China Grove, North Carolina | Male sitting on pole at 5:30 p.m. |
| Feb. 19 | Karin Roberts | Corsicana, Texas | 6 martins arrived and spent the night. |
| Feb. 19 | Don Oates | Deer Park, Texas | First male scout spotted this morning at 7 a.m. |
| Feb. 19 | Charles Murrell | Hico, Texas | |
| Feb. 19 | Robert Payne | Houston, Texas | 1 male and 1 female. |
| Feb. 19 | Bill Thomas | Lewisville, Texas | |
| Feb. 19 | Mack Stephenson | San Angelo, Texas | |
| Feb. 19 | D. Hughes | San Antonio, Texas | Two pairs arrived this a.m., same day for past 4 years! |
| Feb. 19 | Mrs. William Bosbyshell | St. Petersburg, Florida | 2 males in the house that has been used for 25 years. |
| Feb. 20 | Louise Coppinger | Aledo, Texas | One scout arrived. This is two weeks earlier than previous years. |
| Feb. 20 | Karen Kimbrough | Austin, Texas | I was thrilled when my purple martins arrived. |
| Feb. 20 | Jim Vrbka | Bossier City, Louisiana | 4 females and 4 males. |
| Feb. 20 | Adin Holdeman | Brookston, Texas | |
| Feb. 20 | S. Bosenberg | DeFuniak Springs, Florida | |
| Feb. 20 | Fred & Connie Gerstein | Denham Springs, Louisiana | |
| Feb. 20 | Bradley Brown | Eutaw, Alabama | |
| Feb. 20 | Jerry Smothers | Gaston, Tennessee | |
| Feb. 20 | Jack & Frances Lee | Grandview, Texas | Two male martins arrived. |
| Feb. 20 | Jimmy Mason | Grant, Alabama | One female scout. |
| Feb. 20 | Randy Mitchell | Hamburg, Arkansas | |
| Feb. 20 | Jim Pettit | Hartshorne, Oklahoma | What did I see? A martin! Only one at 4 p.m. Put one of 7 boxes up, martin was sitting on box before I got it secured in up position. |
| Feb. 20 | Clifford Ivy | Mobile, Alabama | |
| Feb. 20 | Jerre E. Harvard | Montezuma, Georgia | |
| Feb. 20 | Don Lukas | North Little Rock, Arkansas | Sighted a pair of martins in my neighbor's house, prompting me to raise my house. |
| Feb. 20 | Kirby Eberhart | Ovilla, Texas | 1 pair arrived at 2 p.m. |
| Feb. 20 | David Haddock | Pensacola Beach, Florida | Have put up a new 12-apartment house. Hope local colony branches out to it. |
| Feb. 20 | Betty Baker | Wichita Falls, Texas | 3 martins arrived. |
| Feb. 20 | William Baird | Wichita Falls, Texas | 2 ASY females and 1 ASY male arrived middle of day. Weather clear with moderate temps. Available housing includes 2 TG-12s & 2 DRC-12s. |
| Feb. 21 | Tom & Maria Dellinger | Duncanville, Texas | |
| Feb. 21 | Libby Moser | Hamilton, Texas | This morning about 8 a.m. I saw a purple martin checking houses, yelping and zooming around with gusto. What a welcome sight! Partly cloudy, warm, light wind and weak cold front to move in. We have 52 nesting units available; 1 PMC-24, 2 TG-8s and a M-12K |
| Feb. 21 | Robert Clowers | Leachville, Arkansas | |
| Feb. 21 | Ken Daves | Memphis, Tennessee | ASY male and female on box at 8:30 a.m. on Harbor Island. |
| Feb. 21 | M. Lindsey | Montgomery, Alabama | First pair of martins arrived at about 2 p.m. at my office. 2nd year colony. None yet at my 4-year home site. |
| Feb. 21 | Wendell & Arlene O'Brien | Mosheim, Tennessee | |
| Feb. 21 | Ken & Marge Ford | South West City, Missouri | Saw a male adult this morning at 8 o'clock. |
| Feb. 21 | Michael Eddy | Stephenville, Texas | 1 male at 11:19 a.m. |
| Feb. 22 | Pearl Dungan | Carrollton, Texas | Our scout finally arrived this a.m. 30 degrees. Our weather has been rainy, snow and low temperatures. Next week low 20s; we will put light bulb back into house to keep them warm. |
| Feb. 22 | Claude Scoggins | Gastonia, North Carolina | |
| Feb. 22 | A.E. Cheatham | Malvern, Arkansas | |
| Feb. 22 | Dick Sherry | Tulsa, Oklahoma | Seen at home of Thomas Martin. ASY circling his site at dusk. Earliest sighting by 2 days. |
| Feb. 22 | Ken Daves | Wynne, Arkansas | ASY male going in and out of gourds and houses at 9 a.m. 3 days earlier than last year. |
| Feb. 23 | John Price | Ada, Oklahoma | |
| Feb. 23 | Clyde & Jean Andrews | Bald Knob, Arkansas | |
| Feb. 23 | Ray Beavers | Cleveland, Alabama | |
| Feb. 23 | Eugene Tolley | Decaturville, Tennessee | One female at 8 a.m. fair, 22 degrees no wind; 50 degrees by evening. |
| Feb. 23 | Dan & Lillian Frazer (& CK) | Gilmore, Arkansas | One pair arrived at 10:08 a.m., one day earlier than their annual migration arrival date. |
| Feb. 23 | Carl S. Norman | Marianna, Arkansas | Earliest I have ever seen a martin in our area. Temperature 60 degrees; forecast 22 degrees. He may go back south. |
| Feb. 23 | Patricia Hawkins | Orlando, Florida | 4 on neighbor's house; pair stayed night in my house. Saw several flying around. |
| Feb. 23 | Don Day | The Rock, Georgia | 4 ASY males 7 a.m.; 1 overnight. |
| Feb. 23 | Wilbur Slocum | Tilton, Arkansas | |
| Feb. 23 | George Milacek | Waukomis, Oklahoma | Louise & I arrived home one afternoon & heard a purple martin. Looked up & there he was scouting around. I quickly got three houses up. A cold front moved in that night and the scout did not stay. |
| Feb. 24 | William Mock | Bartlesville, Oklahoma | 1 adult male at 1:15 p.m. Temperature 71 degrees, fair w/20-30 mph south winds. Earliest scout 2/28 in early '80s. Arctic blast headed in tonight, hope he makes it. |
| Feb. 24 | Emit & Glenda Neighbors | Bloomsdale, Missouri | At least 3 weeks early. |
| Feb. 24 | Bill Leinberger | Carrollton, Texas | 2 male scouts arrived mid morning. This is our first year. |
| Feb. 24 | Scott Walker | Ft. Smith, Arkansas | 2 martins at 2 p.m. |
| Feb. 24 | Walter Seneff | Holly Ridge, Louisiana | 2 martins at about 6 p.m. |
| Feb. 24 | Dave Watson | Hot Springs, Florida | 2 scouts |
| Feb. 24 | Richard Atkins | Lonoke, Arkansas | 2 ASY males 1 p.m. |
| Feb. 24 | Larry Vickery | Milton, Florida | 3 ASY scouts at mine and neighbor's. We have three 12-unit houses between us. |
| Feb. 24 | K. Mayfield | Murray, Kentucky | Seen first scout Sunday. |
| Feb. 24 | Phil Ivy | Pensacola, Florida | One pair sang all morning until I put up the two houses. |
| Feb. 24 | Vivian Stevens | Wichita Falls, Texas | |
| Feb. 25 | W. H. Gerrard Jr. | Marianna, Arkansas | Sighted 3 martins circling box. |
| Feb. 25 | Larry Waller | Waxahachie, Texas | |
| Feb. 26 | Russell Keydoszius | Birmingham, Alabama | |
| Feb. 26 | Chuck Iannaci | Granbury, Texas | Even though it was freezing and over 100 redwings adorned the ground to feed, one lone, beautiful purple martin male checked out all 3 of my houses. What a joy to see these guys again... they were truly missed. |
| Feb. 26 | Ambrose W. Engel | Meeker, Oklahoma | 19 degrees, wind north 20-30 mph, ASY male looking for shelter. This is as early as I've ever seen a scout during my 30 years of being a martin landlord. |
| Feb. 27 | Jack & Bernice Cooper | Castalia, North Carolina | 1 male ASY and 1 female ASY seen flying around colony site which consists of 10 Trio PMC-24 Castles and 72 gourds. Windy, 36 degrees, sunny. |
| Feb. 27 | Homer & Sue Gibbs | Floresville, Texas | |
| Feb. 27 | Paul Taylor | Spring Lake, North Carolina | I saw one male and one female this morning... they're a couple of days earlier this year. |
| Feb. 28 | Joe Dundon | Redlands, Florida | |
| Mar. 1 | Jack & Christie Mayo | Atoka, Oklahoma | 1 male came from the south and circled over houses this morning and went on North. |
| Mar. 1 | Sylvia W. Johnson | Tallahassee, Florida | 6 scouts arrived. |
| Mar. 2 | Connie Beauchamp | Lewisville, North Carolina | 1 male at 8:30 a.m., 38 degrees and a cold rain. |
| Mar. 3 | Tom Erman | Springdale, Arkansas | |
| Mar. 4 | James M. Jones | Corning, Arkansas | I saw my first two martins for 2002. |
| Mar. 5 | Doc & Carolyn (no last name provided) | Frisco, Texas | 5 purple martins checking our TM-12. 3 males & 2 females arrived about 6 p.m. and stayed 20 minutes. |
| Mar. 5 | Hans J. Mueller | Wimberley, Texas | 9 days later than last year. |
| Mar. 6 | Truman Hazelrigg | Comanche, Texas | Late this year; cold weather last week. |
| Mar. 6 | Gary & Marcy Morrison | Marlow, Oklahoma | 1 male at 6 p.m. landed on house for short time then flew north. This is our 2nd year. |
| Mar. 6 | George Cotton | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 1 pair one day earlier than last year. |
| Mar. 6 | Andy Hitt | Tyler, Texas | |
| Mar. 7 | Jerry Hutfles | Bella Vista, Arkansas | |
| Mar. 7 | James C. Choate | Conway, Arkansas | I put 2 houses up March 6; a male scout came on the 7th and a female on the 8th. |
| Mar. 7 | Bob Sink | Lakeland, Tennessee | |
| Mar. 7 | Keith Davis | Rolla, Missouri | First scout same date as last year. Temp in 70s. Surprised because of extreme cold and snow on March 2. |
| Mar. 8 | Richard & Nell Keith | Bowling Green, Kentucky | 1 male scout arrived at 5:30 p.m. Landed on one house twice, flew around awhile then turned and flew south. We hope he will stick around. |
| Mar. 8 | Bill McMickle Sr. | Donalsonville, Georgia | |
| Mar. 8 | Keith DeFries | Marmaduke, Arkansas | 1 ASY male martin flying over houses at work place; one day later than last year. |
| Mar. 8 | James Wells | Osceola, Arkansas | 2:20 p.m., 70 degrees. |
| Mar. 8 | Terry Woodside | Rogers, Arkansas | 10:30 a.m.adult female; 64 degrees, cloudy and windy. |
| Mar. 9 | Johnny Riley | Bailey, North Carolina | Had my first pair of martins this year. |
| Mar. 9 | Dean Skinner | Edenton, North Carolina | |
| Mar. 9 | Val Whisenand | Glencoe, Arkansas | Mature male; 9 a.m.; very cold, windy and no food. |
| Mar. 9 | Megan Trope | Lawton, Oklahoma | 1 scout |
| Mar. 9 | Kathryn Dodd | Sanger, Texas | 3 purple martins (2 males & 1 female) flying over houses. |
| Mar. 10 | Dan McNichols | Danville, Virginia | One martin on new house. Another joined him next day. |
| Mar. 10 | Chester J. Bourgeois Jr. | Katy, Texas | Sunday night I saw a scout. I have 60 compartments in 3 houses. |
| Mar. 10 | William Smith | Lancaster, South Carolina | |
| Mar. 10 | Robert W. Liston | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | |
| Mar. 10 | Jack & Nicki Kilpatrick | Pearland, Texas | 2 scouts arrived 8 a.m.; same date & time as last year. Have 4 houses, 12 holes each above very large vegetable garden. Cool, sunny, dry, brisk, beautiful day; 42 degrees. |
| Mar. 10 | George Sample | Saluda, South Carolina | |
| Mar. 10 | Rosana Bruner | Shreveport, Louisiana | |
| Mar. 11 | Ralph Spaulding | Demossville, Kentucky | One bird landed, went in house a few times. Sang when I went outside. Did not spend night. |
| Mar. 11 | Allen Girdler | Eubank, Kentucky | |
| Mar. 11 | Dan Royster | Greensboro, North Carolina | One scout. |
| Mar. 11 | Donald L. Duncan | Harrisburg, Illinois | ASY male at 4 p.m. 52 degrees, slight wind from southwest and cloudy. |
| Mar. 11 | Ray Ploeger | Horseshoe Bay, Texas | |
| Mar. 11 | Ray & Velma Lee Laubhan | Norman, Oklahoma | Had one pair of martins arrive. |
| Mar. 11 | Jeff Abby | Port Isabel, Texas | Two SY & one ASY this morning. Just put up house last week. |
| Mar. 11 | Johnny Dicus | Sapulpa, Oklahoma | 1:47 p.m. ASY male came to my Castle I put up last year as though he knew what apartment was his. I opened it up for him and he returned just before dark. Calm wind, overcast and 58 degrees. |
| Mar. 11 | Ross Jolley | Tyler, Texas | |
| Mar. 12 | Bob Miller | Hartville, Missouri | |
| Mar. 12 | Roy Andersen | Hindsville, Arkansas | |
| Mar. 12 | Robert Haddox | Huntsville, Alabama | About 7 a.m. I saw my first scout for this season. It was an adult male. |
| Mar. 12 | Randy McBride | Katy, Texas | |
| Mar. 12 | Doc Fields | New Haven, West Virginia | One scout on box at 5 p.m. |
| Mar. 12 | Bob & Mary Thomas | Paducah, Kentucky | |
| Mar. 13 | Joyce Fite | Bonham, Texas | |
| Mar. 13 | Sam & Marilynn Wilson | Chouteau, Oklahoma | 2 scouts, an ASY male and SY male were spotted on 1 of our 2 houses at 6 p.m. Six days later than last year. |
| Mar. 13 | Jerry & Mary Bathke | Concordia, Kansas | |
| Mar. 13 | Roger Eberhart | Dallas, Texas | |
| Mar. 13 | Glynn Parker | Dresden, Tennessee | |
| Mar. 13 | Richard & Virginia Hilderbrand | Farmington, Missouri | Our first purple martin arrived at 4:30 p.m. |
| Mar. 13 | Frank McBride | Howe, Texas | |
| Mar. 13 | Bart & Mary Bartholomew | Manhattan, Kansas | At noon, sunny skies 72 degrees, 4 males landed on our 12-apartment house, flew around awhile then departed. This is our second year. We're looking forward to their return with females. |
| Mar. 13 | Wayne Gately | Marion, Arkansas | The 3 that showed up were a welcome sight. |
| Mar. 13 | Wayne Gately | Marion, Arkansas | |
| Mar. 13 | William Cox | Marshall, Oklahoma | Scouts about 5 days later than last year. |
| Mar. 13 | Boot Masterson | New Hope, Kentucky | One ASY male. |
| Mar. 13 | John & Ginger Looper | Newalla, Oklahoma | One adult male and one adult female arrived at 6:30 p.m. |
| Mar. 13 | Ed & Jo Ludwig | Okarche, Oklahoma | |
| Mar. 13 | Vance Zink | Scottsburg, Indiana | 1 male scout. |
| Mar. 13 | Bill & Faye Copeland | Shawnee, Oklahoma | Saw 2 beautiful scouts at 10:30; in the 60s and windy. |
| Mar. 13 | Brad Gower | Topeka, Kansas | Arrived around 6 p.m. |
| Mar. 13 | J.M. Cline | Westmoreland, Tennessee | |
| Mar. 13 | Bunny Williams | Zebulon, North Carolina | |
| Mar. 14 | Joe Ferguson | Arlington, Kentucky | Two staying in gourd tonight. Saw another one in nearby town. |
| Mar. 14 | Gerald Wilkins | Blanchard, Oklahoma | 2 male adults arrived. |
| Mar. 14 | Darlene Denny | Camdenton, Missouri | One scout. |
| Mar. 14 | Ron Hornback | Charleston, Missouri | One SY and one ASY at 12:00. Exactly one week later than last year. A very welcome sight. |
| Mar. 14 | Walter McComb | Clarksville, Tennessee | Scout arrived at 9 a.m. |
| Mar. 14 | Don Long | Clinton, Tennessee | |
| Mar. 14 | Betty Butler | Effingham, South Carolina | One male. |
| Mar. 14 | Dick Russell | Farmington, Missouri | Arrived at 3:30 p.m. |
| Mar. 14 | Kelly & Neva Logan | Garber, Oklahoma | One male adult. |
| Mar. 14 | Nancy Rolen | Gastonia, North Carolina | Saw 1 male today. |
| Mar. 14 | Cecil Cradic | Greenwood, Arkansas | 2 males on house. |
| Mar. 14 | Everette Carter | Hurricane, West Virginia | One male at 9:30 a.m. temperature 50 degrees; 3 days earlier than last year. |
| Mar. 14 | L. Bailey | Jacksonville, North Carolina | Saw 3 males. |
| Mar. 14 | Arlene Lux | Ladson, South Carolina | |
| Mar. 14 | Michael B. Myers | Marion, Illinois | While traveling I observed 4 martins. |
| Mar. 14 | Darrell L. Cook | Martinsville, Indiana | In total shock as I looked out my window; saw 2 ASY males & 1 ASY female at my colony site. 2 weeks earlier than last year. |
| Mar. 14 | Bob Cornelius | Morning View, Kentucky | One bird at 8:30 a.m. landed on house then flew away. |
| Mar. 14 | James Ferebee | New Baltimore, Virginia | |
| Mar. 14 | Mike & Jamie Pitzen | New Bloomfield, Missouri | One adult male and adult female at 5 p.m. 70 degrees. A bit earlier this year. |
| Mar. 14 | David McCauley | New Haven, Kentucky | One black male at 8 a.m. with temperature at 40 degrees. |
| Mar. 14 | Ronnie Cooper | Salem, Indiana | Arrived around 4 o'clock this afternoon. |
| Mar. 14 | Joe Brooks | Scottsville, Kentucky | |
| Mar. 14 | Michael B. Myers | Sesser, Illinois | While traveling I observed 1 martin. |
| Mar. 14 | John Matthews | Springfield, Missouri | Had 2 males and 1 female about 5 p.m. One day later than last year. |
| Mar. 14 | Joel Freese | Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
| Mar. 14 | Stan & Dotty Bartz | Tyler, Texas | Although nearly a month later than usual we are happy to report 3 male scouts arrived at 6:30 a.m. |
| Mar. 14 | Don Harwood | Van Buren, Arkansas | |
| Mar. 14 | Don Nieding | Vermilion, Ohio | Earliest ever since 1983. |
| Mar. 14 | Frank Ware | Warsaw, Missouri | 1 male came on the 14th; 2 males the 15th; 2 males, 1 female the 16th. |
| Mar. 14 | B. G. | Weatherford, Texas | |
| Mar. 15 | Sam Maxwell | Asheville, North Carolina | 3 purple martins sighted at 9:30 a.m. |
| Mar. 15 | Charles & Marg Hickman | Auburn, Kentucky | Wow, spring is here! One adult male scout here at 9:50 a.m. temp. 67, south wind 15-20 mph. Approximately 9 days later than usual. |
| Mar. 15 | Joseph Gehman | Buncombe, Illinois | |
| Mar. 15 | Emma Dutton-Hindley | Cape May, New Jersey | One male adult. |
| Mar. 15 | Barney & Jeannie Maddox | Centertown, Kentucky | 4 purple martins arrived late afternoon. |
| Mar. 15 | Oliver Kirkpatrick | Charleston, Missouri | |
| Mar. 15 | Sidney Bruce | Claremore, Oklahoma | 10 birds. |
| Mar. 15 | Peggy D. Bass | Courtland, Virginia | Martins two days earlier this year. |
| Mar. 15 | William & Catherine McFarland | Crossville, Tennessee | |
| Mar. 15 | Hedy DeCosta | DeRidder, Louisiana | |
| Mar. 15 | Jim VanHorn | East Alton, Illinois | |
| Mar. 15 | John B. Smith | Fayetteville, North Carolina | One male and one female. |
| Mar. 15 | Ed Craft | Kansas City, Missouri | One male adult arrived at 6 p.m. |
| Mar. 15 | Daniel Detweiler | Keosauqua, Iowa | |
| Mar. 15 | Eugene Smith Jr. | Kinston, North Carolina | Beautiful sunny day came & checked out a gourd. Did not stay; came at 6:15 p.m. |
| Mar. 15 | Patricia Eads | Leslie, Missouri | |
| Mar. 15 | Frank Parker | Mexico, Missouri | |
| Mar. 15 | Bill Sewell | Midland, Texas | One male adult. This is my first year to have a house. |
| Mar. 15 | Terry Burnett | Nashville, Tennessee | 4 ASY scouts. Highs in 50s. |
| Mar. 15 | Dane Miracle | New Tazewell, Tennessee | 6 days earlier than last year. |
| Mar. 15 | Bruce Johnson | North Richland Hills, Texas | 2 pairs sitting on 2-year-old house. Neighbor saw several feeding over drainage area 2 days ago. |
| Mar. 15 | Willis Lance | Olmsted, Illinois | |
| Mar. 15 | Frank McKnight | Pekin, Indiana | One male. |
| Mar. 15 | Bill Versheldon | Perryville, Missouri | |
| Mar. 15 | Cliff & Betty Stokes | Piedmont, Missouri | Our first 2 purple martins arrived this morning. What a beautiful sight and sound. |
| Mar. 15 | Dean Huffman | Randleman, North Carolina | 3 females & 1 male |
| Mar. 15 | L.C. Justice | Rossville, Georgia | |
| Mar. 16 | Ronnie Templemire | Boonville, Missouri | My first female scout finally showed up at 8:15 a.m. |
| Mar. 16 | Beard | Fayetteville, North Carolina | 4 purple martins. |
| Mar. 16 | John Brown | Hope Mills, North Carolina | 3 males. |
| Mar. 16 | Mike Craft | Kansas City, Missouri | Adult male arrived same day as last year. |
| Mar. 16 | Edward Clements | LaPlata, Maryland | 3 scouts. |
| Mar. 16 | Marvin & Virginia Piercy | Lebanon, Missouri | One pair sighted at 8:30 a.m. This is one week later than last year. |
| Mar. 16 | Waymon & Ruth Roberts | Livingston, Tennessee | One pair ASY male & female arrived this morning. Flight habits seem to indicate they were here last year. |
| Mar. 16 | Cleon Reed | Norman, Oklahoma | Cloudy, temp. 35 degrees, high today 56, wind out of NE gusting 15-20 mph.Scouts arrived Mar. 17 last year. |
| Mar. 16 | Coy Nichols | Peterstown, West Virginia | I just saw my first purple martin scout at 11 a.m. |
| Mar. 16 | Allen Miller | Quaker City, Ohio | |
| Mar. 16 | Zeke Carr | Ravenswood, West Virginia | 1 male & 1 female; temp was about 42 degrees and rainy. |
| Mar. 16 | John Boyd | Rock Hill, South Carolina | |
| Mar. 16 | Gary Estes | Stanford, Kentucky | 1 male on box. |
| Mar. 16 | Ricky Nicholson | Stokes, North Carolina | One male adult; 11:55 a.m. |
| Mar. 16 | Hank & Wanda Gordon | Wagoner, Oklahoma | Spotted a pair of martins at 2:30; about 4 hours after putting up house. |
| Mar. 17 | Shirley Doerr | California, Missouri | |
| Mar. 17 | Carol Wimsett | Chanute, Kansas | 3 males really checking out houses. |
| Mar. 17 | Jim Stuever | Dexter, Missouri | Noticed 1 male, 1 female at 4 p.m. |
| Mar. 17 | Bob Grose | Grandview, Indiana | Spotted 2 males about 5:45 p.m. CST |
| Mar. 17 | Dessie Brown | Lebanon, Missouri | 5 beautiful males and 1 female at 7 a.m. They came out of a house and were looking for their favorite house which we had up within an hour. |
| Mar. 17 | Dennis Hale | Mt. Vernon, Illinois | 2 adult males came at almost dark. Just happened to see 1 fly by; opened, raised a house. Didn't get 10 feet away before they each went in; didn't come out till morning. |
| Mar. 17 | Olivia Cole | Muskogee, Oklahoma | A little late getting my house opened up, but have at least 2 males today. |
| Mar. 17 | Don Jensen | Norman, Oklahoma | |
| March 17 | Robert Gloria | Orient, New York | Early this year. |
| Mar. 17 | Paul Turner | Pampa, Texas | 4 ASY males, 2 ASY females late afternoon. |
| Mar. 17 | Mrs. Henry Fornkahl | Perryville, Missouri | |
| Mar. 17 | Cheri Warner | Richland, Missouri | 2 ASY males. |
| March 17 | Gladys Leiker | Russell, Kansas | |
| Mar. 17 | Arthur E. Vanlandingham | Winchester, Kentucky | |
| Mar. 18 | Tom & Joni Koch | Bright, Indiana | 1 adult male spotted at 6 p.m. Cloudy, 52 degrees. |
| Mar. 18 | Paul & Mattie (No last name provided) | Center, Texas | |
| Mar. 18 | Terry Bennett | Chesapeake, Virginia | One ASY male. Temps very cold for several nights. |
| Mar. 18 | Gene Tracy | Fair Grove, Missouri | |
| Mar. 18 | Peggy Stanley | Griggsville, Illinois | Purple martins were uptown about 5 p.m. |
| Mar. 18 | Tony & Bonnie Cure | Hanston, Kansas | |
| Mar. 18 | W.G. McDonald Jr. | Hazel Green, Alabama | |
| Mar. 18 | Dave Fagerness | Hermann, Missouri | |
| Mar. 18 | Marvin Alderman | Jefferson City, Missouri | 2 ASY males arrived this morning! |
| Mar. 18 | Joe Miller | Millers Creek, North Carolina | One ASY male about 6 p.m. |
| Mar. 18 | Larry & Charlene Jahner | Montgomery City, Missouri | |
| Mar. 18 | Ron Davia | New Bern, North Carolina | Saw 1 ASY male going in and out of my gourds located on edge of Neuse |
| Mar. 18 | Anthony Ambrose | Pana, Illinois | ASY male perched on gourd rack at 4:20 p.m. |
| Mar. 18 | Lettie Foss | Shell Knob, Missouri | One male flying around over houses. |
| Mar. 18 | J.D. Bellamy | West Frankfort, Illinois | Scouts sighted at 6:30 a.m. |
| Mar. 19 | Keith McLaurin | Beard, North Carolina | Scout flying over gourds this morning. |
| Mar. 19 | Harold & Vera Bowman | Carrollton, Missouri | Saw 2 scouts. |
| Mar. 19 | Mark Herren | Creal Springs, Illinois | One male looking out of house in the rain. |
| Mar. 19 | Loran Wilson | Garnett, Kansas | |
| Mar. 19 | Jim & Madonna Abernathy | Longtown, Missouri | Saw our first scout when we arrived home from work at 4:30 p.m. (7 miles south of Perryville) |
| March 19 | Levi Hershberger | Sugarcreek, Ohio | |
| Mar. 19 | Buford Webb | Tower Hill, Illinois | Earliest ever. |
| Mar. 19 | H.D. Harvey | Waverly, Tennessee | Saw 6 scouts. |
| Mar. 19 | Bob Wilson | Waxahachie, Texas | Have 6 apartments rented. |
| Mar. 20 | Keith & Royline Dixon | Appleton City, Missouri | 5 martins were here by March 25. |
| Mar. 20 | Ernie & Mary Kalinowsky | Cobb Island, Maryland | 4 martin scouts arrived at 11 a.m. Cobb Island is the Purple Martin Capital of southern Maryland. |
| Mar. 20 | Jim Bywaters | Flint Hill, Virginia | First martin arrived at 2:34 p.m. |
| Mar. 20 | H. Harrell | Jarratt, Virginia | 2 males at 9:30 a.m. |
| Mar. 20 | Jim Hoaglin | Louisiana, Missouri | Six scouts. |
| Mar. 20 | Jean Lankford | Madisonville, Tennessee | |
| Mar. 20 | Ronnie Matheny | Piketon, Ohio | 4 males. |
| Mar. 20 | Joseph Hall | Somerseet, Kentucky | |
| Mar. 21 | Atlee E. Yoder | Apple Creek, Ohio | One male scout. |
| Mar. 21 | Enos Peachey | Beaver, Ohio | |
| Mar. 21 | Hugh Deering | Browns Grove, Kentucky | Saw 6 scouts flying near surface of 3-acre backyard pond. Have 80 gourds and one 12-room aluminum house. |
| Mar. 21 | Gary Sullivan | Chrisney, Indiana | 2 ASY males. |
| Mar. 21 | Richard Harper | Freeburg, Illinois | Wind out of the north 20-25 mph, 34 degrees, 9:45 a.m. Only 4th time birds have come before peonies were up. Scouts last year came March 23. |
| Mar. 21 | Bill Staggenborg | Hermann, Missouri | |
| Mar. 21 | Earl Higginbotham | Hurricane, West Virginia | 1 ASY male sighted at 8:30 a.m. |
| Mar. 21 | Alan Holloway | Laurel, Delaware | Saw 2 scouts. |
| Mar. 21 | Carmella D'Auria | Middletown, Delaware | |
| Mar. 21 | William H. Allgood | Owensboro, Kentucky | Landed on box at 8:15 a.m. Cloudy, 40 degrees, 25 mph winds. |
| Mar. 21 | Earl & Patricia Jordan | Washington, North Carolina | Saw 1 male at 6 p.m.; temp in 50s, to be down to 28 tomorrow night; rainy today. He was singing. Looked to be healthy and happy to be here. |
| Mar. 22 | Ray Ralston | Frankfort, Kentucky | |
| Mar. 22 | Christie Shaver | Henderson, Kentucky | Saw 1 male and 1 female. Temperature at this time is 30 degrees. |
| Mar. 22 | Gorman Cline | Inez, Kentucky | |
| Mar. 22 | Joan Krausz | New Baden, Illinois | |
| Mar. 22 | Owen Humphress | Simpsonville, Kentucky | Too cold. 18 degrees this morning and 24 degrees in the morning. Put light in house to help them. |
| Mar. 22 | Don Jones | Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
| Mar. 22 | Mike & Carla Greenwood | Weems, Virginia | |
| Mar. 22 | Carson M. Benson Sr. | Wilmington, North Carolina | |
| Mar. 23 | Robert P. Chapman | Bluffs, Illinois | 2 ASY males at house at 5:30 p.m. |
| Mar. 23 | Harold Kolbek | Holton, Kansas | Scout came about 6:30 p.m. |
| Mar. 23 | Larry Radford | Hopkinsville, Kentucky | 2 males & 1 female arrived this a.m. This is a first-year box; appears I'm in luck. |
| Mar. 23 | Mike Burasco | Kansas City, Missouri | Scout arrived at 9:15 a.m. |
| Mar. 23 | O. Greer | Ponca City, Oklahoma | |
| Mar. 23 | Larry Himmelspoch | Rolla, Missouri | |
| Mar. 23 | Al Scarborough | Wadesboro, North Carolina | |
| Mar. 23 | Keith E. Mohr | Wilsonville, Illinois | Have had purple martin houses for 30 years. Love seeing & listening to martins. |
| Mar. 24 | Bob Rogers | Arnold, Missouri | One ASY male at 7:42 a.m. Same date as last year. |
| Mar. 24 | John Levin | Atchison, Kansas | |
| Mar. 24 | Harry Barker | Bridgeport West Virginia | |
| Mar. 24 | Robert E. Gentry | Columbus, Indiana | |
| Mar. 24 | Kenneth Hawk | Ft. Worth, Texas | |
| Mar. 24 | Ray & Dorothy Frogge | Garden City, Missouri | |
| Mar. 24 | Eddie Browning | Greenville, Kentucky | One male at 12:10 p.m. Sunny & 70. |
| Mar. 24 | TRM | High Springs, Florida | 2 scouts; started carrying material for nest within an hour. Seems as though they are settled in for the summer. |
| Mar. 24 | Ed & Thelma Condon | Mt. Airy, Maryland | 2 mature male martins arrived around 6:15 p.m.; 3 days earlier than last year. |
| Mar. 24 | Charles Lankford | Niota, Tennessee | 1 ASY male at 3:30 p.m. Last year was my first year to have martins; hope to have even more this year. |
| Mar. 24 | Dave Franzer | St. Paul, Missouri | 2 adults (male & female); wet & rainy. |
| Mar. 24 | Paul Welch | Sunrise Beach, Missouri | |
| Mar. 24 | Wendell Eckelkamp | Washington, Missouri | 4 scouts. |
| Mar. 24 | Loran E. Malone | West Point, Mississippi | |
| Mar. 25 | Paul Coleman | Buffalo, West Virginia | |
| Mar. 25 | Jesse Williams | Canton, New Jersey | |
| Mar. 25 | Tom Wooleyhand | Felton, Delaware | 4 males at 5:30 p.m. cloudy 47 degrees. 4 days later than last year. |
| Mar. 25 | Kevin Nociar | Ina, Illinois | 5 martins showed up today; it's cold and raining, hope they will be alright. |
| Mar. 25 | Mike Kenton | Lexington, Kentucky | |
| Mar. 25 | Al Scarborough | Polkton, North Carolina | |
| Mar. 25 | Omar Baker | Radcliff, Ohio | 1 male checked out houses. |
| Mar. 25 | Howard Underwood | Reidsville, North Carolina | |
| Mar. 26 | Ray Higginbotham | Eleanor, West Virginia | |
| Mar. 26 | Jack Christopher | Hurlock, Maryland | Scout arrived at 7:45 a.m. |
| Mar. 26 | Richard Horn | Pittsburg, Kansas | 1 pair scouts. |
| Mar. 26 | Loni Gillespie | Townsend, Delaware | |
| Mar. 26 | Kelley Keller | Waterloo, Illinois | |
| Mar. 27 | Marty Rasp | Belleville, Illinois | One male; 9 days earlier than last year. |
| Mar. 27 | Gilbert Gregory | Cape Charles, Virginia | 3 males at 4 p.m. |
| Mar. 27 | Edio DuBay | Cape Coral, Florida | A pair of nesting martins first appeared at dusk. |
| Mar. 27 | Cindy DuBay | Cape Coral, Florida | |
| Mar. 27 | Kenneth Steffen | Clay Center, Kansas | |
| Mar. 27 | Andrew Troyer | Conneautville, Pennsylvania | First scout was a banded bird. |
| Mar. 27 | Ron & Nedra Hash | Findlay, Illinois | One male came about 8:45 a.m. Had 6 inches snow yesterday. Still have several inches on ground. About 30 degrees but sunny. Hopefully it will warm up soon and really be spring! |
| Mar. 27 | Johnnie L. Ratliff | Grundy, Virginia | 3 martins arrived at 4:30 p.m.; 38 degrees, light snow. |
| Mar. 27 | Jim Eastman | Harrington, Delaware | 2 males & 1 female arrived early this morning. |
| Mar. 27 | Lester Hammel | Keokuk, Iowa | Saw one on Thursday; 3 on Friday. |
| Mar. 27 | D. Richmond | McPherson, Kansas | 3 ASY males at city park around 11 a.m. |
| Mar. 27 | Daryl Hester | Nicholasville, Kentucky | 2 males circling gourds. |
| Mar. 27 | Spencer Justice | Oak Hall, Virginia | Scout came about 9:40 a.m. |
| Mar. 27 | Jan & Lana Pittenger | Sharpsburg, Maryland | 2 ASYs at 4:52 p.m. As of 3/31, have 8 ASYs. |
| Mar. 27 | Don Hall | St. Georges, Delaware | 2 scouts arrived at 4 p.m. Last 2 years' arrival was April 1. |
| Mar. 28 | Barry Buchen | Abingdon, Illinois | One male arrived at 6:30 p.m. |
| Mar. 28 | Jim Olson | Albert Lea, Minnesota | 1 adult female. |
| Mar. 28 | Darrel & Carolyn Morris | Bonaparte, Iowa | |
| Mar. 28 | Carson Haring | Cambria, Iowa | |
| Mar. 28 | Daryl Cox | Corydon, Iowa | |
| Mar. 28 | Greta Webb | Falcon, Missouri | |
| Mar. 28 | Ben Eakin | Forest Hill, Maryland | One male at 7:35 a.m. checking out gourds; sunny, about 38 degrees. |
| Mar. 28 | Richard Murray | Frankford, Delaware | |
| Mar. 28 | Robert Sroufe | Hamilton, Ohio | |
| Mar. 28 | Dennis Cain | Independence, Kentucky | |
| Mar. 28 | Homer Disharoon | Laurel, Delaware | Sighted one pair scouts at 4 p.m. Glad to see martins here. |
| Mar. 28 | Merle Koontz | Liberty, Illinois | |
| Mar. 28 | Frank Morgan | Louisville, Kentucky | 2 martins came about one hour before dark and stayed. |
| Mar. 28 | Helen Martin | Murray, Nebraska | |
| Mar. 28 | Wayne Trolz | Pinckney, Michigan | Large flock arrived. 35 degrees, wet snow, most left. |
| Mar. 28 | Charles T. Lytle | Vienna, West Virginia | 2 pairs; opened box; temperature 50 degrees. |
| Mar. 28 | Lowell Fiedler | Washington, Illinois | Six martin scouts; 11 days later than last year but average for my area. |
| Mar. 28 | Paul & Barbara Richardson | Waterford, Ohio | |
| Mar. 28 | Patricia L. Lamberson | Winchester, Kentucky | |
| Mar. 29 | Barbara Newell | Ashville, Ohio | |
| Mar. 29 | Beard | Beard, North Carolina | Martins came and one pair stayed. |
| Mar. 29 | Frank Ware | Belton, Missouri | 2 males, 1 female. |
| Mar. 29 | Jerry Cutright | Casey, Illinois | 1 male and 1 female at noon. |
| Mar. 29 | Ralph Robinson | Charles Town, West Virginia | One male scout, morning, 40 degrees. |
| Mar. 29 | Steve Spauldin | Dawson, Iowa | 1 ASY male; 50 degrees, sunny. Earliest ever. |
| Mar. 29 | Wayne Murphy | Denton, Maryland | Scout came at 7:30 a.m.; 47 degrees. |
| Mar. 29 | Robert Heinz | Deweese, Nebraska | 1 adult male arrived in evening; spent 2 nights in a row. Two days earlier than last year. |
| Mar. 29 | Les Houser | Dodge City, Kansas | 2 male scouts this morning at 8:45. |
| Mar. 29 | Bruce James | Goshen, New Jersey | One week earlier than usual. |
| Mar. 29 | Bob Sladek | Huntingtown, Maryland | |
| Mar. 29 | Orla M. Bontrager | Kenton, Ohio | First scouts on Good Friday, same date as last year. |
| Mar. 29 | Henry & Betty Bounds | Laurel, Delaware | 2 scouts flew out of house at 7:30 a.m. |
| Mar. 29 | Joseph Ruff | Marydel, Maryland | 1 male & 1 female. |
| Mar. 29 | Alan Koralek | Midlothian, Virginia | 2 pairs arrived about 5:30 p.m. Sunny, light breeze, mid 60s, almost 2 weeks earlier than last year. |
| Mar. 29 | Jim McCarthy | Ozawkie, Kansas | 4 scouts arrived on Good Friday. |
| Mar. 29 | Fred Kutz | Springfield, Missouri | One male at 7:30 a.m. |
| Mar. 29 | Gerald Fornkahl | St. Charles, Missouri | Scouts came at 8:18 a.m. |
| Mar. 29 | Robert Cox | St. Charles, Missouri | |
| Mar. 29 | Arnold & Janet Mave | Tuscola, Illinois | Good Friday indeed! First purple martin scouts (pair) arrived this morning at 7:50 a.m. |
| Mar. 29 | Duane & Sandra Horath | Westfield, Illinois | 2 males this morning at 6:15. Late this year; came March 23, 2001. |
| Mar. 30 | Clair & Joan Black | Bedford, Pennsylvania | 1 male as always to check things out. |
| Mar. 30 | Ed Vanderveen | Blenheim, Ontario | 2 males spotted at 8 a.m. |
| Mar. 30 | Bruce Childs | Boothwyn, Pennsylvania | ASY female at 8 a.m.; partly cloudy, 50 degrees winds 5-10 mph. First time a female scout in 4 years of being landlord. Scout 2 full weeks earlier than last year. |
| Mar. 30 | Jim Wehman | Cape May Beach, New Jersey | Scout arrived at 4:30 p.m. |
| Mar. 30 | Charles R. Smith | Clarksville, Tennessee | |
| Mar. 30 | Patrick Dougherty | Columbia, Missouri | 3 scouts circled over martin house; didn't land. |
| Mar. 30 | Roger & Julie Lloyd | Kirksville, Missouri | 5 martins came at 8:30 a.m.; 3 males and 2 females or SY males. |
| Mar. 30 | Gary Cheek | Leesburg, Ohio | 2 males, 1 female this morning. Early this year. |
| Mar. 30 | Gene Sebben | Leon, Iowa | |
| Mar. 30 | Jose Bontrager | Lingonier, Indiana | |
| Mar. 30 | Glenna Carr | Mt. Vernon, Indiana | 3 pairs in the a.m. |
| Mar. 30 | Clyde C. Bryan | Perkasie, Pennsylvania | |
| Mar. 30 | Larry Wehrman | St. Peters, Missouri | 2 pairs in a.m. |
| Mar. 30 | Ora Schrock | Topeka, Indiana | |
| Mar. 30 | Jean Powell | Townsend, Delaware | 4 males at 6:45 a.m. |
| Mar. 30 | Neal & Alma Kehl | Vincent, Ohio | Just got home from Florida yesterday, 2 martins were here this morning. Put up houses fast. |
| Mar. 30 | David Pankow | Willow Springs, Illinois | |
| Mar. 31 | Chuck Collert | Carleton, Michigan | |
| Mar. 31 | Herb Wallar | Centralia, Illinois | |
| Mar. 31 | Tim Harle | Dubuque, Iowa | |
| Mar. 31 | Dave & Leslie Gallien | Jane Lew, West Virginia | 1 male scout at 7:10 a.m. |
| Mar. 31 | Jim & Joan Knoll | Milan, Ohio | 1 male, 1 female; 45 degrees & sunny Easter morning. They were on perches at top of poles looking for a house. We put up an M-12K right away. Our three houses will be full before long. |
| Mar. 31 | Terry J. Thompson | Mt. Morris, Wisconsin | 2 ASY males. They seem to like Easter Sunday around here, no matter how early it is. Overcast, 42 degrees. Granddaughters & I opened 4 apartments, put in pine straw. |
| Mar. 31 | Timothy Zunk | Port Clinton, Ohio | Put up house Saturday, scout showed up on Easter Sunday. |
| Mar. 31 | Elmer Krushinske | Sherwood, Wisconsin | As reported by Bob Ring of Appleton. ASY female observed 1:45 p.m. Elmer lives on northeast shore of Lake Winnebago. Scout takes short flights but doubt she's finding food. 34 degrees, 2"-5" snow forecast. Elmer put out crickets; hope she'll eat! |
| Apr. 1 | Calvin & Cynthia McNeil Sr. | Clayton, New Jersey | Martins usually arrive about April 8. |
| Apr. 1 | Steve Fisher | Council Bluffs, Iowa | |
| Apr. 1 | John Balga | Essex, Ontario | One lone male arrived at 6 p.m. |
| Apr. 1 | Marge Albracht | Humphrey, Nebraska | Scout arrived at 11:30 a.m. I didn't see him but heard him. He sat on wire & watched us put up his house. |
| Apr. 1 | Jeff Wilcutt | Knoxville, Iowa | |
| Apr. 1 | William J. Murphy | Louisville, Kentucky | 4 old male scouts arrived. |
| Apr. 1 | Delton & Richmond | McPherson, Kansas | No April fools! 2 scouts arrived at 6 p.m. Great to have them back! |
| Apr. 1 | Chris J. Slabaugh | Nappanee, Indiana | I gleefully report the first ASY male martin arrived at my colony. |
| Apr. 1 | Dick & Sally Wallace | O'Neill, Nebraska | |
| Apr. 1 | Kathy Wondra | Plattsmouth, Nebraska | |
| Apr. 1 | William Veil | West Harrison, Indiana | |
| Apr. 2 | Don McNeal | Concordville, Pennsylvania | 2 adult males & 1 adult female have arrived at Glen Mills Schools. |
| Apr. 2 | Arnold Manwaring | Niantic, Connecticut | Scout arrived at 8:05 a.m. Same day as last year. |
| Apr. 2 | Trey Brokaw | Raritan, Illinois | Scout arrived at 7:15 a.m. |
| Apr. 2 | Bob & Deb Toon | Royal Center, Indiana | They're back! One scout at 4 p.m. |
| Apr. 2 | Lanzie Baker | Springfield, Illinois | |
| Apr. 2 | Gordan Osgood | Starbuck, Minnesota | At 7:15 a.m. one male arrived with snow coming down; 3 fresh inches on ground. Earliest ever. |
| Apr. 3 | Andy Katzmarek | Chesterton, Indiana | 2 martins, 1 male & 1 female both ASYs. 34 degrees with flurries. About 4-7 days early. Turned on light bulbs in houses for heat. |
| Apr. 3 | Dennis Devine | Council Bluffs, Iowa | |
| Apr. 3 | Ed Koetting | Essex, Maryland | One male scout. |
| Apr. 3 | Henry Schwemlein | Mendota, Illinois | Scouts arrived at 5:45 p.m. |
| Apr. 3 | Pam Fenwick | Niagara Falls, Ontario | |
| Apr. 3 | Dr. Robert Stryker | Omaha, Nebraska | |
| Apr. 3 | Jeff Parkerson | Potomac, Illinois | |
| Apr. 4 | Chris Aichele | Coal City, Illinois | |
| Apr. 4 | Martha Sloan | Mooresville, North Carolina | |
| Apr. 4 | Fred Hansen | Port Rowan, Ontario | |
| Apr. 5 | Beverly Johnson | Algonac, Michigan | Flying overhead. |
| Apr. 5 | Dennis & Grace Davis | Brookfield, Missouri | Had an ASY male at 7 a.m. |
| Apr. 5 | Lane Henderson | Dover, Missouri | 2 male scouts. |
| Apr. 5 | Bob Medberry | Elgin, Iowa | One ASY male arrived at 5:45; went into house; 43 degrees. |
| Apr. 5 | Esther Highland | Grand Island, Nebraska | Pair of martins arrived at my houses at 10:30 a.m. |
| Apr. 5 | Gordon Bean | Inverness, Florida | |
| Apr. 5 | Mardene Bryce-Dalton | Plainview, Nebraska | Scout circling at 7:45 a.m. landed on house used to trap sparrows. Within the hour we had our 3 houses up. It is indeed a thrill to see them again! |
| Apr. 5 | Mrs. Marty Mathieson | Shelton, Nebraska | First 3 scouts arrived about 7 p.m. |
| Apr. 5 | Bill Lechner | Waseca, Minnesota | 3 male scouts arrived in the morning. |
| Apr. 6 | Vince Maine | Amboy, Minnesota | A male purple martin of the year got here at 5 p.m. Saturday; a few days earlier than avg. date of April 10. |
| Apr. 6 | Doug O'Rourke | Amboy, Illinois | 2 ASY males stayed the night. Sure is nice to hear their song again! |
| Apr. 6 | Richard Hjort | Chisago City, Minnesota | First 2 scouts arrived at 10:06 a.m. 2 days earlier than last year. |
| Apr. 6 | Floyd Pfeifer | Ft. Atkinson, Wisconsin | First martin scout arrived at 3:30 p.m. |
| Apr. 6 | Craig Kelsey | North Oaks, Minnesota | One large female scout; weather cool & rainy. |
| Apr. 6 | Clarence Theilen | Otho, Iowa | One adult male scout at 11:50 a.m. (about 8 miles south of Ft. Dodge). Hope all landlords have a good year and weather cooperates. |
| Apr. 7 | Bill & Anne Carter | London, Ohio | 2 purple martins arrived at 6:55 p.m. One male & one female, both 3-year-olds. |
| Apr. 7 | Kelly & Darlene Ramsey | Monticello, Kentucky | 2 ASY males arrived at 2 p.m. stayed a few minutes & left. One returned & checked out a new house we have up. |
| Apr. 7 | Theodre Laugeness | Moorhead, Minnesota | Male scout; 30 degrees; sunny; northeast wind. |
| Apr. 7 | Bill Marshall | Stoddard, Wisconsin | 2 males & 1 female. Houses were down; when raised, martins alit! |
| Apr. 7 | Dick Noble | West Point, Iowa | |
| Apr. 7 | Jim & Pat Woodworth | Woodbury, New Jersey | |
| Apr. 8 | Bernie Jager | Allendale, Michigan | |
| Apr. 8 | William Charlton | Consecon, Ontario | First scout sighted at 5 p.m. on my TG-12. |
| Apr. 8 | Martin Slusser | Dillsburg, Pennsylvania | |
| Apr. 8 | Mary Lou Berry | Euclid, Ohio | One male scout observed on April 8, quite a number of martins on April 9. |
| Apr. 8 | Cy Van Laanen | New Franken, Wisconsin | 2 male scouts sitting on martin house this morning. |
| Apr. 8 | Walter A. Kazmierczak | Ottawa Lake, Michigan | |
| Apr. 8 | Dave Welsch | Trufant, Michigan | |
| Apr. 9 | Jerry Schneider | Bismarck, North Dakota | 2 days early. |
| Apr. 9 | Ann Babler | Browntown, Wisconsin | 1 SY martin arrived at 7 p.m. |
| Apr. 9 | Jim & Mary Lou Wright | Milford, Indiana | Martins came one day later than the last 2 years. |
| Apr. 9 | John Howe | Plainwell, Michigan | |
| Apr. 9 | George T. Schaefer | Stover, Missouri | |
| Apr. 9 | Bob Schwab | Walkerville, Michigan | |
| Apr. 9 | Shirley Foglesonger | Wyoming, Illinois | 4 martins |
| Apr. 10 | Rick Reed | Buffalo Grove, Illinois | |
| Apr. 10 | Henry Janowski | Chesterton, Indiana | 1 male flying in air not landed on houses yet. Sunny, breezy, 60 degrees. One week later than son-in-law who lives across town. |
| Apr. 10 | Murray Roberts | Dunnville, Ontario | |
| Apr. 10 | Mike & Renee Graf | LaPorte, Indiana | 2 checking out our new house! |
| Apr. 10 | Joe Gabris | Muskegon, Michigan | |
| Apr. 10 | Ed & Trudy Vedral | St. Charles, Illinois | |
| Apr. 10 | Gaylen Backus | Wentworth, South Dakota | 4 martins showed up at 4:30 p.m. |
| Apr. 10 | Cathy Nelson | Whitewater, Wisconsin | 4 scouts. |
| Apr. 11 | Bob Pum | Green Bay, Wisconsin | A neighbor has 5 male scouts on different houses at noon today. Spring is in the air and last of snows are melting! |
| Apr. 11 | Arthur & Jean Novulis | Montello, Wisconsin | |
| Apr. 12 | Norma Holmes | Fredericktown, Missouri | 2 scouts arrived early evening. |
| Apr. 12 | Tom Stumpf | Imperial, Missouri | 3 scouts at 10:30 a.m. made several passes at house, sat in the tree about 10 minutes then flew around the house. They left. One came back half hour later. |
| Apr. 12 | Rich Maxwell | Paw Paw, Michigan | 4 martins showed up around 6 p.m. |
| Apr. 13 | Steven Weigang | Amery, Wisconsin | |
| Apr. 13 | Mrs. Harold Wiebe | Marengo, Ohio | ASY couple. Seems to be intent on staying. |
| Apr. 13 | Wayne & Sharon Sockovie | Port Robinson, Ontario | Male scout arrived at 7:15 p.m. One week earlier than usual. |
| Apr. 15 | Dee & Eva Sims | Harrodsburg, Kentucky | We had scouts arrive about 11 a.m. |
| Apr. 15 | Don & Alice Wyland | Hartland, Michigan | 2 males & 1 female |
| Apr. 16 | Del Davies | Blackstrap Prov. Park Saskatchewan | 1 ASY male seen at 6:00 p.m. 4 days early |
| Apr. 16 | Siegfried Thiele | Sterling Heights, Michigan | 1 pair 86 degrees |
| Apr. 17 | Bob Pum | New Franken, Wisconsin | Had 3 martins checking out 3 houses. Their "chorkling" sounds were a welcome sound in the backyard." |
| Apr. 17 | Randy Biazzo | Port Clinton, Ohio | Male scoping out my new house. |
| Apr. 18 | Roy Teimer | Worthington, Minnesota | |
| Apr. 19 | Dennis Zunk | Oak Harbor, Ohio | 1 ASY male arrive at 7:50 a.m. His girl friend was here at 1 p.m. |
| Apr. 19 | Truman Fowler | Palmyra, Maine | |
| Apr. 19 | Laverne Gibson | Troy, Missouri | |
| Apr. 19 | Tanilli and Miller | Whiting, New Jersey | This is our 15th year. |
| Apr. 19 | Vivian Stevens | Wichita Falls, Texas | |
| Apr. 22 | Helene Gorman | Plano, Texas | 3 scouts landed on martin house that has been up for two years. This is our first year to have a family. |
| Apr. 25 | Mary Ellen Wiese | Seneca, South Carolina | |
| Apr. 28 | Orlin Schneewind | Young America, Minnesota | 3 ASY males & 2 ASY females arrived at 4:30 p.m. Cool, cloudy & 42 degrees. This is our 2nd year with martins. |
| Apr. 30 | Valerie Vierk | Kearney, Nebraska | Saw adult male and female on house on UNK campus in Kearney. Latest I've ever first spotted martins and I've been watching carefully for them. |
| Apr. 30 | Jerry Parent | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | One ASY male sighted at 10:45 a.m. This is my third active year with martins. |
| May 2 | Joy Stone | Madison, New York | Saw 2 at 10 a.m. |
| May 2 | Dan Arndt | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | Spotted scout flying high. |
| May 4 | Billie Reynolds | Monroe, Wisconsin | I heard him before I saw him. How beautiful! |
| May 4 | JJ Jones | Shelbyville, Indiana | Spotted ASY male a 9 a.m. |
| May 5 | Bob Schneewind | Chaska, Minnesota | Two ASY males and one ASY female returned. Two males selected same housing they were in last season. |
| May 7 | Nathanual Carlton | Blanket, Texas | |
| May 10 | Bert Baumgartner | Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin | |
| May 14 | Michael Muse | Sicklerville, New Jersey | 1 pr ASY. We have PMC-24 and TG-12, first year at this location |
| May 20 | Valerie Vierk | Ravenna, Nebraska | A female finally showed up at my home. Very late. Usually appear by mid April. |