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| Dec. 19, 2003 | Dick Shulman | Port St. Lucie, Florida | Six scouts |
| Dec. 29 | Ed Weldon | Tunica, Mississippi | |
| Jan. 3 | Mary | Lynn Haven, Florida | 4 scouts |
| Jan. 8 | Arvel Locklear | Plant City, Florida | 1 male, 1 female 10 a.m. 60° sunny, light breeze. |
| Jan. 11 | Patricia Krell | Leesburg, Florida | 4 scouts |
| Jan. 11 | Giles J. Kiefer | Palmetto, Florida | 5:50 p.m. one male |
| Jan. 13 | Robert Gilardi | Austin, Texas | 5 martins near regularly occupied martin house in neighbor's yard; 7 a.m. 65° |
| Jan. 14 | Barry Call | Palmetto, Florida | 3 scouts |
| Jan. 16 | Mrs. Lewis Blount | Clewiston, Florida | 2 males; temperature 69° |
| Jan. 16 | Stuart Lasseigne | Laplace, Louisiana | ASY male flew overhead then landed on gourd and went inside gourd. |
| Jan. 17 | Joe Schmidt | Casselberry, Florida | Earliest in 5 years. |
| Jan. 18 | Joe & Marge Prince | Cape Coral, Florida | 2 scouts arrived just before dark and stayed the night. |
| Jan. 18 | Paul Krejci | Venice, Florida | 9 a.m. one male |
| Jan. 19 | Ray Philbrick Jr. | North Port, Florida | 6 scouts |
| Jan. 20 | Albert Bontrager | Beeville, Texas | |
| Jan. 20 | Diane Hansen | Boca Raton, Florida | 3 scouts 2 weeks early |
| Jan. 20 | Charles Duhon | Lafayette, Louisiana | |
| Jan. 21 | Gale Devore | Carrier, Mississippi | |
| Jan. 21 | Gene Baber | Ft. Myers, Florida | 6 martins arrived & occupied martin house |
| Jan. 21 | Steve Miklos | Plant City, Florida | 1 scout checked things out |
| Jan. 21 | Glen Ferguson | Sebring, Florida | One scout in the sky over my house. |
| Jan. 21 | Al Mosco | Spring, Texas | 2 scouts 8 a.m. flew around house entering several times, stayed 45 minutes; temp in low 50s. |
| Jan. 21 | Gene Loibl | Tampa, Florida | 5 martin scouts circling |
| Jan. 21 | Sunny Boleman | Tampa, Florida | 4 martins flying over my cow pasture by my 4 bird houses! |
| Jan. 22 | Wanda Waterman | St. Petersburg, Florida | 2 scouts |
| Jan. 22 | John and Gloria Fade | St. Petersburg, Florida | 2 scouts checked out houses. This is earliest by far the martins have arrived. Usually 1st week in February. |
| Jan. 23 | Kenny Kleinpeter | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | One lone ASY male on house |
| Jan. 23 | Cary Hanks | Bratt, Florida | |
| Jan. 23 | Wade Shaddock | Cameron Parish, Louisiana | 4 scouts at 9 a.m.; 1 pair striaght to 1 apartment, other pair to another apartment. |
| Jan. 23 | Gilbert Scales | Marrero, Louisiana | ASY Male went into gourd for night. |
| Jan. 23 | Burch Akin | Palmetto, Florida | 1 scout |
| Jan. 24 | Jim Bolerjack | Bratt, Florida | |
| Jan. 24 | Howard Hanks | Bratt, Florida | |
| Jan. 24 | Drew Rohde | Sugarland, Texas | |
| Jan. 25 | H.A. Springer | Freeport, Texas | |
| Jan. 25 | Dave Watson | High Springs, Florida | |
| Jan. 25 | Beth Willis | Jonesville, Louisiana | |
| Jan. 25 | Joe Dundon | Redland, Florida | |
| Jan. 25 | Bubba Clark | Thibodaux, Louisiana | 1 male, 1 female 8:30 a.m. |
| Jan. 26 | Winston Caillouet | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 3 purple martins were in & out of my martin house. |
| Jan. 26 | Lou de Laneuville | Dulac, Louisiana | 4 scouts |
| Jan. 26 | Theresa Poeller | Tampa, Florida | 4 scouts (1 female) straight to the house. |
| Jan. 26 | Jeff Morvant | Thibodaux, Louisiana | 1 male, 1 female at 6:50 a.m. 2 weeks earlier than last year. |
| Jan. 28 | Karen O'Coners | Port Orange, Florida | 2 scouts 7:20 a.m. |
| Jan. 29 | Michael Griggs | Dumas, Texas | |
| Jan. 29 | Robert Draudt | Lake Wales, Florida | 4 scouts at 9:30 a.m. |
| Jan. 30 | Charles DeLoach | Glennville, Georgia | 3 scouts arrived at 5 p.m., occupied martin house. |
| Jan. 30 | Michael Allen | Rayville, Louisiana | Scouts sitting on gourd rack, going in & out of gourds. |
| Jan. 31 | Kathy Mouton | Abbeville, Louisiana | Earliest since we have tracked them. |
| Jan. 31 | Charles Murrell | Hico, Texas | 1 male |
| Jan. 31 | Nicole Janke | Hinesville, Georgia | 1 female scout 8 a.m. circling gourd rack. |
| Jan. 31 | Tony Vitousky | Mullin, Texas | |
| Jan. 31 | Walter D'heedene | San Antonio, Texas | 1 scout |
| Feb.18 | Karin Roberts | Cosicana, Texas | Male & female spent night. |
| Feb. 1 | Abbie & Ida Gaspard | Lake Charles, Louisiana | 4 males, 3 females 7 a.m. |
| Feb. 1 | Frank Salinga | New Port Richey, Florida | 2 males at 3 o'clock |
| Feb. 2 | Durwood McKinney | Angleton, Texas | |
| Feb. 2 | Weldon Vickrey | Atmore, Alabama | 4 scouts |
| Feb. 2 | Ramon Penny | Biloxi, Mississippi | 1 scout |
| Feb. 2 | Bobbye Higgins | Broussard, Louisiana | |
| Feb. 2 | A.E. Kuntschik | Gonzales, Texas | 1 scout |
| Feb. 2 | Connie Garland | Houston, Texas | 2 scouts |
| Feb. 2 | Bob Payne | Houston, Texas | At 8:30 a.m. one adule male on birdhouse, clear and cool. |
| Feb. 2 | Harold Streicher | Muldoon, Texas | 1 lone scout |
| Feb. 3 | Don Oates | Deer Park, Texas | 5:30 p.m. heard martins overhead, saw 2 circling up high. Earliest I've spotted martins here. |
| Feb. 3 | Don Hardman | Missouri City, Texas | 2 males |
| Feb. 3 | Lee Carpenter | San Antonio, Texas | |
| Feb. 3 | Gary Pung | Wills Point, Texas | 2 ASY males |
| Feb. 4 | (first/last name not provided) | Bee County, Texas | Had 6 more by Feb. 6, one moved into new house in less than 15 minutes on Feb. 15. |
| Feb. 4 | Trey Tatum | Port Lavaca, Texas | 2 scouts sighted at 5:10 p.m. |
| Feb. 5 | Carl & Bernice Boone | El Campo, Texas | 2 scouts |
| Feb. 5 | Liz McCarty | Houston, Texas | A beautiful black male scout was over the martin house. |
| Feb. 5 | Jim Dickerson | Lillian, Alabama | |
| Feb. 6 | Bill Taylor | Arlington, Texas | 1 ASY male |
| Feb. 6 | Brooks Blair | Dallas, Texas | 9:45 a.m. 2 females, 2 males |
| Feb. 6 | Craig | Franklinton, North Carolina | |
| Feb. 6 | Kenny Desselle | Meraux, Louisiana | 2 ASY Males on porch of houses ready to settle in for night. |
| Feb. 7 | Tony D. Cross | Graceville, Florida | 4 scouts It's great to see them, I know spring is almost here. |
| Feb. 7 | Sharon Woodhead | Marrero, Louisiana | 1 ASY male landed & checked out house. 2 days earlier than last year. "Welcome home" |
| Feb. 7 | Dennis Smith | Nashville, Georgia | Recognizing familiar chirping of martins I observed 5 scouts flying overhead. |
| Feb. 7 | Jan Windrow | San Antonio, Texas | 1 male still here |
| Feb. 8 | Mrs. Jerre Moser | Hamilton, Texas | 1 male scout; cold & windy. |
| Feb. 8 | Bill & Betty Baker | Lakeside City, Texas | 2 scouts sitting on house not even up yet. |
| Feb. 8 | Scott Jennings | Navarre, Florida | 10:30 a.m. 2 males, 2 females |
| Feb. 9 | James L. Vrbka | Bossier City, Louisiana | 4 scouts |
| Feb. 9 | Ray T. Shelton | Shreveport, Texas | 3 scouts |
| Feb. 10 | Nancy Ostos | Launa Vista, Texas | 4 males, 2 w/light breasts |
| Feb. 10 | Mary Shelton | Shreveport, Louisiana | |
| Feb. 11 | Curtis Ratliff | Abingdon, Virginia | |
| Feb. 11 | Joe Levins | Wetumpka, Alabama | 1 male & 1 female |
| Feb. 12 | W. Jay Gibson | Jacksonville Beach, Florida | I'm 80 years old, blind and put up own martin houses. |
| Feb. 14 | Les Cook | Blackburn, Missouri | 2 scouts |
| Feb. 15 | Joe Prichett | Karnack, Illinois | |
| Feb. 15 | Bill & Mary Richardson | Naples, Texas | |
| Feb. 15 | Elvis Kirsh | Tyler, Texas | |
| Feb. 16 | Richard Harper | Freeburg, Illinois | 40° light rain. This is 18th year (out of 23) that martin scouts have showed up after peony bushes are up. |
| Feb. 16 | Lawrence & Charlene Jahner | Montgomery City, Missouri | Freezing rain. |
| Feb. 16 | J.W. Hutchens | Tatum, Texas | 2 scouts |
| Feb. 17 | Wes Savage | Duncan, Oklahoma | |
| Feb. 17 | Jeff Abby | Port Isabel, Texas | 1 ASY male on houses |
| Feb. 18 | Loy A. Aston | Austin, Texas | 1 ASY male |
| Feb. 18 | Johnny Fife | Brookshire, Texas | 2 ASY males & 1 ASY female, 3 days late, stayed the night. |
| Feb. 18 | Tim Painschab | Corpus Christi, Texas | 2 scouts tried to land, mockingbird kept driving them off. |
| Feb. 18 | Chester Bourgeois Jr. | Katy, Texas | One male, one female |
| Feb. 18 | Mary Rabb | Llano, Texas | 1 scout |
| Feb. 18 | David Dedear | Mason, Texas | 1 scout |
| Feb. 18 | Forest Harvey | Monroe, Louisiana | Scouts in late afternoon. |
| Feb. 18 | Ben Horton | Pflugerville, Texas | 1 female early a.m. |
| Feb. 19 | David & Peggy (no last name provided) | Cedar Hill, Texas | 1 adult male at 6:15 p.m. stayed the night. |
| Feb. 19 | Gerald Murray | Charleston, South Carolina | 1 male at 11 a.m. 4 days late; weather has been cold & miserable. |
| Feb. 19 | Jack & Reba Leake | Decatur, Texas | 1 male, 1 female 3:10 p.m. |
| Feb. 19 | Victor Stoll | Finger, Tennessee | 1 male & 1 female flew right into a gourd about 11:30 a.m. |
| Feb. 19 | Charlie Morgan | Hickory Creek, Texas | 1 male, 7:30 a.m. |
| Feb. 19 | Katie Hampton | Naples, Texas | First purple martins arrived at 11:25 a.m. |
| Feb. 19 | Kathryn Dodd | Sanger, Texas | 1 scout circling purple martin house. |
| Feb. 19 | MaryLou Jones | Trinity, Texas | 4 scouts |
| Feb. 19 | Thomas Martin | Tulsa, Oklahoma | ASY male arrived in late afternoon; mild day with very strong southerly winds; 3 days earlier than previously. |
| Feb. 19 | Andy Hitt | Tyler, Texas | ASY male flew in just before dark. Today we had strong south wind, 70°. |
| Feb. 19 | Jim Glennon | Wilmar, Arkansas | 1 pair early a.m. |
| Feb. 19 | Ken Daves | Wynne, Arkansas | ASY male circling over gourds & houses, 60° with sun. |
| Feb. 20 | Janet Proctor | Beaumont, Texas | 1 ASY pair on house at 9 a.m. |
| Feb. 20 | Jack & Frances Lee | Grandview, Texas | 2 martins |
| Feb. 20 | Ray & Claire Ploeger | Horseshoe Bay, Texas | |
| Feb. 20 | Donnie Purdy | McGehee, Arkansas | 3 males, 1 female |
| Feb. 20 | Lonnie Bales | Milledgeville, Georgia | 1 ASY male at 1:30 p.m. warm, 65° |
| Feb. 20 | Allen L. Newman | Temple, Texas | 4 scouts |
| Feb. 20 | Nancy Swidersky | Trinity, Texas | 2 males stayed in martin house overnight. |
| Feb. 20 | Jim & Natalie Brandt | Wallis, Texas | 2 males, 1 female stayed. |
| Feb. 20 | Hans J. Mueller | Wimberley, Texas | 4 ASYs (2 males, 2 females) |
| Feb. 20 | Jim Pettit | hartshorne, Oklahoma | |
| Feb. 21 | Nancy Payne | Butler, Georgia | 3 pairs |
| Feb. 21 | Ray Beavers | Cleveland, Alabama | 3 scouts |
| Feb. 21 | Truman Hazelrigg | Comanche, Texas | 1 scout |
| Feb. 21 | Jerry Briggs | Franklin, Texas | |
| Feb. 21 | Sam Yurt | Okay, Oklahoma | 9 a.m. 1 pair |
| Feb. 21 | Cherie Zpevak | Plano, Texas | 4 scouts |
| Feb. 21 | Mrs. Fred H. Walton Jr. | Shreveport, Louisiana | |
| Feb. 21 | Carence Morvant Jr. | Thibodaux, Louisiana | |
| Feb. 21 | Ross Jolley | Tyler, Texas | A pair in early morning. |
| Feb. 22 | Bobby Aldridge | Baldwyn, Mississippi | 3 martins arrived. |
| Feb. 22 | Eugene Jolley | Decaturville, Tennessee | 1 male martin 4 p.m. fiar, 58°. |
| Feb. 22 | Myrna Buchanan | Forney, Texas | 1 scout 8:05 a.m. |
| Feb. 22 | Bill Watts | Miller Grove, Texas | Sighted male at 8:10 a.m. |
| Feb. 22 | Don Day | The Rock, Georgia | 1 ASY male 7:30 a.m. 36° with sun. |
| Feb. 23 | Robert Clowers | Leachville, Arkansas | 1 ASY male 10:30 a.m. 54° partly cloudy. |
| Feb. 23 | Carl Norman | Marianna, Arkansas | |
| Feb. 23 | Keith DeFries | Marmaduke, Arkansas | 2 scouts 5:30 p.m. |
| Feb. 23 | Ken Ford | South West City, Missouri | |
| Feb. 23 | Isabel A. Joslin | St. Augustine, Florida | 1 ASY male |
| Feb. 23 | George Milacek | Waukomis, Oklahoma | 1 scout flying around yard & checking houses. |
| Feb. 24 | J.D. Blair | Boerne, Texas | 2 scouts about 10 days late. We have 3 Trio houses. |
| Feb. 24 | Larry & Donna Lee | Memphis, Tennessee | 2 ASY males 7:30 a.m. 40° mostly cloudy. |
| Feb. 24 | Jerry Schulze | Rockwood, Texas | Adult male, female and juvenile arrived in a cold, winter rain. |
| Feb. 25 | Kyle Embry/Aaron Martinez | Dallas, Texas | 4 ASY males 9:06 a.m. 37° rain. |
| Feb. 26 | Evelyn Willard | Fairfield, Texas | |
| Feb. 26 | Clark Tucker | Sachse, Texas | 2 ASY pairs at 1:10 p.m. sunny, 63°. |
| Feb. 26 | Mabel Youngblood | Union Springs, Alabama | 6 martins |
| Feb. 26 | W. E. Baird | Wichita Falls, Texas | 1 ASY male, 2 ASY females at 5:45 p.m. Landed on porch of unopened house. |
| Feb. 27 | Jim Watson | Farmersville, Texas | 2 at 10 a.m.; have 552 apartments, largest colony in N. Texas. |
| Feb. 27 | Robin Tyler | Greenbrier, Arkansas | 3-4 scouts around martin house. |
| Feb. 27 | Mitchell & Kathleen Adams | Haslet, Texas | 2 scouts at 11:50 a.m. |
| Feb. 27 | Jim Jones | Mountainburg, Arkansas | 1 ASY male 7-10 days early. |
| Feb. 27 | Ed & Jo Ludwig | Okarche, Oklahoma | 1 scout at 8:30 a.m. |
| Feb. 27 | Richard Rauch | Royse City, Texas | 2 scouts |
| Feb. 27 | Shirley Jernigan | Selmer, Tennessee | 1 pair |
| Feb. 27 | Rosana Bruner | Shreveport, Louisiana | 4 martins on house |
| Feb. 28 | John Patton | Arpelar, Oklahoma | Scout here bright & early. Strong south wind today with cold front expected tomorrow. Not a good forecast for early martins. |
| Feb. 28 | Jerry Hutfles | Bella Vista, Arkansas | 1 male |
| Feb. 28 | Roger Eberhart | Dallas, Texas | 5 scouts at 8 a.m. |
| Feb. 28 | Eugene Seneff | Holly Ridge, Louisiana | 1 scout 5 p.m. |
| Feb. 28 | John Raddesvich | Kenner, Louisiana | 1 scout |
| Feb. 28 | Ambrose W. Engel | Meeker, Oklahoma | 2 ASY males flying around colony site 4:50 p.m. temperature about 60°, wind south 20 mph. |
| Feb. 28 | James D. Wells | Osceola, Arkansas | 1 martin at 5:30 p.m. |
| Feb. 28 | Joy Ward | Vernon, Texas | 7 martins came around 7:30 a.m. and spent the night. |
| Feb. 29 | Mark Coatney | Chouteau, Oklahoma | |
| Feb. 29 | James M. Jones | Corning, Arkansas | 1 scout |
| Feb. 29 | Jerry & Dean McEwen | Glen, Mississippi | |
| Feb. 29 | Jimmie Burkeen | Murray, Kentucky | |
| Feb. 29 | Gene Dennis | Olmsted, Illinois | |
| Feb. 29 | Edward Elkins | Olmsted, Illinois | |
| Feb. 29 | Willis Lance | Olmsted, Illinois | |
| Feb. 29 | Kirby Eberhart | Ovilla, Texas | 2 scouts at 9 a.m. |
| Feb. 29 | Bob Thomas | Paducah, Kentucky | A pair sitting on a house. |
| Feb. 29 | Larry L. Newlin | Ponca City, Oklahoma | 1 martin in house; cool, rainy weather. |
| Feb. 29 | Rick Walker | S. Coffeyville, Oklahoma | Scouts normally show up Mar. 1; apparently forgot it was leap year. |
| Feb. 29 | Larry & Jamie Noble | Shady Shores, Texas | 3 scouts 2:30 p.m. Welcome home guys! |
| Feb. 29 | Jim Ward | Union City, Tennessee | 5 scouts |
| Mar. 1 | Joan Goodkin | Azle, Texas | 2 males showed up early evening. |
| Mar. 1 | Jim Sturges | Bartlesville, Oklahoma | 2 females, 1 male |
| Mar. 1 | Dr. Dalw W. Trimpe | Bluffton, South Carolina | |
| Mar. 1 | Betty Butler | Effingham, South Carolina | |
| Mar. 1 | Fred Newsome | Gray, Georgia | 2 scouts |
| Mar. 1 | David Yoder | Hickory, Kentucky | |
| Mar. 1 | A.E. Cheatham | Malvern, Arkansas | |
| Mar. 1 | Jim Masterson | New Haven, Kentucky | |
| Mar. 1 | Ray Laubhan | Norman, Oklahoma | 1 martin on house. |
| Mar. 1 | Bill Coatney | Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
| Mar. 2 | Johnny Riley | Bailey, North Carolina | 2 scouts arrived same day as last year! |
| Mar. 2 | Bill Burris | China Grove, North Carolina | 1 male scout 7:30 a.m. |
| Mar. 2 | Walter McComb | Clarksville, Tennessee | 4 p.m. 2 adult pairs, 1 single adult male arrived 10 days early! |
| Mar. 2 | Bill McMikle | Donalsonville, Kentucky | |
| Mar. 2 | William E. Harris | Eclectic, Alabama | About 2 p.m. a beautiful adult male purple martin greeted us from atop of a martin house pole. |
| Mar. 2 | Mary L. Kline | Festus, Missouri | About 13 days earlier than 2003. |
| Mar. 2 | Jimmy Mason | Grant, Alabama | 1 ASY male |
| Mar. 2 | Bill Wolf | Lawton, Oklahoma | 1 scout |
| Mar. 2 | Thurma Baker | Moore, Oklahoma | 2 males, 2 females |
| Mar. 2 | Wendell & Arlene O'Brien | Paris, Tennessee | 2 males 9:45 a.m. sunny. |
| Mar. 2 | Joe Brooks | Scottsville, Kentucky | Landed on houses that had not been raised. Earliest ever! |
| Mar. 2 | Bob Watson | Searcy, Arkansas | |
| Mar. 2 | Roger Krautkramer | Spring Lake, North Carolina | 1 adult male |
| Mar. 2 | Don Harwood | Van Buren, Arkansas | 1 male scout |
| Mar. 2 | Harold & Neva Baker | Wilburton, Oklahoma | 4 martins |
| Mar. 3 | Jack & Christie Mayo | Atoka, Oklahoma | 6 birds made themselves at home this morning. |
| Mar. 3 | Myron Dillow | Dongola, Illinois | 4:15 martin pair |
| Mar. 3 | Leonard Brown | Jackson, Tennessee | 1 adult male at 5:30 p.m. |
| Mar. 3 | Dennis Hale | Mt. Vernon, Illinois | One adult male. Couldn't believe my eyes, earliest ever since 1986 - 48°, raining. |
| Mar. 3 | Boot Masterson | New Hope, Kentucky | |
| Mar. 3 | Bill Schaechtel | Pocahontas, Arkansas | 2 scouts flying over martin house. |
| Mar. 3 | Leroy C. Justice | Rossville, Georgia | This is my 23rd year to host martins. |
| Mar. 3 | Paul Taylor | Spring Lake, North Carolina | 3 males, 1 female |
| Mar. 3 | Joel K. Freese | Tulsa, Oklahoma | 3 males, 1 female at 7 a.m. |
| Mar. 4 | Charlie & Marg Hickman | Auburn, Kentucky | 1 mature male at 5:30 p.m. Cloudy, 70° south 10 mph wind. |
| Mar. 4 | John L. Madison | Brownsville, Kentucky | 1 ASY waited until we got house up. |
| Mar. 4 | Minette Densmore | Conway, Arkansas | |
| Mar. 4 | Glynn Parker | Dresden, Tennessee | 2 scouts |
| Mar. 4 | Connie Beauchamp | Lewisville, North Carolina | male and female |
| Mar. 4 | George Stone | Purcell, Oklahoma | A pair of martins arrived just ahead of a hard rain storm. Seem to be doing fine. |
| Mar. 4 | Terry Woodside | Rogers, Arkansas | ASY male at 7:15 a.m. cloudy, raining 59°. |
| Mar. 4 | Harold Jessup | Russellville, Kentucky | |
| Mar. 4 | Michael Muse | Wetumpka, Alabama | 1 ASY male at our first year location. |
| Mar. 5 | Lisa Muldoon | Alex, Oklahoma | |
| Mar. 5 | Stan Bosenberg | DeFuniak Springs, Florida | |
| Mar. 5 | Evelyn Black | Duck River, Tennessee | 7 scouts around 10 a.m. |
| Mar. 5 | Eugene Smith Jr. | Kinston, North Carolina | male scout at 9:45 a.m. |
| Mar. 5 | Jacquie Benthin | Lindsey, Oklahoma | |
| Mar. 5 | Bob Allen | McConnells, South Carolina | 3 scouts |
| Mar. 5 | Curt VanHorn | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 1 scout at 6:30 p.m. believed to be male. |
| Mar. 5 | George Cotton | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 1 ASY male same day as last year. |
| Mar. 6 | Ron Templemire | Boonville, Missouri | ASY female flew right into a gourd; 2 days earlier than last year. |
| Mar. 6 | Francis Beard | Fayetteville, North Carolina | |
| Mar. 6 | Jim Abernathy | Perryville, Missouri | scouts early morning |
| Mar. 6 | Johnny Dicus | Sapulpa, Oklahoma | 1st scout at 1 p.m. about 10 days early. Hoping everyone a great season. |
| Mar. 6 | Tom Erman | Springdale, Arkansas | 1 adult male circling over bird house. |
| Mar. 6 | Kevin Groeneweg | Wichita, Kansas | 1 ASY female. Earliest ever. |
| Mar. 7 | David Mills | Bartlesville, Oklahoma | 1 male scout |
| Mar. 7 | Mike & Linda | Cedar Hill, Texas | 1 adult male & 1 unknown at noon 68°. |
| Mar. 7 | Dick Russell | Farmington, Missouri | Adult male at 10:05 a.m. 57°. |
| Mar. 7 | G.R. Benson | Guntersville, Alabama | |
| Mar. 7 | Steve Hennessee | Owasso, Oklahoma | Male & female at 6:45 a.m. clear, 40°. |
| Mar. 8 | Chris M. Burkholder | Carrollton, Missouri | 2 scouts |
| Mar. 8 | Nancy Rolen | Gastonia, North Carolina | 1 male |
| Mar. 8 | Cecil & Gloria Cradic | Greenwood, Arkansas | 1 male at 8:30 a.m., 2 males by 9:30 & 2 more males by 10:30, 2 hens. Good day 70°. |
| Mar. 8 | Keith Loos | Jackson, Missouri | 1 male at 5:20 p.m. |
| Mar. 8 | Paul Turner | Pampa, Texas | 1 ASY male on porch of house in late evening. |
| Mar. 8 | Bill & Faye Missant | Punta Gorda , Florida | Lots of males and females at 8 a.m. |
| Mar. 8 | Donald O'Brien | Rockport, Kentucky | SY male at 10 a.m. |
| Mar. 8 | Larry Himmelspoch | Rolla, Missouri | While working on houses, first male scout landed at 2:20 p.m. |
| Mar. 9 | William Mock | Bartlesville, Oklahoma | 1 adult male at 6:10 p.m. 52° |
| Mar. 9 | Hedy DeCosta | DeRidder, Louisiana | |
| Mar. 9 | Larry K. Mitchell | Huntsville, Alabama | 3 males & a female found my new house at 4 p.m. Cloudy 47°. |
| Mar. 9 | P.S. | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 1 male at 6 p.m. |
| Mar. 9 | Bob Baird | Pampa, Texas | |
| Mar. 10 | Jack L. Norman | Enid, Oklahoma | 1 female & 2 males |
| Mar. 10 | Ronald & Nellie Rose | St. Joseph, Missouri | 2 scouts |
| Mar. 11 | Emit & Glenda Neighbors | Bloomsdale, Missouri | male & female at 7 a.m. 45° |
| Mar. 11 | Mark Angel | Fieldon, Illinois | 1 male scout at 8:30 a.m. on house; windy 50°. |
| Mar. 11 | Donald Duncan | Harrisburg, Illinois | 1 ASY at 7 p.m. Cold! |
| Mar. 11 | Frank Bowling | London, Kentucky | 1 scout |
| Mar. 11 | Farris & Ann Blythe | Mansfield, Arkansas | 1 male & 1 female at 6 p.m. on box; looked tired. |
| Mar. 11 | Vance Zink | Scottsburg, Indiana | 1 male scout |
| Mar. 11 | John Matthews | Springfield, Missouri | 2 males at 8 a.m. |
| Mar. 12 | Tommy Chew | Carl Junction, Missouri | 1 male scout |
| Mar. 12 | A. Rodewald | Concordia, Missouri | 1 scout |
| Mar. 12 | Gene Tracy | Fair Grove, Missouri | 1 male |
| Mar. 12 | Dorothy Frogge | Garden City, Missouri | |
| Mar. 12 | Cliff Stokes | Piedmont, Missouri | 2 scouts |
| Mar. 12 | Roger Potter | Valley Center, Kansas | |
| Mar. 12 | Stevann Fraley | Williamsburg, Kentucky | Female on utility line. |
| Mar. 12 | Keith E. Mohr | Wilsonville, Illinois | |
| Mar. 13 | Joseph Gehman | Buncombe, Illinois | |
| Mar. 13 | Bettye Crockett | Cape Girardeau, Missouri | |
| Mar. 13 | Les Houser | Dodge City, Kansas | 1 male on house; unusually early. |
| Mar. 13 | Roy Benjamin | Emporia, Kansas | 4 martins |
| Mar. 13 | Len Pitzen | Hawk Point, Missouri | 1 male & 1 female at 6 p.m. 48° |
| Mar. 13 | Bob Haddox | Huntsville, Alabama | Adult male, overcast in upper 50s. |
| Mar. 13 | Joan Krausz | New Baden, Illinois | |
| Mar. 13 | Leverett Doehring | Villa Ridge, Missouri | 3 ASY males at 5:30 p.m. |
| Mar. 13 | James & Wanda Woodfin | Zalma, Missouri | 2 scouts arred at 4 p.m. |
| Mar. 14 | Geneva P. Tipton | Bagdad, Kentucky | 1 scout. His unique white mark tells me that he has been the same first scout for years now. |
| Mar. 14 | M. A. Brown | Cape Girardeau, Missouri | 3 scouts at 12 noon. |
| Mar. 14 | LeVern Nunley | Church Hill, Tennessee | 1 adult male |
| Mar. 14 | Dean Skinner | Edenton, North Carolina | Male & female at 5:30 p.m. |
| Mar. 14 | Doug Shaver | Henderson, Kentucky | 2 males, 1 female |
| Mar. 14 | Gorman Cline | Inez, Kentucky | 1 male; 52° cloudy |
| Mar. 14 | Ray Matheny | Lucasville, Ohio | 3 males |
| Mar. 14 | Bill Turner | Olmstead, Illinois | |
| Mar. 14 | Carl Pfaff | Olmstead, Illinois | |
| Mar. 14 | Robert Sauerbrunn | Olmstead, Illinois | |
| Mar. 14 | Bob Lottes | Perryville, Missouri | |
| Mar. 14 | Cheri Warner | Richland, Missouri | 1 ASY male at 5 p.m. |
| Mar. 15 | Jim Foster | Bob White, West Virginia | 1 male |
| Mar. 15 | Mark Herren | Creal Springs, Illinois | 3 birds; 3 days later this year. |
| Mar. 15 | Nelson Miller | Guthrie, Kentucky | 2 scouts |
| Mar. 15 | Gary & Bev Trammel | Harrisburg, Illinois | 1 male at 9 a.m. 48° |
| Mar. 15 | David McCauley | New Haven, Kentucky | 1 ASY male, 2 ASY females |
| Mar. 15 | Jim & Pat McCarthy | Ozawkie, Kansas | |
| Mar. 15 | Ken Landry | Shawnee, Oklahoma | 1 ASY male at 1 p.m. |
| Mar. 15 | Brad Gower | Topeka, Kansas | 1 male at 2 p.m. 45° south winds at 5 mph. |
| Mar. 15 | Freeman Collier | Villa Ridge, Illinois | |
| Mar. 15 | Stanley Wells | West Liberty, Kentucky | 1 ASY male |
| Mar. 15 | Arthur E. Vanlandingham | Winchester, Kentucky | 2 adult male scouts |
| Mar. 16 | Ran Powers | Clarksville, Tennessee | 3 martins arrived! |
| Mar. 16 | Carl Hales | Ft. Branch, Indiana | 3 scouts |
| Mar. 16 | Durward Fortney | Knifley, Kentucky | 1 ASY male in late afternoon. |
| Mar. 16 | James & Esther Bradshaw | Lee's Summit, Missouri | 1 ASY male entered house at 5:30 p.m. |
| Mar. 16 | Darrell L. Cook | Martinsville, Indiana | ASY male at 2:25 p.m. 1" snow, 39°. Earliest ever. |
| Mar. 16 | Monte Yarger | Virginia Beach, Virginia | ASY male & female at 4 p.m. 48° light rain. |
| Mar. 17 | Keith & Royline Dixon | Appleton City, Missouri | 1 scout at 5 p.m. |
| Mar. 17 | Bob Rogers | Arnold, Missouri | 1 ASY pair arrived just before dark; raining, mid 40s. |
| Mar. 17 | John & Peri Levinn | Atchison, Kansas | |
| Mar. 17 | Carol Wimsett | Chanute, Kansas | |
| Mar. 17 | Ed Steuart | Clinton, Missouri | 3 males at 1 p.m. 58° cloudy |
| Mar. 17 | Mike & Jackie Kindel | Concordia, Kansas | 1 ASY male 2 days later than last year. |
| Mar. 17 | Cordell Brown Sr. | Fairhope, Alabama | 3 scouts |
| Mar. 17 | B.J. Cure | Hanston, Kansas | Scout arrived same day as last year. |
| Mar. 17 | Ed Craft | Kansas City, Missouri | 1 ASY male at 3:30 p.m. |
| Mar. 17 | Larry Bertram | Mt. Olivet, Kentucky | 3 scouts |
| Mar. 17 | Jack West | Princeton, Indiana | 3 males |
| Mar. 17 | Keith Davis | Rolla, Missouri | 3 scouts seem to be staying in gourds; 5 days later than '03, 10 days later than '02. |
| Mar. 17 | Al Jackson | Rose Hill, Kansas | 3 scouts |
| Mar. 17 | Marion Davis | Sedan, Kansas | 2 scouts |
| Mar. 17 | Dan Kuykendall | Springfield, Missouri | 4 ASY males at 8 a.m. |
| Mar. 17 | Earl & Patricia Jordan | Washington, North Carolina | 2 males at 4 p.m. 40° cloudy & cold. |
| Mar. 18 | Bill Riffel | Burlington, Iowa | Noon, 50°, earliest ever. |
| Mar. 18 | Terry Bennett | Chesapeake, Virginia | 1 ASY male. 2 days later temps dropped into high 20s. First time I've ever installed a light bulb in a compartment to keep my martins warm. |
| Mar. 18 | Mike Davis | Emporia, Kansas | |
| Mar. 18 | Jerry Hunefeld | Huntingburg, Indiana | 1 ASY female |
| Mar. 18 | Jim Hoaglin | Louisiana, Missouri | 2 females, 1 male at 1 p.m. 60° blowing wind. |
| Mar. 18 | James Ferebee | New Baltimore, Virginia | 1 male at 8 a.m. |
| Mar. 18 | Edward L. Lester | Roanoke, Virginia | 2 scouts |
| Mar. 18 | Dan Westfall | Springfield, Missouri | 4 males at 9 a.m. |
| Mar. 18 | Craig Haddox | Washington, Missouri | 1 ASY male at 10 a.m. |
| Mar. 19 | Carson Haring | Cambria, Iowa | adult male; eariest, usually March 23 |
| Mar. 19 | Rodney Hamblen | Columbia, Missouri | 2 males at 11 a.m. |
| Mar. 19 | Daryl Cox | Corydon, Iowa | 1 ASY at 6:30 a.m. |
| Mar. 19 | William A. Thompson | Cynthiana, Kentucky | 3 males |
| Mar. 19 | Mike Craft | Kansas City, Missouri | 1 pair arrived at 6:30 a.m. |
| Mar. 19 | John Hart | Macks Creek, Missouri | |
| Mar. 19 | Dane & Rita Miracle | New Tazewell, Tennessee | They are back! Wishing everyone a great season! |
| Mar. 19 | Mildred Fife | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 8 or 10 martins at 9 a.m. |
| Mar. 19 | David & Blanche Wells | Pacific, Missouri | 3 scouts |
| Mar. 19 | Richard Horn | Pittsburg, Kansas | 1 male |
| Mar. 19 | Jim Smith | Quincy, Illinois | 2 scouts |
| Mar. 19 | Jerry L. Downing Jr. | Tunas, Missouri | |
| Mar. 19 | Chris Patterson | Waltonville, Illinois | 2 females at 5 p.m. |
| Mar. 19 | Lowell Fiedler | Washington, Illinois | 1 female at 10:30 a.m. |
| Mar. 19 | H.D. & Mary Harvey | Waverly, Tennessee | 4 scouts |
| Mar. 19 | Sandra Horath | Westfield, Illinois | 1 scout at 4 p.m. |
| Mar. 19 | Ron Brewer | Winston-Salem, North Carolina | 2 males at 8 a.m. |
| Mar. 20 | Atlee E. Yoder | Apple Creek, Ohio | 1 scout |
| Mar. 20 | Richard & Nell Keith | Bowling Green, Kentucky | 2 pairs at 9 a.m. partly cloudy in the 60s. Welcome home this first day of spring! |
| Mar. 20 | Glenn & Mary Smith | Corydon, Indiana | 1 ASY female at 8:42 a.m. cloudy, 60°. |
| Mar. 20 | Don Miller | East Sparta, Ohio | 1 adult male |
| Mar. 20 | Bryan Poole | Granite City, Illinois | 1 male at 7:30 a.m. |
| Mar. 20 | Jane Goodpaster | Hot Springs, Arkansas | 1 male, 1 female |
| Mar. 20 | Everette Carter | Hurricane, West Virginia | 2 males at 3 p.m. 72° windy, partly cloudy. |
| Mar. 20 | Frank Morgan | Louisville, Kentucky | 2 males at 10 o'clock. |
| Mar. 20 | Delton Richmond | McPherson, Kansas | 1 ASY male on house |
| Mar. 20 | Al Radspieler | Mountain Home, Arkansas | 6 scouts |
| Mar. 20 | Coy R. Nichols | Peterstown, West Virginia | scout arrived at 6:15 p.m. |
| Mar. 20 | Gerald Fornkahl | St. Charles, Missouri | |
| Mar. 20 | Frank Uram | St. Charles, Illinois | |
| Mar. 20 | Ray Wiman | Tulsa, Oklahoma | 2 pairs |
| Mar. 20 | Dick Wood | Waverly, Ohio | 1 male |
| Mar. 21 | Leonard & Betty Sandbothe | Boonville, Missouri | 2 ASY males at 1:10 p.m. 54°. |
| Mar. 21 | Beatrice Drummond | Chillicothe, Ohio | scout at 6:50 a.m. only stayed briefly. |
| Mar. 21 | Harold Kolbek | Holton, Kansas | 1 black male arrived at 8:45 a.m. 36°, windy. |
| Mar. 21 | Earl Higginbotham | Hurrican, West Virginia | 1 ASY Male at 7 a.m. in gourd. |
| Mar. 21 | Dennis Droge | Seneca, Kansas | 4 martins did a fly-by at 6 p.m. |
| Mar. 21 | Robert Cox | St. Charles, Missouri | |
| Mar. 22 | Dallas Stoudt | Blue Rapids, Kansas | 1 adult male at 6 p.m. |
| Mar. 22 | Darlene Denny | Camdenton, Missouri | 3 scouts at 5 p.m. |
| Mar. 22 | Bill & Debra Dodson | Crossville, Tennessee | 2 pairs |
| Mar. 22 | Robert Quesenberry | Flatwoods, Kentucky | 2 females, 1 male at 10:30 a.m. 33° |
| Mar. 22 | Frank & Susie Baker | Higginsville, Missouri | 3 martins at 2:30 p.m. |
| Mar. 22 | Glenna Carr | Mt. Vernon, Indiana | 1 scout 7 a.m. sitting on house. |
| Mar. 22 | Paul & Pat Moreland | St. James, Missouri | 1 ASY male at 6:15 a.m. |
| Mar. 22 | Mike & Carla Greenwood | Weems, Virginia | 4 scouts |
| Mar. 23 | Dexter Sholar | Alton, Illinois | 1 adult male on house at 6:15 p.m. |
| Mar. 23 | Katrina Lawson | Chesapeake, Virginia | 3 ASY males, 3 ASY females feeding just northeast of Great Dismal Swamp. |
| Mar. 23 | Jim & Patty Niland | Dearborn, Missouri | |
| Mar. 23 | Doris Elderbrook | High Ridge, Missouri | 5 scouts |
| Mar. 23 | Tom Stumpf | Imperial, Missouri | 1 adult male about 6:45 a.m. |
| Mar. 23 | Orla M. Bontrager | Kenton, Ohio | adult male |
| Mar. 23 | Merle Koontz | Liberty, Illinois | 6:45 a.m. |
| Mar. 23 | Omar Baker | Radcliff, Ohio | 1 pair |
| Mar. 23 | Karen White | Topeka, Kansas | 2 black males at 10 a.m. windy, 55°. I'm sure one is my Boy Skeeter! |
| Mar. 24 | Barbara Newell | Ashville, Ohio | scouts at 5 p.m. |
| Mar. 24 | Tom & Joni Koch | Bright, Indiana | 1 ASY male at 8:45 a.m. |
| Mar. 24 | Kittle | Celina, Ohio | |
| Mar. 24 | Dennis Devine | Council Bluffs, Iowa | 1 male |
| Mar. 24 | David Syrcle | Griggsville, Illinois | |
| Mar. 24 | Dale Westland | Hayward, Minnesota | 1 male; earliest in 21 years. |
| Mar. 24 | Gene Sebben | Leon, Iowa | 2 males |
| Mar. 24 | Fay Marcum | Lucasville, Ohio | 2 scouts |
| Mar. 24 | Paul Bushong | Oquawka, Illinois | |
| Mar. 24 | Alvin Tee | Oquawka, Illinois | 1 male at 1:26 p.m. |
| Mar. 24 | Ronnie Matheny | Piketon, Ohio | 1 male |
| Mar. 24 | Donna Manker | Pittsfield, Illinois | 5 scouts |
| Mar. 24 | Clair Stauffer | St. Peters, Illinois | |
| Mar. 24 | Ora Schrock | Topeka, Indiana | |
| Mar. 24 | Rich Tognarelli | Troy, Illinois | 1 ASY male at 6 p.m. |
| Mar. 25 | John Marks | Bluford, Illinois | 1 male at 8 a.m. |
| Mar. 25 | Darrel & Carolyn Morris | Bonaparte, Iowa | 1 pair |
| Mar. 25 | Dallas Talbert | Concord, North Carolina | 1 pair; a month behind schedule |
| Mar. 25 | Ray Higginbotham | Eleanor, West Virginia | 2 females, 1 male |
| Mar. 25 | Denton Garst | Frederick, Maryland | 1 male at 5:30 p.m. |
| Mar. 25 | Jacob E. Shetler | Holmesville, Ohio | 3 scouts |
| Mar. 25 | J.G. Manuel | Hutto, Texas | 5 martins in first year house. |
| Mar. 25 | Bob & Betty Cornelius | Morning View, Kentucky | 7:30 a.m. had 4 birds singing on houses & trying to get in closed gourds; warm, cloudy. |
| Mar. 25 | Pat Holm | Stanton, Iowa | 1 scout |
| Mar. 25 | Bill Lawson | Warsaw, Kentucky | |
| Mar. 26 | Barry Buchen | Abingdon, Illinois | 1 ASY male at 3 p.m. |
| Mar. 26 | Robert & Ruth Warner | Carlisle, Ohio | |
| Mar. 26 | Steve Spauldin | Dawson, Iowa | ASY male; earliest ever. |
| Mar. 26 | Jim VanHorn | East Alton, Illinois | 1 scout; raining. |
| Mar. 26 | Robert Sroufe | Hamilton, Ohio | 1 scout at 7:15 a.m. |
| Mar. 26 | Edward Clements | LaPlata, Maryland | |
| Mar. 26 | Howard Underwood | Reidsville, North Carolina | |
| Mar. 26 | David Pankow | Willow Springs, Illinois | 1 female; have had martins for 37 years. |
| Mar. 27 | Mitch Speck | Andale, Kansas | 1 male, 1 female at 9:50 a.m. sitting on house & checking gourds; earliest in 8 years. |
| Mar. 27 | Bob Marshall | Deer Creek, Illinois | |
| Mar. 27 | Wayne Murphy | Denton, Maryland | scout arrived at 6:45 a.m. 58° cloudy |
| Mar. 27 | Earl Eugene Herst | Edwardsport, Indiana | 2 males, 1 female |
| Mar. 27 | Ron & Nedra Hash | Findlay, Illinois | 1 adult male at 7:30 a.m. |
| Mar. 27 | Edward Bucklew | Independence, West Virginia | 2 scouts |
| Mar. 27 | Edward Bucklew | Independence, West Virginia | 2 scouts |
| Mar. 27 | Marvin Alderman | Jefferson City, Missouri | 5 ASY scouts, only saw 1 singing & staying, 72° at 9 p.m. |
| Mar. 27 | Ernestine Sanford | Kinston, North Carolina | 4 martin scouts |
| Mar. 27 | Steve & Lisa Mueller | Lebanon, Illinois | 1 ASY male at 9:30 a.m. |
| Mar. 27 | Gary Cheek | Leesburg, Ohio | 2 males |
| Mar. 27 | Joseph Bontrager | Ligonier, Indiana | 1 male, 1 female |
| Mar. 27 | Michael B. Myers | Mt. Sterling, Illinois | 1 male scout |
| Mar. 27 | Terry Burnett | Nashville, Tennessee | 2 ASY males,1 ASY female 58°, 6:30 a.m. |
| Mar. 27 | Doc Fields | New Haven, West Virginia | 3 SY males at 9 a.m. |
| Mar. 27 | Rich Bieker | Salina, Kansas | 1 ASY pair occupied house at 7:45 a.m. |
| Mar. 27 | Paul & Barbara Richardson | Waterford, Ohio | |
| Mar. 28 | Doug O'Rourke | Amboy, Illinois | 1 female at 5:30 p.m. in the 60s last few days. |
| Mar. 28 | Robert P. Chapman | Bluffs, Illinois | 1 ASY male at 2:45 p.m. |
| Mar. 28 | Mike Rudd | Columbia City, Indiana | 1 male |
| Mar. 28 | Mikel A. Sittler | Glasford, Illinois | 2 males, 1 female |
| Mar. 28 | Spencer Justice | Oak Hall, Virginia | 1 male at 9:30 a.m. cool & rainy. |
| Mar. 28 | Jim Bell | Vergennes, Illinois | 1 scout at 4:30 p.m. 78° right before cold front & rain moved in. |
| Mar. 29 | Andrew Troyer | Conneautville, Pennsylvania | 1 female |
| Mar. 29 | Floyd Pfeifer | Ft Atkinson, Wisconsin | scout at 4 p.m. |
| Mar. 29 | Marge Albracht | Humphrey, Nebraska | 1 pair at 9 a.m. |
| Mar. 29 | Susan Bryant | Irvington, Alabama | Several birds on gourds. |
| Mar. 29 | Jerry Yoeckel | Savanna, Illinois | 1 male scout at 7:30 a.m. |
| Mar. 29 | Tom Lytle | Vienna, West Virginia | 1 mature scout at 8 a.m. 58°. |
| Mar. 30 | Don Bridgman | Caldwell, Ohio | 2 adult males at 6:30 a.m. |
| Mar. 31 | Nishna Hills Golf Club | Atlantic, Iowa | 1 male scout at 7:45 a.m. |
| Apr. 1 | Connie Spotts | Clarklake, Michigan | |
| Apr. 2 | Dick Noble | West Point, Iowa | |
| Apr. 3 | Chuck Collert | Carleton, Michigan | |
| Apr. 3 | Al Snyder | Cool Ridge, West Virginia | 1 scout at 6:40 p.m. |
| Apr. 3 | Yvonne Mohlman | Loveland, Ohio | 1 adult male |
| Apr. 3 | The Bells | Vergennes, Illinois | 2 males, 1 SY and 1 ASY, at 10 a.m. |
| Apr. 4 | Bill Staggenborg | Hermann, Missouri | 1 pair |
| Apr. 4 | lewis Tripp | Martinsville, Virginia | |
| Apr. 5 | Allen Baysinger | Buffalo Lake, Minnesota | 1 scout |
| Apr. 5 | Elmer Krushkinske | Sherwood, Wisconsin | ASY male sighted at 7:30 a.m. after overnight low of 20° |
| Apr. 6 | Tim Harle | Dubuque, Iowa | 1 female at 11 a.m. |
| Apr. 6 | Mike Byrne | Troy, Michigan | 3 purple martins sighted |
| Apr. 7 | Donna Houchin | Arnold, Maryland | 1 adult male at 7 p.m. |
| Apr. 7 | Kenneth Campbell | Atlantic, Iowa | 1 ASY pair |
| Apr. 7 | Nancy Krempec | Edwardsburg, Michigan | ASY scout at 10 a.m. 50°, sunny. |
| Apr. 7 | Dave Brown | Fawn Grove, Pennsylvania | 2 pairs arrived around 11:30 a.m. |
| Apr. 7 | Dee & Eva Sims | Harrodsburg, Kentucky | Saw our first scout about 5 o'clock. |
| Apr. 7 | Mardene Bryce-Dalton | Plainview, Nebraska | Saw a scout circle & singing at 8:15 a.m. What a welcome sight! |
| Apr. 7 | John & Rhonda Varhola | Sarahsville, Ohio | |
| Apr. 7 | Henry & Maryanne Kaht | Spring Grove, Illinois | 1 scout at 11:30 a.m. clear & cool. |
| Apr. 7 | Ed & Trudy Vedral | St. Charles, Illinois | 1 male |
| Apr. 7 | Bill Lechner | Waseca, Minnesota | 2 scouts arrived at 9:45 a.m. |
| Apr. 8 | Harry C. Barker | Bridgeport, West Virginia | 1 scout |
| Apr. 8 | Andrew Katzmarek | Chesterton, Indiana | |
| Apr. 8 | Bob Medberry | Elgin, Iowa | 2 ASY males at 7:45 a.m. 44°, windy. |
| Apr. 8 | Dale L. Graft | Fremont, Indiana | 2 scouts |
| Apr. 8 | Robert Miller | Hartville, Missouri | 1 scout at 8:55 a.m. |
| Apr. 8 | Renia Davis | Melfa, Virginia | |
| Apr. 8 | Joan Knoll | Milan, Ohio | 1 male at 7:45 a.m. 44° |
| Apr. 8 | Joe Miller | Millers Creek, North Carolina | 1 ASY male at 7:30 p.m. Later than last year. |
| Apr. 8 | Jack Biggart | Pentwater, Michigan | |
| Apr. 8 | Craig Kelsey | White Bear Lake, Minnesota | 1 female |
| Apr. 9 | A. Babler | Browntown, Wisconsin | 2 males, 1 female; in mid 50s. Good to see them back. |
| Apr. 9 | Roger Boleyn | Elgin, Iowa | 1 adult male; 1 adult female. |
| Apr. 9 | Ben Eakin | Forest Hill, Maryland | 1 ASY at 7 p.m. |
| Apr. 9 | Ted Williams | McFarland, Wisconsin | Spotted 4 martins among a large migration of various swallows. |
| Apr. 9 | Carmella D'Auria | Middletown, Delaward | |
| Apr. 9 | Alan Koralek | Midlothian, Virginia | 1 ASY male at 9:30 a.m. on house; sunny, calm, 49°. Later than last year but around same date as prior years. |
| Apr. 9 | Crist N. Raber | Randolph, New York | 1 scout |
| Apr. 9 | Dotson | Silver Lake, Indiana | 2 pairs arrived Good Friday. Looks like they're here to stay. |
| Apr. 9 | Roy Nelson | Whitewater, Wisconsin | 1 female |
| Apr. 9 | Steve Krajnik | Whiting, Indiana | 1 male & 1 female on house |
| Apr. 10 | Vince Maine | Amboy, Minnesota | Male scout at 5:40 p.m. 10 mph northwest wind, 46°. |
| Apr. 10 | Dave Boos | Council Bluffs, Iowa | 2 male scouts at 11:30 a.m. checking out house. |
| Apr. 10 | Rick Kittle | Covington, Ohio | 2 ASY martins at 8:30 a.m., sunny 40°. |
| Apr. 10 | Bobby Johnson | Mechanicsville, Maryland | |
| Apr. 10 | Dennis Zunk | Oakharbor, Ohio | Black male at 8:30 a.m. Silver band on right leg, red on left. Went into gourd. |
| Apr. 10 | Bob & Deb Toon | Royal Center, Indiana | |
| Apr. 10 | Don Hall | S. St. Georges, Delaware | 6 birds showed up this p.m. 10 days later than usual. |
| Apr. 11 | Clair & Joan Black | Bedford, Pennsylvania | 1 male in morning, female later in the day. Cold, 40°, supposed to cold, rainy week. |
| Apr. 11 | Richard & Marlys Hjort | Chisago City, Minnesota | ASY male at 5:45 p.m., female 15 minutes later; 2 days early. |
| Apr. 11 | Bruce James | Goshen, New Jersey | 1 pair at 1:30 p.m. Later than last year. |
| Apr. 11 | Bob Pum | Green Bay, Wisconsin | ASY scout arrived at 6:10 p.m. Cold, 37° with cold NE wind. One week early. |
| Apr. 11 | Dennis Farris | Potosi, Missouri | 1 scout at 8:30 a.m. |
| Apr. 11 | Patricia L. Lamberson | Winchester, Kentucky | 2 males, 1 female |
| Apr. 12 | Rick Reed | Buffalo Grove, Illinois | 1 male on martin house. |
| Apr. 12 | Kathy Thompson | Mount Morris, Wisconsin | 1 ASY male at 6:50 a.m. 19°. Must be a tough old bird! |
| Apr. 12 | Clyde C. Bryan | Perkasie, Pennsylvania | Latest arrival ever! |
| Apr. 12 | Cy VanLaanen | Scott/New Franken, Wisconsin | 2 pairs; sunny & cold. |
| Apr. 12 | Orlin Schneewind | Young America, Minnesota | 1 ASY male at 5:50 p.m. 46° |
| Apr. 13 | Jerry Schneider | Bismarck, North Dakota | 1 female |
| Apr. 13 | Danny Gross | Highland, Illinois | 1 male, 2 females in first-year house. |
| Apr. 14 | Mike Foreman | Burnsville, Minnesota | adult male |
| Apr. 14 | Johnnie L. Ratliff | Grundy, Virginia | 39 martins 12:45 p.m. light snow, 39°. Think I missed the scouts this year. |
| Apr. 14 | Rich Harless | Jackson, Ohio | 7 birds arrived 18 days later than last year. |
| Apr. 14 | Frank Gray | Kingston, Ontario | |
| Apr. 14 | Joseph Ruff | Marydel, Maryland | 12 days later than last year. |
| Apr. 14 | Harry E. Gouff Jr. | Smithsburg, Maryland | 4 scouts |
| Apr. 15 | Mark McCoy | Covington, Virginia | 1 ASY male on house. |
| Apr. 15 | Theresa Girard | Montreal, Quebec | Known as "The Bird Lady" |
| Apr. 15 | Ted Laugeness | Moorhead, Minnesota | |
| Apr. 15 | Joe Gabris | Muskegon, Michigan | |
| Apr. 15 | Paul Carey | New Castle, Delaware | |
| Apr. 15 | Tom Sullivan | North Platte, Nebraska | 5 males, 1 female 9 days late |
| Apr. 15 | Helen Pugh | Racine, Wisconsin | 2 males on house |
| Apr. 15 | John T. Boyd | Rock Hill, South Carolina | 2 males |
| Apr. 15 | Paul Bachman | Slatington, Pennsylvania | 1 ASY female at 7:04 p.m. 48°, 10 mph north wind; 10 days earlier than last year. |
| Apr. 15 | Bill & Faye Missant | Stoney Pointe, Ontario | Put up old martin house at 7:35 p.m. 5 minutes later had a scout. |
| Apr. 16 | Sharon Watson | Buxton, North Dakota | 1 adult male scout at 7:59 p.m. flew from martin house as I walked by. |
| Apr. 16 | Bob Schneewind | Chaska, Minnesota | |
| Apr. 16 | William Charlton | Consecon, Ontario | 3 ASY males on house at 7 p.m. |
| Apr. 16 | Liam Montgomery | Madison, South Dakota | Saw a pair of purple martins at 9:30 a.m. 64°. |
| Apr. 16 | Ruby Wiebe | Marengo, Ohio | SY male or female arrived at 9:30 a.m. about a month late. |
| Apr. 16 | Donald Dierkhissing | Milaca, Minnesota | ASY Male at 5 p.m. 64° light wind. |
| Apr. 16 | Arnold Manwaring | Niantic, Connecticut | 15-20 martins arrived at 7:12 p.m. |
| Apr. 16 | Robert E. Gloria | Orient, New York | 2 scouts |
| Apr. 16 | Wayne E. Lamberson | Plym-LaPaz, Indiana | 1 ASY male |
| Apr. 16 | Bob Schwab | Walkerville, Michigan | |
| Apr. 16 | Bernie Jager | West Olive, Michigan | 1 scout |
| Apr. 17 | Bill & Anne Carter | London, Ohio | 1 male & 1 female, several weeks late. |
| Apr. 17 | Larry Harding | Neepawa, Manitoba | 1 scout |
| Apr. 17 | Emma Dutton-Hindley | North Cape May, New Jersey | 2 ASY males, 1 ASY female at 7:30 a.m. What a welcoming sight & sound. A week earlier than last year. |
| Apr. 17 | Edith Fletcher | North Kingstown, Rhode Island | 1 male, then 3 pairs at 8 a.m. 50°. |
| Apr. 17 | Chuck Loderbauer | Sherwood, Wisconsin | 1 adult male; earliest ever! |
| Apr. 17 | Ray Marr Jr. | Smithfield, Rhode Island | |
| Apr. 17 | M.P. Thompson | Wautoma, Wisconsin | 2 ASY males at 6:45 a.m. 54°. Such beauties! |
| Apr. 18 | Calvin & Cynthia McNeil Sr. | Clayton, New Jersey | |
| Apr. 18 | Tom Scovil | Gagetown, New Brunswick | 4 male martins |
| Apr. 18 | Kathe Kirchner | Tawas City, Michigan | 1 ASY male |
| Apr. 18 | Walter Ferris | Wickham, New Brunswick | |
| Apr. 19 | Don & Alice Wyland | Hartland, Michigan | 6 males |
| Apr. 19 | William Way | Madoc, Ontario | 8 ASY males, high wind, 15°C |
| Apr. 19 | M. Rome | Niagara Falls, Ontario | About 20 birds after a bad storm the night before. |
| Apr. 19 | Milt Pugsley | Pentwater, Michigan | |
| Apr. 19 | Becky Krautkramer | Sanford, North Carolin | 1 female |
| Apr. 21 | David John | Lansing, Michigan | |
| Apr. 26 | Ed & Freida Koetting | Essex, Maryland | |
| Apr. 26 | Victor Bennett | Howe Island, Ontario | 3 birds came in overnight. |
| Apr. 29 | J.J. Jones | Shelbyville, Indiana | ASY male & female |
| Apr. 30 | Marc Fournier | Brossard, Quebec | 1 male at 6:20 p.m. |
| Apr. 30 | Lyle & Cindy Dillon | SingleNorth East, Maryland ASY male at new house on Elk Neck | Single ASY male at new house on Elk Neck |
| May 8 | Robert J. Marvel | Williams, Minnesota | 2 pairs (2 adult females; 2 immature males). |
| May 9 | Steuben Weigang | Amery, Wisconsin | 3 scouts |
| May 10 | Janie Miller E-mail: jrmper@aol.com Address: PMB 358, 1093 A1A Beach Blvd St Augustine FL 32080 | Blairsville, Georgia | 3 pairs have been here all week! Thought it was too late. |
| May 12 | Denny & Sherri Kremer | Maquoketa, Iowa | Male scout in & out of 2 houses at 9:30 a.m. |