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Scout Maps
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Archives: 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000
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Scout Maps |
| Jan. 3 | Giles Kiefer | Palmetto, Florida | 1 ASY female at 5:22 p.m. 68° |
| Jan. 4 | Bill Dietrich | Naples, Florida | 1 ASY female at 12:48 p.m. |
| Jan. 4 | Paul Eberhardt | Punta Gorda, Florida | 1 ASY female at 9:15 a.m. |
| Jan. 5 | Mrs. Lewis Blount | Clewistown, Florida | 1 male; 67° |
| Jan. 6 | Robert Whitehead | Mt. Dora, Florida | |
| Jan. 7 | Burch Akin | Palmetto, Florida | 1 ASY male |
| Jan. 12 | Howard Hanks | Bratt, Florida | |
| Jan. 16 | James Bolerjack | Bratt, Florida | |
| Jan. 16 | Paul Krejci | Venice, Florida | 2 ASY males same day as last year |
| Jan. 17 | Richard & Audrey (no last name provided) | Geneva, Florida | One pair |
| Jan. 17 | Arvel Locklear | Plant City, Florida | One male, one female at 9:15 a.m., about 50° |
| Jan. 17 | Jeff Morvant | Thibodaux, Louisiana | 1 ASY male |
| Jan. 18 | Diane Hansen | Boca Raton, Florida | Scout was 8 days earlier than last year. |
| Jan. 20 | Barb Messimer | Apopka, Florida | 1 ASY female |
| Jan. 21 | Gary Savoie | Schriever, Louisiana | 1 male, 1 female at 4:15 p.m. |
| Jan. 22 | Joe & Marge Prince | Cape Coral, Florida | 1 ASY male |
| Jan. 24 | Charles Duhon | Lafayette, Louisiana | |
| Jan. 26 | Weldon Vickrey | Atmore, Alabama | |
| Jan. 26 | Joyce Burasco | Ocala, Florida | 2 adult males |
| Jan. 30 | H.A. Springer | Freeport, Texas | |
| Jan. 30 | Bubba Clark | Thibodaux, Louisiana | 2 males, 1 female checking out one of my 3 houses |
| Jan. 30 | Gary Pung | Wills Point, Texas | 2 ASY females |
| Jan. 31 | Joseph R. Johnson | Columbus, Mississippi | 1 scout |
| Jan. 31 | Patricia Krell | Leesburg, Florida | 2 scouts |
| Jan. 31 | Walter D'heedene | San Antonio, Texas | 2 adult males |
| Jan. 31 | Gene Loibl | Tampa, Florida | |
| Feb. 1 | Susan Panajotov | Boca Raton, Florida | It was so exciting to hear the sweet warbling sound and see the beautiful Martin! |
| Feb. 1 | Woody & Sharon (no last name provided) | Marrero, Louisiana | 1 ASY male circled 5 min. then landed, entered compartment & spent the night. |
| Feb. 1 | George Brack | Norman Park, Georgia | |
| Feb. 1 | Steve Miklos | Plant City, Florida | 1 scout |
| Feb. 2 | Lou & Barbara DeLaneuville | Dulac, Louisiana | 4 males |
| Feb. 2 | Richard Savoy | Lake Charles, Louisiana | |
| Feb. 2 | Margie Dumesneil | Port Neches, Texas | 1 pair ASY birds, earlier than usual |
| Feb. 2 | Thomas M. Olive | Tuscumbia, Alabama | 2 scouts |
| Feb. 3 | Carl & Bernice Boone | El Campo, Texas | |
| Feb. 3 | Dave Jeffreys/Sal Noto | Luling, Louisiana | 2 males & 1 female |
| Feb. 3 | Joe Levins | Wetumpka, Alabama | 1 ASY male & 2 ASY females |
| Feb. 4 | Paul Stoll | Blossom, Texas | |
| Feb. 4 | Frank Meyer | La Porte, Texas | 1 male, 1 female moving in |
| Feb. 4 | Betty Reinwald | Lake Suzy, Florida | |
| Feb. 5 | Harold Streicher | Muldoon, Texas | 2 scouts early morning |
| Feb. 5 | Tony Vitovsky | Mullin, Texas | |
| Feb. 5 | Billy & Mary Richardson | Naples, Texas | 2 males, 1 female |
| Feb. 5 | R. L. Roberts | Orlando, Florida | 2 males, 2 females |
| Feb. 6 | Dominic Orlando | Beaumont, Texas | |
| Feb. 6 | Dan & Lillian Frazer | Gilmore, Arkansas | 2 ASY martins arrived at 8 a.m.; 22 days ahead of schedule. |
| Feb. 6 | Ronald & Anna May Allee | Mt. Dora, Florida | 3 pairs martins flying around houses; 64° |
| Feb. 7 | Maria Abrahantes | North Bay Village, Florida | |
| Feb. 8 | Jim Vrbka | Bossier City, Louisiana | |
| Feb. 8 | Nancy Payne | Butler, Georgia | 1 scout |
| Feb. 8 | Richard & Isabel Joslin | St. Augustine, Florida | |
| Feb. 9 | Gerald Murray | Charleston, South Carolina | 1 each ASY male & female arrived this a.m. One day earlier than last year. Good to see them. |
| Feb. 9 | Jonell Parker | Giddings, Texas | Saw 2 scouts at 8:30 a.m. |
| Feb. 9 | Lynn & Nancy (no last name provided) | Trinity, Texas | 1 pair & single male, so great to hear their songs high in the air again |
| Feb. 10 | Frank Farmer | Hazlehurst, Georgia | 1 purple martin |
| Feb. 11 | Myrna Buchanan | Forney, Texas | 1 male spent the night |
| Feb. 12 | Donnie Purdy | McGehee, Arkansas | 2 males & 1 female |
| Feb. 13 | Truman & Nancy Hazelrigg | Comanche, Texas | 1 scout |
| Feb. 14 | Charles Murrell | Hico, Texas | 3 martins, same date as last year |
| Feb. 14 | L.C. Guilbeau | New Iberia, Louisiana | |
| Feb. 15 | Jack & Judy Land | Fosters, Alabama | 1 scout |
| Feb. 15 | Gisela Fregoe | Grand Prairie, Texas | 80° |
| Feb. 15 | Ida & Abbie Gaspard | Lake Charles, Louisiana | 3 males & 1 female |
| Feb. 16 | Tony Vitovsky | Ennis, Texas | |
| Feb. 16 | Lynne Wilson | Maypearl, Texas | 2 scouts 81° |
| Feb. 16 | Trey Tatum | Port Lavaca, Texas | 1 pair at 6 p.m. on Mini Castle. |
| Feb. 16 | Royce Rothmann | Port Neches, Texas | 3 ASY martins, 2 males & 1 female, showed up at 8:30 a.m. |
| Feb. 17 | O.W. Richey | Holland, Texas | |
| Feb. 17 | Lonnie Bales | Milledgeville, Georgia | 3 martins, 72° |
| Feb. 18 | Johnny Fife | Brookshire, Texas | 2 ASY & possibly 2 SY martins showed up 3 days late at 11:30 a.m.; 39° & cloudy. |
| Feb. 18 | Jim Pettit | Hartshorne, Oklahoma | 1 older martin; 77° yesterday, 22° today w/sleet. |
| Feb. 19 | Charles Liane | China Spring, Texas | |
| Feb. 19 | Chester J. Bourgeois Jr. | Katy, Texas | Scouts are here; 42°; they landed on my PMC-24 Castle. |
| Feb. 19 | Denise Hart | Rowlett, Texas | 1 ASY adult male |
| Feb. 20 | John Atteberry | Cantonment, Florida | ASY male stayed 2 nights, haven't seen him since. |
| Feb. 20 | Jeff Abby | Port Isabel, Texas | 1 SY male this morning |
| Feb. 21 | Terry Shipman | Beaumont, Texas | |
| Feb. 21 | R. K. Maule | Moultrie, Georgia | |
| Feb. 22 | Betty McKinney | Brenham, Texas | |
| Feb. 22 | Tim Painschab | Corpus Christi, Texas | 2 males landed |
| Feb. 22 | William Harris | Equality, Alabama | 1 ASY male |
| Feb. 22 | Jane Theriot | Harlingen, Texas | |
| Feb. 22 | Theresa White | Katy, Texas | 4 scouts (Cinco Ranch) |
| Feb. 22 | John & Gloria Fade | St. Petersburg, Florida | 3 scouts |
| Feb. 22 | Francis & Joyce England | Trinity, Texas | This is the 3rd year scouts have come on the 22nd. |
| Feb. 23 | Tim Hammonds | Boyd, Texas | 2 ASYs |
| Feb. 23 | Jack & Reba Leake | Decatur, Texas | |
| Feb. 23 | Willard O Shelton | Hanceville, Alabama | |
| Feb. 23 | Danielle Moore | Hewitt, Texas | |
| Feb. 23 | Linda Kalinec | Magnolia, Texas | |
| Feb. 23 | Don Hardman | Missouri City, Texas | 2 pairs at noon. Welcome home. |
| Feb. 23 | Forrest Harvey | Monroe, Louisiana | |
| Feb. 23 | David Richardson | Naples, Texas | 4 males, 4 females |
| Feb. 23 | Ben Horton | Pflugerville, Texas | 2 males this morning |
| Feb. 23 | Michael Allen | Rayville, Louisiana | 6 scouts |
| Feb. 23 | Mickey & Juanita Spell | Richmond Hill, Georgia | 1 male at 9 a.m. |
| Feb. 23 | Clark Tucker | Sachse, Texas | 1 ASY pair at 6 p.m., overcast, 48° |
| Feb. 23 | Rosana Bruner | Shreveport, Louisiana | 2 scouts |
| Feb. 23 | Bill Boyd | Sulphur Springs, Texas | 2 males let me know the houses needed to be up. |
| Feb. 23 | Andy Hitt | Tyler, Texas | |
| Feb. 23 | Don Harwood | Van Buren, Arkansas | |
| Feb. 24 | John Patton | Arpelar, Oklahoma | Scout came but only stayed a short time. |
| Feb. 24 | Brooks Blair | Dallas, Texas | 2 males, 2 females |
| Feb. 24 | Wes Savabe | Duncan, Oklahoma | |
| Feb. 24 | Norman Yarbrough | Elaine, Arkansas | 3 scouts in late afternoon |
| Feb. 24 | Victor Stoll | Finger, Tennessee | 1 female |
| Feb. 24 | Mitchell & Kathleen Adams | Haslet, Texas | 7 martins on house, 50°, raining. |
| Feb. 24 | John Fowler | Lawton, Oklahoma | |
| Feb. 24 | Roy Clowers | Leachville, Arkansas | |
| Feb. 24 | Keith DeFries | Marmaduke, Arkansas | 1 ASY male, 8 a.m., 43°, 5 days later than last year. |
| Feb. 24 | Ambrose Engel | Meeker, Oklahoma | 1 female or SY male at 12:25 p.m. Pretty high up but I could see & hear it. 60°, wind S 15-25 mph |
| Feb. 24 | Ray Moore | Muscle Shoals, Alabama | |
| Feb. 24 | Dennis Smith | Nashville, Georgia | |
| Feb. 24 | Don & Alice Wyland | The Villages, Florida | |
| Feb. 24 | Clarence Morvant Jr. | Thibodaux, Louisiana | 1 pair arrived a.m. |
| Feb. 24 | Rick Dye | Tuscaloosa, Alabama | 3 birds flew in at lunch, sunny, low 70s. |
| Feb. 24 | Marvin Tidwell | Tuscumbia, Alabama | 2 scouts, both "overnighted" |
| Feb. 24 | Wayne F. Hester | Tuscumbia, Alabama | 2 scouts |
| Feb. 25 | Bradley Brown | Boligee, Alabama | 2 scouts 10-14 days late |
| Feb. 25 | (no first name provided) Beard | Fayetteville, North Carolina | |
| Feb. 25 | Robert Payne | Houston, Texas | 1 male at 8 a.m. cool, misty rain |
| Feb. 25 | Katie Hampton | Naples, Texas | 3 purple martins this morning. |
| Feb. 25 | Raymond Laubhan | Norman, Oklahoma | 1 female scout |
| Feb. 25 | Orville (no last name provided) | Salem, Missouri | 2 scouts, stayed the night |
| Feb. 25 | Jimmy (no last name provided) | Tuckerman, Arkansas | 1 male martin 10 days earlier than last year. |
| Feb. 26 | J.D. Blair | Boerne, Texas | 2 martins about normal time they show up. |
| Feb. 26 | Grady & Cherie Venable | Frisco, Texas | 4 scouts. We moved in 2005 & are trying to establish a new colony. |
| Feb. 26 | Roger Opiela | Jefferson, Texas | Heard then saw 2 males, 1 female; made my day knowing our scouts had arrived. |
| Feb. 26 | Bob Hunt | Lexington, Tennessee | 2 scouts |
| Feb. 26 | Richard Rauch | Royse City, Texas | |
| Feb. 26 | J.W. Fipps | Temple, Texas | Have 3 M-12K houses. Glad to see the martins back. |
| Feb. 26 | William Baird | Wichita Falls, Texas | 2 ASY males, 1 ASY female on housing porches at 8 a.m. |
| Feb. 27 | Ray Beavers | Cleveland, Alabama | 1 male scout at 4 p.m. stayed overnight in gourd |
| Feb. 27 | Stan Bosenberg | DeFuniak Springs, Florida | |
| Feb. 27 | Cherie Venable | Frisco, Texas | new home/location |
| Feb. 27 | Danny Royster | Greensboro, North Carolina | |
| Feb. 27 | Robert Clowers | Leachville, Arkansas | 1 lone male, late afternoon |
| Feb. 27 | Sam Witherspoon | Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina | adult male flying over gourds calling; didn't pitch |
| Feb. 27 | Russell Mulligan | Muscle Shoals, Alabama | 2 scouts, very excited first-year landlords |
| Feb. 27 | Ed & Jo Ludwig | Okarche, Oklahoma | 1 scout |
| Feb. 27 | Kirby Eberhart | Ovilla, Texas | 2 males in a.m. |
| Feb. 27 | David Jernigan | Selmer, Tennessee | 1 male at 4:20 p.m., 62°, 4 days later than last year |
| Feb. 27 | Roger Krautkramer | Spring Lake, North Carolina | 1 martin at the radiator shop |
| Feb. 27 | Thomas Martin | Tulsa, Oklahoma | ASY male on house at 6:10 p.m. |
| Feb. 27 | Frank Floyd | Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
| Feb. 27 | Joy Ward | Vermont, Texas | 2 at 7 a.m. |
| Feb. 28 | Tom Kadlac | Allen, Texas | 1st martin sighted at 4:45 p.m. |
| Feb. 28 | Jerry Hutfles | Bella Vista, Arkansas | 1 ASY male |
| Feb. 28 | Adin Holdeman | Brookston, Texas | 6 scouts — 5 black & 1 female, 14 days later than last year. |
| Feb. 28 | Jerry McEwen | Glen, Mississippi | 1 pair at 7:20 a.m. |
| Feb. 28 | Donald Duncan | Harrisburg, Illinois | At 4:30 p.m. 67°, an ASY male landed on gourd pose wanting door stops removed. Never had them this early before! |
| Feb. 28 | Neal Moore | Locust Grove, Oklahoma | 1 scout |
| Feb. 28 | Willis Lance | Olmsted, Illinois | |
| Feb. 28 | Cliff Stokes | Piedmont, Missouri | 1 ASY male |
| Feb. 28 | Eddy Pennington | Princeton, Kentucky | 1 male at 6:30 a.m. (report submitted by Joe Van Hooser) |
| Feb. 28 | Kenneth & Marjorie Ford | South West City, Missouri | 2 adult males |
| Feb. 28 | Paul Taylor | Spring Lake, North Carolina | 4 martins at 5:40 p.m. |
| Feb. 28 | George Milacek | Waukomis, Oklahoma | Arrived about 4:15 p.m. |
| Feb. 28 | Michael Muse | Wetumpka, Alabama | 1 ASY pair |
| Mar. 1 | Jim Sturges | Bartlesville, Oklahoma | |
| Mar. 1 | Dr. Dale W. Trimpe | Bluffton, South Carolina | |
| Mar. 1 | Tommy Chew | Carl Junction, Missouri | 1 scout stayed the night |
| Mar. 1 | Bill Burris | China Grove, North Carolina | 1 male, 1 female at 2:10 p.m. |
| Mar. 1 | Ken Headrick | Corinth, Mississippi | 1 pair |
| Mar. 1 | Larry Skinner | Grand Prairie, Texas | 4 ASY males, 1 ASY female |
| Mar. 1 | John Radosevich | Kenner, Louisiana | 2 scouts, weather clear, 80°. Lost 1 house due to Hurricane Cindy. |
| Mar. 1 | V. Piercy | Lebanon, Missouri | 1 male at 8 a.m. |
| Mar. 1 | Connie Beauchamp | Lewisville, North Carolina | 1 male, housing not up yet |
| Mar. 1 | Bill Thomas | Lewisville, Texas | |
| Mar. 1 | Alan & Kate Kortzendorf | McAllen, Texas | 3 ASYs; 2 females in the 80s |
| Mar. 1 | James D. Wells | Osceola, Arkansas | 2 scouts at 8 a.m. sunny |
| Mar. 1 | Terry Long | San Angelo, Texas | |
| Mar. 1 | Dennis Iverson | Wellington, Kansas | 2 males in the a.m. |
| Mar. 1 | Roger Parker | Wetumpka, Alabama | |
| Mar. 2 | Johnny & Faye Riley | Bailey, North Carolina | 2 male scouts at 11 a.m. |
| Mar. 2 | Roy & Dorothy Frogge | Garden City, Missouri | 2 weeks early |
| Mar. 2 | Nancy Rolen | Gastonia, North Carolina | 1 male martin on gourds |
| Mar. 2 | Jimmy Mason | Grant, Alabama | 1 ASY male 7:30 a.m. 60° |
| Mar. 2 | Lonnie Bailey | Jacksonville, North Carolina | 1 ASY male 8:05 a.m. |
| Mar. 2 | Billy T. Berry | Leighton, Alabama | 2 scouts |
| Mar. 2 | Vance Zink | Scottsburg, Indiana | 1 male & 1 female |
| Mar. 2 | Joe Brooks | Scottsville, Kentucky | 2 ASY males at 10 a.m. about 10 days early. Came March 2 one other time. |
| Mar. 3 | Bill McMickle Sr. | Donalsonville, Georgia | 2 purple martins |
| Mar. 3 | Goldie Washington | Enfield, North Carolina | |
| Mar. 3 | Greta Webb | Falcon, Missouri | scout at 8:30 a.m. |
| Mar. 3 | Fred Gurley | New London, North Carolina | 4 p.m. on Badin Lake |
| Mar. 3 | Jim Epperson | Park Hill, Oklahoma | 2 spent the night. They are beautiful! |
| Mar. 4 | Fred Ashmore | Decatur, Alabama | 1 ASY male |
| Mar. 4 | Tim Milacek | Enid, Oklahoma | 3 ASY males at 8:45 a.m. |
| Mar. 4 | Jacklyn Watson | Farmersville, Texas | 1 male scout at 7:30 a.m. |
| Mar. 4 | Alan Owen | Gleason, Tennessee | |
| Mar. 4 | Annette Kennedy | Kerens, Texas | 4 scouts at 8 a.m. |
| Mar. 4 | Bill Wolf | Lawton, Oklahoma | 2 scouts |
| Mar. 4 | Carl S. Norman | Marianna, Arkansas | |
| Mar. 4 | Tom Erman | Springdale, Arkansas | 1 ASY male |
| Mar. 4 | John Cammack | Tumbling Shoals, Arkansas | 1 pair landed on house at 5:30 p.m. 59° |
| Mar. 4 | Nell Toler | Tuscumbia, Alabama | 1 scout |
| Mar. 5 | Walt McComb | Clarksville, Tennessee | 1 ASY female |
| Mar. 5 | Dean Skinner | Edenton, North Carolina | 1 male, 1 female 7 a.m. 37° |
| Mar. 5 | Richard Harper | Freeburg, Illinois | 1 pair, overcast, wind calm, 36°. 2nd earliest ever; 6th time they beat the peonies blooming. |
| Mar. 5 | Gene & Jeanne Cooper | Tulsa, Oklahoma | 4 scouts |
| Mar. 6 | Keith & Royline Dixon | Appleton City, Missouri | 2 martins arrived at 8:30 a.m. |
| Mar. 6 | Ronnie Templemire | Boonville, Missouri | First ASY male scout sitting on gourd rack at 2 p.m. |
| Mar. 6 | Val Whisenand | Glencoe, Arkansas | I have a pair! |
| Mar. 6 | Patricia Harrell | Margarettsville, North Carolina | 2 males, 1 female 2:30 p.m. |
| Mar. 6 | Opal Walker | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 male, nice & sunny |
| Mar. 7 | Silbert Hartis | Bowling Green, Kentucky | 4 males about a week early |
| Mar. 7 | Rob & Louise Cox | Fayetteville, North Carolina | |
| Mar. 7 | Bonnie Cure | Hanston, Kansas | 1 male at 6 p.m. |
| Mar. 7 | M. Hicks | Lowell, Arkansas | 1 male, 1 female at 8:45 a.m. |
| Mar. 7 | George Cotton | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 1 pair a week later than last year |
| Mar. 7 | Curt Van Horn | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 1 male at 1:40 p.m. Last year arrived on March 8. |
| Mar. 7 | Cheri Warner | Richland, Missouri | 3 ASY males |
| Mar. 7 | John Matthews | Spingfield, Missouri | ASY male & female at 2:30 p.m. same day as last year |
| Mar. 8 | William Mock | Bartlesville, Oklahoma | ASY male & female scouts at 9 a.m. 68°, cloudy, south wind. Arrived last year March 15. |
| Mar. 8 | James (Buddy) Wood | Belton, Kentucky | First martin at 5:45 p.m. is spending the night. Arrived March 14 last year. |
| Mar. 8 | Frank & Norma Hargis | Flora, Illinois | 1 ASY male |
| Mar. 8 | Joe Howard | Swifton, Arkansas | 1 male about 10 days earlier this year. |
| Mar. 8 | Brad Gower | Topeka, Kansas | 1 ASY male at 4 p.m., south winds 15-25 mph, 78° |
| Mar. 8 | Jerry Downing | Tunas, Missouri | 2 ASY males |
| Mar. 9 | Emit & Glenda Neighbors | Bloomsdale, Missouri | 1 female 7 a.m. rain, 50° |
| Mar. 9 | Glynn Parker | Dresden, Tennessee | 2 scouts |
| Mar. 9 | Lenny Pitzen | Hawk Point, Missouri | 1 ASY male at 8 a.m. 60° rain |
| Mar. 9 | Bob Baird | Pampa, Texas | 1 ASY male at 6:30 p.m. |
| Mar. 9 | Edward & Gladys Lester | Roanoke, Virginia | 2 scouts |
| Mar. 10 | Terry Smith | Eldorado, Illinois | |
| Mar. 10 | Evelyn Willard | Fairfield, Texas | 2 pairs at 8 a.m. in & out of Nature House bird house. They're home for the summer! |
| Mar. 10 | Dick Russell | Farmington, Missouri | 1 ASY male 9:30 a.m. sunshine 51° |
| Mar. 10 | Gary & Bev Trammel | Harrisburg, Illinois | 3 ASY males 8:30 a.m. 52°, sunny after big storms yesterday. |
| Mar. 10 | Gale Travelstead | Harrisburg, Illinois | 2 SY birds, sunny, 58° |
| Mar. 10 | H. Harrell | Jarratt, Virginia | 2 males at 3 p.m., sunny 76° |
| Mar. 10 | B.L. Ford | Leighton, Alabama | 2 scouts |
| Mar. 10 | Joe White | Level Cross, North Carolina | 1 was putting up my gourds & he was flying above, waiting. |
| Mar. 10 | Michael B. Myers | Mt. Sterling, Illinois | 1 ASY male at 6 p.m. 54° |
| Mar. 10 | C. Myers | Nashville, Tennessee | 2 birds about 5 p.m. |
| Mar. 10 | Joan Krausz | New Baden, Illinois | |
| Mar. 10 | Harold Jessup | Russellville, Kentucky | |
| Mar. 10 | Earl & patricia Jordan | Washington, North Carolina | 1 male at 9:15 a.m. sunny 79° |
| Mar. 11 | Richard & Nell Keith | Bowling Green, Kentucky | 1 ASY Male & female 68°, cloudy & windy; 1 day later than last year. |
| Mar. 11 | Ralph Lendale Dawson | Cana, Virginia | ASY, earlier than last year |
| Mar. 11 | Carol Wimsett | Chanute, Kansas | 1 female 10 a.m. sunny |
| Mar. 11 | Geneva P. Tipton | Christianburg, Kentucky | 1 female & 4 adult males; rainy 70°, arrived March 16, 2005. |
| Mar. 11 | Bud Thornton | Douglass, Kansas | 1 male & 1 female |
| Mar. 11 | Frank Miller | El Dorado, Kansas | 2 males, 1 female at 6 a.m. |
| Mar. 11 | Larry K. Mitchell | Huntsville, Alabama | 2 ASY males & a female, 11:40 a.m.; mid 70s, partly cloudy; 3 days earlier this year. |
| Mar. 11 | Ed Craft | Kansas City, Missouri | 1 adult male at 7 a.m. |
| Mar. 11 | John Hart | Macks Creek, Missouri | |
| Mar. 11 | Lewis & Barbara Tripp | Martinsville, Virginia | |
| Mar. 11 | Bob Lottes | Perryville, Missouri | |
| Mar. 11 | Keith Davis | Rolla, Missouri | 1 scout at 7:30 a.m. |
| Mar. 11 | Becky Krautkramer | Sanford, North Carolina | 1 male & 1 female (Carolina Lakes) |
| Mar. 11 | Jim Bell | Vergennes, Illinois | 1 ASY male & 1 SY male, 78° about 4:30 p.m. ahead of cold front. Spent a very stormy night then left. |
| Mar. 11 | R. Lowell Fiedler | Washington, Illinois | He arrived at 5:30 p.m. |
| Mar. 11 | Lowell Fiedler | Washington, Illinois | 1 scout, almost 2 weeks earlier than normal |
| Mar. 12 | Mike Ryberg | Creighton, Missouri | 1 ASY male |
| Mar. 12 | Robert Haddox | Huntsville, Alabama | Adult male came in about 5 p.m., warm, windy (from south), 81°. |
| Mar. 12 | Edward Clemens | LaPlata, Maryland | |
| Mar. 12 | Red Wiederholt | Ottawa, Kansas | 1 male, 5:15 p.m., low 70s, partly cloudy. |
| Mar. 12 | Kristoffer Swift | Springfield, Missouri | ASY male 9 a.m. 60° sunny, windy; 5 days earlier than last year. |
| Mar. 12 | Keith E. Mohr | Wilsonville, Illinois | |
| Mar. 13 | M.A. Brown | Cape Girardeau, Missouri | 2 scouts at 3:45 p.m. |
| Mar. 13 | Darrell & Mae Jessee | Hope, Indiana | 1 female at 9 a.m., another female at 4 p.m. Sunny, warm |
| Mar. 13 | Glenna Carr | Mt. Vernon, Indiana | 1 male & 1 female came to houses at 1:30 p.m. sunny, 75° |
| Mar. 13 | M/M Mike Greenwood | Weems, Virginia | 9 days early. Usually arrive March 22. |
| Mar. 14 | Charles & Marg Hickman | Auburn, Kentucky | 1 adult male at 10 a.m. sunny 42° |
| Mar. 14 | Roy Howell | Fultondale, Alabama | 4 martins sitting on ower lines, soaring over area at 9 a.m. |
| Mar. 14 | Everette Carter | Hurricane, West Virginia | 1 male at 9:30 a.m. Cold, windy, 45°, partly cloudy. |
| Mar. 14 | Boot Masterson | New Haven, Kentucky | 1 ASY male, 1 ASY female |
| Mar. 14 | James B. Shrewsberry | Pulaski, Virginia | |
| Mar. 15 | Pete Rinkevich | Everglades City, Florida | 4 scouts; 3rd season; 1st time landlords |
| Mar. 15 | Bryan Poole | Granite City, Illinois | 1 ASY male at 7 a.m. |
| Mar. 15 | Larry Coffey | Griggsville, Illinois | 4 scouts at Purple Martin Junction at 7 a.m. |
| Mar. 15 | Doug Shaver | Henderson, Kentucky | 2 males 50° |
| Mar. 15 | Cedars (no other name provided) | McPherson, Kansas | 1 ASY male on house |
| Mar. 16 | Dexter Sholar | Alton, Illinois | 1 adult male at 5 p.m. |
| Mar. 16 | Gorman Cline | Inez, Kentucky | 1 male came in at 7 a.m. 35°, "lights were on" for them! |
| Mar. 16 | Marvin Alderman | Jefferson City, Missouri | 1 SY Male on house |
| Mar. 16 | Frank Morgan | Louisville, Kentucky | 2 scouts 4 days earlier than last year. |
| Mar. 16 | George Britt | Olmsted, Illinois | |
| Mar. 16 | Valerie J. Adkins | Spencer, West Virginia | 2 scouts; a first timer landlord |
| Mar. 17 | Andrew Troyer | Conneautville, Pennsylvania | |
| Mar. 17 | Bob Grose | Grandview, Indiana | |
| Mar. 17 | Don Robb | Knifley, Kentucky | 2 scouts |
| Mar. 17 | David McCauley | New Haven, Kentucky | 1 ASY pair |
| Mar. 17 | Billy Turner | Olmsted, Illinois | 3 scouts. Glad to see warm weather & the martins. |
| Mar. 18 | Wayne Craft | Killen, Alabama | 2 scouts |
| Mar. 18 | Larry & Charlene Jahner | Montgomery City, Missouri | |
| Mar. 18 | Nancy McCauley | Raywick, Kentucky | 1 ASY male, 1 ASY female |
| Mar. 19 | Rich Tognarelli | Troy, Illinois | 1 ASY male 8 a.m. 45° |
| Mar. 19 | Pat L. Lair | Vinita, Oklahoma | 1 male about 1 p.m. |
| Mar. 20 | Robert Grizzard | Emporia, Virginia | |
| Mar. 20 | Tony Espinosa | Glenn Heights, Texas | 1 pair plus a female |
| Mar. 21 | Atlee E. Yoder | Apple Creek, Ohio | 1 scout |
| Mar. 21 | Larry Himmelspoch | Rolla, Missouri | 3 ASYs, 2 males & 1 female |
| Mar. 22 | Betty Butler | Effingham, South Carolina | 1 male |
| Mar. 22 | Bob Arnold | Hurricane, West Virginia | 2 ASY males & 2 ASY females |
| Mar. 22 | Rod Boyer | Versailles, Kentucky | 2 adult males |
| Mar. 22 | Arthur Vanlandingham | Winchester, Kentucky | 3 scouts 2 weeks early |
| Mar. 23 | Ray Matheny | Lucasville, Ohio | 1 male |
| Mar. 24 | Scott Hilbert | Carlyle, Illinois | 1 scout 1 day later than last year |
| Mar. 24 | Ronnie Matheny | Piketon, Ohio | 1 female |
| Mar. 25 | Ralph Flory | Fayetteville, Pennsylvania | 1 male |
| Mar. 25 | Bob & Betty Cornelius | Morning View, Kentucky | 1 old female 34° cloudy |
| Mar. 26 | John Levinn | Atchison, Kansas | 4 ASY males 6:20 p.m. |
| Mar. 26 | Robert P. Chapman | Bluffs, Illinois | 1 ASY male on house at 6 p.m. |
| Mar. 26 | Les Houser | Dodge City, Kansas | 2 adult males 6:45 p.m. |
| Mar. 26 | Myron Dillow | Dongola, Illinois | Earliest ever; March 28 last year, April 2 or 3 other years. |
| Mar. 26 | Mary Kline | Festus, Missouri | 2 scouts 5:30 p.m. |
| Mar. 26 | John Reynolds | Hamilton, Missouri | 4 ASY males at 3 p.m. |
| Mar. 26 | Mike (no last name provided) | Olpe, Kansas | 4 male & 1 female adult martins |
| Mar. 26 | Paul & Pat Moreland | St. James, Missouri | 1 male & 1 female |
| Mar. 26 | Richard L. Wood | Waverly, Ohio | 1 adult male |
| Mar. 27 | Robert & Ruth Warner | Carlisle, Ohio | |
| Mar. 27 | Merle Koontz | Liberty, Illinois | 1 SY male 6:45 a.m. rain, 40° east wind. |
| Mar. 27 | Darrell L. Cook | Martinsville, Indiana | 1 ASY female at 6:30 p.m. |
| Mar. 27 | Jim & Pat McCarthy | Ozawkie, Kansas | We spotted our first three scouts this morning. They're examining the real estate as I type this. |
| Mar. 27 | Walt Myrick | Stockton, Missouri | 2 scouts at 7 a.m. |
| Mar. 28 | Dottie Lundstedt | Augusta, Kansas | All holes on house were closed; I opened 1 hole and he stayed. |
| Mar. 28 | Paul Coleman | Buffalo, West Virginia | 1 male & 1 female |
| Mar. 28 | Steve Spauldin | Dawson, Iowa | 1 male, 48° & cloudy |
| Mar. 28 | Harold Kolbek | Holton, Kansas | 2 males, 1 female |
| Mar. 28 | Gary Cheek | Leesburg, Ohio | 1 adult male |
| Mar. 28 | Joe Miller | Millers Creek, North Carolina | 3 ASY males at 5:30 p.m. |
| Mar. 28 | Everett C. Lundy | Mooresville, Indiana | 1 scout |
| Mar. 28 | Richard Borkholder | Nappanee, Indiana | |
| Mar. 28 | Doc Fields | New Haven, West Virginia | 2 martins |
| Mar. 28 | Eugene Couch | Pleasureville, Kentucky | 4 scouts later than usual but sure glad to see them |
| Mar. 28 | Rod Pollard | Salem, Illinois | 1 ASY male at 4:45 p.m. |
| Mar. 28 | Dwane Badertscher | Springfield, Ohio | |
| Mar. 29 | Barbara Newell | Ashville, Ohio | |
| Mar. 29 | John Marks | Bluford, Illinois | male scout |
| Mar. 29 | Daryl Cox | Corydon, Iowa | 2 adult males & 2 females |
| Mar. 29 | Ron & Nedra Hash | Findlay, Illinois | 1 adult female at 9 a.m. |
| Mar. 29 | Denton Garst | Frederick, Maryland | 2 males at 12:30 p.m. 1 day earlier than last year |
| Mar. 29 | Johnnie L. Ratliff | Grundy, Virginia | 3 adult pairs arrived at 1:30 p.m. 62° |
| Mar. 29 | Earl Higginbotham | Hurricane, West Virginia | 1 ASY male at 9:45 a.m. 2 days earlier than last year. |
| Mar. 29 | Rich Harless | Jackson, Ohio | ASY male & female 10:30 a.m. sunny 51°, 1 day earlier than last year |
| Mar. 29 | Mike Craft | Kansas City, Missouri | 1 adult female at 7 a.m. |
| Mar. 29 | Joe Bontrager | Ligonier, Indiana | 1 female at 7:10 a.m. |
| Mar. 29 | Jim & Madonna Abernathy | Perryville, Missouri | 3 martins at 6 a.m. 2 weeks later than last year. |
| Mar. 29 | Sherry Christopher | Preston, Maryland | 1 scout |
| Mar. 29 | John & Rhonda Varhola | Sarahsville, Ohio | 2 ASY females |
| Mar. 29 | Mrs. Howard Kruse | Sorento, Illinois | 3 scouts |
| Mar. 30 | Marty Rasp | Belleville, Illinois | |
| Mar. 30 | Jesse Williams | Canton, New Jersey | |
| Mar. 30 | Ray Higginbotham | Eleanor, West Virginia | 1 male, 1 female |
| Mar. 30 | Jack Christopher | Hurlock, Maryland | 1 scout |
| Mar. 30 | Jim Hoaglin | Louisiana, Missouri | |
| Mar. 30 | Bobby Johnson | Mechanicsville, Maryland | 1 old male |
| Mar. 30 | Carmella D'Auria | Middleton, Delaware | Adult pair arrived |
| Mar. 30 | Alva & Lorraine Kittle | Montezuma, Ohio | 2 ASY males |
| Mar. 30 | Chris J. Slabaugh | Nappanee, Indiana | |
| Mar. 30 | Jon Wasson | Oakville, Missouri | 1 male |
| Mar. 30 | Clyde Seitz | Oquawka, Illinois | |
| Mar. 30 | Alvin Tee | Oquawka, Illinois | 1 scout at 1 p.m. |
| Mar. 30 | Crist Raber | Randolph, New York | 1 scout |
| Mar. 30 | Howard L. Underwood | Reidsville, North Carolina | |
| Mar. 30 | Gladys (no last name provided) | Russell, Kansas | 1 scout |
| Mar. 30 | J.J. Jones | Shelbyville, Indiana | 1 ASY male 72° |
| Mar. 30 | Elmer Krushinske | Sherwood, Wisconsin | 1 pair 3:45 p.m. Cloudy, breezy, mid 60s, some ice on Lake Winnebago. |
| Mar. 30 | Paul Bachman | Slatington, Pennsylvania | 2 ASY males on gourd rack 6:45 a.m., temps in the 30s. |
| Mar. 30 | Patrick Dehner | Spanish Lake, Missouri | 4 males, 1 female |
| Mar. 30 | David Pankow | Willow Springs, Illinois | |
| Mar. 30 | Michael Jacobson | Wyanet, Illinois | |
| Mar. 31 | Doug O'Rourke | Amboy, Illinois | |
| Mar. 31 | Dallas Stoudt | Blue Rapids, Kansas | 1 ASY martin at 7 a.m. |
| Mar. 31 | Dennis Devine | Council Bluffs, Iowa | 2 males this morning. |
| Mar. 31 | Tim Harle | Dubuque, Iowa | 1 ASY male |
| Mar. 31 | LeRoy & Nancy Krempec | Edwardsburg, Michigan | 1 adult pair 4 p.m. |
| Mar. 31 | Floyd Pfeifer | Ft. Atkinson, Wisconsin | 1 male at 6 a.m. |
| Mar. 31 | James & Esther Bradshaw | Lee's Summit, Missouri | 3 ASY males & 2 ASY females |
| Mar. 31 | Terry Burnett | Nashville, Tennessee | 1 older male 65° |
| Mar. 31 | Dick & Agnes Peile | Pittsfield, Illinois | |
| Mar. 31 | Dan Westfaff | Springfield, Missouri | |
| Apr. 1 | Kenneth Campbell | Atlantic, Iowa | |
| Apr. 1 | Dave Boos | Council Bluffs, Iowa | 1 ASY male at 6 p.m. |
| Apr. 1 | John Boling | Elizabethtown, Kentucky | 2 males, 1 female 68°, sunny |
| Apr. 1 | Jim Crow | North Platte, Nebraska | 2 males |
| Apr. 1 | Mark Wilkens | Ogallala, Nebraska | 1 female |
| Apr. 1 | Jerry E. Wilkens | Omaha, Nebraska | 40°, sunny, thunderstorms tonight. |
| Apr. 1 | Gerald Fornkahl | St. Charles, Missouri | 1 male & 1 female 3 p.m. 68° |
| Apr. 1 | Dick Noble | West Point, Iowa | 2 adult males |
| Apr. 2 | Vince Maine | Amboy, Minnesota | 2 martins believed not to be from my colony; went to different house than always before. Average arrival date is April 10. Cold, windy, rain & high only 45°. |
| Apr. 2 | Robert Gentry | Columbus, Indiana | 2 males |
| Apr. 2 | Al Snyder | Cool Ridge, West Virginia | 1 male 6 days early |
| Apr. 2 | Ed & Freida Koetting | Essex, Maryland | 2 adult males 10:22 a.m. |
| Apr. 2 | Dale Westland | Hayward, Minnesota | 1 pair, same day as last year |
| Apr. 2 | L.H. Landers | Leighton, Alabama | 4 scouts |
| Apr. 2 | Randy & Cindy Hlad | Lowell, Indiana | 1 ASY pair at 4:30 p.m. earliest arrivals ever |
| Apr. 2 | Nathan Maxwell | Paw Paw, Michigan | 1 male at 7 p.m. circled all houses then finally landed. |
| Apr. 2 | Ed & Trudy Vedral | St. Charles, Illinois | 2 mature males |
| Apr. 2 | Pat Holm | Stanton, Iowa | |
| Apr. 3 | Robert Browne | Charleston, Indiana | 2 scouts |
| Apr. 3 | Robert Medberry | Elgin, Iowa | 1 ASY female |
| Apr. 3 | Thomas Bosley | Fishing Creek, Maryland | 3 males on house at 9:30 a.m. |
| Apr. 3 | Marge Albracht | Humphrey, Nebraska | |
| Apr. 3 | Larry & Pat Hunter | San Pierre, Indiana | |
| Apr. 4 | Rick Kittle | Covington, Ohio | 1 ASY male at 4:30 p.m. 50° sunny & windy |
| Apr. 4 | Roger Boleyn | Elgin, Iowa | 1 ASY female & male |
| Apr. 4 | Bruce James | Goshen, New Jersey | 1 adult male at 4 p.m. |
| Apr. 4 | Valerie Vierk | Kearney, Nebraska | 2 adult males at UNK campus house |
| Apr. 4 | Gene Sebben | Leon, Iowa | 3 males |
| Apr. 5 | Hy & Shirley Gehrt | Butte des Mortes, Wisconsin | 2 adult males 6:50 p.m. 6 days early |
| Apr. 5 | Chuck Loderbauer | Hilbert, Wisconsin | 1 adult male 58° & sunny |
| Apr. 5 | Mrs. Paul Carey | Newcastle, Delaware | |
| Apr. 5 | Dennis Zunk | Oakharbor, Ohio | 1 ASY male at 5:30 p.m. |
| Apr. 5 | Jack Higgins | Princess Anne, Maryland | 2 adult males & 1 female on housing this morning; very cold & windy, 50° to go down to low 30s tonight |
| Apr. 5 | Bill Lechner | Waseca, Minnesota | 4 adults arrived at 3 p.m. |
| Apr. 6 | Sarah McLaughlin | Antioch, Illinois | ASY male at 10:20 a.m. |
| Apr. 6 | Jerry Schneider | Bismarck, North Dakota | Earliest date on record |
| Apr. 6 | William Charlton | Consecon, Ontario | 2 ASY males on TG-12 at 7 p.m. clear skies 45° |
| Apr. 6 | Connie Spotts | Crispell Lake, Michigan | 6 adult martins; looks like they're in pairs |
| Apr. 6 | Carol Fosick | Green Bay, Wisconsin | 1 ASY male, 4 days earlier than other years. |
| Apr. 6 | Bill Staggenborg | Herman, Missouri | |
| Apr. 6 | Kevin Farris | Janesville, Wisconsin | ASY male, ASY female 8 a.m. |
| Apr. 6 | Joseph Ruff | Marydel, Maryland | 4 came in at one time |
| Apr. 6 | Mardene Bryce-Dalton | Plainview, Nebraska | |
| Apr. 7 | Dan & Susan Davis | Exmore, Virginia | 2 adult males 8:45 a.m. 58° |
| Apr. 7 | J.C. | Fort Riley, Kansas | |
| Apr. 7 | Dal & Ruth Graft | Fremont, Indiana | |
| Apr. 7 | Roy Bauder | Portersville, Pennsylvania | 1 scout |
| Apr. 8 | Wanda McSperritt | Macomb, Illinois | 2 males & 1 female a week earlier than last year |
| Apr. 9 | Andrew Katzmarek | Chesterton, Indiana | 1 SY male & 1 ASY male 11:30 A.M. 67° & sunny |
| Apr. 9 | Don Laferty | Clearfield, Kentucky | Day later than last year. |
| Apr. 9 | Joan Knoll | Milan, Ohio | 2 males this morning; one of the latest scout arrivals here |
| Apr. 9 | Roy & Kathy Nelson | Whitewater, Wisconsin | |
| Apr. 9 | Orlin Schneewind | Young America, Minnesota | 1 adult femaled at 11:30 a.m. |
| Apr. 10 | J. Krzyske | Carleton, Michigan | 1 ASY male |
| Apr. 10 | Bob Schneewind | Chaska, Minnesota | 1 ASY female martin, sunny skies 76° |
| Apr. 10 | Helen Martin | Murray, Nebraska | 3 martins at 9 a.m., plus a tree swallow |
| Apr. 10 | Walter Kazmierczak | Ottawa Lake, Michigan | |
| Apr. 10 | Kreg Kellsey | White Bear Lake, Minnesota | |
| Apr. 11 | Ed Vanderveen | Blenheim, Ontario | 1 ASY male; rainy day |
| Apr. 11 | William Way | Madoc, Ontario | 3 mature males & 1 female, sunny 15°C/59°F |
| Apr. 11 | Joe Gabris | Muskegon, Michigan | |
| Apr. 11 | Lawrence (no last name provided) | St. Helen, Michigan | 2 mature male scouts |
| Apr. 11 | Robert Dyck | Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| Apr. 12 | Rick Reed | Buffalo Grove, Illinois | 2 males on houses |
| Apr. 12 | Arleigh Omstead | Kingsville, Ontario | 4 scouts 1 p.m. sunny 65° |
| Apr. 12 | Arnold Manwaring | Niantic, Connecticut | 1 male scout |
| Apr. 12 | Tom Lytle | Vienna, West Virginia | 2 scouts at 8 a.m. First at my site. |
| Apr. 13 | Danny Gross | Highland, Illinois | 1 scout at 7:30 p.m. |
| Apr. 13 | Jack Biggart | Pentwater, Michigan | |
| Apr. 14 | Carl Updike | Rehoboth Beach, Delaware | |
| April 14 | Kathe Kirchner | Tawas City, Michigan | Scouts arrived right on schedule |
| Apr. 14 | Bob Schwab | Walkerville, Michigan | |
| Apr. 15 | Frank Gray | Kingston, Ontario | 1 ASY male |
| Apr. 16 | Nils J. & Dawn Lamberson | Walkerton Indiana | ASY male showed up at 8:30 a.m. |
| Apr. 18 | Bob Snyder | London, Ohio | |
| Apr. 18 | Don Nieding | Vermilion, Ohio | |
| Apr. 19 | Donald Dierkhissing | Milaca, Minnesota | Scouts arrived, latest date in last five years |
| Apr. 20 | Chcuk & Rose Johnson | Shawano Lake, Wisconsin | 2 scouts |
| Apr. 21 | Jerome Kapaun | Mapleton, North Dakota | |
| Apr. 23 | J.C. | Abilene, Kansas | 1 SY male 7:30 a.m. |
| Apr. 23 | Wayne E. Lamberson | Plymouth-Lapaz, Indiana | 1 ASY male at 9:20 a.m. |
| Apr. 24 | Sharon Records | Catawba Island, Ohio | 2 pairs arrived 2 weeks early |
| Apr. 24 | Marsha Heckel | Lockport, New York | |
| Apr. 24 | Bill Carter | London, Ohio | 1 adult male, finally |
| Apr. 24 | Robert E. Gloria | Orient, Long Island, New York | 2 scouts 1 week later this year. |
| Apr. 25 | Crestwood Country Club | Rehoboth, Massachusetts | |
| Apr. 26 | Gene Manion | Howe Island, Ontario | First male arrived |
| Apr. 26 | George Padbury | Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan | 1 lone male at 9:30 a.m. |
| Apr. 27 | Rhode Island Country Club | Barrington, Rhode Island | |
| Apr. 28 | Carol M. Stotler | Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota | 2 ASY males & 1 ASY female |
| May 3 | Billie Reynolds | Monroe, Wisconsin | Adult male & female at 9:15 a.m. cloudy 62°. Great to see them! |
| May 3 | Terry Trenor | Streator, Illinois | 1 male at 6:30 p.m. 70° & sunshine; rain earlier in the day. |