Backyard Birds
Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Buntings: Eggs, Incubation & Fledging
Species of Bird | # Eggs | Incubation Time |
Time to fledge |
Black-capped Chickadee | 6-8 | 12 days | 16 days |
Carolina Chickadee | 6 | 11-12 days | 13-17 days |
Boreal Chickadee | 4-9 | 11-15 days | 18 days |
Tufted Titmouse | 4-8 | 13-14 days | 17-18 days |
Verdin | 3-6 | 10 days | 21 days |
Bushtit | 5-7 | 12 days | 14-15 days |
Red-breasted Nuthatch | 5-7 | 12 days | 16-21 days |
White-breasted Nuthatch | 3-9 | 12 days | 14 days |
Brown-headed Nuthatch | 3-9 | 14 days | 18-19 days |
Brown Creeper | 5-6 | 14-16 days | 13-15 days |
Cactus Wren | 3-7 | 16 days | 19-23 days |
Rock Wren | 4-6 | 12-14 days | 14-16 days |
Carolina Wren | 4-8 | 12-14 days | 12-14 days |
Bewick’s Wren | 4-11 | 14 days | 14 days |
House Wren | 5-6 | 12-15 days | 16-17 days |
Winter Wren | 4-7 | 14-16 days | 19 days |
Sedge Wren | 4-8 | 12-15 days | 12-14 days |
Marsh Wren | 3-8 | 13-15 days | 14-16 days |
Species of Bird | # Eggs | Incubation Time | Time to Fledge |
Blue Grosbeak | 2-5 | 11-12 days | 9-13 days |
Evening Grosbeak | 2-5 | 11-14 days | 13-14 days |
Indigo Bunting | 2-6 | 12 days | 10-12 days |
Lark Bunting | 3-6 | 12 days | 8-9 days |
Northern Cardinal | 2-5 | 12-13 days | 9-11 days |
Painted Bunting | 3-5 | 11-12 days | 12-14 days |
Pine Grosbeak | 2-6 | 13-15 days | 13-20 days |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 3-6 | 12-14 days | 9-12 days |
Scarlet Tanager | 2-5 | 12-14 days | 9-10 days |
Snow Bunting | 3-9 | 10-16 days | 10-17 days |
Summer Tanager | 3-5 | 12 days | 9-13 days |