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Recent reports from Biltmore Estate--Deer Park River Trail

Only the most recent report per species is shown. Some reports may be pending verification.

October 22

90Canada Goose ✓
14Killdeer ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
2Downy Woodpecker ✓
3Eastern Phoebe ✓
1Blue-headed Vireo ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
22American Crow ✓
4Tree Swallow ✓
4Carolina Wren ✓
3Northern Mockingbird ✓
4Eastern Bluebird ✓
6House Finch ✓
3American Goldfinch ✓
2White-crowned Sparrow ✓
1White-throated Sparrow ✓
18Savannah Sparrow ✓
24Song Sparrow ✓
1Swamp Sparrow ✓
2Eastern Towhee ✓
3Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
2Northern Cardinal ✓

October 21

4Wood Duck ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
2Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
13European Starling ✓
2Tennessee Warbler ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
2Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Vesper Sparrow ✓

October 19

1Mourning Dove ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
2Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
1American Robin ✓
4Cape May Warbler ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
2Mallard ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
2Brown Thrasher ✓
2Grasshopper Sparrow ✓
1Eastern Meadowlark ✓

October 18

1Black Vulture ✓
1Chipping Sparrow ✓