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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.

August 23

4Mourning Dove
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
10Chimney Swift
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
6Killdeer
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Turkey Vulture
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Least Flycatcher
4Eastern Phoebe
1Eastern Kingbird
1White-eyed Vireo
3Red-eyed Vireo
2Blue Jay
10American Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Carolina Wren
5European Starling
2Gray Catbird
3Northern Mockingbird
10Eastern Bluebird
1American Robin
1Cedar Waxwing
6House Finch
2American Goldfinch
1Grasshopper Sparrow
5Chipping Sparrow
1Field Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
3Red-winged Blackbird
2Northern Yellow Warbler
1Summer Tanager
1Northern Cardinal
3Blue Grosbeak
2Indigo Bunting
10Wild Turkey
5Rock Pigeon
1Hairy Woodpecker
2Barn Swallow
1Northern House Wren
1Common Yellowthroat

August 22

30Canada Goose
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Black-and-white Warbler
2American Redstart
1Scarlet Tanager

August 21

1Red-tailed Hawk
1Great Blue Heron
1Black Vulture
1Willow Flycatcher
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Purple Martin
1Red-breasted Nuthatch
1Red-shouldered Hawk
2Orchard Oriole

August 19

1Mallard
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Common Grackle
1Tree Swallow
1Northern Parula

August 18

1American Kestrel
1Bobolink
1Eastern Wood-Pewee