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Recent reports from Guilford County Farm/Howerton Rd. (Guilford Co.)

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

October 11

2Canada Goose ✓
8Mourning Dove ✓
2Killdeer ✓
2Great Blue Heron ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
4Blue Jay ✓
6American Crow ✓
1Common Raven ✓
2Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
2Carolina Wren ✓
4European Starling ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
2Brown Thrasher ✓
8Northern Mockingbird ✓
6Eastern Bluebird ✓
2American Robin ✓
2House Finch ✓
10American Goldfinch ✓
4Chipping Sparrow ✓
1Clay-colored Sparrow
6Field Sparrow ✓
4White-throated Sparrow ✓
2Savannah Sparrow ✓
4Song Sparrow ✓
1Lincoln's Sparrow
5Swamp Sparrow ✓
8Eastern Meadowlark ✓
2Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
2Common Yellowthroat ✓
2Palm Warbler ✓
4Northern Cardinal ✓
1Blue Grosbeak ✓
4Indigo Bunting ✓

October 10

20Rock Pigeon ✓
1Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
2Fish Crow ✓
250Tree Swallow
2White-crowned Sparrow ✓
3Eastern Towhee ✓
1Northern Yellow Warbler
3Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓

October 9

2Wood Duck ✓
2Turkey Vulture ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
1Scarlet Tanager ✓
5Black Vulture ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
1Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
2Bobolink ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓

October 8

1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1American Redstart ✓
12Chimney Swift ✓
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow ✓

October 6

1Northern Bobwhite ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓
1Tennessee Warbler ✓
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓