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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.

November 1

10Mourning Dove ✓
3Turkey Vulture ✓
2Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
2Northern Flicker ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
7Blue Jay ✓
65American Crow ✓
5Carolina Chickadee ✓
3Carolina Wren ✓
9Northern Mockingbird ✓
29Eastern Bluebird ✓
2American Robin ✓
10American Goldfinch ✓
4Chipping Sparrow ✓
1White-crowned Sparrow ✓
4White-throated Sparrow ✓
9Song Sparrow ✓
2Eastern Towhee ✓
2Eastern Meadowlark ✓
2Red-winged Blackbird ✓
5Northern Cardinal ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Winter Wren ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
2House Finch ✓
6Field Sparrow ✓
1Vesper Sparrow ✓
30Savannah Sparrow ✓
1Swamp Sparrow ✓
2Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
3Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
3Rock Pigeon ✓
1Killdeer ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
2Black Vulture ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
2Eastern Phoebe ✓
17Fish Crow ✓
3Tufted Titmouse ✓
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
8European Starling ✓
4Dark-eyed Junco ✓
1Common Grackle ✓
2Palm Warbler ✓

October 31

15Canada Goose ✓
3Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
2Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Merlin ✓
2Common Raven ✓
5Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
2Northern House Wren ✓
5Cedar Waxwing ✓
2Pine Siskin ✓
1Grasshopper Sparrow ✓

October 27

1Wilson's Snipe ✓