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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 17

1Mourning Dove ✓
3Black Vulture ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
2American Kestrel ✓
3Northern Mockingbird ✓
5Eastern Bluebird ✓
1House Finch ✓
2Chipping Sparrow ✓
2White-crowned Sparrow ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
5Palm Warbler ✓
1Northern Cardinal ✓
4Rock Pigeon ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
4Northern Flicker ✓
2Eastern Phoebe ✓
16Blue Jay ✓
4American Crow ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
2Carolina Wren ✓
50European Starling ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
1American Robin ✓
40American Goldfinch ✓
13Field Sparrow ✓
1Savannah Sparrow ✓
18Song Sparrow ✓
4Swamp Sparrow ✓
1Eastern Meadowlark ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
2Fish Crow ✓
1Common Raven ✓
1White-throated Sparrow ✓
1Lincoln's Sparrow
1Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓

October 14

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Chimney Swift ✓
1Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Tree Swallow ✓
2Eastern Towhee ✓
1Bobolink ✓
1Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓
1Blue Grosbeak ✓
1Indigo Bunting ✓

October 13

8Canada Goose ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
1Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Nashville Warbler ✓

October 12

1Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓

October 11

1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
1Clay-colored Sparrow ✓
2Killdeer ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓