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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.

September 29

34Canada Goose ✓
11Mourning Dove ✓
2Black Vulture ✓
12Turkey Vulture ✓
2Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
2Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
6American Crow ✓
2Fish Crow ✓
1Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Tree Swallow ✓
3Carolina Wren ✓
2Brown Thrasher ✓
5Northern Mockingbird ✓
5Eastern Bluebird ✓
1American Robin ✓
3House Finch ✓
4American Goldfinch ✓
3Chipping Sparrow ✓
2Field Sparrow ✓
2White-throated Sparrow
5Savannah Sparrow
2Song Sparrow ✓
1Bobolink ✓
1Eastern Meadowlark ✓
2Common Yellowthroat ✓
6Palm Warbler ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
5Northern Cardinal ✓
1Blue Grosbeak ✓
1Indigo Bunting ✓

September 27

12Rock Pigeon ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
2Chimney Swift ✓
3Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
2Great Blue Heron ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
5Northern Flicker ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
9European Starling ✓
2Gray Catbird ✓
10Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓

September 25

1Green Heron ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
2Downy Woodpecker ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
1Common Raven ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
2Black-and-white Warbler ✓
2American Redstart ✓
2Northern Parula ✓
1Bay-breasted Warbler ✓
3Black-throated Green Warbler ✓

September 24

20Killdeer ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
1Northern Yellow Warbler ✓