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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.

May 18

1Canada Goose
8Mourning Dove
1Chimney Swift
1Red-shouldered Hawk
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
2American Crow
1Fish Crow
2Tufted Titmouse
3Tree Swallow
1Barn Swallow
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Carolina Wren
2European Starling
11Northern Mockingbird
2Eastern Bluebird
2House Finch
2American Goldfinch
2Grasshopper Sparrow
5Chipping Sparrow
12Field Sparrow
4Eastern Meadowlark
1Orchard Oriole
1Baltimore Oriole
6Red-winged Blackbird
2Brown-headed Cowbird
5Common Grackle
4Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Parula
1Pine Warbler
1Summer Tanager
11Northern Cardinal
3Blue Grosbeak
5Indigo Bunting

May 17

1Great Blue Heron
20Turkey Vulture
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Downy Woodpecker
4Eastern Wood-Pewee
2Acadian Flycatcher
1Great Crested Flycatcher
3Eastern Kingbird
2White-eyed Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
2Blue Jay
6Carolina Chickadee
1Eastern Towhee
2Louisiana Waterthrush

May 16

1Killdeer
1Black Vulture
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Gray Catbird
1American Robin
1Savannah Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
1Dickcissel

May 15

1Spotted Sandpiper
1Brown Thrasher
2Yellow-breasted Chat

May 14

9Rock Pigeon
1Northern Harrier
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
12Bobolink
2Worm-eating Warbler

May 12

1Northern Flicker
1Ovenbird
1Eastern Phoebe
1Common Raven
1Blackpoll Warbler
1Swainson's Thrush
1Wood Thrush
2Northern Yellow Warbler