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Recent reports from Brumley Nature Preserve--North

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

October 9

7Black Vulture ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
1American Crow ✓
1Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
1Eastern Bluebird ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
3Northern Cardinal ✓
3Downy Woodpecker ✓
2Hairy Woodpecker ✓
3Pileated Woodpecker ✓
6Blue Jay ✓
4Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
2White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
7Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
4Gray Catbird ✓
1American Robin ✓
33Cedar Waxwing ✓
2House Finch ✓
8American Goldfinch ✓
6Chipping Sparrow ✓
1Swamp Sparrow ✓
3Eastern Towhee ✓
1Common Grackle ✓
1American Redstart ✓
2Northern Parula ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓
1Indigo Bunting ✓
1Chimney Swift ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
1Red-eyed Vireo ✓
2Fish Crow ✓
2Brown Thrasher ✓
1Gray-cheeked Thrush ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓
3Cape May Warbler ✓
1Prairie Warbler ✓
4Scarlet Tanager ✓
1Winter Wren ✓
1Swainson's Thrush ✓

October 8

1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1White-throated Sparrow ✓
1Yellow-throated Vireo ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
4Canada Goose ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
8Black-and-white Warbler ✓

October 7

1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Barred Owl ✓
1Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
1Philadelphia Vireo
1Northern House Wren ✓
1Veery ✓

October 6

1Wood Thrush ✓
1Tennessee Warbler ✓
1Blue-headed Vireo ✓
1Bay-breasted Warbler ✓
1Black-throated Green Warbler ✓
1Mourning Dove ✓
1Baltimore Oriole ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓

October 5

1Wilson's Warbler ✓
1Ovenbird ✓
1Connecticut Warbler
1Peregrine Falcon ✓
1Lincoln's Sparrow ✓
2Chestnut-sided Warbler ✓
4Mallard ✓
2Summer Tanager ✓
1Nashville Warbler ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
1Acadian Flycatcher ✓

October 4

1Great Horned Owl ✓
1Wild Turkey ✓
1Hooded Warbler ✓
1Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
1Least Flycatcher ✓
1Wood Duck ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1European Starling ✓
1Yellow-throated Warbler ✓

October 3

1American Kestrel ✓
1Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1Blue Grosbeak ✓