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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 2

1Turkey Vulture ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Acadian Flycatcher ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
1Red-eyed Vireo ✓
1Blue Jay ✓
1Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
1Ovenbird ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1American Redstart ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
1Northern Cardinal ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
2Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
3American Crow ✓
1Fish Crow ✓
4Gray Catbird ✓
1Eastern Bluebird ✓
1Swainson's Thrush ✓
3American Robin ✓
2Eastern Towhee ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
2Pine Warbler ✓
1Summer Tanager ✓
2Indigo Bunting ✓
1Canada Goose ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Solitary Sandpiper ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Field Sparrow ✓
5Black-and-white Warbler ✓
1Hooded Warbler ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
1Scarlet Tanager ✓

October 1

1Brown Thrasher ✓
1Cedar Waxwing ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
1Black Vulture ✓
1Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Prairie Warbler ✓
1Mourning Dove ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
3Northern Mockingbird ✓
1Wood Thrush ✓
1American Goldfinch ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓
1Blue Grosbeak ✓
3Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓
3Chimney Swift ✓
1Philadelphia Vireo ✓
2Northern House Wren ✓
9House Finch ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Gray-cheeked Thrush ✓

September 30

1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
2Cape May Warbler ✓
1Chipping Sparrow ✓
1Yellow-throated Vireo ✓
1Veery ✓

September 29

1Swamp Sparrow ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Barred Owl ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
5Tennessee Warbler ✓

September 28

1Yellow-breasted Chat ✓

September 27

1Common Raven ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
1Blue-headed Vireo ✓
1Yellow-throated Warbler ✓
3Black-throated Green Warbler ✓
1Baltimore Oriole ✓
1Common Grackle ✓
1Blackburnian Warbler ✓
1Bay-breasted Warbler ✓
1Chestnut-sided Warbler ✓
2Great Crested Flycatcher ✓
3European Starling ✓
3Red-winged Blackbird ✓