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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 15

2Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
2Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
2Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
2Eastern Phoebe ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
3Carolina Chickadee ✓
3Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Brown Creeper ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
2Eastern Bluebird ✓
7American Robin ✓
1American Goldfinch ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
1Northern Cardinal ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
10Black Vulture ✓
3American Crow ✓
1Fish Crow ✓
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1European Starling ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
45Cedar Waxwing ✓
1House Finch ✓
4White-throated Sparrow ✓
1Swamp Sparrow ✓
2Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1Common Grackle ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
2Turkey Vulture ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
12Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓
1Nashville Warbler ✓
2Northern Parula ✓
2Pine Warbler ✓
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓

October 14

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
1Wood Thrush ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
1Indigo Bunting ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓

October 13

2Mourning Dove ✓
2Red-eyed Vireo ✓
1Gray-cheeked Thrush ✓
1Scarlet Tanager ✓
3American Redstart ✓
1Philadelphia Vireo ✓

October 12

1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Winter Wren ✓
13Canada Goose ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1Chipping Sparrow ✓
1Blue-headed Vireo ✓
4Swainson's Thrush ✓
1Black-throated Green Warbler ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
1Field Sparrow ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓

October 11

1Blue Grosbeak ✓

October 10

1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Red-breasted Nuthatch ✓
5Chimney Swift ✓
1Ovenbird ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓

October 9

1Prairie Warbler ✓