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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 20

1Canada Goose ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
2Turkey Vulture ✓
2Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
9Blue Jay ✓
7American Crow ✓
2Carolina Chickadee ✓
4Tufted Titmouse ✓
3Carolina Wren ✓
6Eastern Bluebird ✓
1American Robin ✓
2Cedar Waxwing ✓
3White-throated Sparrow ✓
2Eastern Towhee ✓
2Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
3Northern Cardinal ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
2Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
4Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
7Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
3White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
10Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
2Gray Catbird ✓
1Hermit Thrush ✓
4House Finch ✓
1American Goldfinch ✓
2Chipping Sparrow ✓
1Dark-eyed Junco ✓
4Song Sparrow ✓
1Swamp Sparrow ✓
1Bay-breasted Warbler ✓
2Palm Warbler ✓
6Pine Warbler ✓

October 19

11Black Vulture ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1Brown Creeper ✓
1Winter Wren ✓
2Brown Thrasher ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
2Swainson's Thrush ✓
1Indigo Bunting ✓

October 18

1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
2Wood Duck ✓

October 16

1White-eyed Vireo ✓
1Gray-cheeked Thrush ✓
1Wood Thrush ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
1Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
6Fish Crow ✓
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Red-breasted Nuthatch ✓
2Black-and-white Warbler ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
3Scarlet Tanager ✓

October 15

1European Starling ✓
2Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1Common Grackle ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
1Nashville Warbler ✓
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓