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Recent reports from Forest Ridge(private residence)

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

September 10

2Mourning Dove
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Great Blue Heron
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Barred Owl
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Downy Woodpecker
1Hairy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Eastern Phoebe
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2Red-eyed Vireo
2Blue Jay
3American Crow
1Fish Crow
3Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
2White-breasted Nuthatch
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Carolina Wren
3Northern Mockingbird
2Eastern Bluebird
2American Robin
6House Finch
4American Goldfinch
2Chipping Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
1Brown-headed Cowbird
1Northern Parula
4Northern Cardinal

September 9

1Northern Flicker
2Brown Thrasher
1Swainson's Thrush
1House Sparrow
1Field Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
1Bobolink
1Red-winged Blackbird
1Northern Yellow Warbler
1Summer Tanager
1Indigo Bunting

September 8

1Belted Kingfisher
2Red-headed Woodpecker
1Gray Catbird
3Cedar Waxwing
2Common Grackle
1Ovenbird
1Common Yellowthroat
1Hooded Warbler
1Cape May Warbler
1Magnolia Warbler
1Blackburnian Warbler

September 7

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Chestnut-sided Warbler
1Pine Warbler
1Scarlet Tanager

September 6

1Solitary Sandpiper
1Yellow-throated Vireo
1Blue-headed Vireo
1Veery
1Blue Grosbeak

September 5

2Canada Goose
1White-eyed Vireo