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Recent reports from 744 Cannon Trail, Franklin, NC, Cartoogechaye area

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

May 15

1Mourning Dove
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Turkey Vulture
1Broad-winged Hawk
1Barred Owl
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Eastern Phoebe
1Yellow-throated Vireo
2Blue-headed Vireo
2Red-eyed Vireo
3Blue Jay
5American Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
3Tufted Titmouse
3White-breasted Nuthatch
2Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Swainson's Thrush
1Wood Thrush
1American Robin
3American Goldfinch
1Song Sparrow
4Eastern Towhee
1Common Grackle
2Black-and-white Warbler
3Tennessee Warbler
1Common Yellowthroat
1Hooded Warbler
2American Redstart
1Northern Parula
1Northern Yellow Warbler
2Blackpoll Warbler
2Scarlet Tanager
3Northern Cardinal
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak

May 13

XCanada Goose
1Eastern Screech-Owl
1Downy Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
1Veery
1House Finch
1Baltimore Oriole
1Red-winged Blackbird
1Brown-headed Cowbird
1Ovenbird
2Worm-eating Warbler
1Magnolia Warbler
2Black-throated Green Warbler

May 10

2Wild Turkey
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Chipping Sparrow
1Cape May Warbler
1Blackburnian Warbler
1Indigo Bunting

May 9

1Cooper's Hawk
1White-throated Sparrow
1Yellow-throated Warbler