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Recent reports from Mixed Habitat 1640 New House Road Shelby North Carolina.

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

June 15

5Canada Goose
4Mallard
4Northern Bobwhite
2Wild Turkey
4Rock Pigeon
6Mourning Dove
4Yellow-billed Cuckoo
5Chimney Swift
6Ruby-throated Hummingbird
4Killdeer
3Green Heron
2Great Blue Heron
6Black Vulture
4Turkey Vulture
2Osprey
3Cooper's Hawk
4Broad-winged Hawk
3Red-shouldered Hawk
5Red-tailed Hawk
1Great Horned Owl
2Barred Owl
3Belted Kingfisher
2Red-headed Woodpecker
5Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Downy Woodpecker
3Hairy Woodpecker
4Pileated Woodpecker
3Northern Flicker
1American Kestrel
4Eastern Wood-Pewee
3Acadian Flycatcher
4Eastern Phoebe
3Great Crested Flycatcher
3Eastern Kingbird
4White-eyed Vireo
2Yellow-throated Vireo
2Blue-headed Vireo
4Red-eyed Vireo
11Blue Jay
8American Crow
6Carolina Chickadee
3Tufted Titmouse
3Horned Lark
2Tree Swallow
4Purple Martin
7Barn Swallow
4White-breasted Nuthatch
3Brown-headed Nuthatch
6Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3Northern House Wren
4Carolina Wren
7European Starling
4Gray Catbird
5Brown Thrasher
8Northern Mockingbird
6Eastern Bluebird
3Wood Thrush
6American Robin
5Cedar Waxwing
5House Sparrow
7House Finch
11American Goldfinch
6Grasshopper Sparrow
4Chipping Sparrow
7Field Sparrow
5Song Sparrow
3Eastern Towhee
4Yellow-breasted Chat
5Eastern Meadowlark
2Orchard Oriole
5Red-winged Blackbird
3Brown-headed Cowbird
6Common Grackle
1Ovenbird
2Worm-eating Warbler
3Black-and-white Warbler
1Swainson's Warbler
3Kentucky Warbler
5Common Yellowthroat
2Hooded Warbler
1American Redstart
5Northern Parula
8Pine Warbler
2Yellow-throated Warbler
3Prairie Warbler
2Black-throated Green Warbler
3Summer Tanager
5Scarlet Tanager
10Northern Cardinal
5Blue Grosbeak
8Indigo Bunting