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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 16

5Canada Goose
2Mallard
3Northern Bobwhite
2Wild Turkey
1Rock Pigeon
8Mourning Dove
2Yellow-billed Cuckoo
3Common Nighthawk
2Chuck-will's-widow
3Eastern Whip-poor-will
9Chimney Swift
3Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2Killdeer
1American Woodcock
1Green Heron
1Great Blue Heron
6Black Vulture
7Turkey Vulture
2Osprey
1Sharp-shinned Hawk
2Broad-winged Hawk
3Red-shouldered Hawk
6Red-tailed Hawk
1Eastern Screech-Owl
2Great Horned Owl
4Belted Kingfisher
2Red-headed Woodpecker
5Red-bellied Woodpecker
3Downy Woodpecker
3Hairy Woodpecker
4Pileated Woodpecker
3Northern Flicker
1American Kestrel
5Eastern Wood-Pewee
2Acadian Flycatcher
1Least Flycatcher
5Eastern Phoebe
3Great Crested Flycatcher
2Eastern Kingbird
4White-eyed Vireo
3Yellow-throated Vireo
2Blue-headed Vireo
3Red-eyed Vireo
15Blue Jay
17American Crow
9Carolina Chickadee
6Tufted Titmouse
4Horned Lark
3Tree Swallow
5Purple Martin
11Barn Swallow
9White-breasted Nuthatch
5Brown-headed Nuthatch
5Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Northern House Wren
4Carolina Wren
16European Starling
1Gray Catbird
4Brown Thrasher
7Northern Mockingbird
6Eastern Bluebird
4Wood Thrush
12American Robin
8Cedar Waxwing
8House Sparrow
12House Finch
17American Goldfinch
9Grasshopper Sparrow
3Chipping Sparrow
6Field Sparrow
3Song Sparrow
5Eastern Towhee
4Yellow-breasted Chat
8Eastern Meadowlark
3Orchard Oriole
3Red-winged Blackbird
5Brown-headed Cowbird
6Common Grackle
2Worm-eating Warbler
4Black-and-white Warbler
1Swainson's Warbler
2Kentucky Warbler
6Common Yellowthroat
1Hooded Warbler
3American Redstart
4Northern Parula
5Pine Warbler
4Yellow-throated Warbler
3Prairie Warbler
2Black-throated Green Warbler
4Summer Tanager
2Scarlet Tanager
11Northern Cardinal
5Blue Grosbeak
8Indigo Bunting