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Recent reports from Mid Pines Rd.

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

January 12

24Canada Goose
4Bufflehead
1Mourning Dove
2Tufted Titmouse
1Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
2Eastern Bluebird
6Field Sparrow
12White-throated Sparrow
4Song Sparrow
4Hooded Merganser
9Killdeer
2Black Vulture
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-tailed Hawk
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
2Eastern Phoebe
6American Crow
2Horned Lark
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
4American Robin
8American Pipit
2House Finch
3American Goldfinch
1Chipping Sparrow
4Savannah Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
4Eastern Meadowlark
2Red-winged Blackbird
3Palm Warbler
4Pine Warbler
1Northern Cardinal

January 11

12Wild Turkey
6Turkey Vulture
50Rock Pigeon
1Bald Eagle
10European Starling
1Vesper Sparrow
100Brown-headed Cowbird
1Yellow-rumped Warbler

January 10

1Cooper's Hawk
1Fish Crow
1Great Blue Heron
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Hairy Woodpecker
2Cedar Waxwing
3Double-crested Cormorant
1Northern Flicker
3Carolina Chickadee
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Hermit Thrush

January 9

1Belted Kingfisher
1White-crowned Sparrow
1Merlin
1Sharp-shinned Hawk
1Blue Jay
1Dark-eyed Junco
2Purple Finch
1Ring-billed Gull

January 8

1Wilson's Snipe
2Wood Duck
1Ruddy Duck
1American Kestrel
1Winter Wren
1Eastern Towhee

January 7

1Golden-crowned Kinglet

January 6

2Common Raven
1White-breasted Nuthatch