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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.

May 17

3Canada Goose
1Mourning Dove
2Chimney Swift
1Black Vulture
7Turkey Vulture
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
3Eastern Kingbird
1White-eyed Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
2American Crow
2Fish Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
3Tufted Titmouse
1Tree Swallow
2Purple Martin
2Carolina Wren
1European Starling
1Northern Mockingbird
5Eastern Bluebird
3House Finch
2American Goldfinch
3Grasshopper Sparrow
2Chipping Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
3Bobolink
5Eastern Meadowlark
2Red-winged Blackbird
1Brown-headed Cowbird
1Common Yellowthroat
1Pine Warbler
6Northern Cardinal
4Blue Grosbeak
2Indigo Bunting
1Wood Duck
30Rock Pigeon
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Bank Swallow
3Northern Rough-winged Swallow
5Barn Swallow
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
20Cedar Waxwing
1Northern Yellow Warbler

May 16

1Summer Tanager
1Great Blue Heron
1Killdeer
1Mississippi Kite
1Eastern Phoebe

May 15

1Osprey
1Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Blue Jay
1American Robin
1Orchard Oriole
2Common Grackle
1Song Sparrow

May 14

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Savannah Sparrow

May 13

1Scarlet Tanager

May 12

1Mallard
1Swamp Sparrow
1Northern Waterthrush
1American Redstart
2Blackpoll Warbler

May 11

2Cliff Swallow
2Wild Turkey
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Brown Thrasher
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Northern Parula

May 10

1Cooper's Hawk