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Recent reports from Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek

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

May 7

4Canada Goose
1Mallard
5Mourning Dove
1Killdeer
1Great Blue Heron
2Turkey Vulture
2Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-tailed Hawk
4Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Acadian Flycatcher
1Eastern Phoebe
2Great Crested Flycatcher
1Yellow-throated Vireo
2Red-eyed Vireo
2Blue Jay
3American Crow
1Fish Crow
7Carolina Chickadee
4Tufted Titmouse
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
6Carolina Wren
1European Starling
1Brown Thrasher
2Northern Mockingbird
1Wood Thrush
7American Robin
8House Finch
4American Goldfinch
2Chipping Sparrow
3Eastern Towhee
1Yellow-breasted Chat
1Orchard Oriole
3Red-winged Blackbird
4Common Grackle
1Ovenbird
1Louisiana Waterthrush
4Common Yellowthroat
1American Redstart
5Northern Parula
2Black-throated Blue Warbler
1Pine Warbler
2Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler
2Summer Tanager
5Northern Cardinal
4Indigo Bunting

May 6

3Black Vulture
2Eastern Kingbird
5White-eyed Vireo
2Tree Swallow
4Northern Rough-winged Swallow
3Barn Swallow
1White-breasted Nuthatch
3Brown-headed Nuthatch
3Northern House Wren
2Gray Catbird
3Eastern Bluebird
1Veery
16Cedar Waxwing
1House Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
2Swamp Sparrow
2Brown-headed Cowbird
2Black-and-white Warbler
1Bay-breasted Warbler
1Northern Yellow Warbler
4Blue Grosbeak

May 5

1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1White-throated Sparrow
1Worm-eating Warbler
1Magnolia Warbler
1Blackpoll Warbler

May 4

1Hairy Woodpecker
XChimney Swift
XOsprey
XNorthern Flicker
XEastern Wood-Pewee
XEastern Warbling Vireo
XBaltimore Oriole
XKentucky Warbler
XHooded Warbler
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Barred Owl
1Cape May Warbler

May 3

1Solitary Sandpiper

May 2

1Chestnut-sided Warbler
1Wood Duck
1Green Heron

May 1

1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Cooper's Hawk
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Field Sparrow
1Prothonotary Warbler
1Prairie Warbler