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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.

September 24

3Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
2Downy Woodpecker ✓
2Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
2Eastern Phoebe ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
1Red-eyed Vireo ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
5American Crow ✓
4Carolina Chickadee ✓
3Tufted Titmouse ✓
3Carolina Wren ✓
2Gray Catbird ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
1Swainson's Thrush ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓
3Northern Cardinal ✓
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓

September 20

1Mourning Dove ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
5Black Vulture ✓
2Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
2Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1Acadian Flycatcher ✓
1Great Crested Flycatcher ✓
3Fish Crow ✓
3White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
2Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
4Eastern Bluebird ✓
2Wood Thrush ✓
2American Robin ✓
3House Finch ✓
12American Goldfinch ✓
2Chipping Sparrow ✓
3Eastern Towhee ✓
1Tennessee Warbler ✓
1American Redstart ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
3Pine Warbler ✓
1Summer Tanager ✓