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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 4

3Mallard
1Mourning Dove
2Killdeer
1Great Blue Heron
6Turkey Vulture
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Hairy Woodpecker
1Eastern Phoebe
1White-eyed Vireo
1American Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
3Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Barn Swallow
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Northern House Wren
2Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
4American Robin
3House Finch
1Orchard Oriole
5Common Grackle
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Common Yellowthroat
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
5Northern Cardinal
1Indigo Bunting
XChimney Swift
XBlack Vulture
XOsprey
XDowny Woodpecker
XNorthern Flicker
XEastern Wood-Pewee
XGreat Crested Flycatcher
XEastern Kingbird
XYellow-throated Vireo
XEastern Warbling Vireo
XRed-eyed Vireo
XWhite-breasted Nuthatch
XCarolina Wren
XEastern Bluebird
XCedar Waxwing
XHouse Sparrow
XAmerican Goldfinch
XWhite-throated Sparrow
XSong Sparrow
XEastern Towhee
XYellow-breasted Chat
XBaltimore Oriole
XRed-winged Blackbird
XBrown-headed Cowbird
XKentucky Warbler
XHooded Warbler
XAmerican Redstart
XNorthern Parula
XNorthern Yellow Warbler
XBlackpoll Warbler
XYellow-throated Warbler
XSummer Tanager
XBlue Grosbeak
18Canada Goose
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
3Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Barred Owl
2Pileated Woodpecker
2Acadian Flycatcher
3Blue Jay
2Fish Crow
4Tree Swallow
4Brown-headed Nuthatch
1European Starling
1Brown Thrasher
2Wood Thrush
2Chipping Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
3Ovenbird
1Louisiana Waterthrush
1Cape May Warbler
1Bay-breasted Warbler
5Black-throated Blue Warbler
4Pine Warbler

May 3

1Solitary Sandpiper
2Red-tailed Hawk

May 2

1Chestnut-sided Warbler
1Wood Duck
1Green Heron
1Magnolia Warbler

May 1

1Cooper's Hawk
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Veery
1Field Sparrow
1Prothonotary Warbler
1Prairie Warbler

April 30

1Rose-breasted Grosbeak

April 29

1Northern Waterthrush