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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.

June 25

14Canada Goose
5Mourning Dove
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2Great Blue Heron
1Turkey Vulture
1Cooper's Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
5Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Downy Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
2Acadian Flycatcher
1Eastern Phoebe
3Great Crested Flycatcher
1Eastern Kingbird
2White-eyed Vireo
5Red-eyed Vireo
5Blue Jay
6American Crow
5Carolina Chickadee
7Tufted Titmouse
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
2Barn Swallow
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
6Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Brown Thrasher
8Northern Mockingbird
5Eastern Bluebird
10American Robin
7House Finch
5American Goldfinch
5Chipping Sparrow
2Song Sparrow
4Eastern Towhee
2Yellow-breasted Chat
1Orchard Oriole
2Red-winged Blackbird
2Common Grackle
1Ovenbird
3Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Parula
1Pine Warbler
7Northern Cardinal
5Blue Grosbeak
2Indigo Bunting

June 24

2Red-shouldered Hawk
1Fish Crow
3Northern House Wren
1European Starling
2Brown-headed Cowbird
1Hooded Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler

June 22

1Black Vulture
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
2Wood Thrush
1House Sparrow
1Summer Tanager