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Recent reports from Beaverdam Creek WMA-Simmons Ford Rd Entrance

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

October 17

3Canada Goose
1Wood Duck
1Mourning Dove
9Killdeer
1Wilson's Snipe
8Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Turkey Vulture
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Red-headed Woodpecker
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Hairy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Northern Flicker
3Eastern Phoebe
5Blue Jay
3American Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Northern House Wren
4Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
4Brown Thrasher
1Northern Mockingbird
2Eastern Bluebird
1Chipping Sparrow
1White-crowned Sparrow
5White-throated Sparrow
3Song Sparrow
3Swamp Sparrow
3Eastern Towhee
1Red-winged Blackbird
4Brown-headed Cowbird
3Common Grackle
4Palm Warbler
1Pine Warbler
7Northern Cardinal
2Indigo Bunting

October 16

1American Kestrel
1Fish Crow
1House Finch
2American Goldfinch
5Rusty Blackbird