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Recent reports from Biltmore Estate--The Lagoon

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

October 6

200Canada Goose ✓
5Wild Turkey ✓
3Mourning Dove ✓
1Pied-billed Grebe ✓
3Double-crested Cormorant ✓
2Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
3Northern Flicker ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
6Blue Jay ✓
10American Crow ✓
3Carolina Chickadee ✓
3Tufted Titmouse ✓
2Eastern Bluebird ✓
2Song Sparrow ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓
7Tennessee Warbler ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1American Redstart ✓
3Northern Parula ✓
2Magnolia Warbler ✓
2Bay-breasted Warbler ✓
1Chestnut-sided Warbler ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
3Palm Warbler ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
2Northern Cardinal ✓
2Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓

October 4

1Chimney Swift ✓
1Black Vulture ✓
2Turkey Vulture ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
2Pileated Woodpecker ✓
2Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1Yellow-throated Vireo ✓
3White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
4Carolina Wren ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
6Cedar Waxwing ✓
2American Goldfinch ✓
2Chipping Sparrow ✓
2Indigo Bunting ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Barn Swallow ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
2Brown Thrasher ✓
1American Robin ✓

October 3

1Black-billed Cuckoo
1Spotted Sandpiper ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1House Finch ✓
1Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓

October 1

2Wood Duck ✓
XRuby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1White-throated Sparrow ✓