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Recent reports from Biltmore Estate--Deer Park River Trail

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

September 18

12Canada Goose
2Wild Turkey
12Rock Pigeon
2Mourning Dove
2Killdeer
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Blue Jay
12American Crow
2Northern Mockingbird
2Eastern Bluebird
1House Sparrow
3House Finch
5American Goldfinch
6Chipping Sparrow
1Clay-colored Sparrow
2Song Sparrow
4Mallard
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
2Eastern Wood-Pewee
2Eastern Phoebe
3Carolina Chickadee
3Tufted Titmouse
1White-breasted Nuthatch
3Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
1Brown Thrasher
1Veery
4Cedar Waxwing
1Black-and-white Warbler
2Tennessee Warbler
1Common Yellowthroat
5American Redstart
1Cape May Warbler
3Magnolia Warbler
2Blackburnian Warbler
2Wilson's Warbler
5Northern Cardinal
2Indigo Bunting

September 17

1Bald Eagle
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Semipalmated Plover
2Turkey Vulture
5European Starling
1Palm Warbler
2Buff-breasted Sandpiper
1Northern Harrier
1Belted Kingfisher
1American Kestrel
4Eastern Kingbird
1American Robin
1Lark Sparrow
1Eastern Meadowlark
1Blue Grosbeak
1Chimney Swift
2Least Flycatcher
1Northern Waterthrush
1Yellow Warbler
1Pine Warbler
1Scarlet Tanager
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Eastern Towhee
1Bay-breasted Warbler
1Chestnut-sided Warbler
1Great Blue Heron
1Northern Flicker
1White-eyed Vireo
1Summer Tanager
3Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1Great Egret
1Cooper's Hawk
1Bobolink
25Red-winged Blackbird
2Common Grackle
1Yellow-throated Warbler

September 16

1Osprey

September 12

1Hairy Woodpecker