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Recent reports from Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.

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

October 15

1Mallard ✓
7Mourning Dove ✓
15Chimney Swift ✓
3Great Blue Heron ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
2Bald Eagle ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
2Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
2Downy Woodpecker ✓
2Northern Flicker ✓
2Eastern Phoebe ✓
7Blue Jay ✓
2Carolina Chickadee ✓
2Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
2Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
3Carolina Wren ✓
3Brown Thrasher ✓
4Eastern Bluebird ✓
6American Robin ✓
20American Goldfinch ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓
1Red-winged Blackbird ✓
6Common Grackle ✓
3Northern Parula ✓
1Blackpoll Warbler ✓
2Northern Cardinal ✓

October 13

6Canada Goose ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
2Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1American Crow ✓
1Common Raven ✓
6House Finch ✓
2White-throated Sparrow ✓
2American Redstart ✓
4Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓

October 12

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
2Winter Wren ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
1Orange-crowned Warbler ✓
2Bay-breasted Warbler ✓
4Turkey Vulture ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
2Philadelphia Vireo ✓
1Red-eyed Vireo ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
6Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓
1Indigo Bunting ✓
1Killdeer ✓
1Yellow-throated Vireo ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1Scarlet Tanager ✓

October 11

1Northern Yellow Warbler ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓

October 9

2Wood Duck ✓