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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 7

1Mourning Dove ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
2Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
2Eastern Phoebe ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
1American Crow ✓
1Carolina Chickadee ✓
2Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
4American Goldfinch ✓
2Common Yellowthroat ✓
2Northern Parula ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
1Northern Cardinal ✓
1Indigo Bunting ✓
15Canada Goose ✓
11Mallard ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
8Chimney Swift ✓
1Killdeer ✓
2Great Blue Heron ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
2Downy Woodpecker ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
2Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
4Carolina Wren ✓
2Gray Catbird ✓
4Eastern Bluebird ✓
2American Robin ✓
15Cedar Waxwing ✓
3House Finch ✓
2Eastern Towhee ✓
6Common Grackle ✓
2American Redstart ✓
2Cape May Warbler ✓
1Northern Yellow Warbler ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓
1Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓

October 6

1Turkey Vulture ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓
2Rock Pigeon ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
2European Starling ✓
1Northern Waterthrush ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓

October 5

1Palm Warbler ✓
2Red-eyed Vireo ✓
2Chipping Sparrow ✓
1White-throated Sparrow ✓
1Tennessee Warbler ✓
1Black-throated Green Warbler ✓

October 4

1Wood Duck ✓
1Ring-billed Gull ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
1Common Raven ✓
1Baltimore Oriole ✓
2Summer Tanager ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Blue Grosbeak ✓
1Acadian Flycatcher ✓
2Veery ✓
1Scarlet Tanager ✓
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
1Blackpoll Warbler ✓
1American Avocet ✓
1Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1Pied-billed Grebe ✓

October 3

1Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1Philadelphia Vireo ✓

October 2

1Northern House Wren ✓