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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 1

20Chimney Swift ✓
2Great Blue Heron ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓

September 30

16Canada Goose ✓
5Mourning Dove ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Broad-winged Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
2Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
4Downy Woodpecker ✓
3Northern Flicker ✓
4Blue Jay ✓
3Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
3Carolina Wren ✓
2Gray Catbird ✓
2Brown Thrasher ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
2Eastern Bluebird ✓
2American Goldfinch ✓
1American Redstart ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓
2Palm Warbler ✓
4Northern Cardinal ✓
1Wood Duck ✓
2Mallard ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Killdeer ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
4Eastern Phoebe ✓
3American Crow ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
1American Robin ✓
5House Finch ✓
1Chipping Sparrow ✓
1Common Grackle ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓
1Indigo Bunting ✓

September 29

1Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
4Red-eyed Vireo ✓
1Swainson's Thrush ✓
1Cedar Waxwing ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓
2Common Yellowthroat ✓
2Magnolia Warbler ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓

September 28

1Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
1Philadelphia Vireo ✓

September 26

1White-eyed Vireo ✓
1Marsh Wren ✓
1Baltimore Oriole ✓

September 25

2Black Vulture ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1Ovenbird ✓
2Northern Yellow Warbler ✓
1Chestnut-sided Warbler ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Scarlet Tanager ✓
2Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓
1Common Raven ✓
2European Starling ✓
1Summer Tanager ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓