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Recent reports from Mason Farm Biological Reserve

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

September 8

1Black-billed Cuckoo
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2Turkey Vulture
2Red-shouldered Hawk
1Barred Owl
1Red-headed Woodpecker
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
3White-eyed Vireo
16American Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
4Tufted Titmouse
4Carolina Wren
18European Starling
2Brown Thrasher
3Northern Mockingbird
4American Goldfinch
2Common Yellowthroat
1Summer Tanager
4Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak
1Mourning Dove
1Broad-winged Hawk
2Pileated Woodpecker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
2Acadian Flycatcher
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2Yellow-throated Vireo
2Red-eyed Vireo
1Blue Jay
1Fish Crow
3White-breasted Nuthatch
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
6Eastern Bluebird
1Veery
1Swainson's Thrush
6American Robin
2American Redstart
1Pine Warbler

September 7

5Black Vulture
1Red-tailed Hawk
2Hairy Woodpecker
1Green Heron
1Baltimore Oriole
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Gray Catbird
1Eastern Towhee
1Northern Parula
1Indigo Bunting
4Common Grackle

September 6

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2Chimney Swift
1Osprey
1Belted Kingfisher
1Eastern Phoebe