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Recent reports from Guilford County Farm/Howerton Rd. (Guilford Co.)

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

September 24

15Rock Pigeon ✓
18Mourning Dove ✓
6Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
20Killdeer ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
12Black Vulture ✓
17Turkey Vulture ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
3Northern Flicker ✓
3Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
24American Crow ✓
2Fish Crow ✓
1Tree Swallow ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
6Carolina Wren ✓
50European Starling ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
9Northern Mockingbird ✓
6American Goldfinch ✓
3Field Sparrow ✓
3Song Sparrow ✓
6Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Northern Yellow Warbler ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
6Northern Cardinal ✓
5Indigo Bunting ✓

September 21

1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Common Raven ✓
4Carolina Chickadee ✓

September 20

3Chimney Swift ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
3Downy Woodpecker ✓
2White-eyed Vireo ✓
3Red-eyed Vireo ✓
4Blue Jay ✓
3Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
2Brown Thrasher ✓
8Eastern Bluebird ✓
4House Finch ✓
6Chipping Sparrow ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓
5Bobolink ✓
5Eastern Meadowlark ✓
2Common Grackle ✓
1Tennessee Warbler ✓
1Nashville Warbler ✓
1Hooded Warbler ✓
3American Redstart ✓
2Northern Parula ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
1Blackburnian Warbler ✓
1Chestnut-sided Warbler ✓
1Summer Tanager ✓
6Blue Grosbeak ✓

September 19

1Cooper's Hawk ✓
4American Robin ✓