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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.

October 14

1Mourning Dove ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Chimney Swift ✓
1Double-crested Cormorant ✓
2Great Blue Heron ✓
2Turkey Vulture ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
2Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
2Northern Flicker ✓
2American Kestrel ✓
2Eastern Phoebe ✓
5Blue Jay ✓
1American Crow ✓
1Fish Crow ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Tree Swallow ✓
3Carolina Wren ✓
1European Starling ✓
2Brown Thrasher ✓
3Northern Mockingbird ✓
2Eastern Bluebird ✓
7American Goldfinch ✓
1Chipping Sparrow ✓
1White-crowned Sparrow ✓
2White-throated Sparrow ✓
4Savannah Sparrow ✓
5Song Sparrow ✓
1Lincoln's Sparrow ✓
1Swamp Sparrow ✓
2Eastern Towhee ✓
1Bobolink
2Eastern Meadowlark ✓
1Red-winged Blackbird ✓
2Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓
5Palm Warbler ✓
4Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
2Northern Cardinal ✓
1Blue Grosbeak ✓
1Indigo Bunting ✓
XHouse Finch ✓

October 13

8Canada Goose ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
1Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
3Field Sparrow ✓
1Nashville Warbler ✓

October 12

2Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
3Black Vulture ✓
2Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1American Robin ✓

October 11

1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
1Clay-colored Sparrow ✓
2Killdeer ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1Common Raven ✓

October 10

20Rock Pigeon ✓
1Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Northern Yellow Warbler ✓

October 9

2Wood Duck ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
1Scarlet Tanager ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓

October 8

1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1American Redstart ✓
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow ✓