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Recent reports from Airlie Gardens

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

March 15

12Hooded Merganser
4Double-crested Cormorant
7White Ibis
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
4Black-crowned Night Heron
3Osprey
3Bald Eagle
1Merlin
1Blue Jay
2Canada Goose
2Mourning Dove
3Laughing Gull
4Ring-billed Gull
1Anhinga
1Great Egret
2Red-shouldered Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
1Pileated Woodpecker
1American Crow
2Fish Crow
XCarolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
4Carolina Wren
1Brown Thrasher
2Northern Mockingbird
2Eastern Bluebird
XWhite-throated Sparrow
XYellow-rumped Warbler
4Northern Cardinal

March 14

2Great Blue Heron
1Downy Woodpecker
6Snowy Egret
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Tricolored Heron
1Brown Pelican
4Turkey Vulture
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Blue-headed Vireo
1Gray Catbird
2House Finch
2Eastern Towhee

March 13

2Mallard
1Hermit Thrush

March 11

2Killdeer
1Northern Flicker
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1American Robin
1Pine Warbler
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
11Cedar Waxwing
2Song Sparrow
5Red-winged Blackbird
6Common Grackle
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Orange-crowned Warbler
1American Goldfinch
1Eastern Phoebe
1Brown-headed Cowbird
1Prairie Warbler

March 10

1Purple Martin