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Recent reports from Warren Wilson College--Owen Park

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

October 5

50Canada Goose ✓
2Mourning Dove ✓
4Black Vulture ✓
6Turkey Vulture ✓
2Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
2Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
2Eastern Phoebe ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
1Red-eyed Vireo ✓
4Blue Jay ✓
12American Crow ✓
1Fish Crow ✓
2Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1Sedge Wren
2Carolina Wren ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
5Eastern Bluebird ✓
1Swainson's Thrush ✓
1Hermit Thrush ✓
5American Robin ✓
8House Finch ✓
5American Goldfinch ✓
2Chipping Sparrow ✓
1Field Sparrow ✓
2Savannah Sparrow ✓
8Song Sparrow ✓
2Lincoln's Sparrow ✓
1Swamp Sparrow ✓
2Eastern Towhee ✓
20Bobolink ✓
1Northern Waterthrush ✓
40Tennessee Warbler ✓
1Nashville Warbler ✓
2Common Yellowthroat ✓
1American Redstart ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
15Palm Warbler ✓
1Prairie Warbler ✓
2Northern Cardinal ✓
1Blue Grosbeak ✓

October 3

8Mallard ✓
25Rock Pigeon ✓
1Chimney Swift ✓
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
1Killdeer ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
5European Starling ✓
2Gray Catbird ✓
5Cedar Waxwing ✓
2House Sparrow ✓
1Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1Scarlet Tanager ✓
2Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓
2Indigo Bunting ✓

October 2

1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Hooded Warbler ✓
2Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓

October 1

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Least Flycatcher ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
1Marsh Wren ✓
2Gray-cheeked Thrush ✓
1White-throated Sparrow ✓
1Ovenbird ✓

September 30

1Spotted Sandpiper ✓
2American Kestrel ✓
1Merlin ✓
1Peregrine Falcon ✓
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
1Black-throated Green Warbler ✓
1Dickcissel

September 29

1Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
1Bay-breasted Warbler ✓