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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.

September 26

3Mallard ✓
2Great Blue Heron ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
2American Crow ✓
5Carolina Chickadee ✓
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
3Carolina Wren ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
1Cedar Waxwing ✓
1House Finch ✓
7American Goldfinch ✓
3Song Sparrow ✓
2Common Yellowthroat ✓
3Palm Warbler ✓
1Northern Cardinal ✓
2Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓
1Blue Grosbeak ✓
50Canada Goose ✓
15Rock Pigeon ✓
5Mourning Dove ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
2Chimney Swift ✓
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
2Killdeer ✓
2Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
2Belted Kingfisher ✓
2Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
2Red-eyed Vireo ✓
1Fish Crow ✓
6Tufted Titmouse ✓
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
2European Starling ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
2Eastern Bluebird ✓
8Swainson's Thrush ✓
2House Sparrow ✓
5Field Sparrow ✓
2Savannah Sparrow ✓
1Lincoln's Sparrow
2Eastern Towhee ✓
2Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1Ovenbird ✓
40Tennessee Warbler ✓
2Hooded Warbler ✓
5American Redstart ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
1Bay-breasted Warbler ✓
1Prairie Warbler ✓
1Black-throated Green Warbler ✓
3Scarlet Tanager ✓
12Indigo Bunting ✓