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Recent reports from Brevard Hike & Bike Path--Hospital Fields

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

September 26

4Canada Goose ✓
1Mourning Dove ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
5Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
4Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
4Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
2Eastern Phoebe ✓
1Great Crested Flycatcher ✓
2White-eyed Vireo ✓
4Red-eyed Vireo ✓
11Blue Jay ✓
8American Crow ✓
5Carolina Chickadee ✓
3Tufted Titmouse ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
6Carolina Wren ✓
3Gray Catbird ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
3Eastern Bluebird ✓
1Swainson's Thrush ✓
1Wood Thrush ✓
11American Robin ✓
12Cedar Waxwing ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓
10Eastern Towhee ✓
3Common Grackle ✓
3Tennessee Warbler ✓
2Northern Parula ✓
5Magnolia Warbler ✓
1Bay-breasted Warbler ✓
3Chestnut-sided Warbler ✓
1Prairie Warbler ✓
1Scarlet Tanager ✓
12Northern Cardinal ✓
2Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓
XNorthern Mockingbird ✓
XHouse Finch ✓

September 25

1Acadian Flycatcher ✓
1Yellow-throated Vireo ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
1Gray-cheeked Thrush ✓
1Blue-winged Warbler ✓
3American Redstart ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
2American Goldfinch ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Summer Tanager ✓

September 22

1Eastern Screech-Owl ✓
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
36European Starling ✓
1Savannah Sparrow ✓
1Worm-eating Warbler ✓
1Northern Waterthrush ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓
1Hooded Warbler ✓
1Northern Yellow Warbler ✓
3Black-throated Green Warbler ✓

September 20

1Yellow-throated Warbler ✓