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Recent reports from Biltmore Estate--The Lagoon

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

March 10

14Canada Goose
2Mallard
2Ring-necked Duck
2Lesser Scaup
1American Crow
1Northern Cardinal
10Wild Turkey
2Double-crested Cormorant
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
3Eastern Phoebe
4Blue Jay
1Fish Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
6Tufted Titmouse
1Brown Creeper
3Carolina Wren
2Northern Mockingbird
2House Finch
1American Goldfinch
2Chipping Sparrow
6Field Sparrow
1Fox Sparrow
1Dark-eyed Junco
1White-throated Sparrow
11Song Sparrow
2Eastern Towhee
1Yellow-rumped Warbler

March 9

1Brown-headed Cowbird
5Wood Duck
5Mourning Dove
1Killdeer
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Hairy Woodpecker
6Tree Swallow
2White-breasted Nuthatch
6Eastern Bluebird
5American Robin
3Swamp Sparrow
1Red-winged Blackbird

March 8

1Snow Goose
3Greater Scaup
10Turkey Vulture
1Belted Kingfisher
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Red-breasted Nuthatch
1Brown Thrasher
1American Pipit
1White-crowned Sparrow

March 7

10Ruddy Duck
1Pied-billed Grebe
2Rock Pigeon
1Great Blue Heron
3Black Vulture
1Common Grackle
1Wilson's Snipe

March 6

4Hooded Merganser
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Northern Flicker
2Golden-crowned Kinglet
1House Sparrow
1Red Crossbill
1Common Merganser
1Cooper's Hawk

March 4

1Common Goldeneye
1Purple Finch
1Savannah Sparrow
1Winter Wren
1Eastern Meadowlark