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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.

September 15

75Canada Goose
2Wood Duck
1Wild Turkey
15Chimney Swift
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
3Double-crested Cormorant
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
2Eastern Wood-Pewee
3Eastern Phoebe
3Eastern Kingbird
1Blue-headed Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
4Blue Jay
6American Crow
3Tufted Titmouse
1Carolina Wren
14Eastern Bluebird
3Cedar Waxwing
2House Finch
1American Goldfinch
6Chipping Sparrow
2Song Sparrow
1Common Yellowthroat
1Cape May Warbler
1Magnolia Warbler
1Prairie Warbler
3Scarlet Tanager
1Northern Cardinal
2Indigo Bunting

September 14

4Mallard
2Mourning Dove
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Osprey
3Carolina Chickadee
12Tree Swallow
8Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Eastern Towhee
1White-eyed Vireo
1Philadelphia Vireo
1Tennessee Warbler
2Palm Warbler
1Green Heron
2Yellow-throated Vireo
1Fish Crow
3White-breasted Nuthatch
1Northern Mockingbird
1American Robin

September 13

1Turkey Vulture
1Bald Eagle
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Hairy Woodpecker
1Purple Martin
1Swainson's Thrush
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Cerulean Warbler
1Northern Parula
2Gray Catbird

September 12

1Barn Swallow
1Common Raven
1Worm-eating Warbler
1Northern Waterthrush
1Pine Warbler
1Great Blue Heron
2Black Vulture
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Veery
1Dark-eyed Junco
1Bobolink
1Baltimore Oriole
1Yellow Warbler

September 11

5Rock Pigeon
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Cooper's Hawk

September 10

1Say's Phoebe
1Field Sparrow