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Recent reports from Guilford County Farm/Howerton Rd. (Guilford Co.)

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

October 24

2Mourning Dove ✓
1Black Vulture ✓
4Turkey Vulture ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
5American Crow ✓
1Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
7Northern Mockingbird ✓
2Eastern Bluebird ✓
1American Robin ✓
2House Finch ✓
4American Goldfinch ✓
1Chipping Sparrow ✓
5Field Sparrow ✓
3White-crowned Sparrow ✓
6White-throated Sparrow ✓
7Song Sparrow ✓
4Swamp Sparrow ✓
4Northern Cardinal ✓
20Canada Goose ✓
8Rock Pigeon ✓
2Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Killdeer ✓
1Wilson's Snipe ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
2Northern Harrier ✓
2Red-tailed Hawk ✓
6Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
4Northern Flicker ✓
2American Kestrel ✓
3Eastern Phoebe ✓
1Fish Crow ✓
5Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Pine Siskin ✓
1Grasshopper Sparrow ✓
29Savannah Sparrow ✓
2Eastern Towhee ✓
7Eastern Meadowlark ✓
30Red-winged Blackbird ✓
2Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
2Palm Warbler ✓

October 22

6Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
1Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
2Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
3White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1Vesper Sparrow ✓
1Lincoln's Sparrow ✓

October 21

1Downy Woodpecker ✓

October 18

1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Bay-breasted Warbler ✓