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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 10

20Rock Pigeon ✓
25Mourning Dove ✓
1Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
2Northern Flicker ✓
2American Kestrel ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
13Blue Jay ✓
12American Crow ✓
2Fish Crow ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
250Tree Swallow
2Carolina Wren ✓
4European Starling ✓
4Brown Thrasher ✓
14Northern Mockingbird ✓
6Eastern Bluebird ✓
11House Finch ✓
5American Goldfinch ✓
5Field Sparrow ✓
2White-crowned Sparrow ✓
5Savannah Sparrow ✓
11Song Sparrow ✓
5Swamp Sparrow ✓
3Eastern Towhee ✓
11Eastern Meadowlark ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Northern Yellow Warbler
20Palm Warbler ✓
3Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
11Northern Cardinal ✓
1Blue Grosbeak ✓
4Indigo Bunting ✓

October 9

2Wood Duck ✓
2Turkey Vulture ✓
2Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
3Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Lincoln's Sparrow ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
1Scarlet Tanager ✓
1Killdeer ✓
5Black Vulture ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
1Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
2Bobolink ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓

October 8

1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Common Raven ✓
2Gray Catbird ✓
2American Robin ✓
2Chipping Sparrow ✓
2White-throated Sparrow ✓
3Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1American Redstart ✓
12Chimney Swift ✓
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow ✓
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓

October 6

1Northern Bobwhite ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓
1Tennessee Warbler ✓
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓

October 4

1Barn Swallow ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
1Baltimore Oriole ✓