Excerpts from Rebekah's Journal
Baleigh & Rebekah's Bird List
April
14th: Turkey Vulture, Black-throated Green Warbler, Eastern Bluebird, Tufted Titmouse, Ovenbird, Barred Owl, Broad-winged Hawk
15th: Eastern Towhee, Eastern Phoebe, Red-eyed Vireo, Red-bellied Woodpecker
16th: American Robin, Northern Cardinal, Blackburnian Warbler
17th: Carolina Wren, Mourning Dove, Black-and-white Warbler, Wood Thrush
18th: Pileated Woodpecker, Blue Jay
20th: Ruffed Grouse, Common Raven
21st: Scarlet Tanager, Carolina Chickadee, Northern Parula
23rd: American Redstart
25th: White-breasted Nuthatch
28th: Barn Swallow, Cooper’s Hawk
May
4th: Eastern Wood-pewee, Gray Catbird
5th: Northern Mockingbird
6th: Canada Goose, Indigo Bunting
8th: Downy Woodpecker, Song Sparrow, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Brown Thrasher
9th: Veery
12th: Wild Turkey, Rose-breasted Grosbeak
14th: Ruby-throated Hummingbird
15th: Mallard, Eastern Whip-poor-will
16th: Red-winged Blackbird, Chipping Sparrow
18th: Great Blue Heron
20th: Field Sparrow
21st: Warbling Vireo
22nd: American Goldfinch
25th: Yellow-billed Cuckoo
June
8th: Bald Eagle
July
29th: White-throated Sparrow
August
19th: Common Loon
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