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Recent reports from Cape Hatteras NS--Cape Point

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

March 11

6Greater White-fronted Goose
12Canada Goose
3Tundra Swan
55Gadwall
2American Wigeon
2Mallard
12American Black Duck
8Northern Pintail
50Green-winged Teal
1Canvasback
5Ring-necked Duck
3Lesser Scaup
75Ruddy Duck
2American Oystercatcher
4Black-bellied Plover
3Killdeer
2Piping Plover
8Sanderling
4Dunlin
50Bonaparte's Gull
4Laughing Gull
65Ring-billed Gull
175American Herring Gull
5Great Black-backed Gull
150Lesser Black-backed Gull
75Forster's Tern
10Royal Tern
5Northern Gannet
150Double-crested Cormorant
1Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
4Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
12Brown Pelican
2Turkey Vulture
1Northern Harrier
1Merlin
1Song Sparrow
2Swamp Sparrow
1Eastern Meadowlark
5Red-winged Blackbird
35Common Grackle
10Yellow-rumped Warbler

March 10

2Surf Scoter
5Black Scoter
1American Herring x Lesser Black-backed Gull (hybrid)

March 9

2Bufflehead
3Mourning Dove
1Razorbill
3Red-throated Loon
1Common Loon
1Osprey
2Cooper's Hawk
1Bald Eagle
1Northern Flicker
1American Kestrel
3American Crow
4Barn Swallow
2Savannah Sparrow
4Boat-tailed Grackle

March 8

3Red-breasted Merganser
2Least Sandpiper
1Little Gull
1White Ibis

March 7

16Rock Pigeon
1Horned Grebe
1Swallow-tailed Kite
3Sharp-shinned Hawk
2Red-shouldered Hawk
1Fish Crow

March 6

1Virginia Rail
1Wilson's Snipe
1Eastern Towhee
1Common Yellowthroat
2Lesser Yellowlegs