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Recent reports from Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point

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

October 14

2Great Blue Heron ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
2Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
2Eastern Phoebe ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
8American Crow ✓
1Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
2White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
4Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
5Carolina Wren ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
5Eastern Bluebird ✓
1American Robin ✓
1House Finch ✓
1Chipping Sparrow ✓
2Dark-eyed Junco ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
1Prairie Warbler ✓
5Northern Cardinal ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓
2Northern Parula ✓
2Blackburnian Warbler ✓
1Blackpoll Warbler ✓
1Mourning Dove ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
2Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
2Bay-breasted Warbler ✓
2Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓
1Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Fish Crow ✓
2Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1Killdeer ✓
2Turkey Vulture ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
2Eastern Towhee ✓
6Red-winged Blackbird ✓

October 13

1Gray Catbird ✓
2Swamp Sparrow ✓
1Blue-headed Vireo ✓
1Black-throated Green Warbler ✓
1Brown Creeper ✓
1American Goldfinch ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Black Vulture ✓
2Indigo Bunting ✓
1Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
1White-throated Sparrow ✓
12Canada Goose ✓
1Laughing Gull ✓
1Tree Swallow ✓
1Savannah Sparrow ✓
1American Redstart ✓
1Scarlet Tanager ✓
1Spotted Sandpiper ✓
2Cedar Waxwing ✓
1Tennessee Warbler ✓
1Chimney Swift ✓

October 12

1Brown Thrasher ✓

October 11

1American Pipit ✓
6Ring-billed Gull ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Hooded Warbler ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
2Yellow-throated Warbler ✓
1Great Egret ✓
1Barn Swallow ✓
7Mallard ✓
1Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1Peregrine Falcon ✓

October 10

1Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓

October 9

1Gray-cheeked Thrush ✓
1Swainson's Thrush ✓
1Winter Wren ✓
2Caspian Tern ✓

October 8

1White-eyed Vireo ✓