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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 26

2American Herring Gull ✓
2Black Vulture ✓
27Turkey Vulture ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
4American Crow ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
2Eastern Meadowlark ✓
4Cape May Warbler ✓
6Blackpoll Warbler
1Palm Warbler ✓
25Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Fish Crow ✓
1Carolina Chickadee ✓
4Tufted Titmouse ✓
2White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1Hermit Thrush ✓
3Song Sparrow ✓
1Northern Cardinal ✓

October 25

2Ring-billed Gull ✓
1Blue Jay ✓
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
1Eastern Bluebird ✓
2Chipping Sparrow ✓
2White-throated Sparrow ✓
1Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓
16Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
6American Goldfinch ✓
2Dark-eyed Junco ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓

October 24

1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
2Brown Creeper ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1House Finch ✓

October 23

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
1Black-throated Green Warbler ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
1Vesper Sparrow ✓

October 22

7Killdeer ✓
2Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
1Blackburnian Warbler ✓
1Bay-breasted Warbler ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Swamp Sparrow ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
9American Robin ✓

October 21

1Winter Wren ✓
1American White Pelican ✓
1Red-breasted Nuthatch ✓
4American Avocet ✓
1Merlin ✓
1Green-winged Teal ✓
6Ruddy Duck ✓
1Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1Forster's Tern ✓

October 20

1Pied-billed Grebe ✓
4Ring-necked Duck ✓
4Savannah Sparrow ✓
2Mourning Dove ✓