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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.

November 10

5Northern Shoveler ✓
1American Wigeon ✓
11Green-winged Teal ✓
7Redhead ✓
36Lesser Scaup ✓
9Ruddy Duck ✓
150American Coot ✓
35Bonaparte's Gull ✓
3Ring-billed Gull ✓
2Pied-billed Grebe ✓
9Horned Grebe ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓

November 9

1Killdeer ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
3Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
3Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
2Dark-eyed Junco ✓
2Palm Warbler ✓
2Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
2White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
2Eastern Bluebird ✓
2American Goldfinch ✓
1Chipping Sparrow ✓
3White-throated Sparrow ✓
3Song Sparrow ✓
7Pine Warbler ✓
25Gadwall ✓
7Mallard ✓
1Northern Pintail ✓
35Ring-necked Duck ✓
1Surf Scoter ✓
1Black Scoter ✓
1Long-tailed Duck ✓
2Bufflehead ✓
2Double-crested Cormorant ✓
2Great Blue Heron ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
2Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
2Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
1Blue Jay ✓
2American Crow ✓
3Carolina Chickadee ✓
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Brown Creeper ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
1American Robin ✓
2House Finch ✓
1Savannah Sparrow ✓
1Blackpoll Warbler ✓
2Northern Cardinal ✓

November 8

1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Hermit Thrush ✓
1American Herring Gull ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓

November 7

1Wood Duck ✓
1Common Loon ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
5American Pipit ✓
1Vesper Sparrow ✓
8Swamp Sparrow ✓

November 6

1Franklin's Gull ✓

November 5

1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Winter Wren ✓
2Cape May Warbler ✓

November 4

1Merlin ✓
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow ✓