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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 23

8Double-crested Cormorant ✓
2Great Blue Heron ✓
2Bald Eagle ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1Chipping Sparrow ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓
1Blackpoll Warbler ✓
2Palm Warbler ✓
25Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
3Turkey Vulture ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
3American Crow ✓
2Carolina Chickadee ✓
2Carolina Wren ✓
2Northern Mockingbird ✓
1Eastern Bluebird ✓
2White-throated Sparrow ✓
3Song Sparrow ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓
2Ring-billed Gull ✓
2Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
3Tufted Titmouse ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1American Goldfinch ✓
1Vesper Sparrow ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓

October 22

7Killdeer ✓
2Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Blackburnian Warbler ✓
2Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
1Bay-breasted Warbler ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
1American Herring Gull ✓
2Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
1Fish Crow ✓
1Swamp Sparrow ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
9American Robin ✓
2House Finch ✓
3Dark-eyed Junco ✓
1Eastern Meadowlark ✓

October 21

1Winter Wren ✓
1American White Pelican ✓
1Red-breasted Nuthatch ✓
4American Avocet ✓
1Merlin ✓
5Northern Cardinal ✓
1Green-winged Teal ✓
6Ruddy Duck ✓
1Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1Forster's Tern ✓

October 20

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

October 19

1Pine Siskin ✓
1American Redstart ✓
2House Sparrow ✓
1Laughing Gull ✓
3Tree Swallow ✓

October 18

20American Wigeon ✓
1American Black Duck ✓
2Red-throated Loon ✓
3Common Loon ✓
1Northern Pintail ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Red-eyed Vireo ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓
1Black-throated Green Warbler ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓

October 17

12Canada Goose ✓