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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 17

12Canada Goose ✓
3Laughing Gull
3Ring-billed Gull ✓
17Double-crested Cormorant ✓
5Great Blue Heron ✓
3Osprey ✓
6Bald Eagle ✓
2American Crow ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
1Eastern Bluebird ✓
6Chipping Sparrow ✓
2White-throated Sparrow ✓
2Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
1Northern Cardinal ✓

October 16

3Turkey Vulture ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
4Carolina Chickadee ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
3Killdeer ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1Blue Jay ✓
1Fish Crow ✓
1Dark-eyed Junco ✓
3Black-and-white Warbler ✓
1American Redstart ✓
3Cape May Warbler ✓
5Northern Parula ✓
3Bay-breasted Warbler ✓
1Blackburnian Warbler ✓
3Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
2Northern Flicker ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
2Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1American Goldfinch ✓
2Pine Warbler ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
2House Finch ✓
1Black-throated Green Warbler ✓
1Scarlet Tanager ✓
1Common Loon ✓
1Winter Wren ✓
11Cedar Waxwing ✓
1Common Grackle ✓
1Blackpoll Warbler ✓
9Palm Warbler ✓
1American Robin ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓
2Mourning Dove ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓

October 15

1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
2House Sparrow ✓
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓
2Pied-billed Grebe ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Peregrine Falcon ✓
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓

October 14

1Prairie Warbler ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1Tennessee Warbler ✓
6Red-winged Blackbird ✓

October 13

2Swamp Sparrow ✓
1Blue-headed Vireo ✓
1Brown Creeper ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Black Vulture ✓
2Indigo Bunting ✓
1Tree Swallow ✓
1Savannah Sparrow ✓
1Spotted Sandpiper ✓
1Chimney Swift ✓

October 12

1Brown Thrasher ✓

October 11

1American Pipit ✓
1Hooded Warbler ✓
2Yellow-throated Warbler ✓
1Great Egret ✓
1Barn Swallow ✓
7Mallard ✓
1Greater Yellowlegs ✓