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Recent reports from Cape Hatteras NS--Salt Pond

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

April 18

1King Rail
2American Oystercatcher
1Black-bellied Plover
1Semipalmated Plover
1Willet
2Ruddy Turnstone
20Bonaparte's Gull
25Laughing Gull
2Herring Gull
20Least Tern
50Forster's Tern
50Common Tern
150Sandwich Tern
200Royal Tern
1Northern Harrier
1Marsh Wren
4Savannah Sparrow
25Red-winged Blackbird
2Blue-winged Teal
1American Black Duck
1American Coot
1Killdeer
1Brown Pelican
1Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Barn Swallow
2Northern Mockingbird
1Swamp Sparrow
1Eastern Meadowlark
4Boat-tailed Grackle

April 17

1Long-tailed Duck
6Mourning Dove
3Lesser Yellowlegs
1Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Song Sparrow
2Common Yellowthroat
1Palm Warbler
12Canada Goose
2American Wigeon
3Short-billed Dowitcher
2Greater Yellowlegs
33Sanderling
4Dunlin
3Least Sandpiper
9Ring-billed Gull
7Great Black-backed Gull
10Lesser Black-backed Gull
2Black Skimmer
1Black Tern
5Common Loon
8Northern Gannet
12Double-crested Cormorant
1Little Blue Heron
1American Crow
2Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
6Brown-headed Cowbird
25Common Grackle
4Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Northern Cardinal

April 14

1Semipalmated Sandpiper