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Recent reports from Fort Fisher--Federal Point/The Rocks

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

April 23

1Red-headed Woodpecker
10Clapper Rail
5American Oystercatcher
1Black-bellied Plover
15Whimbrel
18Short-billed Dowitcher
8Willet
2Greater Yellowlegs
3Ruddy Turnstone
6Dunlin
20Laughing Gull
8Ring-billed Gull
6Sandwich Tern
20Royal Tern
15Double-crested Cormorant
4Brown Pelican
10Snowy Egret
3Western Cattle Egret
1Great Egret
2White Ibis
1Fish Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
6Barn Swallow
1Marsh Wren
4Northern Mockingbird
5Seaside Sparrow
1Red-winged Blackbird
20Common Grackle
12Boat-tailed Grackle
3Northern Cardinal

April 22

4Lesser Yellowlegs
2Turkey Vulture

April 21

1Semipalmated Plover
1Great Blue Heron

April 20

2Red-breasted Merganser
4Least Tern
1Tricolored Heron
1Osprey
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Eastern Phoebe
1Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
2Saltmarsh Sparrow
1Painted Bunting
4Mourning Dove
1Caspian Tern
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Brown Thrasher

April 18

2Sanderling
4Forster's Tern