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Recent reports from Hampstead Oe E NW: New Topsail Inlet US-NC (34.3687,-77.6235)

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

November 3

3Black Scoter
3Black-bellied Plover
1Willet
3Red Knot
8Sanderling
6Dunlin
1Parasitic Jaeger
130Laughing Gull
22Ring-billed Gull
8American Herring Gull
14Great Black-backed Gull
6Lesser Black-backed Gull
28Forster's Tern
3Sandwich Tern
4Royal Tern
1Red-throated Loon
2Northern Gannet
16Brown Pelican
1Northern House Wren
2Carolina Wren
2Northern Mockingbird
2House Finch
1White-throated Sparrow
2Song Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
3Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Northern Cardinal