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Recent reports from Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd (general area)

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

October 26

8Killdeer ✓
8Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
2Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
3Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
6Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
9Blue Jay ✓
4American Crow ✓
1Fish Crow ✓
4Carolina Wren ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
8Eastern Bluebird ✓
6American Goldfinch ✓
15Chipping Sparrow ✓
6White-throated Sparrow ✓
8Song Sparrow ✓
3Eastern Towhee ✓
10Palm Warbler ✓
1Northern Cardinal ✓

October 23

13Green-winged Teal ✓
7Wilson's Snipe ✓
2Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
6Great Egret ✓
2Great Blue Heron ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
1Carolina Chickadee ✓
3Tufted Titmouse ✓
3House Finch ✓
1Dark-eyed Junco ✓
1Swamp Sparrow ✓
5Red-winged Blackbird ✓
23Rusty Blackbird ✓

October 22

2Northern Shoveler ✓
1Mallard ✓
1Northern Pintail ✓
2Mourning Dove ✓
1Black-bellied Plover ✓
1Dunlin ✓
4Double-crested Cormorant ✓
2Black Vulture ✓
1Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
2Downy Woodpecker ✓
2Pileated Woodpecker ✓
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
3Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
4American Robin ✓
4American Pipit ✓
1Savannah Sparrow ✓
3Pine Warbler ✓
5Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓

October 20

5Pectoral Sandpiper ✓
10Ring-billed Gull ✓
1American White Pelican ✓
1Eastern Meadowlark ✓
1Blackpoll Warbler ✓