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Recent reports from Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.

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

September 30

2Mourning Dove ✓
2Killdeer ✓
2Spotted Sandpiper ✓
1Solitary Sandpiper ✓
5Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
1Greater Yellowlegs ✓
4Least Sandpiper ✓
2Caspian Tern ✓
3Double-crested Cormorant ✓
60Great Egret ✓
8Great Blue Heron ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
5Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
3Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
2Downy Woodpecker ✓
5Northern Flicker ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
3Carolina Chickadee ✓
2Tufted Titmouse ✓
2White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
3Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
2Carolina Wren ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
5Eastern Bluebird ✓
1American Robin ✓
5Eastern Towhee ✓
1Northern Waterthrush ✓
2American Redstart ✓
3Cape May Warbler ✓
4Northern Parula ✓
1Blackpoll Warbler ✓
4Palm Warbler ✓
3Pine Warbler ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
1Summer Tanager ✓
3Northern Cardinal ✓

September 28

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
5Chimney Swift ✓
2Semipalmated Plover ✓
6Pectoral Sandpiper ✓
10Black Vulture ✓
5Turkey Vulture ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
5American Crow ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
2Northern Mockingbird ✓
5American Goldfinch ✓
10Chipping Sparrow ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
2Blue Grosbeak ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1House Finch ✓
1Field Sparrow ✓

September 27

1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Red-eyed Vireo ✓
2Barn Swallow ✓
1Indigo Bunting ✓
2Mallard ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
3Song Sparrow ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓