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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.

November 8

40Killdeer ✓
2Great Blue Heron ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
2Bald Eagle ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
1American Crow ✓
1Carolina Chickadee ✓
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
3Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
3Eastern Bluebird ✓
1American Robin ✓
3House Finch ✓
4American Goldfinch ✓
2Chipping Sparrow ✓
2White-throated Sparrow ✓
3Song Sparrow ✓
4Swamp Sparrow ✓
3Eastern Towhee ✓
30Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
4Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
2Northern Flicker ✓
3Tufted Titmouse ✓
2Northern Mockingbird ✓
3Northern Cardinal ✓
3Northern Shoveler ✓
1Northern Pintail ✓
1Spotted Sandpiper ✓
8Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
3Greater Yellowlegs ✓
15Least Sandpiper ✓
20Bonaparte's Gull ✓
20Ring-billed Gull ✓
1Barred Owl ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
4Downy Woodpecker ✓
2Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
8Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
9European Starling ✓
2Hermit Thrush ✓
7Cedar Waxwing ✓
20American Pipit ✓
2Dark-eyed Junco ✓
1Eastern Meadowlark ✓
40Common Grackle ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓

November 5

7Green-winged Teal ✓
2Mourning Dove ✓
1Black-bellied Plover ✓
4American Golden-Plover ✓
5Wilson's Snipe ✓
1Stilt Sandpiper ✓
1Western Sandpiper ✓
8Great Egret ✓
1American White Pelican ✓
3Black Vulture ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
1Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
4Pine Warbler ✓