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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 26

50Chimney Swift ✓
20Great Egret ✓
10Great Blue Heron ✓
1Black Vulture ✓
2Turkey Vulture ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
2Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
1Carolina Chickadee ✓
2White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
6Eastern Bluebird ✓
1Chipping Sparrow ✓
3American Redstart ✓
2Magnolia Warbler ✓
2Palm Warbler ✓
2Pine Warbler ✓
1Summer Tanager ✓
3Northern Cardinal ✓

September 25

2Killdeer ✓
2Bald Eagle ✓
2Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
3Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
2Northern Flicker ✓
1Great Crested Flycatcher ✓
6American Crow ✓
1Common Raven ✓
4Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
4Carolina Wren ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
2American Robin ✓
1House Finch ✓
3American Goldfinch ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓
2Eastern Towhee ✓
1Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1Northern Waterthrush ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
1Chestnut-sided Warbler ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
1Blue Grosbeak ✓

September 21

6Wood Duck ✓
9Blue-winged Teal ✓
17Mallard ✓
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
1Black-bellied Plover ✓
1Solitary Sandpiper ✓
1Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
5Least Sandpiper ✓
3Pectoral Sandpiper ✓
2Pied-billed Grebe ✓
2Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
3Eastern Phoebe ✓
4Fish Crow ✓
1Barn Swallow ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1Mourning Dove ✓
1Semipalmated Plover ✓
1Wilson's Snipe ✓
1Spotted Sandpiper ✓
1Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1Semipalmated Sandpiper ✓
1White Ibis ✓
1Great Horned Owl ✓
1Barred Owl ✓
2Yellow-throated Vireo ✓
1Red-eyed Vireo ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
1Veery ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓
2Indigo Bunting ✓