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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 28

2Mourning Dove ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
5Chimney Swift ✓
60Killdeer ✓
2Semipalmated Plover ✓
1Solitary Sandpiper ✓
7Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
5Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1Least Sandpiper ✓
6Pectoral Sandpiper ✓
6Double-crested Cormorant ✓
75Great Egret ✓
20Great Blue Heron ✓
10Black Vulture ✓
5Turkey Vulture ✓
2Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
4Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
2Downy Woodpecker ✓
2Northern Flicker ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
3Blue Jay ✓
5American Crow ✓
2Carolina Chickadee ✓
4Tufted Titmouse ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
4Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
3Carolina Wren ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
2Northern Mockingbird ✓
5Eastern Bluebird ✓
1American Robin ✓
5American Goldfinch ✓
10Chipping Sparrow ✓
2Eastern Towhee ✓
2Northern Waterthrush ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
15Palm Warbler ✓
2Northern Cardinal ✓
2Blue Grosbeak ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
1House Finch ✓
1Field Sparrow ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓

September 27

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

September 26

1Summer Tanager ✓

September 25

2Bald Eagle ✓
1Great Crested Flycatcher ✓
1Common Raven ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
1Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1Chestnut-sided Warbler ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓