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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.

October 23

21Killdeer ✓
7Wilson's Snipe ✓
2Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
6Great Egret ✓
2Great Blue Heron ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
2Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
3Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
4Eastern Phoebe ✓
6Blue Jay ✓
2American Crow ✓
1Carolina Chickadee ✓
3Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
5Eastern Bluebird ✓
3House Finch ✓
2American Goldfinch ✓
26Chipping Sparrow ✓
1Dark-eyed Junco ✓
4White-throated Sparrow ✓
42Song Sparrow ✓
1Swamp Sparrow ✓
2Eastern Towhee ✓
5Red-winged Blackbird ✓
23Rusty Blackbird ✓
8Palm Warbler ✓
1Northern Cardinal ✓

October 22

2Northern Shoveler ✓
1Mallard ✓
1Northern Pintail ✓
12Green-winged Teal ✓
2Mourning Dove ✓
1Black-bellied Plover ✓
3Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1Dunlin
4Double-crested Cormorant ✓
2Black Vulture ✓
7Turkey Vulture ✓
1Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
2Downy Woodpecker ✓
2Pileated Woodpecker ✓
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
3Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
2Northern Mockingbird ✓
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 ✓

October 18

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
2Chimney Swift ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
12Fish Crow ✓