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Recent reports from Sullivan's Island--Accreted Land (East)

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

August 4

1Rock Pigeon
3Mourning Dove
9Chimney Swift
1Piping Plover
1Willet
7Sanderling
10Least Sandpiper
8Laughing Gull
7Least Tern
6Sandwich Tern
43Royal Tern
5Brown Pelican
6American Crow
5Barn Swallow
1Carolina Wren
1Brown Thrasher
2Eastern Bluebird
2House Finch
4Northern Cardinal

August 3

1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
3Killdeer
3Semipalmated Plover
1Short-billed Dowitcher
1Greater Yellowlegs
14Ruddy Turnstone
1Black Skimmer
2Forster's Tern
2Green Heron
1Mississippi Kite
2Red-shouldered Hawk
2Downy Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1White-eyed Vireo
2Fish Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
1Cliff Swallow
5Red-winged Blackbird
1Louisiana Waterthrush
1Prairie Warbler
1Painted Bunting

August 2

2Double-crested Cormorant
1Least Bittern
1Cooper's Hawk
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Northern Mockingbird

July 31

1Ring-billed Gull
4Common Tern