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Recent reports from Hunting Island SP--Russ Point Boat Landing Rd.

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

October 7

6White Ibis
1Tricolored Heron
1Great Egret
1Osprey
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Blue Jay
1Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
3Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
3Red-winged Blackbird
2Northern Cardinal

October 5

3Mourning Dove
2Clapper Rail
25Semipalmated Plover
4Laughing Gull
1Royal Tern
3Wood Stork
1Roseate Spoonbill
1Belted Kingfisher
1Peregrine Falcon
1Clay-colored Sparrow
1Northern Waterthrush
1Great Blue Heron
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Parula
2Palm Warbler

October 4

1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Prairie Warbler
7Double-crested Cormorant
5Black-bellied Plover
1Spotted Sandpiper
3Willet
2Ring-billed Gull
5Forster's Tern
3Little Blue Heron
2Snowy Egret
3Brown Pelican
1Turkey Vulture
1Bald Eagle
1Downy Woodpecker
1Merlin
3American Crow
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Marsh Wren
1Swainson's Thrush
4Seaside Sparrow
3Boat-tailed Grackle
2American Redstart
XSandwich Tern
4Northern Flicker
1Red-eyed Vireo
2Tree Swallow
2House Finch
1Black-and-white Warbler
3Common Yellowthroat
1Pine Warbler
2Painted Bunting

October 3

1Cooper's Hawk
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Yellow-throated Warbler