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Recent reports from Pitt Street Causeway

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

October 20

5Clapper Rail
2American Oystercatcher
2Black-bellied Plover
2Willet
20Laughing Gull
2Royal Tern
1Wood Stork
5Double-crested Cormorant
2Little Blue Heron
2Tricolored Heron
4Snowy Egret
4Great Egret
4Great Blue Heron
43Brown Pelican
4Turkey Vulture
3Bald Eagle
1Belted Kingfisher
2American Crow
20Tree Swallow
3Northern Mockingbird
2Red-winged Blackbird
8Boat-tailed Grackle
1American Redstart
1Palm Warbler

October 19

4Ruddy Turnstone
2Ring-billed Gull
1Forster's Tern
1Semipalmated Plover
12Common Grackle
1White Ibis
1Osprey
8Short-billed Dowitcher
2Dunlin
1Western Sandpiper
1Northern Harrier
1Greater Yellowlegs
3Least Sandpiper
1Green Heron
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Downy Woodpecker
1Eastern Phoebe
1Blue Jay
4Carolina Chickadee
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
4Marsh Wren
3Eastern Bluebird
2House Finch
1Common Yellowthroat
1Yellow-throated Warbler
2Northern Cardinal

October 18

1Black Skimmer
1Gray Catbird

October 17

12Sanderling

October 16

6Seaside Sparrow
1Savannah Sparrow
1Painted Bunting
1Cooper's Hawk
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Lesser Yellowlegs
2Northern Flicker
1Carolina Wren
1Eastern Meadowlark
1Magnolia Warbler

October 15

8Mourning Dove
1Saltmarsh Sparrow
XRock Pigeon
XYellow-billed Cuckoo
XKilldeer
XRed-tailed Hawk
XFish Crow
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Lark Sparrow
1Yellow-rumped Warbler