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Recent reports from Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance

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

October 11

19Canada Goose ✓
1Mourning Dove ✓
2Great Egret ✓
10Great Blue Heron ✓
2Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
2American Crow ✓
1Fish Crow ✓
3Carolina Chickadee ✓
2Tufted Titmouse ✓
3Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
2Carolina Wren ✓
1European Starling ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓
6Northern Parula ✓
1Bay-breasted Warbler ✓
2Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
3Pine Warbler ✓
2Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
3Northern Cardinal ✓

October 10

25Mallard ✓
2Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
3Chimney Swift ✓
1Pied-billed Grebe ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
1Osprey ✓
2Bald Eagle ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
2Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
3Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Brown Creeper ✓
6Eastern Bluebird ✓
1Swainson's Thrush ✓
16American Robin ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓
2Common Yellowthroat ✓
5Green-winged Teal ✓
3Double-crested Cormorant ✓
2Belted Kingfisher ✓

October 6

1Killdeer ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
2Gray Catbird ✓
2Brown Thrasher ✓
2Tennessee Warbler ✓
1American Redstart ✓

October 5

2Caspian Tern ✓
4Common Tern ✓
4House Finch ✓
2Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓