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Recent reports from Sunset Beach--East End

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

August 22

1American White Pelican
3Rock Pigeon
2Mourning Dove
6American Oystercatcher
125Black-bellied Plover
2000Semipalmated Plover
1Piping Plover
6Wilson's Plover
1Whimbrel
600Short-billed Dowitcher
55Willet
5Greater Yellowlegs
2Ruddy Turnstone
23Sanderling
3Least Sandpiper
1Pectoral Sandpiper
12Western Sandpiper
57Semipalmated Sandpiper
87Laughing Gull
1American Herring Gull
2Great Black-backed Gull
31Black Skimmer
6Least Tern
1Caspian Tern
2Black Tern
4Forster's Tern
2Common Tern
14Sandwich Tern
54Royal Tern
15White Ibis
21Roseate Spoonbill
4Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
32Brown Pelican
1Osprey
1Belted Kingfisher
1Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
2House Finch
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1Northern Cardinal

August 21

1Clapper Rail
2Lesser Yellowlegs
10Ring-billed Gull
2Barn Swallow

August 18

1Tricolored Heron

August 17

2Canada Goose
2Red Knot
2Lesser Black-backed Gull
2Wood Stork
1Double-crested Cormorant
2Snowy Egret
1Green Heron
1Red-shouldered Hawk