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Recent reports from Kiawah Island--East Beach

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

July 4

1Clapper Rail
1American Oystercatcher
3Black-bellied Plover
4Killdeer
7Semipalmated Plover
3Wilson's Plover
2Willet
1Least Sandpiper
3Laughing Gull
1Black Skimmer
7Least Tern
1Forster's Tern
35Royal Tern
1Wood Stork
1Snowy Egret
1Green Heron
2Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
45Brown Pelican
1Turkey Vulture
3Osprey
1American Crow
3Fish Crow
1Tufted Titmouse
15Barn Swallow
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Marsh Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
1Red-winged Blackbird
2Boat-tailed Grackle

July 3

2Short-billed Dowitcher
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Ring-billed Gull
15Gull-billed Tern
5Common Tern
2Anhinga
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Tricolored Heron
2Black Vulture
3Mississippi Kite
1Eastern Bluebird
2House Finch

June 30

1Common Nighthawk
1Chuck-will's-widow
1Little Blue Heron
7European Starling