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Recent reports from Cape Hatteras NS--Ramp 43-44 (Ponds & Beach)

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

April 24

2Canada Goose
1American Black Duck
3Mourning Dove
2American Oystercatcher
1Black-bellied Plover
2Killdeer
1Greater Yellowlegs
2Least Sandpiper
18Laughing Gull
2Black Skimmer
2Least Tern
4Royal Tern
1White Ibis
2Glossy Ibis
4Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
2American Crow
1Fish Crow
1Marsh Wren
2Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
1Savannah Sparrow
3Eastern Meadowlark
25Red-winged Blackbird
19Common Grackle
8Boat-tailed Grackle
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Prairie Warbler
1Northern Cardinal
1Lesser Yellowlegs
20Willet
20Sanderling
5Ring-billed Gull
2Common Tern
25Sandwich Tern
15Brown Pelican
1Bald Eagle
30Barn Swallow
60Cedar Waxwing
3Brown-headed Cowbird
2Common Yellowthroat
1Blue Grosbeak

April 23

1Short-billed Dowitcher
1Great Blue Heron
1Eastern Kingbird

April 21

1Northern Shoveler
1American Wigeon
1King Rail
1Piping Plover
10American Herring Gull
8Northern Gannet
1Double-crested Cormorant
2Great Egret

April 20

1Great Black-backed Gull
2Forster's Tern
1Snowy Egret