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Recent reports from Oak Island--West End

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

October 18

2Willet
2Ruddy Turnstone
20Sanderling
50Laughing Gull
10Ring-billed Gull
15American Herring Gull
7Lesser Black-backed Gull
382Black Skimmer
10Caspian Tern
175Forster's Tern
80Sandwich Tern
100Royal Tern
2Double-crested Cormorant
2Great Egret
150Brown Pelican
11Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Cooper's Hawk
1Red-tailed Hawk
2Golden-crowned Kinglet
1Northern Mockingbird
3Savannah Sparrow
1Boat-tailed Grackle
1Palm Warbler

October 17

1Great Black-backed Gull
1Tricolored Heron
4Great Blue Heron
5American White Pelican
1Belted Kingfisher

October 16

1Clapper Rail
6Black-bellied Plover
1Killdeer
4Semipalmated Plover
2Northern Harrier
1Northern Flicker
2American Kestrel
1American Crow
4Barn Swallow
5European Starling
1Gray Catbird
8House Finch
2Yellow-rumped Warbler
2Prairie Warbler

October 15

3Rock Pigeon
2Mourning Dove
1Lesser Yellowlegs
19Wood Stork
31White Ibis
1Eastern Phoebe
40Tree Swallow
1Carolina Wren
5Common Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Cardinal
1Blue Jay