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Recent reports from Cape Hatteras NS--Salvo Day Use Area

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

November 11

1Mourning Dove ✓
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
3Killdeer ✓
1Ring-billed Gull ✓
1Royal Tern ✓
1Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
2Carolina Wren ✓
2Gray Catbird ✓
3Northern Mockingbird ✓
2Hermit Thrush ✓
10American Robin ✓
1Cedar Waxwing ✓
2House Finch ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓
2Eastern Towhee ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓
3Orange-crowned Warbler ✓
40Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
3Northern Cardinal ✓

November 10

1Clapper Rail ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓

November 8

12Canada Goose ✓
2Wood Duck ✓
114Northern Pintail ✓
4Surf Scoter ✓
25Black Scoter ✓
5Rock Pigeon ✓
1Black-bellied Plover ✓
2Dunlin ✓
45Laughing Gull ✓
15American Herring Gull ✓
5Great Black-backed Gull ✓
20Lesser Black-backed Gull ✓
12Forster's Tern ✓
10Northern Gannet ✓
2000Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1White Ibis ✓
1Great Egret ✓
2Great Blue Heron ✓
58Brown Pelican ✓
2Turkey Vulture ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
2Bald Eagle ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
2Eastern Phoebe ✓
13Tree Swallow ✓
8Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
45European Starling ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
3House Sparrow ✓
4American Pipit ✓
7Purple Finch ✓
16Pine Siskin ✓
2Savannah Sparrow ✓
4Eastern Meadowlark ✓
74Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1Common Grackle ✓
35Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
13Palm Warbler ✓
1Painted Bunting ✓

November 7

3Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
1Chipping Sparrow ✓
1Field Sparrow ✓
1Swamp Sparrow ✓
1American Redstart ✓
1Blackpoll Warbler ✓