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Recent reports from Pea Island NWR--South Pond

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

June 26

6Canada Goose
4Black-necked Stilt
1American Avocet
3Killdeer
7Semipalmated Plover
2Short-billed Dowitcher
4Lesser Yellowlegs
1Least Tern
5White Ibis
2Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
1Great Egret
1Eastern Meadowlark
12Red-winged Blackbird
6Boat-tailed Grackle
3Greater Yellowlegs
3Laughing Gull
100Black Skimmer
2Caspian Tern
10Double-crested Cormorant
1Brown Pelican

June 25

15American Black Duck
2Black Tern
1Great Blue Heron
4Willet

June 24

6Gadwall
1Forster's Tern
7Glossy Ibis
1Seaside Sparrow
2Sandwich Tern
3Mallard
1Little Blue Heron
1Common Tern

June 23

2American Herring Gull
1Northern Mockingbird
1Mourning Dove
1Black-crowned Night Heron
1Great Black-backed Gull
6Royal Tern
4House Finch

June 22

2Barn Swallow
1Brown-headed Cowbird
2Semipalmated Sandpiper

June 21

1Purple Martin
1Osprey
1Carolina Wren
2Common Grackle
1Northern Cardinal
2Black-bellied Plover
2Ring-billed Gull
11European Starling
1Common Yellowthroat
1Eastern Towhee

June 20

1Blue-winged Teal
10Dunlin
1Blue Grosbeak
1Garganey
1Clapper Rail
1American Oystercatcher
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Ruddy Turnstone
3Least Sandpiper
1Blue Jay