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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 29

6Canada Goose
7American Black Duck
6Black-necked Stilt
3American Avocet
6Killdeer
XWillet
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Ruddy Turnstone
1Dunlin
XLaughing Gull
1Great Black-backed Gull
3Black Skimmer
5Least Tern
1Caspian Tern
8Royal Tern
4Double-crested Cormorant
2Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
3Great Egret
XBrown Pelican
1Barn Swallow
7Red-winged Blackbird
1Blue Grosbeak

June 28

1Virginia Rail
18Short-billed Dowitcher
12Forster's Tern
5White Ibis
1Little Blue Heron
6European Starling
1Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Towhee
2Eastern Meadowlark
2Common Grackle
3Boat-tailed Grackle

June 27

1Mallard
2American Oystercatcher
4Black-bellied Plover
3Semipalmated Plover
5Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Ring-billed Gull
5American Herring Gull
2Lesser Black-backed Gull
2Black Tern
1Purple Martin

June 26

4Lesser Yellowlegs

June 25

1Great Blue Heron

June 24

6Gadwall
7Glossy Ibis
1Seaside Sparrow
2Sandwich Tern
1Common Tern

June 23

1Mourning Dove
1Black-crowned Night Heron
4House Finch