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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.

October 2

65Canada Goose ✓
50Blue-winged Teal ✓
95Northern Shoveler ✓
1Eurasian Wigeon
155American Wigeon ✓
6Mallard ✓
110American Black Duck ✓
1100Northern Pintail ✓
4Green-winged Teal ✓
2Mourning Dove ✓
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
3Black-necked Stilt ✓
105American Avocet ✓
40Black-bellied Plover ✓
4Killdeer ✓
20Semipalmated Plover ✓
65Marbled Godwit ✓
10Short-billed Dowitcher ✓
3Long-billed Dowitcher ✓
8Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
20Willet ✓
28Greater Yellowlegs ✓
10Sanderling ✓
18Dunlin ✓
25Least Sandpiper ✓
4Western Sandpiper ✓
40Semipalmated Sandpiper ✓
350Laughing Gull ✓
3Ring-billed Gull ✓
15American Herring Gull ✓
8Lesser Black-backed Gull ✓
300Black Skimmer ✓
50Caspian Tern ✓
1Black Tern ✓
45Forster's Tern ✓
1Common Tern ✓
5Sandwich Tern ✓
275Royal Tern ✓
9Pied-billed Grebe ✓
40Double-crested Cormorant ✓
275White Ibis ✓
2Black-crowned Night Heron ✓
12Little Blue Heron ✓
75Tricolored Heron ✓
1Reddish Egret
195Snowy Egret
220Great Egret ✓
8Great Blue Heron ✓
13American White Pelican ✓
6Brown Pelican ✓
4Osprey ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
2Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
3Merlin ✓
3Peregrine Falcon ✓
4Barn Swallow ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
4European Starling ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
5Northern Mockingbird ✓
2House Finch ✓
1Seaside Sparrow ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓
1Bobolink ✓
4Eastern Meadowlark ✓
12Red-winged Blackbird ✓
4Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
25Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
1Northern Waterthrush ✓
2Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Northern Yellow Warbler ✓
3Palm Warbler ✓
1Northern Cardinal ✓
1Dickcissel ✓

September 30

3Gadwall ✓
2Great Black-backed Gull ✓
1American Redstart ✓