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Recent reports from Fort Macon SP

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

September 14

2Mourning Dove
2Sandwich Tern
3White Ibis
1Little Blue Heron
2Tricolored Heron
1Osprey
2Red-shouldered Hawk
1Northern Mockingbird
1Northern Cardinal
1Clapper Rail
3Black-bellied Plover
2Killdeer
6Wilson's Plover
1Willet
1Ruddy Turnstone
2Sanderling
5Laughing Gull
1Ring-billed Gull
4Royal Tern
2Great Blue Heron
1Brown Pelican
1Sharp-shinned Hawk
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2Blue Jay
4Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
3House Finch

September 13

2Semipalmated Plover
3Caspian Tern
1European Starling
2Rock Pigeon
1Piping Plover
1American Herring Gull
3Great Black-backed Gull
3Great Egret
1Brown Thrasher
2Common Grackle

September 12

1House Sparrow
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Turkey Vulture
5Carolina Chickadee
3Painted Bunting
1Eurasian Collared-Dove
8Black Tern
12Forster's Tern
20Common Tern
1Boat-tailed Grackle

September 11

7Least Tern
4Black-crowned Night Heron
2Western Cattle-Egret

September 9

1Cooper's Hawk
1American Redstart
1Black Skimmer

September 8

1Indigo Bunting