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Recent reports from Patriot's Point -- nature trail and surrounding areas

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

November 5

1Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Downy Woodpecker
1Tree Swallow
1Carolina Wren
4House Finch

November 4

5White Ibis
2Brown Pelican
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2Gray Catbird
2Hermit Thrush
3White-throated Sparrow
5Song Sparrow
4Swamp Sparrow
1Swainson's Warbler
2Orange-crowned Warbler
3Northern Cardinal
1Indigo Bunting
1Mourning Dove
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2Great Egret
1Turkey Vulture
1Sharp-shinned Hawk
2Red-shouldered Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
1Northern Flicker
1American Kestrel
1Eastern Phoebe
3American Crow
1Northern House Wren
4Eastern Bluebird
1Field Sparrow
2White-crowned Sparrow
2Vesper Sparrow
18Savannah Sparrow
2Common Yellowthroat
1Painted Bunting
1Clapper Rail
9American Oystercatcher
3Laughing Gull
1Royal Tern
1Double-crested Cormorant
2Tricolored Heron
2Osprey
1Cooper's Hawk
1Red-tailed Hawk
4Blue Jay
1Carolina Chickadee
4Marsh Wren
2Brown Thrasher
6Northern Mockingbird
2Eastern Towhee
4Red-winged Blackbird
7Palm Warbler
10Yellow-rumped Warbler

November 3

XClay-colored Sparrow
1Snowy Egret
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1American Goldfinch
1Canada Goose
8Killdeer
1Black Vulture
1House Sparrow
1Bald Eagle

November 2

1Barred Owl
1Chuck-will's-widow
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Merlin
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Common Grackle
1Ring-necked Duck
1Black-bellied Plover
1Forster's Tern
1Grasshopper Sparrow
21Chipping Sparrow
2Boat-tailed Grackle
1Blue Grosbeak
1White-eyed Vireo
2Tufted Titmouse
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1European Starling
1American Robin

November 1

1Cedar Waxwing
1Little Blue Heron
1Great Blue Heron
1Seaside Sparrow
2Anhinga
1Golden-crowned Kinglet
1Fish Crow
1Eastern Meadowlark
1White-winged Dove
1Pectoral Sandpiper
3Common Loon
1Lincoln's Sparrow
1American Redstart