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Recent reports from Jordan Game Land--New Hope Creek (Chatham Co. Seasonal Mudflats)

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

October 26

14Canada Goose ✓
18Mourning Dove ✓
45Killdeer ✓
3Long-billed Dowitcher ✓
15Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
7Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1Stilt Sandpiper ✓
12Least Sandpiper ✓
7Pectoral Sandpiper ✓
75Ring-billed Gull ✓
1American Herring Gull ✓
200Double-crested Cormorant ✓
35Great Egret ✓
18Great Blue Heron ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
3Bald Eagle ✓
2Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
2Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
2Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
2Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
2Pileated Woodpecker ✓
4Northern Flicker ✓
2Eastern Phoebe ✓
6Blue Jay ✓
7American Crow ✓
1Fish Crow ✓
1Common Raven ✓
2Carolina Chickadee ✓
4Tufted Titmouse ✓
3Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
2White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
2Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
2Carolina Wren ✓
2Eastern Bluebird ✓
1Hermit Thrush ✓
5American Robin ✓
3American Pipit ✓
2House Finch ✓
4American Goldfinch ✓
3Dark-eyed Junco ✓
2White-throated Sparrow ✓
2Song Sparrow ✓
2Swamp Sparrow ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓
12Red-winged Blackbird ✓
2Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
2Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
2Northern Cardinal ✓

October 25

1Winter Wren ✓
2Palm Warbler ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
1Field Sparrow ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓

October 23

1Northern Pintail ✓
6Green-winged Teal ✓
1Wilson's Snipe ✓
1American White Pelican ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Brown Creeper ✓