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Recent reports from Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)

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

November 4

8Killdeer
10Great Blue Heron
1Bald Eagle
2Red-tailed Hawk
1Pileated Woodpecker

November 3

13Green-winged Teal
4Greater Yellowlegs
2Dunlin
2Mallard
1Wilson's Snipe
1White-rumped Sandpiper
12Least Sandpiper
4Pectoral Sandpiper
6Ring-billed Gull
2Turkey Vulture
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Northern Flicker
1Eastern Phoebe
2Blue Jay
2American Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2Golden-crowned Kinglet
1White-breasted Nuthatch
2Carolina Wren
6American Robin
2White-throated Sparrow
2Song Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
12Red-winged Blackbird
1Pine Warbler
2Yellow-rumped Warbler
2Northern Cardinal

November 2

1Lesser Yellowlegs
2Long-billed Dowitcher
2Double-crested Cormorant
1Red-shouldered Hawk
3Red-headed Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
2American Goldfinch
1Chipping Sparrow
1Northern Mockingbird
3Eastern Bluebird
1Bonaparte's Gull
1Winter Wren
1Hermit Thrush
2Black Vulture
1Sharp-shinned Hawk
2Palm Warbler
9American Pipit
1Canada Goose
1American Herring Gull
20Great Egret
1Barred Owl
1Belted Kingfisher
1House Finch
2Dark-eyed Junco
4Rusty Blackbird
1Common Grackle
1Black-and-white Warbler

November 1

2Great Horned Owl
50European Starling
9Mourning Dove
4Field Sparrow

October 31

1Tree Swallow