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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.

October 20

3Green-winged Teal
90Killdeer
1Spotted Sandpiper
3Lesser Yellowlegs
23Least Sandpiper
5Pectoral Sandpiper
75Ring-billed Gull
1Double-crested Cormorant
60Great Egret
20Great Blue Heron
4Bald Eagle
1Belted Kingfisher
6Red-headed Woodpecker
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
1Eastern Phoebe
1American Crow
2Tufted Titmouse
1Carolina Wren
5Eastern Bluebird
1House Finch
20Chipping Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
1Northern Cardinal

October 19

1Semipalmated Sandpiper
2Turkey Vulture
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Golden-crowned Kinglet
15European Starling
400Common Grackle

October 17

3Blue-winged Teal
5Mourning Dove
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Downy Woodpecker
3Blue Jay
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Gray Catbird
2American Robin
1American Goldfinch
2Field Sparrow
3White-throated Sparrow
6Swamp Sparrow
22Canada Goose
1Bonaparte's Gull
1Fish Crow
5Carolina Chickadee
1Tree Swallow
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
4White-breasted Nuthatch
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Brown Thrasher
4American Pipit
8Red-winged Blackbird
12Palm Warbler
3Pine Warbler
19Yellow-rumped Warbler