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Recent reports from Cape Hatteras NS--Cape Point

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

March 13

1Killdeer
15Bonaparte's Gull
3Laughing Gull
20Ring-billed Gull
15Great Black-backed Gull
10Lesser Black-backed Gull
30Forster's Tern
12Royal Tern
5Northern Gannet
250Double-crested Cormorant
5Turkey Vulture
1Eastern Meadowlark

March 12

4Canada Goose
35Gadwall
2American Wigeon
8American Black Duck
5Green-winged Teal
2Ring-necked Duck
15Black Scoter
4Mourning Dove
4American Oystercatcher
20Black-bellied Plover
1Short-billed Dowitcher
1Lesser Yellowlegs
25Willet
1Greater Yellowlegs
20Sanderling
5Dunlin
2Little Gull
400American Herring Gull
12White Ibis
2Great Egret
20Brown Pelican
1Northern Harrier
55Common Grackle
5Boat-tailed Grackle
10Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Common Eider
3Surf Scoter
2White-winged Scoter
4Wilson's Snipe
2447Razorbill
2Sandwich Tern
175Red-throated Loon
1American Bittern
1Great Blue Heron
1Osprey
3American Crow

March 10

4Tundra Swan
1Northern Pintail
8Lesser Scaup
2Red-breasted Merganser
3Virginia Rail
5American Coot
2Common Loon
1Manx Shearwater
1Cooper's Hawk
1Merlin
3Fish Crow
3Marsh Wren
3Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
2Brown Thrasher
2Northern Mockingbird
20American Robin
15Cedar Waxwing
2Savannah Sparrow
2Song Sparrow
4Swamp Sparrow
2Eastern Towhee
35Red-winged Blackbird
2Common Yellowthroat
3Northern Cardinal

March 9

2Mallard