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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.

February 17

4Canada Goose
2Northern Shoveler
75Gadwall
2American Wigeon
3Mallard
12American Black Duck
15Northern Pintail
30Green-winged Teal
4Greater Scaup
50Black Scoter
1Bufflehead
1Common Goldeneye
3Ruddy Duck
7American Coot
4Black-bellied Plover
3Killdeer
5Short-billed Dowitcher
8Willet
18Sanderling
300Bonaparte's Gull
200Ring-billed Gull
275American Herring Gull
15Great Black-backed Gull
105Lesser Black-backed Gull
1American Herring x Lesser Black-backed Gull (hybrid)
1Iceland Gull
20Forster's Tern
2Royal Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
3Horned Grebe
15Red-throated Loon
150Northern Gannet
25Double-crested Cormorant
4White Ibis
2Great Blue Heron
18Brown Pelican
5Turkey Vulture
25American Robin
2Boat-tailed Grackle
10Tundra Swan
1Canvasback
40Red-breasted Merganser
1American Oystercatcher
2Greater Yellowlegs
2Ruddy Turnstone
1Red Knot
12Dunlin
2699Razorbill
1Dovekie
3Little Gull
2Laughing Gull
1Red-necked Grebe
1Snowy Egret
2Great Egret
1Cooper's Hawk
1Northern Harrier
1Savannah Sparrow
5Yellow-rumped Warbler

February 16

1Snow Goose
4Blue-winged Teal
2Redhead
1Surf Scoter
7Common Loon
1Great Cormorant
5American Crow
1Song Sparrow
2Wilson's Snipe
1California Gull
1White-winged Scoter
1American Herring x Glaucous Gull (hybrid)
1Tricolored Heron
1Eastern Meadowlark

February 13

2Lesser Scaup
3Long-tailed Duck
1Bald Eagle

February 12

3Ring-necked Duck
3King Rail
12Virginia Rail
2Long-billed Dowitcher
1American Woodcock
1American Bittern
2Black-crowned Night Heron
5Marsh Wren
4Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
10Cedar Waxwing
7Swamp Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
2Northern Cardinal
1Hooded Merganser