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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 7

5Canada Goose
10Tundra Swan
25Gadwall
3Mallard
5Northern Pintail
1Canvasback
5Surf Scoter
15Mourning Dove
6Sanderling
205Bonaparte's Gull
115Ring-billed Gull
30American Herring Gull
2Great Black-backed Gull
12Lesser Black-backed Gull
1Great Cormorant
12Double-crested Cormorant
1Great Egret
1Gray Catbird
25American Robin
15Cedar Waxwing
20Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Snow Goose
7Northern Shoveler
13American Wigeon
8American Black Duck
38Green-winged Teal
5Ring-necked Duck
2White-winged Scoter
152Black Scoter
104Red-breasted Merganser
1Black-bellied Plover
1Willet
2Greater Yellowlegs
53Razorbill
3Dovekie
15Forster's Tern
1Red-necked Grebe
195Red-throated Loon
2Common Loon
1Manx Shearwater
878Northern Gannet
4White Ibis
105Brown Pelican
8Turkey Vulture
1Cooper's Hawk
1Bald Eagle
2American Pipit
1Savannah Sparrow
7Boat-tailed Grackle

February 5

2Bufflehead
3Ruddy Duck
1American Oystercatcher
3Killdeer
5Short-billed Dowitcher
1American Herring x Lesser Black-backed Gull (hybrid)
1California Gull
6Pied-billed Grebe
2Horned Grebe
2Great Blue Heron
1Merlin
2American Crow

February 3

1Redhead
8Hooded Merganser
1American Coot
2Long-billed Dowitcher
5Dunlin
1Laughing Gull
1Iceland Gull
1Tricolored Heron
1Swamp Sparrow

February 2

6Virginia Rail
2Marsh Wren
1Song Sparrow

February 1

1Common Eider
1Semipalmated Plover
4Wilson's Snipe
5Western Sandpiper
1Tree Swallow