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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 10

1Snow Goose
12Canada Goose
10Tundra Swan
10Northern Shoveler
165Gadwall
8American Wigeon
5Mallard
15American Black Duck
2Northern Pintail
28Green-winged Teal
1Canvasback
18Ring-necked Duck
2Greater Scaup
2Surf Scoter
2White-winged Scoter
5Black Scoter
1Long-tailed Duck
3Bufflehead
3Hooded Merganser
42Red-breasted Merganser
3Ruddy Duck
6American Coot
2Black-bellied Plover
5Killdeer
7Short-billed Dowitcher
1Long-billed Dowitcher
2Willet
2Greater Yellowlegs
30Sanderling
45Razorbill
4Dovekie
550Bonaparte's Gull
1Laughing Gull
300Ring-billed Gull
275American Herring Gull
12Great Black-backed Gull
105Lesser Black-backed Gull
6Forster's Tern
3Royal Tern
4Pied-billed Grebe
3Horned Grebe
9521Red-throated Loon
1803Northern Gannet
500Double-crested Cormorant
8White Ibis
1American Bittern
1Snowy Egret
3Great Egret
3Great Blue Heron
35Brown Pelican
40Turkey Vulture
2Cooper's Hawk
1Northern Harrier
1Merlin
2American Crow
1Tree Swallow
12American Robin
8Cedar Waxwing
1Savannah Sparrow
1Eastern Meadowlark
7Boat-tailed Grackle
120Yellow-rumped Warbler

February 9

1Common Goldeneye
3Wilson's Snipe
1Western Sandpiper
3Common Loon
1Bald Eagle
1Northern Mockingbird
1American Pipit
1Snow Bunting

February 8

1Dunlin
1Iceland Gull
1Tricolored Heron

February 7

15Mourning Dove
1Great Cormorant
1Gray Catbird
1Red-necked Grebe
1Manx Shearwater

February 5

1American Oystercatcher
1American Herring x Lesser Black-backed Gull (hybrid)
1California Gull