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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 20

18Surf Scoter
1American Oystercatcher
7Willet
XBonaparte's Gull
XRing-billed Gull
XAmerican Herring Gull
12Great Black-backed Gull
75Lesser Black-backed Gull
50Forster's Tern
1Brown Pelican
4Gadwall
14Black Scoter
2Laughing Gull
2Iceland Gull
12Royal Tern
500Double-crested Cormorant
1White Ibis
1Great Egret
9Turkey Vulture
1Snow Goose
4Canada Goose
25Tundra Swan
2Mallard
5American Black Duck
1Northern Pintail
4Greater Scaup
5American Coot
7Black-bellied Plover
3Killdeer
25Sanderling
105Razorbill
2American Herring x Lesser Black-backed Gull (hybrid)
1California Gull
9Horned Grebe
1Red-necked Grebe
75Red-throated Loon
2Common Loon
300Northern Gannet
1Snowy Egret
1Great Blue Heron
1Northern Harrier
2Savannah Sparrow
1Eastern Meadowlark
12Red-winged Blackbird
7Boat-tailed Grackle
3Yellow-rumped Warbler
20Green-winged Teal
20Dunlin
1Pied-billed Grebe

February 18

50American Robin
8Cedar Waxwing

February 17

2Northern Shoveler
2American Wigeon
1Bufflehead
1Common Goldeneye
3Ruddy Duck
5Short-billed Dowitcher
1Canvasback
40Red-breasted Merganser
2Greater Yellowlegs
2Ruddy Turnstone
1Red Knot
1Dovekie
3Little Gull
1Cooper's Hawk

February 16

4Blue-winged Teal
2Redhead
1Great Cormorant
5American Crow
1Song Sparrow
2Wilson's Snipe
1White-winged Scoter
1American Herring x Glaucous Gull (hybrid)
1Tricolored Heron