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Recent reports from Falls Lake--Sandling Beach

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

November 3

1Killdeer ✓
1Bonaparte's Gull ✓
8Ring-billed Gull ✓
1American Herring Gull ✓
1Double-crested Cormorant ✓
2Great Blue Heron ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
1Osprey ✓
2Bald Eagle ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Blue Jay ✓
1Carolina Chickadee ✓
2Tufted Titmouse ✓
6Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓
2Pine Warbler ✓
4Rock Pigeon ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
1Blue-headed Vireo ✓
1Eastern Bluebird ✓
2Greater Yellowlegs ✓
3Pied-billed Grebe ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
3Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
5American Crow ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
2Brown Creeper ✓
3Carolina Wren ✓
1Hermit Thrush ✓
2American Robin ✓
1American Pipit ✓
5American Goldfinch ✓
1White-throated Sparrow ✓
1Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
2Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
2Northern Cardinal ✓

November 2

1Winter Wren ✓
3Dark-eyed Junco ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓

November 1

1Northern Shoveler ✓
1American Black Duck ✓
2Ring-necked Duck ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓

October 31

10American Wigeon ✓
10Lesser Scaup ✓
3Ruddy Duck ✓
2Mourning Dove ✓
1Lesser Black-backed Gull ✓
1Horned Grebe ✓
2Common Loon ✓
1Sharp-shinned Hawk ✓
1Fish Crow ✓
3Pine Siskin ✓
4Common Grackle ✓