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Recent reports from Falls Lake--Old Weaver Trail (Wake Co.)

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

October 27

12Killdeer ✓
2Wilson's Snipe ✓
12Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
1Pectoral Sandpiper ✓
1Ring-billed Gull ✓
6Great Blue Heron ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
2Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
2Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
3Northern Flicker ✓
4Eastern Phoebe ✓
4Blue Jay ✓
8American Crow ✓
3Carolina Chickadee ✓
4Tufted Titmouse ✓
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
3Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1Winter Wren ✓
5Carolina Wren ✓
25Eastern Bluebird ✓
1Hermit Thrush ✓
1American Robin ✓
12Pine Siskin ✓
8American Goldfinch ✓
6Chipping Sparrow ✓
1White-crowned Sparrow ✓
6White-throated Sparrow ✓
1Nelson's Sparrow
10Savannah Sparrow ✓
85Song Sparrow ✓
1Lincoln's Sparrow
40Swamp Sparrow ✓
4Eastern Towhee ✓
25Red-winged Blackbird ✓
2Palm Warbler ✓
6Northern Cardinal ✓

October 24

8Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1Double-crested Cormorant ✓
3Black Vulture ✓
6Turkey Vulture ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
2American Pipit ✓
1Purple Finch ✓
1Vesper Sparrow ✓
1Rusty Blackbird ✓
1Tennessee Warbler ✓
1Orange-crowned Warbler ✓
2Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓