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Recent reports from Botany Bay Plantation WMA

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

June 23

1Red-tailed Hawk

June 22

8Mourning Dove
2Clapper Rail
1American Oystercatcher
50Semipalmated Plover
2Wilson's Plover
1Hudsonian Whimbrel
2Willet
40Laughing Gull
2Black Skimmer
30Least Tern
4Royal Tern
4Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
1Green Heron
4Great Egret
1Great Blue Heron
50Brown Pelican
1Black Vulture
1Turkey Vulture
1Swallow-tailed Kite
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Downy Woodpecker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
4Eastern Kingbird
1White-eyed Vireo
1Blue Jay
4Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
2Purple Martin
4Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Marsh Wren
4Carolina Wren
2Northern Mockingbird
24Eastern Bluebird
4House Finch
2Eastern Towhee
30Red-winged Blackbird
4Brown-headed Cowbird
2Common Grackle
1Boat-tailed Grackle
10Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak
3Painted Bunting

June 20

1Hairy Woodpecker
10Common Ground Dove
1Killdeer
6Wood Stork
3White Ibis
2Osprey
1Great Crested Flycatcher
2American Crow
1Roseate Spoonbill
2Pileated Woodpecker
1Fish Crow
1Orchard Oriole
2Yellow-throated Warbler

June 18

5Ring-billed Gull
1Pine Warbler
1Summer Tanager
1Double-crested Cormorant
2Barn Swallow
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher