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Recent reports from Jordan Game Land--Morgan Creek (Seasonal Mudflats)

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

October 25

3Mallard ✓
1American Golden-Plover ✓
18Killdeer ✓
2Wilson's Snipe ✓
4Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1Baird's Sandpiper ✓
7Least Sandpiper ✓
26Ring-billed Gull ✓
1American Herring Gull ✓
5Great Blue Heron ✓
2Turkey Vulture ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
3Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
2Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
3Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
2Downy Woodpecker ✓
3Pileated Woodpecker ✓
3Northern Flicker ✓
1Merlin ✓
2Eastern Phoebe ✓
6Blue Jay ✓
45American Crow ✓
3Carolina Chickadee ✓
3Tufted Titmouse ✓
5Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
3Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
2Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Brown Creeper ✓
1Winter Wren ✓
2Carolina Wren ✓
4Eastern Bluebird ✓
1Hermit Thrush ✓
5American Robin ✓
2American Pipit ✓
2House Finch ✓
4American Goldfinch ✓
2Chipping Sparrow ✓
2Dark-eyed Junco ✓
3White-throated Sparrow ✓
2Song Sparrow ✓
2Swamp Sparrow ✓
2Eastern Towhee ✓
1Eastern Meadowlark ✓
3Palm Warbler ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓
2Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
4Northern Cardinal ✓

October 24

1Red-breasted Merganser ✓
6Mourning Dove ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
2Great Egret ✓
1Dunlin ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
2Green-winged Teal ✓
2Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓

October 23

1Savannah Sparrow ✓
1Northern Parula ✓

October 22

1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
2Pine Siskin ✓
2Blackpoll Warbler ✓