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Recent reports from Fort Fisher--Federal Point/The Rocks

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

October 3

10American Oystercatcher ✓
2Black-bellied Plover ✓
3Short-billed Dowitcher ✓
6Willet ✓
10Ruddy Turnstone ✓
6Laughing Gull ✓
2Ring-billed Gull ✓
5Royal Tern ✓
2Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1Snowy Egret ✓
2Great Egret ✓
8Brown Pelican ✓
2Fish Crow ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
2Northern Mockingbird ✓
2Seaside Sparrow ✓
6Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
1Northern Yellow Warbler ✓
1Northern Cardinal ✓
1Rock Pigeon ✓
2Clapper Rail ✓
1Killdeer ✓
2Semipalmated Plover ✓
4Sanderling ✓
1American Herring Gull ✓
4White Ibis ✓
1Tricolored Heron ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
4Barn Swallow ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
2House Finch ✓
1American Redstart ✓

October 2

1Least Sandpiper ✓
4Caspian Tern ✓
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron ✓
1Peregrine Falcon ✓
1Saltmarsh Sparrow
1Spotted Sandpiper ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Blue Jay ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓

October 1

20Marbled Godwit ✓
1Great Black-backed Gull ✓
2Black Skimmer ✓
1Forster's Tern ✓
5Sandwich Tern ✓
1Marsh Wren ✓
1Red-winged Blackbird ✓
2Common Yellowthroat ✓

September 29

1Bald Eagle ✓
1Merlin ✓