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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 13

1Cooper's Hawk ✓

October 11

30American Oystercatcher ✓
6Black-bellied Plover ✓
1American Golden-Plover ✓
5Semipalmated Plover ✓
30Marbled Godwit ✓
100Short-billed Dowitcher ✓
20Willet ✓
50Ruddy Turnstone ✓
2Red Knot ✓
20Dunlin ✓
7Least Sandpiper ✓
30Laughing Gull ✓
4American Herring Gull ✓
1Great Black-backed Gull ✓
1Caspian Tern ✓
1Sandwich Tern ✓
1Royal Tern ✓
8Double-crested Cormorant ✓
80White Ibis ✓
1Tricolored Heron ✓
2Snowy Egret ✓
5Great Egret ✓
10Brown Pelican ✓
1Osprey ✓
20Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
2Northern Yellow Warbler ✓

October 10

4Clapper Rail ✓
15Forster's Tern ✓
3Turkey Vulture ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
2Belted Kingfisher ✓
2Northern House Wren ✓
1Marsh Wren ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
2Northern Mockingbird ✓
3Seaside Sparrow ✓
1Saltmarsh Sparrow ✓
1Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1Common Grackle ✓
2Common Yellowthroat ✓
1American Redstart ✓
2Palm Warbler ✓
3Northern Cardinal ✓
1Painted Bunting ✓

October 7

2Little Blue Heron ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
20Northern Flicker ✓
1Merlin ✓
1American Crow ✓
1House Sparrow ✓
2House Finch ✓
1Brown-headed Cowbird ✓