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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.

November 12

35American Oystercatcher ✓
1Prairie Willet ✓
2Ruddy Turnstone ✓
1Laughing Gull ✓
6Ring-billed Gull ✓
5American Herring Gull ✓
2Great Black-backed Gull ✓
4Double-crested Cormorant ✓
16White Ibis ✓
12Snowy Egret ✓
2Great Egret ✓
7Brown Pelican ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
2American Crow ✓
2Tree Swallow ✓
3Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
5Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓

November 11

2Dunlin ✓
5Least Sandpiper ✓
3Western Sandpiper ✓

November 10

6Semipalmated Plover ✓
1Spotted Sandpiper ✓

November 9

1Clapper Rail ✓
1Northern Gannet ✓
2Eastern Marsh Wren ✓
4Lesser Black-backed Gull ✓
1Carolina Chickadee ✓
6Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Red-breasted Nuthatch ✓
2Northern House Wren ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
1American Pipit ✓
1House Finch ✓
3Song Sparrow ✓
1Orange-crowned Warbler ✓
1Northern Cardinal ✓

November 8

2Killdeer ✓
1Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1Caspian Tern ✓
3Royal Tern ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
1White-throated Sparrow ✓
2Seaside Sparrow ✓
2Swamp Sparrow ✓
2Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓
10Fish Crow ✓
1Marbled Godwit ✓
5Forster's Tern ✓
1Sandwich Tern ✓
1Common Loon ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
3Nelson's Sparrow ✓
1Savannah Sparrow ✓

November 7

1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
XSaltmarsh Sparrow ✓

November 6

1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
1Blue Jay ✓