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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 17

2Willet ✓
2Ruddy Turnstone ✓
14Laughing Gull ✓
6Ring-billed Gull ✓
6Boat-tailed Grackle ✓
25American Oystercatcher ✓
2Black-bellied Plover ✓
1Semipalmated Plover ✓
12Marbled Godwit ✓
45Short-billed Dowitcher ✓
1Dunlin ✓
2American Herring Gull ✓
1Great Black-backed Gull ✓
2Caspian Tern ✓
2Royal Tern ✓
74Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1White Ibis ✓
9Brown Pelican ✓
8Turkey Vulture ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1American Crow ✓
300Tree Swallow ✓
2Northern Mockingbird ✓

October 16

2Clapper Rail ✓
2Long-billed Dowitcher ✓
1Semipalmated Sandpiper ✓
2Forster's Tern ✓
1Tricolored Heron ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
5Northern Flicker ✓
1Fish Crow ✓
1Carolina Chickadee ✓
3Marsh Wren ✓
2House Finch ✓
2Seaside Sparrow ✓
1Nelson's Sparrow ✓

October 14

4Great Egret ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓

October 13

1Swamp Sparrow ✓