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Recent reports from Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade

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

September 23

15Chimney Swift
1Killdeer
6Lesser Yellowlegs
1Greater Yellowlegs
33Stilt Sandpiper
30Least Sandpiper
12Pectoral Sandpiper
96Great Egret
27Great Blue Heron
2Bald Eagle
1Red-shouldered Hawk
20Tree Swallow
35Blue-winged Teal
1Hairy Woodpecker

September 22

1Wilson's Phalarope
2Spotted Sandpiper
2Solitary Sandpiper
XSemipalmated Sandpiper
30Canada Goose
10Semipalmated Plover
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Blue Jay
1Carolina Chickadee
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Northern Cardinal
1Mourning Dove
1Double-crested Cormorant
2Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
3Red-headed Woodpecker
3Northern Flicker
3Eastern Wood-Pewee
2American Crow
5Fish Crow
3Tufted Titmouse
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Carolina Wren
1Brown Thrasher
1Eastern Bluebird
5American Goldfinch
1Song Sparrow
1Common Yellowthroat
2American Redstart
1Northern Parula
1Blackburnian Warbler
1Indigo Bunting
1Short-billed Dowitcher
2Western Sandpiper
2Pileated Woodpecker
3White-eyed Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
2Chipping Sparrow
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Magnolia Warbler
4Pine Warbler
1Black-throated Green Warbler

September 21

1Little Blue Heron
11Black Vulture
1Eastern Towhee
3Palm Warbler
2Summer Tanager
8Sanderling
1Northern Harrier
1Swainson's Thrush
1House Finch
2Common Grackle

September 19

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Curlew Sandpiper
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Barred Owl
1Belted Kingfisher
1Merlin
2Eastern Phoebe
1Yellow-throated Vireo
19Bobolink
1Eastern Meadowlark
20Red-winged Blackbird
4Northern Waterthrush
1Cape May Warbler