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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 26

1Canada Goose ✓
1Mourning Dove ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
800Chimney Swift ✓
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
1Sora ✓
13Killdeer ✓
2Semipalmated Plover ✓
1Spotted Sandpiper ✓
2Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
3Least Sandpiper ✓
2Pectoral Sandpiper ✓
1Double-crested Cormorant ✓
65Great Egret ✓
18Great Blue Heron ✓
18Black Vulture ✓
36Turkey Vulture ✓
1Osprey ✓
3Cooper's Hawk ✓
5Northern Harrier ✓
5Bald Eagle ✓
5Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
2Belted Kingfisher ✓
6Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
10Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
4Downy Woodpecker ✓
2Pileated Woodpecker ✓
26Northern Flicker ✓
2American Kestrel ✓
3Merlin ✓
5Eastern Phoebe ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
43Blue Jay ✓
60American Crow ✓
28Fish Crow ✓
11Carolina Chickadee ✓
10Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Bank Swallow ✓
50Tree Swallow ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
1Marsh Wren ✓
15Carolina Wren ✓
3Gray Catbird ✓
11Brown Thrasher ✓
1Eastern Bluebird ✓
9Cedar Waxwing ✓
10House Finch ✓
22American Goldfinch ✓
1Vesper Sparrow ✓
3Song Sparrow ✓
1Swamp Sparrow ✓
17Bobolink ✓
10Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1Northern Waterthrush ✓
3Black-and-white Warbler ✓
24Common Yellowthroat ✓
6American Redstart ✓
5Northern Parula ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
1Blackburnian Warbler ✓
3Northern Yellow Warbler ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
5Palm Warbler ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓
8Northern Cardinal ✓
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓
5Indigo Bunting ✓

September 24

3Red-necked Phalarope ✓
2Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1Semipalmated Sandpiper ✓