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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.

June 1

14Canada Goose
3Mourning Dove
4Chimney Swift
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
11Killdeer
1Spotted Sandpiper
1Greater Yellowlegs
8Great Egret
15Great Blue Heron
4Osprey
4Bald Eagle
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
1Downy Woodpecker
2Acadian Flycatcher
1Eastern Phoebe
3Great Crested Flycatcher
2Eastern Kingbird
3White-eyed Vireo
2Red-eyed Vireo
4American Crow
6Fish Crow
5Carolina Chickadee
3Tufted Titmouse
8Tree Swallow
1Purple Martin
5Northern Rough-winged Swallow
2Barn Swallow
11Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
7Carolina Wren
1Brown Thrasher
1Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Bluebird
1Cedar Waxwing
4House Finch
16American Goldfinch
2Chipping Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
4Orchard Oriole
25Red-winged Blackbird
4Brown-headed Cowbird
12Common Grackle
3Prothonotary Warbler
3Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Parula
1Pine Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler
2Summer Tanager
5Northern Cardinal
3Blue Grosbeak
6Indigo Bunting

May 30

13Mallard
3Rock Pigeon
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
22Semipalmated Plover
1Least Sandpiper
28Semipalmated Sandpiper
9Double-crested Cormorant
1Snowy Egret
4Black Vulture
10Turkey Vulture
1Red-tailed Hawk
2Red-headed Woodpecker
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Hairy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
2Yellow-throated Vireo
1Blue Jay
1White-breasted Nuthatch
4Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Yellow-breasted Chat
1Ovenbird

May 29

1Glossy Ibis
1Barred Owl
1Cliff Swallow
1American Robin
1Hooded Warbler

May 28

2Wood Duck
2White-rumped Sandpiper
1Yellow-crowned Night Heron
1European Starling
2Eastern Towhee
1Eastern Meadowlark