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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.

April 25

1Mallard
1Green-winged Teal
1Summer Tanager
22Canada Goose
1Chimney Swift
3Ruby-throated Hummingbird
5Killdeer
3Spotted Sandpiper
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Greater Yellowlegs
6Ring-billed Gull
3Double-crested Cormorant
2Great Egret
11Great Blue Heron
1Turkey Vulture
2Osprey
1Bald Eagle
2Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Barred Owl
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
2Eastern Phoebe
1Great Crested Flycatcher
3White-eyed Vireo
3Red-eyed Vireo
4Fish Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
4Tufted Titmouse
1Tree Swallow
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
2Barn Swallow
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
7Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
5Carolina Wren
1Brown Thrasher
2Eastern Bluebird
1American Robin
2House Finch
4American Goldfinch
3Chipping Sparrow
2White-throated Sparrow
3Savannah Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
1Yellow-breasted Chat
1Orchard Oriole
3Brown-headed Cowbird
1Louisiana Waterthrush
3Prothonotary Warbler
1American Redstart
5Northern Parula
1Northern Yellow Warbler
4Pine Warbler
2Yellow-throated Warbler
6Northern Cardinal
2Indigo Bunting
2Mourning Dove
1Solitary Sandpiper
1Hairy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
2Acadian Flycatcher
1Yellow-throated Vireo
2Blue Jay
1American Crow
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Gray Catbird
2Northern Mockingbird
1Wood Thrush
2House Sparrow
1Baltimore Oriole
3Ovenbird
2Common Yellowthroat
1Hooded Warbler
2Yellow-rumped Warbler
2Prairie Warbler
1Blue Grosbeak

April 24

1Least Sandpiper
2Eastern Kingbird
5Song Sparrow
2Red-winged Blackbird
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Scarlet Tanager

April 22

1Black Vulture

April 19

11Wilson's Snipe
1Dunlin