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Recent reports from Francis Marion NF--Halfway Creek Rd vicinity

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

November 26

1Northern Bobwhite
1Mourning Dove
1Double-crested Cormorant
3Turkey Vulture
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
3Downy Woodpecker
11Red-cockaded Woodpecker
1Hairy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
3Eastern Phoebe
1Blue-headed Vireo
2Blue Jay
1American Crow
11Carolina Chickadee
4Tufted Titmouse
15Tree Swallow
3Ruby-crowned Kinglet
9Brown-headed Nuthatch
6Northern House Wren
1Winter Wren
4Carolina Wren
3Gray Catbird
1Brown Thrasher
2Northern Mockingbird
8Eastern Bluebird
3Hermit Thrush
45American Robin
2American Goldfinch
3Chipping Sparrow
1White-throated Sparrow
4Song Sparrow
7Swamp Sparrow
4Eastern Towhee
1Rusty Blackbird
4Pine Warbler
20Yellow-rumped Warbler
3Northern Cardinal

November 22

1Cooper's Hawk