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Recent reports from Litchfield Beach--South

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

June 12

1Mourning Dove
1Black-bellied Plover
14Semipalmated Plover
2Short-billed Dowitcher
2Willet
2Semipalmated Sandpiper
2Laughing Gull
90Least Tern
2Gull-billed Tern
15Royal Tern
1Snowy Egret
1Great Egret
1Brown Pelican
3Osprey
1Bald Eagle
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Barn Swallow
6House Finch
1Northern Cardinal

June 10

3Clapper Rail
1Greater Yellowlegs
6Wood Stork
2Double-crested Cormorant
3Glossy Ibis
1Little Blue Heron
2Tricolored Heron
3Green Heron
2Turkey Vulture
1Cooper's Hawk
2Mississippi Kite
1Fish Crow
1Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Bluebird
2Red-winged Blackbird
1Great Blue Heron
2Carolina Chickadee
1Brown Thrasher
10House Sparrow
1Brown-headed Cowbird
5Boat-tailed Grackle
1Black Skimmer
1Caspian Tern
3Forster's Tern
5Sandwich Tern

June 9

4Hudsonian Whimbrel
2Mallard
3Eurasian Collared-Dove
2Chimney Swift
1Anhinga
18White Ibis
1Western Cattle-Egret
2Black Vulture
1Swallow-tailed Kite
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Eastern Kingbird
3Blue Jay
2Purple Martin
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1European Starling
2Wilson's Plover

June 8

1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1American Crow
1Tufted Titmouse
5Sanderling
1Common Tern
1Common Loon