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Recent reports from Jordan Game Land--Northeast Creek Marsh & Seasonal Mudflats

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

October 8

5Canada Goose ✓
2Mourning Dove ✓
1Double-crested Cormorant ✓
2Great Egret ✓
4Great Blue Heron ✓
15Black Vulture ✓
5Turkey Vulture ✓
1Osprey ✓
2Bald Eagle ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
4Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
2Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
2Eastern Phoebe ✓
3Blue Jay ✓
4American Crow ✓
2Fish Crow ✓
3Carolina Chickadee ✓
6Tufted Titmouse ✓
2White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1Eastern Bluebird ✓
2House Finch ✓
2Chipping Sparrow ✓
2Swamp Sparrow ✓
2Eastern Towhee ✓
4Common Grackle ✓

October 7

30Blue-winged Teal ✓
9Northern Shoveler ✓
1Green-winged Teal ✓
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
4Chimney Swift ✓
30Killdeer ✓
3Spotted Sandpiper ✓
1Least Sandpiper ✓
1Pectoral Sandpiper ✓
2Northern Flicker ✓
2Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1Barn Swallow ✓
10European Starling ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
4American Robin ✓
2Black-and-white Warbler ✓
2American Redstart ✓
2Northern Parula ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
2Palm Warbler ✓
1Scarlet Tanager ✓
2Northern Cardinal ✓
2Indigo Bunting ✓

October 6

14Mallard ✓
3Long-billed Dowitcher ✓
1Solitary Sandpiper ✓
29Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
7Stilt Sandpiper ✓
1Barred Owl ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
1American Goldfinch ✓
30Red-winged Blackbird ✓
5Cape May Warbler ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓

October 3

3American Wigeon ✓