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Recent reports from Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.

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

September 10

8Killdeer
4Greater Yellowlegs
1Buff-breasted Sandpiper
1Least Sandpiper
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Great Egret
3Great Blue Heron
3Turkey Vulture
4Osprey
1Bald Eagle
1Downy Woodpecker
2Eastern Wood-Pewee
2Eastern Phoebe
2White-eyed Vireo
2Carolina Chickadee
6Tufted Titmouse
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
5Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
4Carolina Wren
1Gray Catbird
6American Goldfinch
4Chipping Sparrow
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Common Yellowthroat
1Northern Parula
3Pine Warbler
1Summer Tanager
8Northern Cardinal
4Blue Grosbeak
3Semipalmated Plover
1Ruddy Turnstone
2Semipalmated Sandpiper
1Olive-sided Flycatcher
1Acadian Flycatcher
1American Crow
1Northern Waterthrush
1Northern Yellow Warbler
1Indigo Bunting
1Spotted Sandpiper
7Pectoral Sandpiper
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-headed Woodpecker
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Hairy Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
1Red-eyed Vireo
2Blue Jay
1Fish Crow
2Veery
1Eastern Towhee
4Canada Goose
11Blue-winged Teal
1Lesser Yellowlegs
1Belted Kingfisher
1Prairie Warbler

September 9

25Mallard
4Solitary Sandpiper
7Mourning Dove
1Yellow-throated Vireo
3Brown-headed Cowbird
1Black-throated Blue Warbler
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
3Chimney Swift
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Blue-headed Vireo
1Blue-winged Warbler
1American Redstart
1Magnolia Warbler
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1White-breasted Nuthatch
2House Finch
4Eastern Bluebird

September 8

1Ring-billed Gull
2Common Tern
1Black Vulture
1Northern Flicker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Brown Thrasher

September 7

1Northern Harrier
1Hooded Warbler

September 6

1Western Sandpiper
1Snowy Egret

September 5

1Caspian Tern
1Song Sparrow

September 4

2Eastern Kingbird
1Common Raven