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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.

October 21

14Killdeer ✓
24Lesser Yellowlegs ✓
3Greater Yellowlegs ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
2Turkey Vulture ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
2American Crow ✓
31Canada Goose ✓
1Black-bellied Plover ✓
1Least Sandpiper ✓
5Pectoral Sandpiper ✓
1Semipalmated Sandpiper ✓
5Bonaparte's Gull ✓
25Ring-billed Gull ✓
10Double-crested Cormorant ✓
4Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
2Pileated Woodpecker ✓
5Carolina Chickadee ✓
8Tufted Titmouse ✓
4Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
6Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
2White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
3Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
5Carolina Wren ✓
16Eastern Bluebird ✓
3American Robin ✓
2House Finch ✓
2Pine Siskin ✓
5American Goldfinch ✓
2Chipping Sparrow ✓
75White-throated Sparrow ✓
15Song Sparrow ✓
15Swamp Sparrow ✓
12Eastern Towhee ✓
5Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
3Palm Warbler ✓
4Pine Warbler ✓
2Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
12Northern Cardinal ✓

October 20

1American Golden-Plover ✓
2Black Vulture ✓
2Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓