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Recent reports from Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)

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

July 1

2Northern Bobwhite
7Mourning Dove
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
3Chimney Swift
2Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Double-crested Cormorant
3Great Egret
2Great Blue Heron
1Black Vulture
2Turkey Vulture
4Osprey
1Belted Kingfisher
3Red-headed Woodpecker
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Downy Woodpecker
1Hairy Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Yellow-throated Vireo
1Red-eyed Vireo
2Blue Jay
3Fish Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
1Tufted Titmouse
4Purple Martin
5Barn Swallow
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
7Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
3Eastern Bluebird
10American Robin
5American Goldfinch
18Chipping Sparrow
1Field Sparrow
2Song Sparrow
5Eastern Towhee
4Yellow-breasted Chat
1Orchard Oriole
6Brown-headed Cowbird
3Prothonotary Warbler
3Common Yellowthroat
1Prairie Warbler
4Summer Tanager
1Scarlet Tanager
6Northern Cardinal
7Blue Grosbeak
16Indigo Bunting

June 30

1White Ibis
2Little Blue Heron
1Snowy Egret
1Green Heron
1Eastern Kingbird
1American Crow

June 28

1Eastern Phoebe
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Acadian Flycatcher
4Tree Swallow
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
4Common Grackle
1Pine Warbler
1Domestic goose sp. x Canada Goose (hybrid)
1Wood Duck
1Bald Eagle

June 26

1Anhinga
1Barred Owl
2White-eyed Vireo
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Wood Thrush
5House Finch
1Red-winged Blackbird