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Recent reports from Cape Hatteras NS--Cape Point

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

April 17

8Canada Goose
2American Wigeon
6American Black Duck
1Long-tailed Duck
2King Rail
4Sora
4American Oystercatcher
4Black-bellied Plover
1Killdeer
3Willet
2Ruddy Turnstone
18Sanderling
1Parasitic Jaeger
5Bonaparte's Gull
125Laughing Gull
8Ring-billed Gull
75Herring Gull
12Great Black-backed Gull
30Lesser Black-backed Gull
38Least Tern
105Forster's Tern
51Common Tern
65Sandwich Tern
180Royal Tern
32Common Loon
53Northern Gannet
12Double-crested Cormorant
10Brown Pelican
1American Bittern
4Great Egret
3Turkey Vulture
2Osprey
3Marsh Wren
2Carolina Wren
1Brown Thrasher
1Northern Mockingbird
2Cedar Waxwing
1Savannah Sparrow
4Swamp Sparrow
2Eastern Towhee
2Eastern Meadowlark
55Red-winged Blackbird
2Brown-headed Cowbird
8Common Grackle
11Boat-tailed Grackle
5Common Yellowthroat
3Yellow-rumped Warbler
2Northern Cardinal

April 16

2Blue-winged Teal
2Mourning Dove
6Barn Swallow

April 15

1Purple Martin

April 13

12Gadwall
1Mallard
2Green-winged Teal
1Ring-necked Duck
124Black Scoter
1Whimbrel
2Solitary Sandpiper
2Lesser Yellowlegs
9Greater Yellowlegs
4Dunlin
2Least Sandpiper
1Red-throated Loon
1Manx Shearwater
1Snowy Egret
7White Ibis
4Cooper's Hawk
2Bald Eagle
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Merlin
5American Crow
2Cliff Swallow
5European Starling