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Recent reports from Lake Julian Park

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

November 7

8Canada Goose ✓
5Egyptian Goose ✓
16Mallard ✓
55American Coot ✓
7Pied-billed Grebe ✓
3Double-crested Cormorant ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
3Turkey Vulture ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
2Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
6American Crow ✓
4Carolina Chickadee ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1Hermit Thrush ✓
2American Goldfinch ✓
1Northern Cardinal ✓
5Graylag Goose ✓
2Swan Goose ✓
1Muscovy Duck ✓
6Greater Scaup ✓
48Lesser Scaup ✓
1Rock Pigeon ✓
1Common Loon ✓
1Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
1American Pipit ✓
2White-throated Sparrow ✓
4Graylag x Canada Goose (hybrid) ✓
1Black Scoter
2Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
4Carolina Wren ✓
5Eastern Bluebird ✓
3House Finch ✓
3Song Sparrow ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓
3American Wigeon ✓
3Northern Pintail ✓
1Dark-eyed Junco ✓
2Gadwall ✓
10Ring-necked Duck ✓
2Mourning Dove ✓
1Ring-billed Gull ✓
1Western Cattle-Egret
1Great Egret
1European Starling ✓
1Green-winged Teal ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Fish Crow ✓

November 5

16Blue-winged Teal ✓
3Northern Shoveler ✓
4Ruddy Duck ✓
5Franklin's Gull
5Black Vulture ✓
1Forster's Tern ✓
2Northern Mockingbird ✓
1Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1American Golden-Plover
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓

November 4

3Cedar Waxwing ✓

November 3

1Common Raven ✓

November 2

1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓

November 1

3Domestic goose sp. x Canada Goose (hybrid) ✓
1American Robin ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Pine Siskin ✓