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Recent reports from Jackson Park

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

October 20

12Canada Goose ✓
1Mallard ✓
1Great Egret ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
3Turkey Vulture ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Eastern Screech-Owl ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
6Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
2Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
4Eastern Phoebe ✓
1Yellow-throated Vireo
2Blue-headed Vireo ✓
XBlue Jay ✓
5American Crow ✓
4Carolina Chickadee ✓
7Tufted Titmouse ✓
6Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
3White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
6Carolina Wren ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
1Northern Mockingbird ✓
4Eastern Bluebird ✓
2Swainson's Thrush ✓
2Hermit Thrush ✓
2American Robin ✓
20Cedar Waxwing ✓
6American Goldfinch ✓
5White-throated Sparrow ✓
2Song Sparrow ✓
2Swamp Sparrow ✓
4Eastern Towhee ✓
1Common Grackle ✓
3Tennessee Warbler ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
1Bay-breasted Warbler ✓
XYellow-rumped Warbler ✓
1Black-throated Green Warbler ✓
XNorthern Cardinal ✓
2Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓

October 19

1Wood Duck ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
1Fish Crow ✓
8House Finch ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
1Indigo Bunting ✓

October 18

1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Philadelphia Vireo
2Gray Catbird ✓
1Red-winged Blackbird ✓
4Northern Parula ✓
1Chestnut-sided Warbler ✓
2Mourning Dove ✓
1White-crowned Sparrow ✓
1Savannah Sparrow ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1White-eyed Vireo ✓
5European Starling ✓
1Chipping Sparrow ✓
2Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1Northern House Wren ✓
1Clay-colored Sparrow ✓
1Field Sparrow ✓
1Lincoln's Sparrow ✓
1Orange-crowned Warbler ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
2Northern Shoveler ✓
3Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Peregrine Falcon ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓

October 17

1Black-and-white Warbler ✓
1Hooded Warbler ✓
2Pine Warbler ✓
1American Redstart ✓

October 16

1Chimney Swift ✓
2Killdeer ✓
1Scarlet Tanager ✓
1Tree Swallow ✓
1Blackburnian Warbler ✓

October 15

1Gray-cheeked Thrush ✓
1Wood Thrush ✓

October 14

1Eastern Warbling Vireo ✓
2Blackpoll Warbler ✓
1Yellow-throated Warbler ✓