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Recent reports from Historic Bethabara Park--Lower Trails

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

May 1

2Canada Goose
4Chimney Swift
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
3Downy Woodpecker
1Hairy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
1Acadian Flycatcher
1Eastern Phoebe
3White-eyed Vireo
2Red-eyed Vireo
2Blue Jay
2American Crow
5Carolina Chickadee
4Tufted Titmouse
1Northern House Wren
5Carolina Wren
2Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
2Eastern Bluebird
8American Robin
6House Finch
3American Goldfinch
2White-throated Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
2Eastern Towhee
3Brown-headed Cowbird
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Kentucky Warbler
1Common Yellowthroat
2American Redstart
2Cape May Warbler
3Northern Parula
1Scarlet Tanager
4Northern Cardinal
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1Indigo Bunting
3Mourning Dove
1Black Vulture
1Broad-winged Hawk
1Red-shouldered Hawk
2Great Crested Flycatcher
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Barn Swallow
2White-breasted Nuthatch
3Brown-headed Nuthatch
6Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3European Starling
3Brown Thrasher
1Veery
1Swainson's Thrush
4Wood Thrush
3Cedar Waxwing
2Chipping Sparrow
1Baltimore Oriole
4Common Grackle
1Ovenbird
1Louisiana Waterthrush
2Northern Waterthrush
3Black-throated Blue Warbler
1Pine Warbler
4Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Summer Tanager
1Blackburnian Warbler

April 30

1Great Blue Heron
1Red-winged Blackbird
1Chestnut-sided Warbler
1Blackpoll Warbler
1Black-throated Green Warbler

April 29

1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2Turkey Vulture
1Fish Crow
1Cooper's Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
1Eastern Kingbird
1Warbling Vireo
1Tennessee Warbler

April 28

1Blue-headed Vireo
2Mallard
1Solitary Sandpiper

April 27

1Red-tailed Hawk

April 26

1Bay-breasted Warbler
1Common Nighthawk
3Barred Owl
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Hooded Warbler

April 25

1Killdeer
1Yellow-breasted Chat