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Recent reports from Salem Lake--Marina

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

April 10

2Canada Goose
1Mourning Dove
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Great Blue Heron
1Cooper's Hawk
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
1White-eyed Vireo
2Blue Jay
1Fish Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
2Tufted Titmouse
1Barn Swallow
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Northern Mockingbird
2Eastern Bluebird
2American Goldfinch
4White-throated Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
3Northern Cardinal

April 9

1Swan x Canada Goose (hybrid)
3Muscovy Duck
4Mallard
1Pileated Woodpecker
3American Crow
8Tree Swallow
2Purple Martin
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Carolina Wren
1House Finch
1Red-winged Blackbird
4Brown-headed Cowbird
1Pine Warbler

April 8

1Brown Thrasher

April 7

1Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)
1Redhead
2Ruddy Duck
1American Coot
2Killdeer
1Eastern Phoebe
2White-breasted Nuthatch
8American Robin
2House Sparrow
3Song Sparrow
8Common Grackle

April 6

4Ring-billed Gull
2Osprey
1Eastern Kingbird
1Chipping Sparrow
1Baltimore Oriole

April 5

3Common Loon
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
1Belted Kingfisher
1Hairy Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker