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Recent reports from Yates Mill County Park

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

May 9

2Canada Goose
4Mallard
2Rock Pigeon
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Great Blue Heron
4Turkey Vulture
2Red-tailed Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Acadian Flycatcher
2Eastern Phoebe
1Great Crested Flycatcher
4Eastern Kingbird
2White-eyed Vireo
2Red-eyed Vireo
2American Crow
1Fish Crow
2Tufted Titmouse
1Purple Martin
6Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Carolina Wren
3European Starling
1Gray Catbird
1Northern Mockingbird
2Eastern Bluebird
1Swainson's Thrush
1Wood Thrush
2House Finch
1American Goldfinch
1Chipping Sparrow
1Eastern Meadowlark
1Orchard Oriole
1Red-winged Blackbird
1Brown-headed Cowbird
1Ovenbird
2Black-and-white Warbler
1Common Yellowthroat
5American Redstart
2Black-throated Blue Warbler
4Pine Warbler
2Summer Tanager
1Scarlet Tanager
7Northern Cardinal
1Blue Grosbeak
1Indigo Bunting
1Chimney Swift
1Red-shouldered Hawk
2Carolina Chickadee
3Barn Swallow
2Northern Parula
1Yellow-throated Warbler
1Wood Duck
5Mourning Dove
1Killdeer
2Mississippi Kite
1Downy Woodpecker
6Blue Jay
1Tree Swallow
4Cedar Waxwing
1Grasshopper Sparrow
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1White-breasted Nuthatch
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
3American Robin
2Song Sparrow
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1Barred Owl
3Northern House Wren
1Louisiana Waterthrush

May 8

1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
3Eastern Towhee
1Magnolia Warbler
3Double-crested Cormorant
2Black Vulture
1Brown Thrasher
6Common Grackle
1Prothonotary Warbler
1Blackpoll Warbler
2Spotted Sandpiper
1Northern Waterthrush
1Osprey

May 7

1Savannah Sparrow
1Swamp Sparrow
1Wilson's Warbler

May 6

1Hermit Thrush
1White-throated Sparrow

May 4

3Northern Rough-winged Swallow
3House Sparrow
1Pileated Woodpecker

May 3

1American Kestrel
1Yellow Warbler