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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.

June 28

8Mourning Dove
3Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2Chimney Swift
4Turkey Vulture
5Red-bellied Woodpecker
3Downy Woodpecker
4Acadian Flycatcher
3Eastern Phoebe
2Great Crested Flycatcher
1Eastern Kingbird
4White-eyed Vireo
4Red-eyed Vireo
1Blue Jay
1American Crow
8Carolina Chickadee
9Tufted Titmouse
10Purple Martin
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
2Barn Swallow
2White-breasted Nuthatch
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
12Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
8Carolina Wren
2Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Bluebird
5House Finch
8American Goldfinch
9Chipping Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
2Eastern Towhee
3Eastern Meadowlark
3Brown-headed Cowbird
6Common Grackle
5Common Yellowthroat
3Pine Warbler
2Summer Tanager
18Northern Cardinal
3Blue Grosbeak
16Indigo Bunting
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Great Blue Heron
1Red-tailed Hawk
2Fish Crow
1American Woodcock

June 26

1Anhinga
1Black Vulture
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
50European Starling
4Red-winged Blackbird

June 24

1Double-crested Cormorant
1Green Heron
XTree Swallow
1American Robin
1House Sparrow
2Canada Goose
6Mallard
2Mississippi Kite
1Belted Kingfisher
1Gray Catbird

June 23

1Pileated Woodpecker