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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.

September 21

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
4Chimney Swift
9Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Belted Kingfisher
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1White-eyed Vireo
2Fish Crow
1Carolina Chickadee
1Northern Mockingbird
1Eastern Bluebird
3Northern Cardinal
7Rock Pigeon
8Mourning Dove
1Great Blue Heron
1Turkey Vulture
1Red-tailed Hawk
2Downy Woodpecker
2Pileated Woodpecker
1Eastern Phoebe
2Blue Jay
2American Crow
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Carolina Wren
1American Robin
2American Goldfinch
2Eastern Meadowlark
26Brown-headed Cowbird

September 20

1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Tufted Titmouse
1Gray Catbird
1Ovenbird
1Common Yellowthroat
1Indigo Bunting
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1House Finch
82Red-winged Blackbird

September 19

1Great Crested Flycatcher
1Brown Thrasher
1Pine Warbler
21Canada Goose
1Acadian Flycatcher

September 18

1Northern Harrier
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Northern Waterthrush
1Common Grackle

September 17

2American Redstart
1Green Heron

September 16

1Eastern Towhee
3Chipping Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
3Summer Tanager

September 15

1Black Vulture
1Tennessee Warbler
1Northern Yellow Warbler