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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 10

2Canada Goose
3Mourning Dove
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Belted Kingfisher
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Great Crested Flycatcher
3American Crow
50Purple Martin
4Barn Swallow
2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Northern Mockingbird
4Eastern Bluebird
1American Robin
60Cedar Waxwing
4House Finch
1Song Sparrow
1Common Yellowthroat
5Northern Cardinal
2Indigo Bunting
1Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1Downy Woodpecker
1Acadian Flycatcher
2Eastern Phoebe
1Eastern Kingbird
1Red-eyed Vireo
2Blue Jay
1Tufted Titmouse
1Tree Swallow
1Carolina Wren
2American Goldfinch
1Yellow-throated Warbler
2Eastern Meadowlark
1Ovenbird
2American Redstart
2Magnolia Warbler
1Chestnut-sided Warbler
3Black-throated Blue Warbler
3Summer Tanager
1Turkey Vulture
1White-eyed Vireo
2Fish Crow
3Carolina Chickadee
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Chipping Sparrow
1Bobolink
1Orchard Oriole
1Red-winged Blackbird
2Brown-headed Cowbird
2Northern Parula
1Blackpoll Warbler
2Black Vulture
4Mississippi Kite
1Blue-headed Vireo
1Pine Warbler
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Eastern Wood-Pewee
1Black-and-white Warbler
1Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1Chimney Swift
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Northern Yellow Warbler
1Northern Harrier
1Blue Grosbeak
2European Starling
1Grasshopper Sparrow
4Mallard
1Killdeer
1Great Blue Heron
1Common Raven
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Gray Catbird
1White-throated Sparrow

May 9

1Double-crested Cormorant
1Osprey
1Rock Pigeon
1Northern House Wren
1Yellow-breasted Chat
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Common Grackle
1Scarlet Tanager
1Red-headed Woodpecker
2Savannah Sparrow
1Wood Duck
1Wood Thrush
1Dickcissel

May 8

1Spotted Sandpiper
1Swainson's Thrush
1Eastern Towhee
1American Kestrel
1House Sparrow
1Baltimore Oriole
1White-breasted Nuthatch

May 6

1Prothonotary Warbler
1Hairy Woodpecker
1Northern Flicker
1Northern Waterthrush

May 5

1Yellow-throated Vireo
1Prairie Warbler
1Brown Thrasher

May 4

1Swamp Sparrow