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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 28

21Rock Pigeon ✓
7Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
2Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
3Eastern Phoebe ✓
3Blue Jay ✓
5American Crow ✓
2Carolina Chickadee ✓
2Tufted Titmouse ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ✓
3Carolina Wren ✓
3Gray Catbird ✓
2Brown Thrasher ✓
3Northern Mockingbird ✓
6Eastern Bluebird ✓
1Swainson's Thrush ✓
1American Robin ✓
2House Finch ✓
2American Goldfinch ✓
1Eastern Meadowlark ✓
22Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1Common Grackle ✓
1American Redstart ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
3Palm Warbler ✓
2Pine Warbler ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
1Scarlet Tanager ✓
8Northern Cardinal ✓
2Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓
1Blue Grosbeak ✓

September 27

7Canada Goose ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
1Prairie Warbler ✓
1Turkey Vulture ✓
1Fish Crow ✓

September 26

1Solitary Sandpiper ✓
30Chimney Swift ✓
2Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Black Vulture ✓
1Killdeer ✓
2Tree Swallow ✓
34Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
1Northern Yellow Warbler ✓
2Indigo Bunting ✓

September 25

1Bald Eagle ✓
2Common Raven ✓

September 24

1Song Sparrow ✓