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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.

October 19

7Canada Goose ✓
1Pied-billed Grebe ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
2Black Vulture ✓
3Turkey Vulture ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
2Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
3Eastern Phoebe ✓
1Blue Jay ✓
5American Crow ✓
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
3Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
2Carolina Wren ✓
2Northern Mockingbird ✓
8Eastern Bluebird ✓
1American Robin ✓
4Cedar Waxwing ✓
4House Finch ✓
4Chipping Sparrow ✓
1Field Sparrow ✓
2White-throated Sparrow ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓
2Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
12Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
4Northern Cardinal ✓
1Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓
4Mallard ✓
18Rock Pigeon ✓
1Northern Harrier ✓
2Northern Flicker ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow ✓
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
8European Starling ✓
2Gray Catbird ✓
5American Goldfinch ✓
5Song Sparrow ✓
2Swamp Sparrow ✓
1Eastern Meadowlark ✓
2Red-winged Blackbird ✓
200Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓
2Northern Parula ✓
1Blackpoll Warbler ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
2Mourning Dove ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
6Carolina Chickadee ✓
10Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
4Rusty Blackbird ✓

October 18

3Tree Swallow ✓
1Killdeer ✓
3Fish Crow ✓
2American Pipit ✓
2Savannah Sparrow ✓

October 17

1Yellow-billed Cuckoo ✓
120Common Grackle ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
2American Redstart ✓
1Magnolia Warbler ✓
1Bay-breasted Warbler ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓

October 16

2Chimney Swift ✓
2Barred Owl ✓
1Red-eyed Vireo ✓
1Tennessee Warbler ✓
2Wood Duck ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
2Cape May Warbler ✓

October 15

1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Clay-colored Sparrow ✓
1White-crowned Sparrow ✓
1Horned Lark ✓

October 14

1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
1Osprey ✓
1Red-headed Woodpecker ✓
1Winter Wren ✓
4Indigo Bunting ✓

October 13

1Ovenbird ✓