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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.

March 27

2Canada Goose
2Bufflehead
1Mourning Dove
2Black Vulture
2Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Eastern Phoebe
1American Crow
1Fish Crow
3Carolina Chickadee
4Tufted Titmouse
2Tree Swallow
7Purple Martin
1Northern Rough-winged Swallow
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2Carolina Wren
1European Starling
3Northern Mockingbird
1American Robin
1House Finch
1American Goldfinch
2Chipping Sparrow
7Northern Cardinal
1Mallard
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Great Blue Heron
1Belted Kingfisher
1Hairy Woodpecker
2Brown-headed Nuthatch
3Eastern Bluebird
1Cedar Waxwing
7White-throated Sparrow
2Savannah Sparrow
1Red-winged Blackbird
2Yellow-rumped Warbler
1Wood Duck
1Bald Eagle
5Purple Finch
1Fox Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee
5Brown-headed Cowbird
1Common Yellowthroat
3Pine Warbler
17Rock Pigeon
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Blue Jay
1Horned Lark
3Barn Swallow
1Hermit Thrush
3Dark-eyed Junco
3Swamp Sparrow
2Eastern Meadowlark

March 26

1Killdeer
1Northern Flicker
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Red-headed Woodpecker
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Winter Wren

March 25

5Ruddy Duck
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Golden-crowned Kinglet
2Field Sparrow

March 23

12Ring-necked Duck
14Lesser Scaup
1House Sparrow

March 22

1Pied-billed Grebe
1Brown Thrasher
3Common Grackle
1Green Heron

March 21

1White-eyed Vireo