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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 25

4Mallard ✓
1Mourning Dove ✓
9Turkey Vulture ✓
1Barred Owl ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
4Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
3Downy Woodpecker ✓
1Hairy Woodpecker ✓
1Eastern Phoebe ✓
2Blue Jay ✓
7American Crow ✓
4Carolina Chickadee ✓
8Tufted Titmouse ✓
3Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
2Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
2Carolina Wren ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
4Eastern Bluebird ✓
2American Robin ✓
2House Finch ✓
1American Goldfinch ✓
15White-throated Sparrow ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓
3Eastern Towhee ✓
9Red-winged Blackbird ✓
80Common Grackle ✓
1Northern Parula ✓
10Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
8Northern Cardinal ✓
1Bald Eagle ✓
1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
5Cedar Waxwing ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
2Northern Mockingbird ✓
1Pine Siskin ✓
3Swamp Sparrow ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
5Black Vulture ✓
1Purple Finch ✓
3Canada Goose ✓
1Pied-billed Grebe ✓
1Cooper's Hawk ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓

October 24

15Rock Pigeon ✓
1Killdeer ✓
1Fish Crow ✓
1Winter Wren ✓
1Savannah Sparrow ✓
200Brown-headed Cowbird ✓

October 22

1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
3European Starling ✓
1Brown Thrasher ✓
4Chipping Sparrow ✓
1Lark Sparrow ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓
1Common Raven ✓
1White-crowned Sparrow ✓
7Eastern Meadowlark ✓

October 21

2Horned Lark ✓

October 20

1Brown Creeper ✓
3Dark-eyed Junco ✓
2Pine Warbler ✓