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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.

January 13

9Ruddy Duck
2Mourning Dove
9Double-crested Cormorant
1Great Blue Heron
3Red-bellied Woodpecker
2Downy Woodpecker
1Eastern Phoebe
1Carolina Chickadee
7Tufted Titmouse
2Winter Wren
3Carolina Wren
1American Robin
1House Finch
5White-throated Sparrow
1Song Sparrow
1Yellow-rumped Warbler
2Northern Cardinal
3Canada Goose
5Mallard
11Hooded Merganser
1Turkey Vulture
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Red-tailed Hawk
2American Crow
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Golden-crowned Kinglet
3Brown-headed Nuthatch
2Brown Creeper
1Northern Mockingbird
2Eastern Bluebird
1Cedar Waxwing
10American Goldfinch
40Chipping Sparrow
5Swamp Sparrow
2Pine Warbler
75Rock Pigeon
1Belted Kingfisher
1Northern Flicker
1Blue Jay
1White-breasted Nuthatch
2American Pipit
2Savannah Sparrow
1Eastern Towhee

January 12

1Hermit Thrush
1Dark-eyed Junco

January 11

1Brown Thrasher

January 10

11Ring-necked Duck
1Barred Owl
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1Hairy Woodpecker
6Bufflehead

January 9

1Northern Pintail
2Palm Warbler
2Purple Finch
1Fox Sparrow

January 8

2Ring-billed Gull
1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1Field Sparrow
1Eastern Meadowlark
10Red-winged Blackbird

January 7

20Brown-headed Cowbird