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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 12

1Turkey Vulture ✓
1Red-bellied Woodpecker ✓
1Downy Woodpecker ✓
2Tufted Titmouse ✓
1Carolina Wren ✓
1Gray Catbird ✓
4Canada Goose ✓
1Great Blue Heron ✓
2Eastern Phoebe ✓
6American Crow ✓
1Black-and-white Warbler ✓
1American Redstart ✓
2Magnolia Warbler ✓
1Pine Warbler ✓
1Yellow-rumped Warbler ✓
16Mourning Dove ✓
1Red-shouldered Hawk ✓
1Northern Flicker ✓
6Blue Jay ✓
3Carolina Chickadee ✓
1White-breasted Nuthatch ✓
3Northern Mockingbird ✓
6Eastern Bluebird ✓
1American Robin ✓
4House Finch ✓
4American Goldfinch ✓
2Chipping Sparrow ✓
2Eastern Meadowlark ✓
21Brown-headed Cowbird ✓
1Common Yellowthroat ✓
1Cape May Warbler ✓
6Northern Cardinal ✓
1Belted Kingfisher ✓
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ✓
2Ruby-crowned Kinglet ✓
2Brown Thrasher ✓
5Common Grackle ✓
2Northern Parula ✓

October 11

74Rock Pigeon ✓
1Golden-crowned Kinglet ✓
6European Starling ✓
2Swamp Sparrow ✓
12Red-winged Blackbird ✓
1Palm Warbler ✓

October 10

1Brown-headed Nuthatch ✓
1Black-throated Blue Warbler ✓
1Eastern Wood-Pewee ✓
2Chimney Swift ✓
1Solitary Sandpiper ✓
1Killdeer ✓
1American Kestrel ✓
1Indigo Bunting ✓

October 9

1Ruby-throated Hummingbird ✓
2Rose-breasted Grosbeak ✓
1Red-eyed Vireo ✓
1Song Sparrow ✓
1Bay-breasted Warbler ✓
1Red-tailed Hawk ✓
1Pileated Woodpecker ✓
2Savannah Sparrow ✓
1Black-throated Green Warbler ✓
3Cooper's Hawk ✓
11Fish Crow ✓
1Horned Lark ✓
5American Pipit ✓

October 8

1House Sparrow ✓
1Acadian Flycatcher
1Swainson's Thrush ✓
1Eastern Towhee ✓

October 7

2Blackpoll Warbler ✓

October 6

1Northern Rough-winged Swallow ✓
1Spotted Sandpiper ✓