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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 28

2Canada Goose
5Bufflehead
2Ruddy Duck
2Mourning Dove
1Osprey
2Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
2Eastern Phoebe
1White-eyed Vireo
1Blue Jay
1American Crow
1Fish Crow
2Carolina Chickadee
1White-breasted Nuthatch
1Brown-headed Nuthatch
4Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
4Carolina Wren
1Northern Mockingbird
3Eastern Bluebird
4House Finch
4American Goldfinch
1Chipping Sparrow
1White-throated Sparrow
5Swamp Sparrow
1Pine Warbler
3Yellow-rumped Warbler
5Northern Cardinal
1Great Blue Heron
1Red-tailed Hawk
1Field Sparrow
1Wood Duck
11Rock Pigeon
5Turkey Vulture
1Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
3Tufted Titmouse
3Tree Swallow
3Northern Rough-winged Swallow
2Barn Swallow
2European Starling
2Song Sparrow
1Killdeer
1Double-crested Cormorant
1Black Vulture
1Red-shouldered Hawk
1Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1Dark-eyed Junco
1Eastern Towhee
1Palm Warbler
1Belted Kingfisher
1Common Yellowthroat
1Cooper's Hawk
1Golden-crowned Kinglet

March 27

12Red-breasted Merganser
2Mallard
2Brown Thrasher
2American Robin
4Brown-headed Cowbird
12Hooded Merganser
1Hairy Woodpecker
1House Sparrow

March 26

1Pileated Woodpecker
2Northern Flicker
1Purple Martin
1Red-winged Blackbird

March 25

1Brown Creeper

March 24

1Barred Owl
1Winter Wren
1Eastern Meadowlark

March 23

4Cedar Waxwing
1Hermit Thrush
1Black-and-white Warbler

March 22

1Common Grackle
1Pied-billed Grebe