Battle of Athens SHS

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Checklist of Birds

156 species recorded in this park (Updated: 12/2/2023)

           Great Crested Flycatcher            Downy Woodpecker
           Ovenbird            Hairy Woodpecker
           Worm-eating Warbler            Northern Flicker
           Louisiana Waterthrush            Pileated Woodpecker
           Snow Goose            American Kestrel
           Eastern Kingbird            White-eyed Vireo
           Greater White-fronted Goose            Yellow-throated Vireo
           Golden-winged Warbler            Blue-headed Vireo
           Blue-winged Warbler            Philadelphia Vireo
           Black-and-white Warbler            Warbling Vireo
           Olive-sided Flycatcher            Red-eyed Vireo
           Prothonotary Warbler            Blue Jay
           Cackling Goose            American Crow
           Canada Goose            Black-capped Chickadee
           Eastern Wood-Pewee            Tufted Titmouse
           Tennessee Warbler            Horned Lark
           Orange-crowned Warbler            Bank Swallow
           Acadian Flycatcher            Tree Swallow
           Nashville Warbler            Northern Rough-winged Swallow
           Wood Duck            Purple Martin
           Blue-winged Teal            Barn Swallow
           Least Flycatcher            Cliff Swallow
           Eastern Phoebe            Ruby-crowned Kinglet
           Kentucky Warbler            Golden-crowned Kinglet
           Northern Shoveler            Cedar Waxwing
           Common Yellowthroat            Red-breasted Nuthatch
           Gadwall            White-breasted Nuthatch
           American Redstart            Brown Creeper
           Mallard            Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
           Northern Parula            Carolina Wren
           Magnolia Warbler            House Wren
           Bay-breasted Warbler            Winter Wren
           Blackburnian Warbler            Gray Catbird
           Yellow Warbler            Brown Thrasher
           Ring-necked Duck            Northern Mockingbird
           Chestnut-sided Warbler            European Starling
           Palm Warbler            Eastern Bluebird
           Pine Warbler            Veery
           Yellow-rumped Warbler            Gray-cheeked Thrush
           Yellow-throated Warbler            Swainson's Thrush
           Prairie Warbler            Hermit Thrush
           Black-throated Green Warbler            Wood Thrush
           Common Merganser            American Robin
           Northern Bobwhite            House Sparrow
           Wild Turkey            Eurasian Tree Sparrow
           Pied-billed Grebe            House Finch
           Rock Pigeon            Purple Finch
           Mourning Dove            Pine Siskin
           Yellow-billed Cuckoo            American Goldfinch
           Common Nighthawk            Grasshopper Sparrow
           Eastern Whip-poor-will            Lark Sparrow
           Chimney Swift            Chipping Sparrow
           Ruby-throated Hummingbird            Field Sparrow
           Killdeer            Fox Sparrow
           American Woodcock            American Tree Sparrow
           Spotted Sandpiper            Dark-eyed Junco
           Solitary Sandpiper            White-crowned Sparrow
           Ring-billed Gull            White-throated Sparrow
           Double-crested Cormorant            Henslow's Sparrow
           American White Pelican            Song Sparrow
           Great Blue Heron            Lincoln's Sparrow
           Great Egret            Swamp Sparrow
           Green Heron            Eastern Towhee
           Turkey Vulture            Yellow-breasted Chat
           Osprey            Bobolink
           Northern Harrier            Eastern Meadowlark
           Cooper's Hawk            Orchard Oriole
           Bald Eagle            Baltimore Oriole
           Red-shouldered Hawk            Red-winged Blackbird
           Broad-winged Hawk            Brown-headed Cowbird
           Red-tailed Hawk            Common Grackle
           Eastern Screech-Owl            Summer Tanager
           Great Horned Owl            Scarlet Tanager
           Barred Owl            Northern Cardinal
           Belted Kingfisher            Rose-breasted Grosbeak
           Red-headed Woodpecker            Blue Grosbeak
           Red-bellied Woodpecker            Indigo Bunting
           Yellow-bellied Sapsucker            Dickcissel

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