Battle of Athens SHS

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Checklist of Birds

156 species recorded in this park (Updated: 2/25/2023)

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

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