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Birds

These birds have been documented to breed at Dyken Pond Center:

American Crow


American Robin


American Woodcock


Baltimore Oriole


Belted Kingfisher


Black-and-white Warbler


Blackburnian Warbler


Black-capped Chickadee


Black-throated Blue Warbler


Black-throated Green Warbler


Blue Jay


Blue-headed Vireo


Brown-headed Cowbird


Broad-winged Hawk


Brown Creeper


Canada Goose


Cedar Waxwing


Chestnut-sided Warbler


Chipping Sparrow

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Common Grackle


Common Merganser


Common Yellowthroat

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Dark-eyed Junco

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Downy Woodpecker


Eastern Bluebird


Eastern Phoebe

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Eastern Wood Pe-wee


Gray Catbird


Great Blue Heron


Green Heron


Hairy Woodpecker


Hermit Thrush

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House Finch


Indigo Bunting

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Magnolia Warbler


Mallard

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Mourning Dove


Nashville Warbler


Northern Flicker

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Northern Waterthrush


Ovenbird

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Pileated Woodpecker


Purple Finch


Red-eyed Vireo

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Red-tailed Hawk


Red-winged Blackbird

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Ruby-crowned Kinglet


Ruby-throated Hummingbird

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Ruffed Grouse


Scarlet Tanager


Song Sparrow

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Spotted Sandpiper


Tree Swallow

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Tufted Titmouse


Turkey Vulture


Veery


White-breasted Nuthatch


White-throated Sparrow


Winter Wren


Wood Duck

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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker


Yellow-rumped Warbler

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  • Trail Conditions

    2/2/23: 7″ snow on trails. All trails open for xc skiing and snowshoeing.  4WD or AWD vehicles only.

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