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Native and Naturalized (217)

  1. Last observed by Ben Sampson on 12 Jan 2024
  2. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 2 Jan 2024
  3. Last observed by Ben Sampson on 12 Jan 2024
  4. Last observed by Steven Mlodinow on 27 Dec 2023
  5. Last observed by Steven Mlodinow on 9 Jan 2018
  6. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 24 Jan 2024
  7. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 22 Apr 2024
  8. Last observed by Glenn Walbek on 29 Nov 2003
  9. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 18 Nov 2022
  10. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 15 Jul 2022
  11. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 10 Apr 2024
  12. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 10 Apr 2024
  13. Last observed by Fendi Despres on 10 Apr 2024
  14. Last observed by Fendi Despres on 10 Apr 2024
  15. Last observed by Doug Schoch on 7 Jan 2024
  16. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 22 Apr 2024
  17. Last observed by colin 🐦 on 11 Jan 2024
  18. Last observed by Fendi Despres on 10 Apr 2024
  19. Last observed by colin 🐦 on 11 Jan 2024
  20. Last observed by colin 🐦 on 11 Jan 2024
  21. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 22 Apr 2024
  22. Last observed by colin 🐦 on 11 Jan 2024
  23. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 22 Apr 2024
  24. Last observed by Luke Pheneger on 10 Nov 2022
  25. Last observed by Joe Chen on 25 Nov 2022
  26. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 13 Nov 2020
  27. Last observed by Diane Roberts on 19 Nov 2023
  28. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 22 Apr 2024
  29. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 10 Apr 2024
  30. Last observed by john williams on 19 Dec 2023
  31. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 22 Apr 2024
  32. Last observed by Ben Sampson on 12 Jan 2024
  33. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 24 Jan 2024
  34. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 22 Apr 2024
  35. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 22 Apr 2024
  36. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 10 Apr 2024
  37. Last observed by Steven Mlodinow on 2 Jan 2022
  38. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 22 Apr 2024
  39. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 22 Apr 2024
  40. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 13 Jul 2022
  41. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 22 Apr 2024
  42. Last observed by Fendi Despres on 10 Apr 2024
  43. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 12 Aug 2023
  44. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 22 Apr 2024
  45. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 2 Jun 2023
  46. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 16 Sep 2023
  47. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 1 Jul 2023
  48. Last observed by Caroline Hancock on 13 May 2021
  49. Last observed by Gregg Goodrich on 3 Aug 2015
  50. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 22 Apr 2024
  51. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 24 Oct 2023
  52. Last observed by Diane Roberts on 27 Sep 2020
  53. Last observed by Fendi Despres on 10 Apr 2024
  54. Last observed by David Dowell on 6 Oct 2017
  55. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 29 Jul 2021
  56. Last observed by David Dowell on 5 Nov 2019
  57. Last observed by G Stacks on 16 Apr 2021
  58. Last observed by Diane Roberts on 24 Apr 2020
  59. Last observed by Mitchell Bailey on 12 Sep 2021
  60. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 22 Apr 2024
  61. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 4 Sep 2021
  62. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 4 Sep 2021
  63. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 11 May 2021
  64. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 22 Sep 2021
  65. Last observed by Timothy Davis on 2 May 1995
  66. Last observed by Jonathan Schneider on 29 Aug 2021
  67. Last observed by David Suddjian on 5 Nov 2023
  68. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 25 Sep 2023
  69. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 4 Sep 2021
  70. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 30 Sep 2020
  71. Last observed by Meg Reck on 30 Aug 2020
  72. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 18 Sep 2021
  73. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 11 Oct 2023
  74. Last observed by Doug Schoch on 11 Nov 2023
  75. Last observed by Anonymous eBirder on 14 Nov 2021
  76. Last observed by Luke Pheneger on 9 Jan 2024
  77. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 22 Apr 2024
  78. Last observed by Heather Allen on 26 Feb 2024
  79. Last observed by Steven Mlodinow on 20 Dec 2022
  80. Last observed by Diane Roberts on 15 Jan 2022
  81. Last observed by David Suddjian on 21 Jan 2024
  82. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 22 Apr 2024
  83. Last observed by David Dowell on 28 Jan 2021
  84. Last observed by Shawn Billerman on 25 Jan 2014
  85. Last observed by David Suddjian on 21 Jan 2024
  86. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 17 May 2021
  87. Last observed by David Suddjian on 7 Oct 2019
  88. Last observed by David Suddjian on 7 Oct 2019
  89. Last observed by David Suddjian on 5 Nov 2023
  90. Last observed by Bill Schreitz on 26 Dec 2021
  91. Last observed by Fendi Despres on 10 Apr 2024
  92. Last observed by Debra Sparn on 19 Jan 2020
  93. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 22 Apr 2024
  94. Last observed by Russell Clayshulte on 12 Aug 2023
  95. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 4 Sep 2021
  96. Last observed by Lisa Villiere on 13 Sep 2020
  97. Last observed by Doug Schoch on 2 Jun 2022
  98. Last observed by David Suddjian on 7 Oct 2019
  99. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 8 Aug 2023
  100. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 30 Mar 2024
  101. Last observed by Jonathan Schneider on 29 Aug 2021
  102. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 27 Jun 2022
  103. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 2 Jun 2023
  104. Last observed by matt newport on 7 Jan 2024
  105. Last observed by David Suddjian on 21 Jan 2024
  106. Last observed by Doug Schoch on 11 Nov 2023
  107. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 11 Oct 2023
  108. Last observed by Steven Mlodinow on 23 Nov 2019
  109. Last observed by Steve Mayo on 29 Feb 2024
  110. Last observed by Aubrey MacDougall on 21 Apr 2020
  111. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 1 May 2023
  112. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 22 Apr 2024
  113. Last observed by Carly Crow on 24 Dec 2023
  114. Last observed by David Suddjian on 19 Jan 2024
  115. Last observed by Glenn Walbek on 2 Jan 2012
  116. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 11 Jan 2023
  117. Last observed by Thomas Schlosser on 10 Feb 2012
  118. Last observed by colin 🐦 on 11 Jan 2024
  119. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 10 Apr 2024
  120. Last observed by Sabela Vasquez-Rey on 24 Apr 2020
  121. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 22 Apr 2024
  122. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 10 Apr 2024
  123. Last observed by Doug Schoch on 28 Dec 2023
  124. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 3 Dec 2021
  125. Last observed by Christopher Curwen on 31 Dec 2021
  126. Last observed by Doug Schoch on 3 Jun 2022
  127. Last observed by Debra Pirrello on 8 Sep 2019
  128. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 12 Sep 2020
  129. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 22 Apr 2024
  130. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 12 Jul 2023
  131. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 8 Jul 2023
  132. Last observed by Mitchell Bailey on 12 Sep 2021
  133. Last observed by Sabela Vasquez-Rey on 24 Apr 2020
  134. Last observed by Diane Roberts on 15 Jan 2022
  135. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 11 Oct 2023
  136. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 17 Oct 2023
  137. Last observed by Luke Pheneger on 9 Jan 2024
  138. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 22 Apr 2024
  139. Last observed by David Suddjian on 5 Dec 2023
  140. Last observed by Ben Sampson on 12 Jan 2024
  141. Last observed by Skyler Bol on 28 Dec 2011
  142. Last observed by colin 🐦 on 11 Jan 2024
  143. Last observed by Jonathan Schneider on 29 Aug 2021
  144. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 10 Apr 2024
  145. Last observed by Joel Adams on 29 Jun 2022
  146. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 11 Jun 2023
  147. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 22 Apr 2024
  148. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 12 Jul 2023
  149. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 4 May 2022
  150. Last observed by Mitchell Bailey on 12 Sep 2021
  151. Last observed by Luke Pheneger on 10 Nov 2022
  152. Last observed by Felice Lyons on 8 Jan 2022
  153. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 25 Sep 2023
  154. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 12 Sep 2020
  155. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 16 Sep 2023
  156. Last observed by Russell Clayshulte on 12 Aug 2023
  157. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 10 Apr 2024
  158. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 17 May 2021
  159. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 20 Sep 2022
  160. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 5 Mar 2024
  161. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 5 May 2022
  162. Last observed by Mike Wease on 30 Dec 2016
  163. Last observed by Gene Rutherford on 13 Mar 2016
  164. Last observed by Diane Roberts on 16 Oct 2020
  165. Last observed by Luke Pheneger on 13 Jan 2019
  166. Last observed by Clara Easter on 14 May 2021
  167. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 12 Sep 2020
  168. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 22 Apr 2024
  169. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 4 Sep 2021
  170. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 10 Apr 2024
  171. Last observed by George MacDermid on 15 Oct 2023
  172. Last observed by Steven Mlodinow on 7 Oct 2018
  173. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 30 Mar 2024
  174. Last observed by Lisa Bach on 8 Jan 2022
  175. Last observed by Ryan Bushong on 6 Jan 2022
  176. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 25 Sep 2023
  177. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 10 Apr 2024
  178. Last observed by Nick Komar on 9 Jan 2022
  179. Last observed by Steven Mlodinow on 21 Dec 2021
  180. Last observed by Paul Hayes on 28 Apr 2013
  181. Last observed by George MacDermid on 12 Oct 2023
  182. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 11 May 2023
  183. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 19 May 2022
  184. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 5 May 2022
  185. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 18 Apr 2021
  186. Last observed by Ben Sampson on 12 Jan 2024
  187. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 30 Mar 2024
  188. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 10 Apr 2024
  189. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 25 Sep 2023
  190. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 4 Sep 2021
  191. Last observed by Fendi Despres on 10 Apr 2024
  192. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 4 Sep 2021
  193. Last observed by Mark Minner-Lee 🦉 on 19 Jan 2017
  194. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 29 Sep 2022
  195. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 28 Apr 2023
  196. Last observed by Fendi Despres on 10 Apr 2024
  197. Last observed by Clara Easter on 14 May 2021
  198. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 22 Apr 2024
  199. Last observed by Gene Rutherford on 29 May 2016
  200. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 1 Jul 2023
  201. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 22 Apr 2024
  202. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 1 Jul 2023
  203. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 22 Apr 2024
  204. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 22 Apr 2024
  205. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 11 Jun 2023
  206. Last observed by Amanda Spears on 8 Oct 2019
  207. Last observed by Mitchell Bailey on 9 Oct 2021
  208. Last observed by Mitchell Bailey on 12 Sep 2021
  209. Last observed by Russell Clayshulte on 12 Aug 2023
  210. Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 12 Jul 2023
  211. Last observed by Cole Sage on 12 Sep 2021
  212. Last observed by George MacDermid on 25 Oct 2023
  213. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 15 Sep 2020
  214. Last observed by Cole Sage on 12 Sep 2021
  215. Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 17 May 2021
  216. Last observed by BRYAN ECKSTROM on 1 Jun 2016
  217. Last observed by Mitchell Bailey on 12 Sep 2021

Hybrids (18)

  1. Snow x Ross's Goose (hybrid) Anser caerulescens x rossii
    Last observed by Steven Mlodinow on 13 Jan 2021
  2. Snow x Cackling Goose (hybrid) Anser caerulescens x Branta hutchinsii
    Last observed by Steven Mlodinow on 27 Dec 2023
  3. Ross's x Cackling Goose (hybrid) Anser rossii x Branta hutchinsii
    Last observed by David Suddjian on 5 Dec 2023
  4. Greater White-fronted x Cackling Goose (hybrid) Anser albifrons x Branta hutchinsii
    Last observed by Steven Mlodinow on 27 Dec 2023
  5. Greater White-fronted x Canada Goose (hybrid) Anser albifrons x Branta canadensis
    Last observed by Bill Schmoker on 2 Jan 2014
  6. Snow x Canada Goose (hybrid) Anser caerulescens x Branta canadensis
    Last observed by Diane Roberts on 15 Jan 2022
  7. Ross's x Canada Goose (hybrid) Anser rossii x Branta canadensis
    Last observed by Frank Farrell on 9 Jan 2022
  8. Snow/Ross's x Cackling/Canada Goose (hybrid) Anser caerulescens/rossii x Branta hutchinsii/canadensis
    Last observed by john williams on 19 Dec 2023
  9. Gadwall x Mallard (hybrid) Mareca strepera x Anas platyrhynchos
    Last observed by Steven Mlodinow on 26 Dec 2017
  10. Mallard x Mexican Duck (hybrid) Anas platyrhynchos x diazi
    Last observed by Cole Sage on 19 Nov 2022
  11. Bufflehead x Common Goldeneye (hybrid) Bucephala albeola x clangula
    Last observed by Ben Sampson on 12 Jan 2024
  12. Common x Barrow's Goldeneye (hybrid) Bucephala clangula x islandica
    Last observed by Ryan Bushong on 6 Jan 2022
  13. Common Goldeneye x Hooded Merganser (hybrid) Bucephala clangula x Lophodytes cucullatus
    Last observed by John Haycraft on 10 Jan 2022
  14. Laughing x Ring-billed Gull (hybrid) Leucophaeus atricilla x Larus delawarensis
    Last observed by David Dowell on 7 Feb 2014
  15. Herring x Glaucous Gull (hybrid) Larus argentatus x hyperboreus
    Last observed by Brian Genge on 12 Jan 2022
  16. Herring x Lesser Black-backed Gull (hybrid) Larus argentatus x fuscus
    Last observed by Nick Komar on 6 Jan 2014
  17. Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) Larus argentatus x glaucescens
    Last observed by Steven Mlodinow on 27 Dec 2023
  18. Glaucous x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) Larus hyperboreus x glaucescens
    Last observed by Steven Mlodinow on 28 Jan 2017

Additional Taxa (50)

  1. Snow/Ross's Goose Anser caerulescens/rossii
    Last observed by David Suddjian on 8 Feb 2022
  2. Cackling/Canada Goose Branta hutchinsii/canadensis
    Last observed by David Suddjian on 21 Jan 2024
  3. Trumpeter/Tundra Swan Cygnus buccinator/columbianus
    Last observed by David Suddjian on 5 Nov 2023
  4. goose sp. Anatidae (goose sp.)
    Last observed by Brian Genge on 12 Jan 2022
  5. Blue-winged/Cinnamon Teal Spatula discors/cyanoptera
    Last observed by Meg Reck on 21 Jun 2019
  6. Eurasian/American Wigeon Mareca penelope/americana
    Last observed by Christopher Curwen on 16 Jan 2021
  7. Mallard/Mexican Duck Anas platyrhynchos/diazi
    Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 4 Sep 2021
  8. teal sp. Anatidae sp. (teal sp.)
    Last observed by Reef Comer on 27 Dec 2021
  9. dabbling duck sp. Anatidae sp. (dabbling duck sp.)
    Last observed by David Suddjian on 21 Jan 2024
  10. Greater/Lesser Scaup Aythya marila/affinis
    Last observed by David Dowell on 6 Jan 2022
  11. Aythya sp. Aythya sp.
    Last observed by Jack Bushong on 16 Jan 2017
  12. scoter sp. Melanitta sp.
    Last observed by Loch Kilpatrick on 31 Oct 2016
  13. Common/Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala clangula/islandica
    Last observed by Anonymous eBirder on 14 Nov 2021
  14. Common/Red-breasted Merganser Mergus merganser/serrator
    Last observed by Cameron Carver on 20 Jan 2020
  15. duck sp. Anatidae (duck sp.)
    Last observed by Anonymous eBirder on 12 Apr 2023
  16. Horned/Eared Grebe Podiceps auritus/nigricollis
    Last observed by Zeb Bolduc on 24 Dec 2021
  17. Western/Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis/clarkii
    Last observed by Joey Negreann on 3 Dec 2019
  18. grebe sp. Podicipedidae sp.
    Last observed by Anonymous eBirder on 12 Apr 2023
  19. hummingbird sp. Trochilidae sp.
    Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 4 Sep 2021
  20. Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp. Pluvialis sp.
    Last observed by Timothy Davis on 11 Sep 1993
  21. Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus/scolopaceus
    Last observed by David de Rivera Tønnessen on 20 Oct 2019
  22. phalarope sp. Phalaropus sp.
    Last observed by David Dowell on 10 Aug 2017
  23. Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes/melanoleuca
    Last observed by Timothy Davis on 14 Apr 1994
  24. peep sp. Calidris sp. (peep sp.)
    Last observed by David Suddjian on 23 Apr 2018
  25. large shorebird sp. Scolopacidae sp. (large shorebird sp.)
    Last observed by Alec Hopping on 12 Aug 2014
  26. shorebird sp. Charadriiformes sp.
    Last observed by Diane Roberts on 3 May 2021
  27. Herring/Glaucous-winged Gull Larus argentatus/glaucescens
    Last observed by Glenn Walbek on 23 Jan 2021
  28. Herring/Iceland Gull Larus argentatus/glaucoides
    Last observed by David Suddjian on 21 Jan 2024
  29. Larus sp. Larus sp.
    Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 22 Apr 2024
  30. gull sp. Larinae sp.
    Last observed by Luke Pheneger on 9 Jan 2024
  31. tern sp. Sterninae sp.
    Last observed by David Dowell on 19 Sep 2017
  32. loon sp. Gavia sp.
    Last observed by Reef Comer on 27 Dec 2021
  33. Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk Accipiter striatus/cooperii
    Last observed by Doug Schoch on 7 Jan 2024
  34. Accipiter sp. Accipiter sp.
    Last observed by Anonymous eBirder on 15 Oct 2013
  35. Golden/Bald Eagle Aquila chrysaetos/Haliaeetus leucocephalus
    Last observed by Meg Reck on 21 Nov 2018
  36. Buteo sp. Buteo sp.
    Last observed by Ben Peters on 13 Nov 2021
  37. hawk sp. Accipitridae sp. (hawk sp.)
    Last observed by Cynthia Cestkowski on 11 Jan 2023
  38. small falcon sp. Falco sp. (small falcon sp.)
    Last observed by Frankie Toan on 31 Dec 2016
  39. falcon sp. Falco sp.
    Last observed by Sabela Vasquez-Rey on 6 Apr 2020
  40. Empidonax sp. Empidonax sp.
    Last observed by Clara Easter on 14 May 2021
  41. new world flycatcher sp. Tyrannidae sp.
    Last observed by Camille Schiraldi on 14 Sep 2019
  42. raven sp. Corvus sp. (raven sp.)
    Last observed by Ben Sampson on 3 Jan 2019
  43. crow/raven sp. Corvus sp.
    Last observed by David Suddjian on 1 May 2017
  44. swallow sp. Hirundinidae sp.
    Last observed by Cathy Sheeter on 5 May 2022
  45. finch sp. Fringillidae sp.
    Last observed by David Dowell on 9 Feb 2016
  46. Spizella sp. Spizella sp.
    Last observed by Cole Sage on 12 Sep 2021
  47. new world sparrow sp. Passerellidae sp.
    Last observed by MI YU on 26 Dec 2021
  48. Sturnella meadowlark sp. Sturnella sp.
    Last observed by Caroline Hancock on 7 Apr 2021
  49. blackbird sp. Icteridae sp.
    Last observed by Zeb Bolduc on 24 Dec 2021
  50. passerine sp. Passeriformes sp.
    Last observed by Jayson D on 23 Dec 2021