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Observer

species 1.

Canada Goose

Count 6

Janet Phillips

species 2.

Mute Swan

Count 1

Janet Phillips

species 3.

Wood Duck

Count 3

Janet Phillips

species 4.

Mallard

Count 11

Janet Phillips

species 5.

Greater Scaup

Count 8

Janet Phillips

species 6.

Lesser Scaup

Count 24

Janet Phillips

species 7.

Bufflehead

Count 6

Janet Phillips

species 8.

Pied-billed Grebe

Count 2

Janet Phillips

species 9.

Horned Grebe

Count 19

Janet Phillips

species 10.

Mourning Dove

Count 2

Janet Phillips

species 11.

Killdeer

Count 2

Janet Phillips

species 12.

Bonaparte's Gull

Count X

Janet Phillips

species 13.

Ring-billed Gull

Count X

Janet Phillips

species 14.

Herring Gull

Count X

Janet Phillips

species 15.

Common Loon

Count 5

Janet Phillips

species 16.

Great Blue Heron

Count 3

Janet Phillips

species 17.

Northern Flicker

Count 1

Janet Phillips

species 18.

Blue Jay

Count 1

Janet Phillips

species 19.

Black-capped Chickadee

Count 2

Janet Phillips

species 20.

Carolina Wren

Count 1

Janet Phillips

species 21.

Song Sparrow

Count 2

Janet Phillips

species 22.

Red-winged Blackbird

Count 12

Janet Phillips

species 23.

Downy Woodpecker

Count 2

Russ Sulich

species 24.

American Crow

Count 2

Russ Sulich

species 25.

American Robin

Count 4

Russ Sulich

species 26.

Northern Cardinal

Count 1

Russ Sulich

species 27.

Gadwall

Count X

Brian Beauchene

species 28.

Canvasback

Count X

Brian Beauchene

species 29.

Redhead

Count X

Brian Beauchene

species 30.

Hooded Merganser

Count 2

Brian Beauchene

species 31.

Common Merganser

Count X

Brian Beauchene

species 32.

Ruddy Duck

Count 1

Brian Beauchene

species 33.

Bald Eagle

Count 2

Brian Beauchene

species 34.

Red-tailed Hawk

Count 1

Brian Beauchene

species 35.

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Count 1

Brian Beauchene

species 36.

Northern Pintail

Count 1

Josiah Stryd

species 37.

American Kestrel

Count 1

Brian Beauchene

species 38.

American Tree Sparrow

Count 2

Brian Beauchene

species 39.

Red-breasted Merganser

Count 12

PJ M

species 40.

American Goldfinch

Count 2

PJ M

species 41.

White-throated Sparrow

Count 1

PJ M

species 42.

Swamp Sparrow

Count 4

PJ M

species 43.

Little Gull

Count 1

Kelly Shattler Foster

species 44.

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Count 1

Kelly Shattler Foster

species 45.

Cooper's Hawk

Count 1

Kelly Shattler Foster

species 46.

American Goshawk

Count 1

Kelly Shattler Foster

species 47.

Red-shouldered Hawk

Count 2

Kelly Shattler Foster

species 48.

Northern Shoveler

Count 1

Anonymous eBirder

species 49.

Green-winged Teal

Count 2

Anonymous eBirder

species 50.

Great Egret

Count 10

Anonymous eBirder

species 51.

Turkey Vulture

Count 6

Anonymous eBirder

species 52.

Golden Eagle

Count 2

Anonymous eBirder

species 53.

Belted Kingfisher

Count 1

Anonymous eBirder

species 54.

Peregrine Falcon

Count 1

Anonymous eBirder

species 55.

White-breasted Nuthatch

Count 1

Anonymous eBirder

species 56.

Eastern Bluebird

Count 7

Anonymous eBirder

species 57.

Snow Bunting

Count 75

Jackie Quinones

species 58.

Winter Wren

Count 1

Bill Rapai

species 59.

European Starling

Count 3

Bill Rapai

species 60.

Cedar Waxwing

Count 3

Bill Rapai

species 61.

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Count 1

Dan Fox

species 62.

Tufted Titmouse

Count 2

Emily Williams

species 63.

Dark-eyed Junco

Count 4

Janet Phillips

species 64.

Rock Pigeon

Count 1

Bill Johnson

species 65.

Tundra Swan

Count 24

Brian Beauchene

species 66.

Northern Harrier

Count 1

Brian Beauchene

species 67.

Rough-legged Hawk

Count 1

Brian Beauchene

species 68.

Horned Lark

Count 2

Brian Beauchene

species 69.

House Sparrow

Count 1

Brian Beauchene

species 70.

House Finch

Count 3

Brian Beauchene

species 71.

Pine Siskin

Count 1

Brian Beauchene

species 72.

Eastern Towhee

Count 1

Roberto San Antonio

species 73.

Forster's Tern

Count 1

Chuck Weber

species 74.

Dunlin

Count 50

Nolan Williams

species 75.

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Count 1

Dawn Pietrykowski

species 76.

Wilson's Snipe

Count 2

Alex Hamilton

species 77.

Greater Yellowlegs

Count 2

Alex Hamilton

species 78.

Pectoral Sandpiper

Count 3

Alex Hamilton

species 79.

Tree Swallow

Count 2

Anonymous eBirder

species 80.

Double-crested Cormorant

Count 1

Chris Shannen

species 81.

Eastern Phoebe

Count 1

Chris Shannen

species 82.

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Count 1

Chris Shannen

species 83.

White-crowned Sparrow

Count 1

Chris Shannen

species 84.

Brown-headed Cowbird

Count 2

Chris Shannen

species 85.

Common Grackle

Count 1

Chris Shannen

species 86.

Lesser Yellowlegs

Count 6

Scott Castelein

species 87.

Merlin

Count 1

Scott Castelein

species 88.

Rusty Blackbird

Count 6

Scott Castelein

species 89.

Hairy Woodpecker

Count 1

Kathleen Dougherty

species 90.

Blue-winged Teal

Count 4

James Kennedy

species 91.

Sandhill Crane

Count 1

Joseph Kennedy

species 92.

Sanderling

Count 1

Joseph Kennedy

species 93.

American Black Duck

Count 1

Phillip Odum

species 94.

Snow Goose

Count 1

Jackie Quinones

species 95.

American Wigeon

Count 1

David McConnell

species 96.

Common Tern

Count X

Jackie Quinones

species 97.

Eastern Screech-Owl

Count 1

David McConnell

species 98.

Hermit Thrush

Count 2

David McConnell

species 99.

Lincoln's Sparrow

Count 1

Isaiah Clark

species 100.

Nashville Warbler

Count 1

Isaiah Clark

species 101.

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Count 1

Isaiah Clark

species 102.

Osprey

Count 1

Brian Beauchene

species 103.

American Pipit

Count 4

Brian Beauchene

species 104.

Caspian Tern

Count 1

Anonymous eBirder

species 105.

American White Pelican

Count 30

Anonymous eBirder

species 106.

Broad-winged Hawk

Count 4

Patricia Deventer

species 107.

Brown Creeper

Count 1

Geoffrey Clarke

species 108.

American Coot

Count 50

Geoffrey Tittyung

species 109.

Common Gallinule

Count 4

Isaiah Clark

species 110.

Gray Catbird

Count 1

Isaiah Clark

species 111.

Chimney Swift

Count 85

Gary Cowell

species 112.

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Count 2

Gary Cowell

species 113.

Magnolia Warbler

Count 1

Gary Cowell

species 114.

Trumpeter Swan

Count 6

David Nolin

species 115.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Count 2

David Nolin

species 116.

Bay-breasted Warbler

Count 2

David Nolin

species 117.

Palm Warbler

Count 1

David Nolin

species 118.

Red-eyed Vireo

Count 4

Nolan Williams

species 119.

House Wren

Count 1

Kurt Hagemeister

species 120.

Marsh Wren

Count 1

Kurt Hagemeister

species 121.

Common Yellowthroat

Count 1

Andy Dettling

species 122.

Blackpoll Warbler

Count 2

Andy Dettling

species 123.

Warbling Vireo

Count 3

Brian Beauchene

species 124.

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Count 4

Juliet Berger

species 125.

Barn Swallow

Count 3

Juliet Berger

species 126.

Black-and-white Warbler

Count 1

Bob Maddox

species 127.

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Count 2

Nolan Williams

species 128.

Cape May Warbler

Count 1

Len Sander

species 129.

Wilson's Warbler

Count 1

Len Sander

species 130.

Long-tailed Jaeger

Count 1

Jackie Quinones

species 131.

Green Heron

Count 1

Josiah Stryd

species 132.

Eastern Kingbird

Count 4

Josiah Stryd

species 133.

Prothonotary Warbler

Count 1

Josiah Stryd

species 134.

Black-crowned Night Heron

Count 1

Liz Hagemeister

species 135.

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Count 2

Liz Hagemeister

species 136.

Baltimore Oriole

Count 1

Liz Hagemeister

species 137.

American Redstart

Count 1

Liz Hagemeister

species 138.

Yellow Warbler

Count 10

Liz Hagemeister

species 139.

Purple Martin

Count 6

Anonymous eBirder

species 140.

Virginia Rail

Count 1

Robert Irwin

species 141.

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Count 1

Larry Urbanski

species 142.

White-winged Scoter

Count 1

Phillip Odum

species 143.

Veery

Count 1

Phillip Odum

species 144.

Swainson's Thrush

Count 1

Phillip Odum

species 145.

Blue-headed Vireo

Count 1

Spencer Vanderhoof

species 146.

Brown Thrasher

Count 1

Arnold Buehler

species 147.

Northern Parula

Count 2

Arnold Buehler

species 148.

Black-throated Green Warbler

Count 1

Arnold Buehler

species 149.

Least Flycatcher

Count 1

t palgut

species 150.

Tennessee Warbler

Count 1

t palgut

species 151.

Blackburnian Warbler

Count 1

t palgut

species 152.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Count 1

Liz Bokram

species 153.

Chipping Sparrow

Count X

Dan Steakley

species 154.

Savannah Sparrow

Count 3

Dan Steakley

species 155.

Common Goldeneye

Count 1

Dan Fox

species 156.

Great Black-backed Gull

Count 1

Dan Fox

species 157.

Ring-necked Duck

Count 3

Chad Machinski

species 158.

Great Horned Owl

Count 1

t palgut

species 159.

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Count 1

t palgut

species 160.

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Count 1

t palgut

species 161.

American Golden-Plover

Count 8

Marge Tittyung

species 162.

Philadelphia Vireo

Count 1

Mark O'Keefe

species 163.

Pine Warbler

Count 2

Sydney Fitzpatrick

species 164.

Spotted Sandpiper

Count 1

Richard Naber

species 165.

Scarlet Tanager

Count 1

Pam Houston

species 166.

Least Bittern

Count 1

Penguin Iceberg

species 167.

Sora

Count 2

Dan Fox

species 168.

Ross's Goose

Count 1

Aneil Shah

species 169.

Cackling Goose

Count 1

Aneil Shah

species 170.

Evening Grosbeak

Count 13

Atlee Yoder

species 171.

Orange-crowned Warbler

Count 1

Anonymous eBirder

species 172.

American Woodcock

Count 1

Elizabeth Stone

species 173.

Cliff Swallow

Count 2

Thomas Heatley

species 174.

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Count 1

Andrew Simon

species 175.

Indigo Bunting

Count 2

Andrew Simon

species 176.

Common Nighthawk

Count 1

Karen Markey

species 177.

Swainson's Hawk

Count 1

Bob Maddox

species 178.

Pileated Woodpecker

Count 1

Bob Maddox

species 179.

Purple Finch

Count 2

Jim Law

species 180.

Pacific Loon

Count 1

Sarah Romero

species 181.

Bank Swallow

Count 1

Thomas Gass

species 182.

Long-tailed Duck

Count 1

linda ar

species 183.

Glaucous Gull

Count 1

Tom Pavlik

species 184.

Ring-necked Pheasant

Count 1

Audrey Boike

species 185.

Red-necked Grebe

Count 1

Thomas Gass

species 186.

Parasitic Jaeger

Count 1

Darlene Friedman

species 187.

Solitary Sandpiper

Count 2

Greg Smith

species 188.

Northern Mockingbird

Count 1

Jim Law

species 189.

Franklin's Gull

Count 1

R Green

species 190.

American Bittern

Count 1

Darlene Friedman

species 191.

Red-headed Woodpecker

Count 1

Antonio Xeira

species 192.

Fox Sparrow

Count 2

Matthew Hegwood

species 193.

Great Crested Flycatcher

Count 2

Meredith Anderson

species 194.

Canada Warbler

Count 1

Alex Champagne

species 195.

Black Vulture

Count 1

Patrick Jakel

species 196.

Common Redpoll

Count 2

Larry Urbanski

species 197.

Wild Turkey

Count 1

Ashely Adams

species 198.

Black-bellied Plover

Count 1

Ken and Helen Ostermiller

species 199.

Least Sandpiper

Count 1

Allen Chartier

species 200.

Northern Saw-whet Owl

Count 1

Scott Jennex

species 201.

Mississippi Kite

Count 1

Sean Williams

species 202.

Bobolink

Count 2

Allen Chartier

species 203.

Red Knot

Count 1

Calvin Brennan

species 204.

Northern Gannet

Count 1

Darlene Friedman

species 205.

Northern Shrike

Count 1

Calvin Brennan

species 206.

Lapland Longspur

Count X

Calvin Brennan

species 207.

Brewer's Blackbird

Count 1

Calvin Brennan

species 208.

Surf Scoter

Count 6

Calvin Brennan

species 209.

Gray-cheeked Thrush

Count X

Calvin Brennan

species 210.

Wood Thrush

Count 1

Calvin Brennan

species 211.

Mourning Warbler

Count 1

Calvin Brennan

species 212.

Ovenbird

Count 1

Calvin Brennan

species 213.

Field Sparrow

Count X

Calvin Brennan

species 214.

Short-billed Dowitcher

Count X

Calvin Brennan

species 215.

Northern Waterthrush

Count X

Calvin Brennan

species 216.

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Count X

Calvin Brennan

species 217.

Black Tern

Count X

Calvin Brennan

species 218.

Anhinga

Count 1

Tom Shehan

species 219.

Blue-winged Warbler

Count 1

Calvin Brennan

species 220.

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Count 2

Calvin Brennan

species 221.

Lesser Frigatebird

Count 1

Calvin Brennan

species 222.

Hudsonian Godwit

Count 1

Calvin Brennan

species 223.

Cave Swallow

Count 1

Calvin Brennan

species 224.

Yellow-breasted Chat

Count 1

Calvin Brennan

species 225.

Dickcissel

Count 1

Calvin Brennan

species 226.

Lark Sparrow

Count 1

Calvin Brennan

species 227.

Short-eared Owl

Count 1

Calvin Brennan

species 228.

Snowy Owl

Count 1

Craig Fosdick

Hybrids

Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)

Count 1

Don Henise

Additional taxa

Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)

Count 2

Janet Phillips

gull sp.

Count 5

Anonymous eBirder

Buteo sp.

Count 10

Chuck Weber

eagle sp.

Count 2

Chuck Weber

Aythya sp.

Count X

Scott Castelein

swan sp.

Count 3

Geoffrey Clarke

duck sp.

Count 4

Debbie Underhill

Larus sp.

Count 100

Juliet Berger

Accipiter sp.

Count 1

Juliet Berger

new world warbler sp.

Count 1

Juliet Berger

Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk

Count 2

t palgut

teal sp.

Count 12

Juliet Berger

swallow sp.

Count X

Diane K

Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs

Count 11

Ken and Helen Ostermiller

Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler

Count 1

Dan Fox

Catharus sp.

Count 1

Arnold Buehler

hawk sp.

Count 300

Zvi Flanders

tern sp.

Count 1

Liz Bokram

blackbird sp.

Count 25

Briana Fisher

Forster's/Common Tern

Count 4

Steve Jerant

Greater/Lesser Scaup

Count X

Vincent Belill

new world sparrow sp.

Count 3

Anonymous eBirder

passerine sp.

Count 9

Ron Cain

hummingbird sp.

Count 1

Caleb Putnam

white-winged gull sp.

Count 1

David Frye

Common/Red-breasted Merganser

Count 1

Dan Fox

Horned/Eared Grebe

Count 2

Christina Jasso

finch sp.

Count 1

Jim Law

Trumpeter/Tundra Swan

Count 7

Rob Jamieson

Sterna sp.

Count 1

Juliet Berger

goose sp.

Count 4

linda ar

Downy/Hairy Woodpecker

Count 1

Chadwick Garner

dabbling duck sp.

Count 2

R Green

falcon sp.

Count 1

harris abramson

Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.

Count 4

Caleb Putnam

Common/Arctic Tern

Count 6

Jessie Fletcher

Empidonax sp.

Count X

Amy Manning

Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)

Count X

Calvin Brennan

diurnal raptor sp.

Count 2

Craig Fosdick

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Observer	Date	Species
Janet Phillips	6 Apr 2024	22
Russ Sulich	3 Mar 2024	9
Brian Beauchene	28 Jan 2024	13
Josiah Stryd	13 Jan 2024	4
Janet Phillips	5 Jan 2024	8
Brian Beauchene	10 Dec 2023	4
Janet Phillips	10 Dec 2023	3
PJ M	28 Nov 2023	12
Kelly Shattler Foster	19 Nov 2023	9
Jackie Quinones	16 Nov 2023	1

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Top eBirders sorted by number of observed species
Rank	eBirder	Total
1	Calvin Brennan	205
2	Allen Chartier	111
3	Jim Law	99
4	Larry Urbanski	97
5	t palgut	95
6	Caleb Putnam	88
7	David Amamoto	87
8	Dan Fox	85
9	K Palgut	81
10	Brian Beauchene	80