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Observer

species 1.

Snow Goose

Count 160

Stephen Turner

species 2.

Ross's Goose

Count 3

Stephen Turner

species 3.

Greater White-fronted Goose

Count 1

Kyle Strode

species 4.

Cackling Goose

Count 1

Erin Robinson

species 5.

Canada Goose

Count 13

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 6.

Trumpeter Swan

Count 1

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 7.

Tundra Swan

Count 2

Evana Newberry

species 8.

Wood Duck

Count 8

Craig Kesselheim

species 9.

Blue-winged Teal

Count 4

Dave Mott

species 10.

Cinnamon Teal

Count 2

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 11.

Northern Shoveler

Count 10

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 12.

Gadwall

Count 4

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 13.

Eurasian Wigeon

Count 1

Grant Hokit

species 14.

American Wigeon

Count 1

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 15.

Mallard

Count 6

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 16.

Northern Pintail

Count 2

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 17.

Green-winged Teal

Count 16

Bob Martinka

species 18.

Canvasback

Count 10

Evana Newberry

species 19.

Redhead

Count 4

Evana Newberry

species 20.

Ring-necked Duck

Count 2

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 21.

Greater Scaup

Count 4

Bob Martinka

species 22.

Lesser Scaup

Count 8

Kyle Strode

species 23.

Bufflehead

Count 2

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 24.

Common Goldeneye

Count 1

Stephen Turner

species 25.

Barrow's Goldeneye

Count 2

Jake Lydic

species 26.

Hooded Merganser

Count 4

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 27.

Common Merganser

Count 1

Evana Newberry

species 28.

Red-breasted Merganser

Count 2

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 29.

Ruddy Duck

Count 2

Jordan Newberry

species 30.

Gray Partridge

Count 8

Dave Mott

species 31.

Ring-necked Pheasant

Count 1

Daan Smit

species 32.

Pied-billed Grebe

Count 1

Ian Certalic

species 33.

Horned Grebe

Count 1

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 34.

Red-necked Grebe

Count 2

Dave Mott

species 35.

Eared Grebe

Count 2

Evana Newberry

species 36.

Western Grebe

Count 2

Dave Mott

species 37.

Clark's Grebe

Count 1

logan kahle

species 38.

Rock Pigeon

Count 6

Stephen Turner

species 39.

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Count 1

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 40.

Mourning Dove

Count 1

Stephen Turner

species 41.

Common Nighthawk

Count 8

Grant Hokit

species 42.

Vaux's Swift

Count X

Mike Wille

species 43.

White-throated Swift

Count X

Todd Boland

species 44.

Calliope Hummingbird

Count X

Caleb Lashway

species 45.

Rufous Hummingbird

Count 1

Dan Ellison

species 46.

Virginia Rail

Count 1

Jeffrey Olsson

species 47.

Sora

Count 1

Bob Martinka

species 48.

American Coot

Count 550

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 49.

Sandhill Crane

Count 8

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 50.

Black-necked Stilt

Count 4

Dave Mott

species 51.

American Avocet

Count 41

Stephen Turner

species 52.

Black-bellied Plover

Count 1

Hilary Turner

species 53.

American Golden-Plover

Count 1

Grant Hokit

species 54.

Killdeer

Count 2

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 55.

Semipalmated Plover

Count 2

Dave Mott

species 56.

Long-billed Curlew

Count 1

Stephen Turner

species 57.

Hudsonian Godwit

Count 1

Coburn Currier

species 58.

Marbled Godwit

Count 1

Stephen Turner

species 59.

Short-billed Dowitcher

Count 1

Bob Martinka

species 60.

Long-billed Dowitcher

Count 11

Bob Martinka

species 61.

Wilson's Snipe

Count 2

Tom LaFave

species 62.

Wilson's Phalarope

Count 15

David Palmer

species 63.

Red Phalarope

Count 1

Pat Grantham

species 64.

Red-necked Phalarope

Count 1

Pat Grantham

species 65.

Spotted Sandpiper

Count 4

Dave Mott

species 66.

Solitary Sandpiper

Count 1

Stephen Turner

species 67.

Lesser Yellowlegs

Count 2

Dave Mott

species 68.

Willet

Count 2

Grant Hokit

species 69.

Greater Yellowlegs

Count 1

Kyle Strode

species 70.

Stilt Sandpiper

Count 7

Stephen Turner

species 71.

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Count 1

Bob Martinka

species 72.

Sanderling

Count 2

Stephen Turner

species 73.

Dunlin

Count 1

Stephen Turner

species 74.

Baird's Sandpiper

Count 1

Dave Mott

species 75.

White-rumped Sandpiper

Count 1

Jeffrey Olsson

species 76.

Least Sandpiper

Count 4

Stephen Turner

species 77.

Pectoral Sandpiper

Count 2

Bob Martinka

species 78.

Western Sandpiper

Count 7

Stephen Turner

species 79.

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Count 1

Stephen Turner

species 80.

Parasitic Jaeger

Count 1

Robin Wolcott

species 81.

Sabine's Gull

Count 1

Stephen Turner

species 82.

Bonaparte's Gull

Count 2

Kyle Strode

species 83.

Franklin's Gull

Count 1

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 84.

Ring-billed Gull

Count 19

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 85.

Herring Gull

Count 4

Kyle Strode

species 86.

California Gull

Count 2

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 87.

Iceland Gull

Count 1

Stephen Turner

species 88.

Caspian Tern

Count 2

Jeffrey Olsson

species 89.

Black Tern

Count 3

Jeffrey Olsson

species 90.

Forster's Tern

Count 7

Pat Grantham

species 91.

Common Tern

Count 4

Stephen Turner

species 92.

Common Loon

Count 1

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 93.

Double-crested Cormorant

Count 1

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 94.

American White Pelican

Count 12

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 95.

Black-crowned Night Heron

Count 1

Bob Martinka

species 96.

Great Blue Heron

Count 2

Stephen Turner

species 97.

White-faced Ibis

Count 1

Dave Mott

species 98.

Turkey Vulture

Count 1

Bob Martinka

species 99.

Osprey

Count 1

Tom LaFave

species 100.

Golden Eagle

Count 1

Stephen Turner

species 101.

Northern Harrier

Count 3

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 102.

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Count 2

Coburn Currier

species 103.

Cooper's Hawk

Count 1

David Palmer

species 104.

American Goshawk

Count 1

Ramona Kay

species 105.

Bald Eagle

Count 1

Stephen Turner

species 106.

Broad-winged Hawk

Count 1

Ian Certalic

species 107.

Swainson's Hawk

Count 2

Tom LaFave

species 108.

Red-tailed Hawk

Count 1

Carmen Winslow

species 109.

Rough-legged Hawk

Count 1

Bob Martinka

species 110.

Ferruginous Hawk

Count 1

Stephen Turner

species 111.

Great Horned Owl

Count 1

Grant Hokit

species 112.

Short-eared Owl

Count 2

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 113.

Belted Kingfisher

Count 1

Stephen Turner

species 114.

Red-naped Sapsucker

Count X

Mike Wille

species 115.

Lewis's Woodpecker

Count X

Mike Wille

species 116.

Downy Woodpecker

Count 1

Bob Martinka

species 117.

Hairy Woodpecker

Count 1

Ramona Kay

species 118.

Northern Flicker

Count 1

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 119.

American Kestrel

Count 1

Tom LaFave

species 120.

Merlin

Count 1

Stephen Turner

species 121.

Peregrine Falcon

Count 1

Grant Hokit

species 122.

Prairie Falcon

Count 1

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 123.

Western Wood-Pewee

Count 2

Coburn Currier

species 124.

Willow Flycatcher

Count 1

Coburn Currier

species 125.

Least Flycatcher

Count 1

Ramona Kay

species 126.

Dusky Flycatcher

Count 1

Shane Sater

species 127.

Say's Phoebe

Count 1

logan kahle

species 128.

Western Kingbird

Count 1

Dave Mott

species 129.

Eastern Kingbird

Count 1

Pat Grantham

species 130.

Warbling Vireo

Count X

Caleb Lashway

species 131.

Northern Shrike

Count 1

Grant Hokit

species 132.

Pinyon Jay

Count 7

Kyle Strode

species 133.

Blue Jay

Count 1

David Casey

species 134.

Black-billed Magpie

Count 1

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 135.

Clark's Nutcracker

Count 1

Ramona Kay

species 136.

American Crow

Count 1

Madeline De Leo

species 137.

Common Raven

Count 2

Stephen Turner

species 138.

Black-capped Chickadee

Count 1

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 139.

Mountain Chickadee

Count 1

Dave Mott

species 140.

Horned Lark

Count 1

Hilary Turner

species 141.

Bank Swallow

Count 1

Stephen Turner

species 142.

Tree Swallow

Count 14

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 143.

Violet-green Swallow

Count 2

Dave Mott

species 144.

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Count 21

Ian Certalic

species 145.

Barn Swallow

Count 11

Stephen Turner

species 146.

Cliff Swallow

Count 1

Coburn Currier

species 147.

White-breasted Nuthatch

Count X

Caleb Lashway

species 148.

Rock Wren

Count 3

Ian Certalic

species 149.

House Wren

Count 1

Doug Wentzel

species 150.

Marsh Wren

Count 1

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 151.

European Starling

Count 5

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 152.

Gray Catbird

Count 1

Stephen Turner

species 153.

Western Bluebird

Count 2

Rosalee Rupp

species 154.

Mountain Bluebird

Count 1

Ian Certalic

species 155.

Townsend's Solitaire

Count 1

Ian Certalic

species 156.

Swainson's Thrush

Count 1

Shane Sater

species 157.

Hermit Thrush

Count 1

Ian Certalic

species 158.

American Robin

Count 1

Kyle Strode

species 159.

Bohemian Waxwing

Count 185

Stephen Turner

species 160.

Cedar Waxwing

Count 8

Bob Martinka

species 161.

House Sparrow

Count 8

Jeffrey Olsson

species 162.

American Pipit

Count 1

Grant Hokit

species 163.

Evening Grosbeak

Count X

Mike Wille

species 164.

House Finch

Count 1

Dave Mott

species 165.

Pine Siskin

Count 2

Bob Martinka

species 166.

American Goldfinch

Count 2

Kyle Strode

species 167.

Lapland Longspur

Count 1

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 168.

Grasshopper Sparrow

Count 2

Alex Lamoreaux

species 169.

Chipping Sparrow

Count 1

Kyle Strode

species 170.

Clay-colored Sparrow

Count 1

Dave Mott

species 171.

Brewer's Sparrow

Count 1

Kyle Strode

species 172.

Lark Sparrow

Count 3

Ramona Kay

species 173.

American Tree Sparrow

Count 1

Stephen Turner

species 174.

Dark-eyed Junco

Count X

Pamela Hunt

species 175.

White-crowned Sparrow

Count 5

Evana Newberry

species 176.

Harris's Sparrow

Count 1

Hilary Turner

species 177.

Vesper Sparrow

Count 1

Dave Mott

species 178.

Savannah Sparrow

Count 1

Stephen Turner

species 179.

Song Sparrow

Count 1

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 180.

Lincoln's Sparrow

Count 1

Stephen Turner

species 181.

Spotted Towhee

Count 1

Stephen Turner

species 182.

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Count 9

Kyle Strode

species 183.

Bobolink

Count 2

Kyle Strode

species 184.

Western Meadowlark

Count 3

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 185.

Bullock's Oriole

Count 1

Coburn Currier

species 186.

Red-winged Blackbird

Count 8

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 187.

Brown-headed Cowbird

Count 3

Dave Mott

species 188.

Rusty Blackbird

Count 3

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

species 189.

Brewer's Blackbird

Count 1

Jordan Newberry

species 190.

Common Grackle

Count 2

Ian Certalic

species 191.

Northern Waterthrush

Count 1

Stephen Turner

species 192.

Orange-crowned Warbler

Count 1

Erin Robinson

species 193.

MacGillivray's Warbler

Count 1

Pamela Hunt

species 194.

Common Yellowthroat

Count 4

Bob Martinka

species 195.

Yellow Warbler

Count 4

Dave Mott

species 196.

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Count 1

Stephen Turner

species 197.

Wilson's Warbler

Count 1

Braden Collard

species 198.

Western Tanager

Count 1

Evana Newberry

species 199.

Black-headed Grosbeak

Count 1

Konshau Duman

species 200.

Lazuli Bunting

Count X

Mike Wille

Hybrids

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid)

Count 1

Stephen Turner

Glossy x White-faced Ibis (hybrid)

Count 1

Stephen Turner

Additional taxa

Snow/Ross's Goose

Count 1000

Bob Martinka

Trumpeter/Tundra Swan

Count 9

Evana Newberry

Blue-winged/Cinnamon Teal

Count 2

Stephen Turner

teal sp.

Count 2

Stephen Turner

dabbling duck sp.

Count 150

Hilary Turner

Greater/Lesser Scaup

Count 10

Hilary Turner

Aythya sp.

Count X

Mark Mizak

Common/Barrow's Goldeneye

Count 60

Ramona Kay

duck sp.

Count 450

Stephen Turner

Horned/Eared Grebe

Count 20

Shane Sater

Western/Clark's Grebe

Count 3

Ramona Kay

hummingbird sp.

Count 1

Shane Sater

Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher

Count 1

Stephen Turner

Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs

Count 2

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

peep sp.

Count 1

Stephen Turner

large shorebird sp.

Count 20

Kyle Strode

Larus sp.

Count 40

Stephen Turner

gull sp.

Count 12

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

Forster's/Common Tern

Count 2

Dave Mott

Sterna sp.

Count 3

Jeffrey Olsson

Accipiter sp.

Count 1

Sharon Dewart-Hansen

Buteo sp.

Count 1

Stephen Turner

hawk sp.

Count 1

Jeffrey Olsson

eagle sp.

Count 3

Kyle Strode

Downy/Hairy Woodpecker

Count 1

Ramona Kay

large falcon sp.

Count 1

Stephen Turner

small falcon sp.

Count 1

Evana Newberry

diurnal raptor sp.

Count 1

Hilary Turner

Empidonax sp.

Count 1

Jeffrey Olsson

new world flycatcher sp.

Count 3

Ramona Kay

swallow sp.

Count 6

Stephen Turner

new world sparrow sp.

Count 1

Kevin Benjamin

blackbird sp.

Count 45

Bob Martinka

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Observer	Date	Species
Sharon Dewart-Hansen	15 Apr 2024	25
Mike Vashro	15 Apr 2024	25
Tom LaFave	14 Apr 2024	13
Sharon Dewart-Hansen	14 Apr 2024	27
Bob Martinka	13 Apr 2024	31
Coburn Currier	13 Apr 2024	31
Stephen Turner	13 Apr 2024	31
Kyle Strode	13 Apr 2024	31
Pat Grantham	11 Apr 2024	1
Tom LaFave	9 Apr 2024	14

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Top eBirders sorted by number of observed species
Rank	eBirder	Total
1	Bob Martinka	154
2	Stephen Turner	149
3	Sharon Dewart-Hansen	146
4	Kyle Strode	144
5	Coburn Currier	141
5	Jeffrey Olsson	141
7	Grant Hokit	134
8	Ramona Kay	113
9	Dave Mott	110
10	Ian Certalic	104