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Count
Date
Observer
Location
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Lesser Scaup
Aythya affinis
#
Count:
20
Date:
25 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lance Felber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serrator
#
Count:
2
Date:
25 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lance Felber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
American Avocet
Recurvirostra americana
#
Count:
2500
Date:
25 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lance Felber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
American Oystercatcher
Haematopus palliatus
#
Count:
3
Date:
25 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lance Felber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
#
Count:
6
Date:
25 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lance Felber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
#
Count:
2
Date:
25 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lance Felber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Piping Plover
Charadrius melodus
#
Count:
30
Date:
25 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lance Felber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Long-billed Curlew
Numenius americanus
#
Count:
3
Date:
25 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lance Felber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
#
Count:
1
Date:
25 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lance Felber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Willet
Tringa semipalmata
#
Count:
3
Date:
25 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lance Felber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
#
Count:
15
Date:
25 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lance Felber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Sanderling
Calidris alba
#
Count:
150
Date:
25 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lance Felber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
#
Count:
320
Date:
25 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lance Felber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
#
Count:
30
Date:
25 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lance Felber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauri
#
Count:
6
Date:
25 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lance Felber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
#
Count:
15
Date:
25 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lance Felber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
#
Count:
75
Date:
25 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lance Felber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianus
#
Count:
4
Date:
25 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lance Felber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri
#
Count:
50
Date:
25 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lance Felber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
#
Count:
5
Date:
25 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lance Felber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Double-crested Cormorant
Nannopterum auritum
#
Count:
4
Date:
25 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lance Felber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
White Ibis
Eudocimus albus
#
Count:
4
Date:
25 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lance Felber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Reddish Egret
Egretta rufescens
#
Count:
2
Date:
25 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lance Felber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
#
Count:
50
Date:
25 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lance Felber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Great Egret
Ardea alba
#
Count:
2
Date:
25 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lance Felber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
#
Count:
7
Date:
25 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lance Felber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
American White Pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
#
Count:
125
Date:
25 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lance Felber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Brown Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis
#
Count:
4
Date:
25 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lance Felber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
White-tailed Kite
Elanus leucurus
#
Count:
2
Date:
25 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lance Felber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Loggerhead Shrike
Lanius ludovicianus
#
Count:
1
Date:
25 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lance Felber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Savannah Sparrow
Passerculus sandwichensis
#
Count:
3
Date:
25 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lance Felber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Swamp Sparrow
Melospiza georgiana
#
Count:
1
Date:
25 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lance Felber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
#
Count:
23
Date:
24 Jan 2025
Observer:
Wyatt Egelhoff
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
#
Count:
1
Date:
24 Jan 2025
Observer:
Wyatt Egelhoff
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Bufflehead
Bucephala albeola
#
Count:
1
Date:
24 Jan 2025
Observer:
Wyatt Egelhoff
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Snowy Plover
Anarhynchus nivosus
#
Count:
3
Date:
24 Jan 2025
Observer:
Wyatt Egelhoff
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Bonaparte's Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
#
Count:
1
Date:
24 Jan 2025
Observer:
Wyatt Egelhoff
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus
#
Count:
1
Date:
24 Jan 2025
Observer:
Wyatt Egelhoff
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
#
Count:
1
Date:
24 Jan 2025
Observer:
Wyatt Egelhoff
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
#
Count:
1
Date:
24 Jan 2025
Observer:
Wyatt Egelhoff
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Northern Harrier
Circus hudsonius
#
Count:
1
Date:
24 Jan 2025
Observer:
Wyatt Egelhoff
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Crested Caracara
Caracara plancus
#
Count:
1
Date:
24 Jan 2025
Observer:
Wyatt Egelhoff
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Eastern Phoebe
Sayornis phoebe
#
Count:
1
Date:
24 Jan 2025
Observer:
Wyatt Egelhoff
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
American Pipit
Anthus rubescens
#
Count:
1
Date:
24 Jan 2025
Observer:
Wyatt Egelhoff
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
#
Count:
39
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
Bruce Cramer
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Neotropic Cormorant
Nannopterum brasilianum
#
Count:
2
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
Bruce Cramer
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Belted Kingfisher
Megaceryle alcyon
#
Count:
2
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
Bruce Cramer
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
#
Count:
2
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
Bruce Cramer
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Mottled Duck
Anas fulvigula
#
Count:
2
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
John Faber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Clapper Rail
Rallus crepitans
#
Count:
1
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
John Faber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoa
#
Count:
12
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
John Faber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseus
#
Count:
8
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
John Faber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Black Skimmer
Rynchops niger
#
Count:
30
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
John Faber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Merlin
Falco columbarius
#
Count:
1
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
John Faber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
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Details:
Marsh Wren
Cistothorus palustris
#
Count:
1
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
John Faber
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Snow Goose
Anser caerulescens
#
Count:
8
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
Wyatt Egelhoff
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Ross's Goose
Anser rossii
#
Count:
1
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
Wyatt Egelhoff
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeata
#
Count:
50
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
Wyatt Egelhoff
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
#
Count:
4
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
Wyatt Egelhoff
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus
#
Count:
1
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
Wyatt Egelhoff
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestris
#
Count:
1
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
Wyatt Egelhoff
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Nelson's Sparrow
Ammospiza nelsoni
#
Count:
1
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
Wyatt Egelhoff
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
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Details:
Eastern Meadowlark
Sturnella magna
#
Count:
3
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
Wyatt Egelhoff
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
#
Count:
2
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
Wyatt Egelhoff
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata
#
Count:
1
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
Wyatt Egelhoff
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolor
#
Count:
1
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
Claude Durand
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Blue-winged Teal
Spatula discors
#
Count:
5
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
Grant Parajuli
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
#
Count:
1
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
Cin-Ty Lee
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
#
Count:
1
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
Grant Parajuli
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Common Loon
Gavia immer
#
Count:
1
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
Grant Parajuli
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Roseate Spoonbill
Platalea ajaja
#
Count:
1
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
Grant Parajuli
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea
#
Count:
1
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
Grant Parajuli
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Western Cattle-Egret
Ardea ibis
#
Count:
14
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
Claude Durand
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius
#
Count:
1
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
Claude Durand
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
#
Count:
1
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
Claude Durand
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Sedge Wren
Cistothorus stellaris
#
Count:
4
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
Grant Parajuli
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
LeConte's Sparrow
Ammospiza leconteii
#
Count:
2
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
Grant Parajuli
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
#
Count:
1
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
Grant Parajuli
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
#
Count:
3
Date:
18 Jan 2025
Observer:
Buck Lee
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Common Goldeneye
Bucephala clangula
#
Count:
1
Date:
17 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lisa Schibley
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Tricolored Heron
Egretta tricolor
#
Count:
1
Date:
17 Jan 2025
Observer:
Lisa Schibley
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
#
Count:
2
Date:
11 Jan 2025
Observer:
David Doyle
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Seaside Sparrow
Ammospiza maritima
#
Count:
2
Date:
10 Jan 2025
Observer:
Kevin Ripka
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
#
Count:
2
Date:
4 Jan 2025
Observer:
Dave DeNoble
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
#
Count:
1
Date:
4 Jan 2025
Observer:
Dave DeNoble
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
#
Count:
15
Date:
4 Jan 2025
Observer:
Dave DeNoble
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensis
#
Count:
2
Date:
4 Jan 2025
Observer:
Christina Michaelis
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanus
#
Count:
1
Date:
4 Jan 2025
Observer:
Wyatt Egelhoff
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
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Details:
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Nyctanassa violacea
#
Count:
10
Date:
1 Jan 2025
Observer:
Vivek Govind Kumar
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
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Details:
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
#
Count:
1
Date:
1 Jan 2025
Observer:
Vivek Govind Kumar
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
#
Count:
2
Date:
1 Jan 2025
Observer:
Vivek Govind Kumar
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
#
Count:
1
Date:
1 Jan 2025
Observer:
Colin Bond
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceus
#
Count:
2
Date:
1 Jan 2025
Observer:
Colin Bond
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
#
Count:
3
Date:
1 Jan 2025
Observer:
Colin Bond
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
White-tailed Hawk
Geranoaetus albicaudatus
#
Count:
1
Date:
1 Jan 2025
Observer:
Colin Bond
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
#
Count:
2
Date:
1 Jan 2025
Observer:
Colin Bond
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Boat-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus major
#
Count:
1
Date:
1 Jan 2025
Observer:
Colin Bond
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Black Scoter
Melanitta americana
#
Count:
5
Date:
30 Dec 2024
Observer:
Kurt Ongman
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Black Vulture
Coragyps atratus
#
Count:
2
Date:
30 Dec 2024
Observer:
Kurt Ongman
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Gadwall
Mareca strepera
#
Count:
17
Date:
30 Dec 2024
Observer:
Krishna Trinadha
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Green-winged Teal
Anas crecca
#
Count:
5
Date:
30 Dec 2024
Observer:
Krishna Trinadha
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
#
Count:
2
Date:
30 Dec 2024
Observer:
Krishna Trinadha
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
#
Count:
2
Date:
30 Dec 2024
Observer:
Krishna Trinadha
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Anhinga
Anhinga anhinga
#
Count:
1
Date:
30 Dec 2024
Observer:
Krishna Trinadha
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
#
Count:
6
Date:
30 Dec 2024
Observer:
Krishna Trinadha
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Northern House Wren
Troglodytes aedon
#
Count:
4
Date:
30 Dec 2024
Observer:
Krishna Trinadha
Location:
Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary
Vesper Sparrow