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208 Species Observed
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  1. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  2. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  3. Last observed by Cecilia Riley on 17 Dec 2023
  4. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  5. Last observed by Edde Burgess on 11 Nov 2023
  6. Last observed by Darlene Eschete on 19 Aug 2023
  7. Last observed by Romey Swanson on 29 May 2022
  8. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  9. Last observed by mike bishop on 25 Oct 2023
  10. Last observed by Cecilia Riley on 17 Dec 2023
  11. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  12. Last observed by Tom Forwood JR on 17 Dec 2023
  13. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  14. Last observed by Tom Forwood JR on 17 Dec 2023
  15. Last observed by Tom Forwood JR on 17 Dec 2023
  16. Last observed by Tom Forwood JR on 17 Dec 2023
  17. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  18. Last observed by Kay Kavanagh on 29 Jan 1996
  19. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  20. Last observed by Cecilia Riley on 17 Dec 2017
  21. Last observed by Jacob Bliss on 25 Dec 2023
  22. Last observed by Alan Troyer on 11 Dec 2021
  23. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  24. Last observed by Jacob Bliss on 25 Dec 2023
  25. Last observed by Laurie Lawler on 13 Nov 2023
  26. Last observed by Barbara Pankratz on 14 Dec 2023
  27. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  28. Last observed by Ann Haverstock on 29 Apr 2004
  29. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  30. Last observed by Barbara Pankratz on 14 Dec 2023
  31. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  32. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  33. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  34. Last observed by Karen Carpenter on 3 Dec 2023
  35. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  36. Last observed by Keith Godwin on 29 Feb 2020
  37. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  38. Last observed by Tom Forwood JR on 17 Dec 2023
  39. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  40. Last observed by Sara Newman on 24 Jun 2022
  41. Last observed by Richard Waldrop on 6 Aug 1994
  42. Last observed by Kenneth Rieger on 25 Jul 2016
  43. Last observed by Stephen Falick on 17 Dec 2023
  44. Last observed by Stephen Falick on 18 Dec 2022
  45. Last observed by Linda D. Valdez on 1 Aug 1993
  46. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  47. Last observed by Barbara Pankratz on 14 Dec 2023
  48. Last observed by Anonymous eBirder on 29 Apr 2023
  49. Last observed by mike bishop on 25 Oct 2023
  50. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  51. Last observed by Dennis Trujillo on 7 Sep 2019
  52. Last observed by Theresa Mathis on 17 Apr 2019
  53. Last observed by Stephen Cook on 22 Aug 2021
  54. Last observed by Albert Stock on 13 Sep 2013
  55. Last observed by Darlene Eschete on 19 Aug 2023
  56. Last observed by Susan Foster on 1 Sep 2019
  57. Last observed by kyle kusa on 25 Apr 2023
  58. Last observed by Stephen Falick on 17 Dec 2023
  59. Last observed by Anonymous eBirder on 29 Apr 2023
  60. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  61. Last observed by Ardell Winters on 7 Sep 2021
  62. Last observed by Tom Forwood JR on 17 Dec 2023
  63. Last observed by Darlene Eschete on 19 Aug 2023
  64. Last observed by Jacob Bliss on 25 Dec 2023
  65. Last observed by BettySue Dunn on 10 Dec 2023
  66. Last observed by Anonymous eBirder on 29 Apr 2023
  67. Last observed by Cin-Ty Lee on 9 Jun 2022
  68. Last observed by Anonymous eBirder on 29 Apr 2023
  69. Last observed by Ardell Winters on 7 Sep 2021
  70. Last observed by Dennis Trujillo on 7 Sep 2019
  71. Last observed by Tom Forwood JR on 17 Dec 2023
  72. Last observed by Tom Forwood JR on 17 Dec 2023
  73. Last observed by Bob White on 5 May 2018
  74. Last observed by mike bishop on 25 Oct 2023
  75. Last observed by Jacob Bliss on 25 Dec 2023
  76. Last observed by Tom Forwood JR on 17 Dec 2023
  77. Last observed by Cecilia Riley on 9 Dec 2022
  78. Last observed by Dennis Trujillo on 7 Sep 2019
  79. Last observed by Darlene Eschete on 19 Aug 2023
  80. Last observed by Darlene Eschete on 19 Aug 2023
  81. Last observed by Jacob Bliss on 25 Dec 2023
  82. Last observed by Jacob Bliss on 25 Dec 2023
  83. Last observed by Cecilia Riley on 17 Dec 2023
  84. Last observed by David Bradford on 29 Nov 1993
  85. Last observed by Anita Meagher on 16 Nov 2019
  86. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  87. Last observed by Anonymous eBirder on 21 Aug 2023
  88. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  89. Last observed by Steven Glynn on 27 Nov 2022
  90. Last observed by Darlene Eschete on 19 Aug 2023
  91. Last observed by mike bishop on 25 Oct 2023
  92. Last observed by Jacob Bliss on 25 Dec 2023
  93. Last observed by Richard Waldrop on 6 Aug 1994
  94. Last observed by Janet Neath on 4 Nov 2022
  95. Last observed by mike bishop on 25 Oct 2023
  96. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  97. Last observed by Susan Kosoris on 20 Mar 2023
  98. Last observed by Eric Olson on 31 Mar 2024
  99. Last observed by Eric Olson on 31 Mar 2024
  100. Last observed by Barbara Pankratz on 14 Dec 2023
  101. Last observed by Stephen Falick on 17 Dec 2023
  102. Last observed by Dennis Trujillo on 7 Sep 2019
  103. Last observed by Stephen Falick on 17 Dec 2023
  104. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  105. Last observed by Sara Newman on 24 Jun 2022
  106. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  107. Last observed by Tom Forwood JR on 17 Dec 2023
  108. Last observed by Dell Little cc on 20 Dec 2020
  109. Last observed by Marti Horman on 4 Apr 2013
  110. Last observed by T. Jay Adams on 16 Dec 2018
  111. Last observed by Cecilia Riley on 17 Dec 2023
  112. Last observed by Dawn Smith on 7 Sep 2017
  113. Last observed by BettySue Dunn on 10 Dec 2023
  114. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  115. Last observed by Tom Forwood JR on 17 Dec 2023
  116. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  117. Last observed by Dawn Smith on 7 Sep 2017
  118. Last observed by Tom Forwood JR on 17 Dec 2023
  119. Last observed by Ardell Winters on 7 Sep 2021
  120. Last observed by Eddie Farrey on 20 Aug 2020
  121. Last observed by Steven Glynn on 27 Nov 2022
  122. Last observed by Keith Godwin on 29 Feb 2020
  123. Last observed by Cecilia Riley on 17 Dec 2023
  124. Last observed by Jack Lefor on 5 Jan 2022
  125. Last observed by Ari Rice on 13 May 2023
  126. Last observed by Cecilia Riley on 21 Nov 2017
  127. Last observed by Julian Salinas on 21 Jul 2021
  128. Last observed by Anonymous eBirder on 21 Aug 2023
  129. Last observed by Kayleigh Bucur on 3 Sep 2018
  130. Last observed by Bruce Cramer on 17 Aug 2022
  131. Last observed by Tom Forwood JR on 17 Dec 2023
  132. Last observed by Ann Haverstock on 29 Apr 2004
  133. Last observed by Jacob Bliss on 25 Dec 2023
  134. Last observed by Eric Olson on 31 Mar 2024
  135. Last observed by Alan Gutsell on 3 Jan 2016
  136. Last observed by Darlene Eschete on 19 Aug 2023
  137. Last observed by Cindy & Mike Venus on 12 Jan 2022
  138. Last observed by Ardell Winters on 7 Sep 2021
  139. Last observed by Araks Ohanyan on 11 May 2021
  140. Last observed by Nina Rach on 14 Aug 2022
  141. Last observed by Anonymous eBirder on 21 Aug 2023
  142. Last observed by Darlene Eschete on 19 Aug 2023
  143. Last observed by Darlene Eschete on 19 Aug 2023
  144. Last observed by Ann Haverstock on 29 Apr 2004
  145. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  146. Last observed by Tom Forwood JR on 17 Dec 2023
  147. Last observed by Stephen Falick on 17 Dec 2023
  148. Last observed by Jacob Bliss on 25 Dec 2023
  149. Last observed by Stephen Falick on 18 Dec 2022
  150. Last observed by Stephen Falick on 17 Dec 2023
  151. Last observed by Stephen Falick on 17 Dec 2023
  152. Last observed by Stephen Falick on 17 Dec 2023
  153. Last observed by Stephen Falick on 17 Dec 2023
  154. Last observed by Patricia Isaacson on 27 Jul 2018
  155. Last observed by Stephen Falick on 17 Dec 2023
  156. Last observed by Kay Zagst on 18 Dec 2020
  157. Last observed by Jacob Bliss on 25 Dec 2023
  158. Last observed by T. Jay Adams on 16 Dec 2018
  159. Last observed by Susan Kosoris on 20 Mar 2023
  160. Last observed by Kay Kavanagh on 29 Jan 1996
  161. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  162. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  163. Last observed by Stephen Falick on 17 Dec 2023
  164. Last observed by Araks Ohanyan on 11 May 2021
  165. Last observed by Ann Haverstock on 29 Apr 2004
  166. Last observed by Stephen Falick on 18 Dec 2022
  167. Last observed by George Bailey on 30 Dec 2022
  168. Last observed by Stephen Falick on 18 Dec 2022
  169. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  170. Last observed by Araks Ohanyan on 11 May 2021
  171. Last observed by Susan Kosoris on 20 Mar 2023
  172. Last observed by Anonymous eBirder on 29 Apr 2023
  173. Last observed by BettySue Dunn on 10 Dec 2023
  174. Last observed by Stephen Falick on 18 Dec 2022
  175. Last observed by Anonymous eBirder on 21 Aug 2023
  176. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  177. Last observed by George Bailey on 30 Dec 2022
  178. Last observed by Stephen Falick on 18 Dec 2022
  179. Last observed by Tom Forwood JR on 17 Dec 2023
  180. Last observed by Stephen Falick on 17 Dec 2023
  181. Last observed by Stephen Falick on 17 Dec 2023
  182. Last observed by Kenneth Rieger on 25 Jul 2016
  183. Last observed by Kenneth Rieger on 25 Jul 2016
  184. Last observed by Stephen Falick on 18 Dec 2022
  185. Last observed by Manuel De Leon on 16 Dec 2018
  186. Last observed by Colin Sumrall on 17 May 2015
  187. Last observed by Ardell Winters on 7 Sep 2021
  188. Last observed by Cindy & Mike Venus on 12 Jan 2022
  189. Last observed by Romey Swanson on 29 May 2022
  190. Last observed by Ardell Winters on 7 Sep 2021
  191. Last observed by Sara Newman on 24 Jun 2022
  192. Last observed by Sean McElaney on 18 May 2015
  193. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  194. Last observed by Connor O’Brien on 29 May 2022
  195. Last observed by Deanna S on 13 Oct 2022
  196. Last observed by Karen Carpenter on 3 Dec 2023
  197. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  198. Last observed by Jack Lefor on 5 Jan 2022
  199. Last observed by Todd Fitzgerald on 9 May 2019
  200. Last observed by Stephen Falick on 17 Dec 2023
  201. Last observed by Anonymous eBirder on 21 Aug 2023
  202. Last observed by Jack Lefor on 5 Jan 2022
  203. Last observed by Dennis Trujillo on 7 Sep 2019
  204. Last observed by Mackenzie Goldthwait on 2 May 2021
  205. Last observed by Cecilia Riley on 17 Dec 2023
  206. Last observed by Gary Herritz on 9 Feb 2024
  207. Last observed by Ari Rice on 13 May 2023
  208. Last observed by Darlene Eschete on 19 Aug 2023

Exotic: Escapee (1)

  1. Last observed by Joseph Olson on 6 Jan 2023

Hybrids (1)

  1. Western x Clark's Grebe (hybrid) Aechmophorus occidentalis x clarkii
    Last observed by Mike Austin on 8 May 2021

Additional Taxa (23)

  1. Snow/Ross's Goose Anser caerulescens/rossii
    Last observed by Barbara Pankratz on 14 Dec 2023
  2. Mallard/Mexican Duck Anas platyrhynchos/diazi
    Last observed by Colette Micallef on 17 Nov 2021
  3. dabbling duck sp. Anatidae sp. (dabbling duck sp.)
    Last observed by Tom Forwood JR on 17 Dec 2023
  4. duck sp. Anatidae (duck sp.)
    Last observed by mike bishop on 25 Oct 2023
  5. Horned/Eared Grebe Podiceps auritus/nigricollis
    Last observed by David Goff on 12 Jan 2022
  6. Western/Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis/clarkii
    Last observed by Barbara Pankratz on 14 Dec 2023
  7. Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes/melanoleuca
    Last observed by Stephen Cook on 22 Aug 2021
  8. peep sp. Calidris sp. (peep sp.)
    Last observed by Susan Foster on 1 Sep 2019
  9. Calidris sp. Calidris sp.
    Last observed by Kay Zagst on 17 Nov 2021
  10. gull sp. Larinae sp.
    Last observed by Darlene Eschete on 19 Aug 2023
  11. tern sp. Sterninae sp.
    Last observed by Cin-Ty Lee on 9 Jun 2022
  12. Double-crested/Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum auritum/brasilianum
    Last observed by David Booth on 19 Aug 2023
  13. Buteo sp. Buteo sp.
    Last observed by Tom Forwood JR on 17 Dec 2023
  14. hawk sp. Accipitridae sp. (hawk sp.)
    Last observed by Kate Cupps on 29 Aug 2017
  15. small falcon sp. Falco sp. (small falcon sp.)
    Last observed by Charles Thomas on 10 Jan 2022
  16. Cassin's/Western Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans/verticalis
    Last observed by Araks Ohanyan on 11 May 2021
  17. raven sp. Corvus sp. (raven sp.)
    Last observed by Cin-Ty Lee on 9 Jun 2022
  18. Cliff/Cave Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota/fulva
    Last observed by Nina Rach on 14 Aug 2022
  19. swallow sp. Hirundinidae sp.
    Last observed by Anita Meagher on 14 Oct 2019
  20. wren sp. Troglodytidae sp.
    Last observed by David Goff on 12 Jan 2022
  21. new world sparrow sp. Passerellidae sp.
    Last observed by David Goff on 12 Jan 2022
  22. Western/Chihuahuan Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta/lilianae
    Last observed by Sarah Womack on 13 Nov 2022
  23. Bronzed/Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus/ater
    Last observed by Stephen Cook on 22 Aug 2021