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165 Species Observed
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  1. Last observed by Tracy Tate on 28 Feb 2022
  2. Last observed by Morgan Thomas on 16 Nov 2023
  3. Last observed by sage church on 29 Dec 2022
  4. Last observed by Steve Myers on 15 Jul 2021
  5. Last observed by Steve Keith on 26 Oct 2020
  6. Last observed by Steve Keith on 7 Apr 2019
  7. Last observed by Morgan Thomas on 16 Nov 2023
  8. Last observed by Michelle Gianvecchio on 15 Dec 2023
  9. Last observed by Morgan Thomas on 16 Nov 2023
  10. Last observed by Morgan Thomas on 16 Nov 2023
  11. Last observed by Morgan Thomas on 16 Nov 2023
  12. Last observed by Rob Bielawski on 11 Dec 2021
  13. Last observed by Michelle Gianvecchio on 15 Dec 2023
  14. Last observed by Edward Brinkley on 29 Dec 2017
  15. Last observed by Michelle Gianvecchio on 15 Dec 2023
  16. Last observed by Tracy Tate on 7 Feb 2022
  17. Last observed by David Clark on 5 Feb 2024
  18. Last observed by Adam D'Onofrio on 29 Dec 2020
  19. Last observed by Adam D'Onofrio on 29 Dec 2021
  20. Last observed by Edward Brinkley on 29 Dec 2017
  21. Last observed by Edward Brinkley on 29 Dec 2017
  22. Last observed by Edward Brinkley on 29 Dec 2017
  23. Last observed by Kyle Lindemer on 17 Apr 2024
  24. Last observed by Morgan Thomas on 16 Nov 2023
  25. Last observed by Jennie Vasarhelyi on 13 Mar 2024
  26. Last observed by Steve Keith on 9 Feb 2020
  27. Last observed by Cindy Hamilton on 13 Jan 2022
  28. Last observed by Peter Schmidt on 11 Aug 2021
  29. Last observed by Elena Bersani on 26 Aug 2023
  30. Last observed by Katelyn Shelton on 20 Jul 2022
  31. Last observed by Kirk Gardner on 12 May 2023
  32. Last observed by Ezekiel Dobson on 17 Jul 2023
  33. Last observed by Reuben Rohn on 10 Apr 2019
  34. Last observed by Larry Chen on 6 Oct 2018
  35. Last observed by R Latane on 2 Mar 2017
  36. Last observed by Jennie Vasarhelyi on 11 Mar 2024
  37. Last observed by Kyle Lindemer on 17 Apr 2024
  38. Last observed by Amresh Vaidya on 29 Sep 2019
  39. Last observed by Dorothy Tate on 18 Sep 2023
  40. Last observed by Dorothy Tate on 18 Sep 2023
  41. Last observed by Cindy Hamilton on 7 May 2023
  42. Last observed by Rob Bielawski on 25 Aug 2023
  43. Last observed by Bill Oyler on 17 Aug 2020
  44. Last observed by Arun Bose on 8 Jul 2023
  45. Last observed by Linda Chittum on 11 Feb 2017
  46. Last observed by Paul Olsen on 2 Sep 2023
  47. Last observed by Steve Rottenborn on 16 Sep 1989
  48. Last observed by Dorothy Tate on 18 Sep 2023
  49. Last observed by Kelly Creger on 15 Apr 2023
  50. Last observed by Rob Bielawski on 25 Aug 2023
  51. Last observed by Kirk Gardner on 12 May 2023
  52. Last observed by Jennie Vasarhelyi on 13 Mar 2024
  53. Last observed by Gary Baker on 14 Jan 2024
  54. Last observed by Shixing Wen on 22 Oct 2017
  55. Last observed by Dorothy Tate on 18 Sep 2023
  56. Last observed by Clyde Wilson on 29 Sep 2021
  57. Last observed by Dorothy Tate on 18 Sep 2023
  58. Last observed by David Clark on 5 Nov 2022
  59. Last observed by David Clark on 5 Nov 2017
  60. Last observed by Jennie Vasarhelyi on 13 Mar 2024
  61. Last observed by Ron Furnish on 6 Mar 2022
  62. Last observed by David Clark on 5 Nov 2017
  63. Last observed by Jennie Vasarhelyi on 11 Mar 2024
  64. Last observed by Kyle Lindemer on 17 Apr 2024
  65. Last observed by Daniel Bailey on 22 Apr 2024
  66. Last observed by Daniel Bailey on 22 Apr 2024
  67. Last observed by Kyle Lindemer on 17 Apr 2024
  68. Last observed by Steve Rottenborn on 20 Jan 1989
  69. Last observed by Kyle Lindemer on 17 Apr 2024
  70. Last observed by Steve Myers on 21 Jul 2021
  71. Last observed by Paul Olsen on 2 Sep 2023
  72. Last observed by Bill Oyler on 17 Aug 2020
  73. Last observed by Dorothy Tate on 18 Sep 2023
  74. Last observed by Rob Bielawski on 25 Aug 2023
  75. Last observed by Jennie Vasarhelyi on 11 Mar 2024
  76. Last observed by Elena Bersani on 26 Aug 2023
  77. Last observed by Dorothy Tate on 18 Sep 2023
  78. Last observed by Gary Witmer on 22 Dec 2023
  79. Last observed by Jennie Vasarhelyi on 13 Mar 2024
  80. Last observed by Michelle Gianvecchio on 15 Dec 2023
  81. Last observed by Kyle Lindemer on 17 Apr 2024
  82. Last observed by Adam D'Onofrio on 26 May 2013
  83. Last observed by Arun Bose on 24 Jun 2017
  84. Last observed by David Clark on 24 May 2021
  85. Last observed by Linda Chittum on 12 Feb 2017
  86. Last observed by Jennie Vasarhelyi on 13 Mar 2024
  87. Last observed by David Clark on 1 Aug 2021
  88. Last observed by Daniel Bailey on 22 Apr 2024
  89. Last observed by Kyle Lindemer on 17 Apr 2024
  90. Last observed by Ty Smith on 11 Nov 2017
  91. Last observed by Laura Bakken on 7 Jun 1975
  92. Last observed by Steve Myers on 22 Jul 2020
  93. Last observed by Dorothy Tate on 18 Sep 2023
  94. Last observed by Reuben Rohn on 10 Apr 2019
  95. Last observed by Arun Bose on 8 Jul 2023
  96. Last observed by Kelly Creger on 15 Apr 2023
  97. Last observed by Morgan Thomas on 16 Nov 2023
  98. Last observed by Arun Bose on 8 Jul 2023
  99. Last observed by Steve Keith on 22 Apr 2020
  100. Last observed by Ezekiel Dobson on 17 Jul 2023
  101. Last observed by Jennie Vasarhelyi on 11 Mar 2024
  102. Last observed by Dorothy Tate on 18 Sep 2023
  103. Last observed by Morgan Thomas on 16 Nov 2023
  104. Last observed by Morgan Thomas on 16 Nov 2023
  105. Last observed by Derek Yoder on 18 Oct 2019
  106. Last observed by Morgan Thomas on 16 Nov 2023
  107. Last observed by Jonathan Reimer-Berg on 12 Feb 2022
  108. Last observed by Cindy Hamilton on 23 Dec 2020
  109. Last observed by Dorothy Tate on 18 Sep 2023
  110. Last observed by Tracy Tate on 28 Feb 2022
  111. Last observed by Kelsey Gentry on 15 Dec 2020
  112. Last observed by Adam D'Onofrio on 7 May 2023
  113. Last observed by Steve Myers on 1 Oct 2019
  114. Last observed by Amiel Hopkins on 26 Mar 2020
  115. Last observed by David Clark on 8 Aug 2020
  116. Last observed by Elena Bersani on 26 Aug 2023
  117. Last observed by Ezekiel Dobson on 17 Jul 2023
  118. Last observed by Carolyn Rubinfeld 🦆 on 29 Jan 2024
  119. Last observed by Ezekiel Dobson on 17 Jul 2023
  120. Last observed by Edward Brinkley on 18 Feb 2020
  121. Last observed by Aaron Coolman on 14 Jan 2024
  122. Last observed by Rob Bielawski on 25 Aug 2023
  123. Last observed by Cindy Hamilton on 15 Aug 2023
  124. Last observed by David Clark on 8 Aug 2020
  125. Last observed by Edward Brinkley on 29 Dec 2017
  126. Last observed by Tracy Tate on 7 Feb 2022
  127. Last observed by Mark Domincovich on 7 Sep 2015
  128. Last observed by Jack Weinbrecht on 14 Apr 2023
  129. Last observed by Morgan Thomas on 16 Nov 2023
  130. Last observed by Susan Stanton on 6 Dec 1986
  131. Last observed by Morgan Thomas on 16 Nov 2023
  132. Last observed by Carolyn Rubinfeld 🦆 on 29 Jan 2024
  133. Last observed by Ezekiel Dobson on 17 Jul 2023
  134. Last observed by Morgan Thomas on 16 Nov 2023
  135. Last observed by bruce beck on 4 Nov 2023
  136. Last observed by Morgan Thomas on 16 Nov 2023
  137. Last observed by Edward Brinkley on 29 Dec 2017
  138. Last observed by Bill Oyler on 22 Aug 2022
  139. Last observed by Katelyn Shelton on 20 Jul 2022
  140. Last observed by Ezekiel Dobson on 17 Jul 2023
  141. Last observed by Edward Brinkley on 29 Dec 2017
  142. Last observed by Arun Bose on 8 Jul 2023
  143. Last observed by Ezekiel Dobson on 17 Jul 2023
  144. Last observed by Carolyn Rubinfeld 🦆 on 29 Jan 2024
  145. Last observed by R Latane on 2 Mar 2017
  146. Last observed by Morgan Thomas on 16 Nov 2023
  147. Last observed by Chris Farabaugh on 31 Mar 2023
  148. Last observed by Morgan Thomas on 16 Nov 2023
  149. Last observed by Morgan Thomas on 16 Nov 2023
  150. Last observed by Matthew Voelker on 2 Jul 2023
  151. Last observed by Arun Bose on 8 Jul 2023
  152. Last observed by Kyle Lindemer on 18 Sep 2021
  153. Last observed by Andrew Baldelli on 16 Feb 2017
  154. Last observed by Laura Bakken on 7 Jun 1975
  155. Last observed by Morgan Thomas on 16 Nov 2023
  156. Last observed by Arun Bose on 8 Jul 2023
  157. Last observed by John Pancake on 6 Dec 1980
  158. Last observed by Ezekiel Dobson on 17 Jul 2023
  159. Last observed by Ezekiel Dobson on 17 Jul 2023
  160. Last observed by Morgan Thomas on 16 Nov 2023
  161. Last observed by Carolyn Rubinfeld 🦆 on 29 Jan 2024
  162. Last observed by Ezekiel Dobson on 17 Jul 2023
  163. Last observed by Morgan Thomas on 16 Nov 2023
  164. Last observed by Rob Bielawski on 25 Aug 2023
  165. Last observed by Elena Bersani on 26 Aug 2023

Additional Taxa (26)

  1. goose sp. Anatidae (goose sp.)
    Last observed by Morgan Thomas on 16 Nov 2023
  2. Mallard/American Black Duck Anas platyrhynchos/rubripes
    Last observed by David Clark on 31 Jul 2020
  3. Greater/Lesser Scaup Aythya marila/affinis
    Last observed by sage church on 29 Dec 2022
  4. Surf/Black Scoter Melanitta perspicillata/americana
    Last observed by Carolyn Rubinfeld 🦆 on 29 Jan 2024
  5. scoter sp. Melanitta sp.
    Last observed by sage church on 29 Dec 2022
  6. duck sp. Anatidae (duck sp.)
    Last observed by Gary Witmer on 22 Dec 2023
  7. Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus/scolopaceus
    Last observed by Steve Myers on 15 Jul 2021
  8. Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris mauri/pusilla
    Last observed by Ryan Douglas on 21 Sep 2021
  9. peep sp. Calidris sp. (peep sp.)
    Last observed by Kirk Gardner on 12 May 2023
  10. shorebird sp. Charadriiformes sp.
    Last observed by sage church on 31 Jan 2022
  11. jaeger sp. Stercorarius sp. (jaeger sp.)
    Last observed by Baxter Beamer on 6 Jan 2021
  12. Thick-billed/Common Murre Uria lomvia/aalge
    Last observed by Steve Rottenborn on 9 Apr 1988
  13. large alcid sp. Alca/Uria sp.
    Last observed by Tracy Tate on 7 Feb 2022
  14. Larus sp. Larus sp.
    Last observed by Michael Lester on 21 Nov 2018
  15. gull sp. Larinae sp.
    Last observed by Gary Witmer on 22 Dec 2023
  16. Forster's/Common Tern Sterna forsteri/hirundo
    Last observed by Cindy Hamilton on 2 Aug 2023
  17. tern sp. Sterninae sp.
    Last observed by Kirk Gardner on 12 May 2023
  18. loon sp. Gavia sp.
    Last observed by Gary Witmer on 22 Dec 2023
  19. shearwater sp. Procellariidae sp. (shearwater sp.)
    Last observed by Andrew Baldelli on 7 Feb 2017
  20. Great/Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo/Nannopterum auritum
    Last observed by Jennifer Atherton on 3 Nov 2017
  21. Yellow-crowned/Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax/Nyctanassa violacea
    Last observed by Andrew Biagiarelli on 25 Sep 2021
  22. white egret sp. Egretta/Bubulcus/Ardea sp.
    Last observed by ROGARD ROSS on 27 Jun 2020
  23. crow sp. Corvus sp. (crow sp.)
    Last observed by Adam D'Onofrio on 29 Dec 2021
  24. swallow sp. Hirundinidae sp.
    Last observed by Cindy Hamilton on 24 Aug 2020
  25. new world sparrow sp. Passerellidae sp.
    Last observed by Cindy Hamilton on 20 Mar 2021
  26. blackbird sp. Icteridae sp.
    Last observed by Adam D'Onofrio on 29 Dec 2021