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242 Species Observed
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Native and Naturalized (242)

  1. Last observed by Mark Holmgren on 11 Nov 2022
  2. Last observed by Tom Edell on 22 Dec 2013
  3. Last observed by Mark Holmgren on 11 Nov 2022
  4. Last observed by Reed Tollefson on 19 Oct 2020
  5. Last observed by Larry Chen on 26 Dec 2022
  6. Last observed by Bradley Hacker šŸ¦œ on 26 Aug 2022
  7. Last observed by Herb Elliott on 15 Feb 2014
  8. Last observed by Nick Lethaby on 10 Feb 2019
  9. Last observed by Herb Elliott on 31 Oct 2020
  10. Last observed by David Kisner on 31 Dec 2023
  11. Last observed by Becca Serdehely on 12 Apr 2024
  12. Last observed by David Kisner on 31 Dec 2023
  13. Last observed by Jon Fisher on 1 Jan 2014
  14. Last observed by David Kisner on 31 Dec 2023
  15. Last observed by Becca Serdehely on 12 Apr 2024
  16. Last observed by David Kisner on 22 Dec 2023
  17. Last observed by David Kisner on 31 Dec 2023
  18. Last observed by Larry Chen on 26 Dec 2022
  19. Last observed by Graham Montgomery on 13 Nov 2022
  20. Last observed by Mark Holmgren on 11 Nov 2022
  21. Last observed by Jeff Young on 23 Jan 2021
  22. Last observed by David Kisner on 31 Dec 2023
  23. Last observed by Jamie Chavez on 10 May 2024
  24. Last observed by Louis Bevier on 8 Dec 2015
  25. Last observed by Jamie Chavez on 11 Nov 2022
  26. Last observed by Jamie Chavez on 22 Feb 1997
  27. Last observed by David Kisner on 31 Dec 2023
  28. Last observed by Seth Ontiveros on 25 Dec 2020
  29. Last observed by Patricia Bacchetti on 3 Dec 2017
  30. Last observed by David Kisner on 31 Dec 2023
  31. Last observed by Jay Carroll on 24 Apr 2024
  32. Last observed by John Deacon on 22 Nov 2022
  33. Last observed by marc breuninger on 31 May 2022
  34. Last observed by John Deacon on 2 Apr 2024
  35. Last observed by David Kisner on 31 Dec 2023
  36. Last observed by Jay Carroll on 24 Apr 2024
  37. Last observed by Jay Carroll on 24 Apr 2024
  38. Last observed by Jay Carroll on 24 Apr 2024
  39. Last observed by Herb Elliott on 11 Sep 2020
  40. Last observed by Long-eared Owl on 28 Aug 2022
  41. Last observed by Herb Elliott on 21 Aug 2020
  42. Last observed by John Deacon on 2 Apr 2024
  43. Last observed by Peter Colasanti on 26 Sep 2017
  44. Last observed by Sophie Cameron on 12 Nov 2022
  45. Last observed by John Deacon on 2 Apr 2024
  46. Last observed by Tracy Drake on 28 Mar 2024
  47. Last observed by Tom Edell on 27 Dec 2020
  48. Last observed by Tom Edell on 27 Dec 2020
  49. Last observed by Rob Fowler on 12 Sep 2016
  50. Last observed by Becca Serdehely on 12 Apr 2024
  51. Last observed by Jamie Chavez on 15 Aug 1998
  52. Last observed by Mark Holmgren on 11 Nov 2022
  53. Last observed by Jay Carroll on 24 Apr 2024
  54. Last observed by Mark Holmgren on 24 Jul 2022
  55. Last observed by Jamie Chavez on 10 May 2024
  56. Last observed by Curtis Marantz on 11 Sep 2008
  57. Last observed by Tom Edell on 26 Dec 2021
  58. Last observed by Jay Carroll on 24 Apr 2024
  59. Last observed by John Deacon on 2 Apr 2024
  60. Last observed by Maggie Smith on 11 Dec 2008
  61. Last observed by Jamie Chavez on 10 May 2024
  62. Last observed by Jamie Chavez on 10 May 2024
  63. Last observed by Michael Mammoser on 15 Aug 1993
  64. Last observed by Jay Carroll on 24 Apr 2024
  65. Last observed by Jay Carroll on 24 Apr 2024
  66. Last observed by Nick Lethaby on 2 Sep 2022
  67. Last observed by David Kisner on 31 Dec 2023
  68. Last observed by John Deacon on 2 Apr 2024
  69. Last observed by Mark Holmgren on 24 Jul 2022
  70. Last observed by Tom Edell on 27 Dec 2020
  71. Last observed by Long-eared Owl on 28 Aug 2022
  72. Last observed by John Deacon on 22 Nov 2022
  73. Last observed by Tom Edell on 2 Sep 1996
  74. Last observed by Jamie Chavez on 22 Jul 2012
  75. Last observed by Jamie Chavez on 19 Aug 2022
  76. Last observed by Jamie Chavez on 10 May 2024
  77. Last observed by Jay Carroll on 24 Apr 2024
  78. Last observed by Joanna Gunn on 2 Aug 2022
  79. Last observed by John Callender on 13 Aug 2021
  80. Last observed by Long-eared Owl on 28 Aug 2022
  81. Last observed by Shawn Goodchild on 5 Sep 2015
  82. Last observed by Brian Daniels on 13 Oct 1996
  83. Last observed by Maggie Smith on 30 Oct 2006
  84. Last observed by Herb Elliott on 11 Aug 2020
  85. Last observed by Jamie Chavez on 28 Jun 1995
  86. Last observed by David Compton on 31 Aug 2008
  87. Last observed by Jamie Chavez on 10 May 2024
  88. Last observed by Bryan Sharp on 3 Apr 2024
  89. Last observed by Bradley Hacker šŸ¦œ on 26 Aug 2022
  90. Last observed by Bryan Sharp on 3 Apr 2024
  91. Last observed by Michael I Christie on 1 Oct 2022
  92. Last observed by Jamie Chavez on 10 May 2024
  93. Last observed by Curtis Marantz on 11 Sep 2008
  94. Last observed by Larry Chen on 21 Sep 2020
  95. Last observed by Jamie Chavez on 19 Aug 2022
  96. Last observed by Sarah Toner on 21 Jul 2020
  97. Last observed by Jasen Liu on 3 Mar 2018
  98. Last observed by Thomas Turner on 16 Jul 2022
  99. Last observed by Russ Namitz on 4 Dec 2022
  100. Last observed by Long-eared Owl on 8 Aug 2021
  101. Last observed by David Kisner on 31 Dec 2023
  102. Last observed by Herb Elliott on 12 May 2021
  103. Last observed by Jamie Chavez on 10 May 2024
  104. Last observed by David Kisner on 28 Dec 2023
  105. Last observed by Jay Carroll on 24 Apr 2024
  106. Last observed by Jamie Chavez on 10 May 2024
  107. Last observed by David Kisner on 31 Dec 2023
  108. Last observed by The Kingbirder on 5 Jan 2021
  109. Last observed by Jamie Chavez on 10 May 2024
  110. Last observed by David Kisner on 31 Dec 2023
  111. Last observed by Larry Chen on 26 Dec 2022
  112. Last observed by Michael I Christie on 20 Sep 2022
  113. Last observed by Bradley Hacker šŸ¦œ on 26 Aug 2022
  114. Last observed by Jay Carroll on 24 Apr 2024
  115. Last observed by Larry Chen on 22 Aug 2020
  116. Last observed by Becca Serdehely on 12 Apr 2024
  117. Last observed by Herb Elliott on 15 Sep 2020
  118. Last observed by Jay Carroll on 24 Apr 2024
  119. Last observed by Jay Carroll on 24 Apr 2024
  120. Last observed by John Deacon on 2 Apr 2024
  121. Last observed by Bryan Sharp on 3 Apr 2024
  122. Last observed by Bryan Sharp on 3 Apr 2024
  123. Last observed by SBA County Historical Records on 18 Feb 1990
  124. Last observed by Ken S on 30 Oct 2022
  125. Last observed by Oscar Johnson on 22 Aug 2009
  126. Last observed by Nick Lethaby on 2 Sep 2022
  127. Last observed by SBA County Historical Records on 8 Sep 2002
  128. Last observed by Larry Chen on 26 Dec 2022
  129. Last observed by Tom Edell on 15 Aug 2014
  130. Last observed by John Deacon on 2 Apr 2024
  131. Last observed by Russ Namitz on 4 Dec 2022
  132. Last observed by Jamie Chavez on 10 May 2024
  133. Last observed by David Kisner on 31 Dec 2023
  134. Last observed by Jamie Chavez on 10 May 2024
  135. Last observed by David Compton on 20 Aug 2011
  136. Last observed by Long-eared Owl on 8 Aug 2021
  137. Last observed by Eric Monaghen on 31 Jul 2019
  138. Last observed by David Kisner on 31 Dec 2023
  139. Last observed by Long-eared Owl on 8 Aug 2021
  140. Last observed by Susan Steele on 2 Nov 2013
  141. Last observed by Becca Serdehely on 12 Apr 2024
  142. Last observed by Tracy Drake on 28 Mar 2024
  143. Last observed by Michael I Christie on 7 Sep 2022
  144. Last observed by John Deacon on 2 Apr 2024
  145. Last observed by Thomas Turner on 16 Jul 2022
  146. Last observed by John Callender on 13 Aug 2021
  147. Last observed by Herb Elliott on 5 Sep 2020
  148. Last observed by David Kisner on 31 Dec 2023
  149. Last observed by Mark Holmgren on 11 Nov 2018
  150. Last observed by marc breuninger on 31 May 2022
  151. Last observed by Tom Edell on 26 Dec 2016
  152. Last observed by Larry Chen on 26 Dec 2022
  153. Last observed by Tracy Drake on 28 Mar 2024
  154. Last observed by Herb Elliott on 7 Oct 2020
  155. Last observed by ami horowitz on 9 Nov 2022
  156. Last observed by David Kisner on 31 Dec 2023
  157. Last observed by David Compton on 16 Feb 1997
  158. Last observed by Long-eared Owl on 28 Aug 2022
  159. Last observed by Russ Namitz on 4 Dec 2022
  160. Last observed by Long-eared Owl on 28 Aug 2022
  161. Last observed by Russ Namitz on 4 Dec 2022
  162. Last observed by David Kisner on 31 Dec 2023
  163. Last observed by ami horowitz on 9 Nov 2022
  164. Last observed by Mark Holmgren on 9 Feb 2018
  165. Last observed by David Kisner on 31 Dec 2023
  166. Last observed by Mark Brown on 1 Oct 2010
  167. Last observed by Richard Erickson on 31 May 1978
  168. Last observed by marc breuninger on 31 May 2022
  169. Last observed by David Kisner on 31 Dec 2023
  170. Last observed by David Kisner on 31 Dec 2023
  171. Last observed by john fitch on 28 Mar 2004
  172. Last observed by David Nickerson on 21 Aug 2022
  173. Last observed by Chuq Von Rospach on 18 Jul 2010
  174. Last observed by Peter Colasanti on 26 Sep 2017
  175. Last observed by Oscar Johnson on 30 Sep 2005
  176. Last observed by Libby Lindsay on 10 Sep 2017
  177. Last observed by John Deacon on 22 Nov 2022
  178. Last observed by Tracy Drake on 28 Mar 2024
  179. Last observed by John Deacon on 2 Apr 2024
  180. Last observed by Jamie Chavez on 14 May 2021
  181. Last observed by ami horowitz on 9 Nov 2022
  182. Last observed by marc breuninger on 31 May 2022
  183. Last observed by David Kisner on 29 Dec 2023
  184. Last observed by Jamie Chavez on 10 May 2024
  185. Last observed by John Deacon on 9 Mar 2021
  186. Last observed by Tracy Drake on 28 Mar 2024
  187. Last observed by Jay Carroll on 24 Apr 2024
  188. Last observed by Jeff Miller on 23 Jul 2022
  189. Last observed by David Kisner on 31 Dec 2023
  190. Last observed by David Kisner on 31 Dec 2023
  191. Last observed by David Kisner on 31 Dec 2023
  192. Last observed by Graham Montgomery on 13 Nov 2022
  193. Last observed by David Nickerson on 21 Aug 2022
  194. Last observed by Russ Namitz on 4 Dec 2022
  195. Last observed by David Kisner on 31 Dec 2023
  196. Last observed by Michael I Christie on 1 Oct 2022
  197. Last observed by Graham Montgomery on 13 Nov 2022
  198. Last observed by Steven Glynn on 11 Apr 2013
  199. Last observed by Michael I Christie on 20 Sep 2022
  200. Last observed by Tom Edell on 23 Dec 2006
  201. Last observed by Jeff Miller on 24 Jun 2021
  202. Last observed by Bradley Hacker šŸ¦œ on 14 Dec 2017
  203. Last observed by Pair of Wing-Nuts on 16 Mar 2019
  204. Last observed by Long-eared Owl on 8 Aug 2021
  205. Last observed by marc breuninger on 31 May 2022
  206. Last observed by David Kisner on 31 Dec 2023
  207. Last observed by John Deacon on 2 Apr 2024
  208. Last observed by Jeffrey Greco on 14 Apr 2022
  209. Last observed by Tracy Drake on 28 Mar 2024
  210. Last observed by David Nickerson on 21 Aug 2022
  211. Last observed by Noah Gaines on 13 Oct 2008
  212. Last observed by Mark Holmgren on 3 Sep 1988
  213. Last observed by Sean Fitzgerald on 11 Jul 2016
  214. Last observed by David Compton on 6 Sep 1997
  215. Last observed by Bradley Hacker šŸ¦œ on 7 Feb 2016
  216. Last observed by John Deacon on 2 Apr 2024
  217. Last observed by Herb Elliott on 12 Jan 2015
  218. Last observed by Bradley Hacker šŸ¦œ on 7 Feb 2016
  219. Last observed by Oscar Johnson on 30 Sep 2005
  220. Last observed by Larry Chen on 26 Dec 2022
  221. Last observed by Tracy Drake on 28 Mar 2024
  222. Last observed by Tom Edell on 26 Dec 2021
  223. Last observed by David Nickerson on 21 Aug 2022
  224. Last observed by John Deacon on 2 Apr 2024
  225. Last observed by David Kisner on 31 Dec 2023
  226. Last observed by David Kisner on 31 Dec 2023
  227. Last observed by John Deacon on 2 Apr 2024
  228. Last observed by Tom Edell on 23 Dec 2007
  229. Last observed by marc breuninger on 31 May 2022
  230. Last observed by Bryan Sharp on 3 Apr 2024
  231. Last observed by Steve Colwell on 10 Jan 2022
  232. Last observed by Michael I Christie on 20 Sep 2022
  233. Last observed by Jay Carroll on 24 Apr 2024
  234. Last observed by Jeff Miller on 23 Jul 2022
  235. Last observed by Peter Colasanti on 26 Sep 2017
  236. Last observed by David Kisner on 31 Dec 2023
  237. Last observed by Tom Edell on 7 Sep 1991
  238. Last observed by Peter Colasanti on 26 Sep 2017
  239. Last observed by Herb Elliott on 21 Aug 2020
  240. Last observed by David Nickerson on 21 Aug 2022
  241. Last observed by Richard Erickson on 31 May 1978
  242. Last observed by Jeff Miller on 23 Jul 2022

Hybrids (2)

  1. Northern Shoveler x American Wigeon (hybrid) Spatula clypeata x Mareca americana
    Last observed by Tom Edell on 26 Dec 2021
  2. Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) Larus occidentalis x glaucescens
    Last observed by Larry Chen on 26 Dec 2022

Additional Taxa (49)

  1. Snow/Ross's Goose Anser caerulescens/rossii
    Last observed by Mark Holmgren on 16 Jan 2021
  2. Blue-winged/Cinnamon Teal Spatula discors/cyanoptera
    Last observed by Casey Richart on 10 Oct 2020
  3. teal sp. Anatidae sp. (teal sp.)
    Last observed by Mark Holmgren on 11 Nov 2018
  4. dabbling duck sp. Anatidae sp. (dabbling duck sp.)
    Last observed by Michael I Christie on 4 Jul 2020
  5. Greater/Lesser Scaup Aythya marila/affinis
    Last observed by Andrea Bruce on 1 Apr 2022
  6. Aythya sp. Aythya sp.
    Last observed by Long-eared Owl on 6 Jun 2021
  7. scoter sp. Melanitta sp.
    Last observed by John Callender on 17 Jan 2022
  8. merganser sp. Mergellus/Lophodytes/Mergus sp.
    Last observed by Larry Chen on 11 Sep 2020
  9. duck sp. Anatidae (duck sp.)
    Last observed by Graham Montgomery on 13 Nov 2022
  10. waterfowl sp. Anatidae sp.
    Last observed by Michael I Christie on 11 Dec 2021
  11. Horned/Eared Grebe Podiceps auritus/nigricollis
    Last observed by Long-eared Owl on 6 Jun 2021
  12. Western/Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis/clarkii
    Last observed by Bryan Sharp on 3 Apr 2024
  13. grebe sp. Podicipedidae sp.
    Last observed by Larry Chen on 27 Jul 2020
  14. hummingbird sp. Trochilidae sp.
    Last observed by John Deacon on 12 Mar 2020
  15. American/Pacific Golden-Plover (Lesser Golden-Plover) Pluvialis dominica/fulva
    Last observed by Noah Gaines on 13 Oct 2008
  16. plover sp. Charadriidae sp.
    Last observed by Michael I Christie on 12 Jul 2019
  17. Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus/scolopaceus
    Last observed by John Deacon on 2 Apr 2024
  18. phalarope sp. Phalaropus sp.
    Last observed by Michael I Christie on 26 Sep 2020
  19. Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes/melanoleuca
    Last observed by Wim van Dam on 19 Oct 2013
  20. peep sp. Calidris sp. (peep sp.)
    Last observed by David Kisner on 31 Dec 2023
  21. large shorebird sp. Scolopacidae sp. (large shorebird sp.)
    Last observed by The Kingbirder on 23 Jul 2022
  22. Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus/pomarinus
    Last observed by Larry Chen on 21 Sep 2020
  23. jaeger sp. Stercorarius sp. (jaeger sp.)
    Last observed by Tom Edell on 22 Dec 2019
  24. large alcid sp. Alca/Uria sp.
    Last observed by David Compton on 2 Sep 2020
  25. alcid sp. Alcidae sp.
    Last observed by Jamie Chavez on 4 Jul 2021
  26. Western/Glaucous-winged Gull Larus occidentalis/glaucescens
    Last observed by Sean Fitzgerald on 11 Jul 2016
  27. Larus sp. Larus sp.
    Last observed by Ken S on 30 Oct 2022
  28. gull sp. Larinae sp.
    Last observed by Tracy Drake on 28 Mar 2024
  29. Common/Arctic Tern Sterna hirundo/paradisaea
    Last observed by Tom Edell on 16 Jul 1995
  30. Elegant/Royal Tern Thalasseus elegans/maximus
    Last observed by Jamie Chavez on 19 Aug 2022
  31. tern sp. Sterninae sp.
    Last observed by Andrea Bruce on 1 Apr 2022
  32. loon sp. Gavia sp.
    Last observed by Bryan Sharp on 3 Apr 2024
  33. storm-petrel sp. Oceanitidae/Hydrobatidae sp.
    Last observed by Mark Brown on 14 Jul 2006
  34. Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna grisea/tenuirostris
    Last observed by Jasen Liu on 17 Nov 2018
  35. black-and-white shearwater sp. Puffinus sp. (black-and-white shearwater sp.)
    Last observed by Curtis Marantz on 15 Sep 1996
  36. shearwater sp. Procellariidae sp. (shearwater sp.)
    Last observed by David Compton on 2 Sep 2020
  37. booby sp. Sula sp.
    Last observed by John Callender on 13 Aug 2021
  38. cormorant sp. Phalacrocoracidae sp.
    Last observed by John Deacon on 2 Apr 2024
  39. Accipiter sp. Accipiter sp.
    Last observed by Peter Dullea on 19 Feb 2007
  40. hawk sp. Accipitridae sp. (hawk sp.)
    Last observed by Chris Pavlakovich on 4 Jan 2020
  41. falcon sp. Falco sp.
    Last observed by Thomas Turner on 16 Jul 2022
  42. diurnal raptor sp. Accipitriformes/Falconiformes sp.
    Last observed by Larry Chen on 22 Aug 2020
  43. Cassin's/Western Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans/verticalis
    Last observed by Sean Fitzgerald on 11 Jul 2016
  44. swallow sp. Hirundinidae sp.
    Last observed by ami horowitz on 9 Nov 2022
  45. wren sp. Troglodytidae sp.
    Last observed by Jamie Chavez on 26 Jan 2019
  46. new world goldfinch sp. Spinus sp. (goldfinch sp.)
    Last observed by Long-eared Owl on 6 Jun 2021
  47. new world sparrow sp. Passerellidae sp.
    Last observed by The Kingbirder on 28 Aug 2022
  48. blackbird sp. Icteridae sp.
    Last observed by The Kingbirder on 28 Aug 2022
  49. passerine sp. Passeriformes sp.
    Last observed by Sean Fitzgerald on 11 Jul 2016