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Native and Naturalized (131)

  1. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: 65
    Date:
    Observer: Jeff Sewell
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  2. Wood Duck Aix sponsa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Zaremba
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  3. Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
    # Count: 25
    Date:
    Observer: Bobbie Worster
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  4. Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Zaremba
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  5. Gadwall Mareca strepera
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Rebecca Byrd
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  6. American Wigeon Mareca americana
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Sykes
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  7. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 22
    Date:
    Observer: Rebecca Byrd
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  8. Northern Pintail Anas acuta
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Charlie Bostwick
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  9. Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Zaremba
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  10. Canvasback Aythya valisineria
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Zaremba
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  11. Redhead Aythya americana
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Patty McLean
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  12. Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
    # Count: 30
    Date:
    Observer: Robert (Sandy) Dearth
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  13. Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
    # Count: 16
    Date:
    Observer: Jeff Sewell
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  14. White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bobbie Worster
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  15. Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bob Zaremba
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  16. Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
    # Count: 11
    Date:
    Observer: Linda Liu
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  17. Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Jeff Sewell
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  18. Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
    # Count: 11
    Date:
    Observer: Jason Lewis
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  19. Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Pat Markey
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  20. Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Jim&Allison Healy
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  21. Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
    # Count: 27
    Date:
    Observer: Joshua Spence
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  22. Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Pierre Howard
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  23. Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Rusty Trump
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  24. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 25
    Date:
    Observer: Jim&Allison Healy
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  25. Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Robert (Sandy) Dearth
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  26. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Linda Liu
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  27. Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Robert (Sandy) Dearth
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  28. Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Ellie Furr
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  29. Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Robert (Sandy) Dearth
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  30. American Coot Fulica americana
    # Count: 120
    Date:
    Observer: Joshua Spence
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  31. Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
    # Count: 37
    Date:
    Observer: Toni Bowen
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  32. Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Nancy Hickey
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  33. Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Robert (Sandy) Dearth
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  34. Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Joshua Spence
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  35. Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: GOS Checklist & Records Committee
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  36. Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
    # Count: 170
    Date:
    Observer: Jeff Sewell
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  37. Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Earl Horn
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  38. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
    # Count: 4000
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Taylor
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  39. Herring Gull Larus argentatus
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Sykes
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  40. Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jared Fisher
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  41. Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Earl Horn
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  42. Black Tern Chlidonias niger
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Earl Horn
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  43. Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
    # Count: 14
    Date:
    Observer: Earl Horn
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  44. Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Marshall Iliff
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  45. Common Loon Gavia immer
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Nikki Belmonte
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  46. Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
    # Count: 30
    Date:
    Observer: Evan Pitman
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  47. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Robert (Sandy) Dearth
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  48. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
    # Count: 45
    Date:
    Observer: James Lester
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  49. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
    # Count: 36
    Date:
    Observer: Jean-Luc Betoulle
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  50. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Robert (Sandy) Dearth
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  51. Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Robert (Sandy) Dearth
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  52. Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kelly Burke
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  53. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Jim&Allison Healy
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  54. Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Nancy Hickey
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  55. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Nancy Hickey
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  56. Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Robert (Sandy) Dearth
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  57. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Katherine Norwalk
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  58. Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Robert (Sandy) Dearth
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  59. Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Linda Liu
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  60. Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Megan and Patrick Blythe
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  61. Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: James Lester
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  62. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Linda Liu
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  63. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Robert (Sandy) Dearth
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  64. American Kestrel Falco sparverius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Robert (Sandy) Dearth
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  65. Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Robert (Sandy) Dearth
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  66. Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Robert (Sandy) Dearth
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  67. Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Johnnie Greene
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  68. Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Linda Liu
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  69. White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Warren Howe
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  70. Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Matthew Schenck
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  71. Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jeff Sewell
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  72. Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Robert (Sandy) Dearth
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  73. Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Eric Cormier
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  74. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Robert (Sandy) Dearth
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  75. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
    # Count: 14
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Sykes
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  76. Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
    # Count: 22
    Date:
    Observer: Jeff Sewell
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  77. Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Jim&Allison Healy
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  78. Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Robert (Sandy) Dearth
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  79. Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Robert (Sandy) Dearth
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  80. Purple Martin Progne subis
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Jeff Sewell
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  81. Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Robert (Sandy) Dearth
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  82. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Megan and Patrick Blythe
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  83. Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Eric Haskell
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  84. Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Jeff Sewell
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  85. Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Jim&Allison Healy
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  86. White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Jeff Sewell
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  87. Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Sykes
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  88. Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Jane Seward
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  89. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Jeff Sewell
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  90. House Wren Troglodytes aedon
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: James Lester
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  91. Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Robert (Sandy) Dearth
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  92. Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Jeff Sewell
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  93. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 55
    Date:
    Observer: James Lester
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  94. Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: James Lester
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  95. Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Jeff Sewell
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  96. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Sykes
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  97. Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
    # Count: 22
    Date:
    Observer: Megan and Patrick Blythe
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  98. Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Robert (Sandy) Dearth
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  99. Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Robert (Sandy) Dearth
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  100. American Robin Turdus migratorius
    # Count: 57
    Date:
    Observer: Rebecca Byrd
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  101. Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
    # Count: 221
    Date:
    Observer: Nancy Hickey
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  102. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Sykes
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  103. House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Megan and Patrick Blythe
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  104. Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Russell Killebrew
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  105. Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Jason Lewis
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  106. American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
    # Count: 25
    Date:
    Observer: Linda Liu
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  107. Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
    # Count: 25
    Date:
    Observer: Linda Liu
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  108. Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Robert (Sandy) Dearth
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  109. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
    # Count: 60
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Sykes
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  110. White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Jim&Allison Healy
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  111. Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Toni Bowen
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  112. Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
    # Count: 14
    Date:
    Observer: Robert (Sandy) Dearth
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  113. Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: James Lester
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  114. Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Linda Liu
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  115. Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Toni Bowen
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  116. Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Robert (Sandy) Dearth
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  117. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
    # Count: 100
    Date:
    Observer: Robert (Sandy) Dearth
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  118. Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Jeff Sewell
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  119. Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
    # Count: 19
    Date:
    Observer: Jeff Sewell
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  120. Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jason Lewis
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  121. Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Robert (Sandy) Dearth
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  122. Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Robert (Sandy) Dearth
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  123. Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Bobbie Worster
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  124. Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Linda Liu
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  125. Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
    # Count: 16
    Date:
    Observer: Nancy Hickey
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  126. Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Robert (Sandy) Dearth
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  127. Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Matthew Schenck
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  128. Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Robert (Sandy) Dearth
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  129. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
    # Count: 14
    Date:
    Observer: Robert (Sandy) Dearth
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  130. Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: James Lester
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  131. Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Linda Liu
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam

Exotic: Escapee (1)

  1. Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Jarrett Lirette
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam

Additional Taxa (7)

  1. Greater/Lesser Scaup Aythya marila/affinis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Jason Lewis
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  2. duck sp. Anatidae (duck sp.)
    # Count: 16
    Date:
    Observer: Sarah Draper
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  3. gull sp. Larinae sp.
    # Count: 500
    Date:
    Observer: Robert (Sandy) Dearth
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  4. Accipiter sp. Accipiter sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Charlie Bostwick
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  5. hawk sp. Accipitridae sp. (hawk sp.)
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Linda Liu
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  6. crow sp. Corvus sp. (crow sp.)
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Evan Pitman
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam
  7. swallow sp. Hirundinidae sp.
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Megan and Patrick Blythe
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam