Menu
The Cornell Lab
The Cornell Lab

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology builds the eBird global platform for communities and partners around the world to advance data-driven science, education, and conservation.

Change Region

Change Region

Lake Lanier--Buford Dam

Directions Map

Explore...

Bird List

Updated ~39 seconds ago
131 All Years 23 This Year 2024 0 This Month May 2024
Last Observed First Observed High Count

Custom Time Period

Change Time Period

Sort by

  1. Species Name
    Count
    Date
    Observer
    Location

Native and Naturalized (131)

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

Exotic: Escapee (1)

  1. Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Melanie Furr
    Location: Lake Lanier--Buford Dam

Additional Taxa (7)

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