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Season
Symbols |
Sp |
Spring
(March through May) |
S |
Summer
(June through August) |
F |
Fall
(September through November) |
W |
Winter
(December through February) |
Species Abundance
Symbols |
a |
Abundant |
c |
Common,
certain to be seen in suitable habitat |
u |
Uncommon,
present but not certain to be seen |
o |
Occasionally
seen |
r |
Rare, known
to be present, but not every year |
* |
Birds known
to nest locally |
| Common
Name |
* |
Sp |
S |
F |
W |
| Loons |
Common
Loon |
|
u |
|
|
u |
| Grebes |
Pied-billed
Grebe |
* |
c |
c |
c |
u |
| Horned
Grebe |
* |
u |
u |
r |
|
| Eared
Grebe |
* |
c |
c |
c |
r |
| Western
Grebe |
* |
c |
c |
c |
|
| Clark’s
Grebe |
* |
o |
o |
o |
|
| Pelicans |
American
White Pelican |
* |
a |
a |
a |
|
| Cormorants |
Double-crested
Cormorant |
* |
c |
c |
c |
r |
| Bitterns,
Herons and Egrets |
American
Bittern |
* |
c |
c |
c |
r |
| Least
Bittern |
* |
r |
r |
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| Great
Blue Heron |
* |
c |
c |
c |
u |
| Great
Egret |
* |
c |
c |
c |
|
| Snowy
Egret |
* |
u |
u |
u |
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| Cattle
Egret |
* |
r |
r |
r |
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| Black-crowned
Night-Heron |
* |
a |
a |
a |
o |
| Ibises
and Spoonbills |
White-faced
Ibis |
* |
c |
c |
c |
|
| New
World Vultures |
Turkey
Vulture |
* |
c |
c |
c |
|
| Swans,
Geese and Ducks |
Greater
White-fronted Goose |
|
u |
|
u |
|
| Snow
Goose |
|
a |
r |
a |
r |
| Ross’s
Goose |
|
c |
|
c |
|
| Canada
Goose |
* |
a |
a |
a |
a |
| Trumpeter
Swan |
* |
u |
u |
u |
u |
| Tundra
Swan |
|
a |
r |
a |
u |
| Wood
Duck |
|
o |
o |
o |
r |
| Mallard |
* |
a |
a |
a |
c |
| Blue-winged
Teal |
* |
u |
u |
o |
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| Cinnamon
Teal |
* |
a |
a |
c |
r |
| Northern
Pintail |
* |
a |
u |
a |
u |
| Green-winged
Teal |
* |
a |
u |
a |
u |
| Northern
Shoveler |
* |
a |
c |
a |
o |
| Gadwall |
* |
a |
a |
a |
u |
| Eurasian
Wigeon |
|
r |
|
r |
r |
| American
Wigeon |
* |
a |
u |
a |
u |
| Canvasback |
* |
c |
u |
c |
o |
| Redhead |
* |
a |
a |
a |
o |
| Ring-necked
Duck |
* |
u |
r |
u |
o |
| Greater
Scaup |
|
r |
|
r |
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| Lesser
Scaup |
* |
c |
u |
c |
u |
| Surf
Scoter |
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r |
r |
| White-winged
Scoter |
|
r |
|
r |
r |
| Common
Goldeneye |
|
c |
|
c |
c |
| Barrow’s
Goldeneye |
|
r |
|
o |
o |
| Bufflehead |
|
c |
r |
c |
u |
| Hooded
Merganser |
|
o |
|
o |
o |
| Common
Merganser |
* |
c |
u |
c |
u |
| Ruddy
Duck |
* |
a |
a |
a |
o |
| Osprey,
Kites, Hawks and Eagles |
Osprey |
|
o |
|
r |
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| Bald
Eagle |
|
c |
|
u |
u |
| Northern
Harrier |
* |
a |
a |
a |
c |
| Sharp-shinned
Hawk |
|
u |
|
u |
o |
| Cooper’s
Hawk |
|
u |
|
u |
u |
| Northern
Goshawk |
|
o |
|
o |
o |
| Red-shouldered
Hawk |
|
r |
r |
r |
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| Swainson’s
Hawk |
* |
u |
o |
u |
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| Red-tailed
Hawk |
* |
c |
c |
c |
c |
| Ferruginous
Hawk |
* |
o |
r |
o |
o |
| Rough-legged
Hawk |
|
a |
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a |
a |
| Golden
Eagle |
* |
c |
c |
c |
c |
| Falcons
and Caracaras |
American
Kestrel |
* |
u |
u |
u |
o |
| Merlin |
|
o |
|
o |
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| Peregrine
Falcon |
|
r |
r |
r |
r |
| Prairie
Falcon |
* |
u |
u |
u |
u |
| Gallinaceous
Birds |
Chukar |
* |
c |
c |
c |
c |
| Gray
Partridge |
* |
r |
r |
r |
r |
| Ring-necked
Pheasant |
* |
c |
c |
c |
c |
| Sage
Grouse |
* |
u |
u |
u |
r |
| Mountain
Quail |
* |
r |
r |
r |
r |
| California
Quail |
* |
a |
a |
a |
a |
| Rails |
Virginia
Rail |
* |
c |
c |
c |
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| Sora |
* |
a |
a |
a |
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| American
Coot |
* |
a |
a |
a |
u |
| Cranes |
Sandhill
Crane |
* |
a |
a |
a |
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| Plovers |
Black-bellied
Plover |
|
u |
|
u |
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| American
Golden-Plover |
|
r |
|
r |
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| Snowy
Plover |
* |
u |
u |
u |
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| Semipalmated
Plover |
* |
u |
|
u |
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| Killdeer |
* |
c |
c |
c |
o |
| Stilts
and Avocets |
Black-necked
Stilt |
* |
u |
u |
u |
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| American
Avocet |
* |
c |
c |
a |
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| Sandpipers
and Phalaropes |
Greater
Yellowlegs |
|
c |
|
c |
r |
| Lesser
Yellowlegs |
|
o |
|
u |
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| Solitary
Sandpiper |
|
o |
|
o |
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| Willet |
* |
c |
c |
c |
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| Spotted
Sandpiper |
* |
u |
u |
u |
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| Whimbrel |
|
r |
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| Long-billed
Curlew |
* |
c |
c |
c |
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| Marbled
Godwit |
|
u |
|
u |
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| Ruddy
Turnstone |
|
r |
|
r |
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| Sanderling |
|
o |
|
o |
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| Western
Sandpiper |
|
c |
|
a |
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| Least
Sandpiper |
|
c |
|
c |
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| Baird’s
Sandpiper |
|
o |
|
u |
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| Pectoral
Sandpiper |
|
r |
|
u |
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| Dunlin |
|
u |
|
u |
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| Stilt
Sandpiper |
|
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|
r |
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| Long-billed
Dowitcher |
|
c |
|
a |
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| Common
Snipe |
* |
c |
c |
c |
o |
| Wilson’s
Phalarope |
* |
c |
c |
a |
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| Red-necked
Phalarope |
|
u |
o |
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