Species found at Viewing Site
Gray Lodge Wildlife Area
- Site # 83 |
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Species: | American Avocet |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Shallow seasonal and permanent ponds, especially during flood up. Auto loop, Flyway trail, Self-guided Nature trail viewing platform |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Sp,F |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | American Bittern |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Self-guided Nature Trail, Seasonal ponds, dense tules |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Sp |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | American Coot |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Shallow seasonal and permanent ponds and waterways, Self-guided Nature Trail, Auto loop, Flyway Trail |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | W |
Reliable: | Excellent |
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Species: | American Kestrel |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Entire Wildlife Area |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Yr |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | American White Pelican |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Permanent ponds, Auto loop |
Present Season: | Sp,Su,F |
Season View: | Sp |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | American Wigeon |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Auto loop, Flyway Trail, Self-guided Nature Trail, seasonal and permanent ponds |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | W,F |
Reliable: | Excellent |
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Species: | Baird's Sandpiper |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Very occasionally seen in near seasonal ponds |
Present Season: | F |
Season View: | F |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Bald Eagle |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Auto Loop, Self-guided Nature Trail |
Present Season: | W,Sp,F |
Season View: | W |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Band-Tailed Pigeon |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Very occasionally seen throughout site |
Present Season: | Sp |
Season View: | Sp |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Barn Owl |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Not easily viewed as it is nocturnal. Look for roosting in trees. |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Yr |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Barrow's Goldeneye |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Auto Loop, deep seasonal and permanent ponds |
Present Season: | W,Sp |
Season View: | W |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Black Tern |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Very occasionally seen. Auto loop |
Present Season: | Sp,Su |
Season View: | Sp |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Black-Bellied Plover |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Occasionally seen in shallow seasonal ponds |
Present Season: | Sp,F |
Season View: | Sp |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Black-Crowned Night Heron |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Auto loop, around seasonal and permanent ponds and waterways. |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | F |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | Black-Necked Stilt |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Shallow areas of seasonal and permanent ponds. Auto loop, Self-guided Nature Trail, Flyway Trail |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Sp,F |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | Blue-Winged Teal |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Auto loop, Flyway Trail, secluded potholes in dense vegetation |
Present Season: | W,Sp |
Season View: | W |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Bufflehead |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Auto Loop, deep seasonal ponds |
Present Season: | W,Sp,F |
Season View: | W |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | Burrowing Owl |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Rarely seen on area |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | W |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | California Gull |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Auto loop, Self-guided Nature Trail, Flyway Trail |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | W,F |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | California Quail |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Upland areas, Self-guided Nature Trail, Flyway Trail, Auto loop |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Yr |
Reliable: | Excellent |
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Species: | Canada Goose |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Permanent ponds, east side of wildlife area |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Su |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Canvasback |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Auto loop |
Present Season: | W,Sp,F |
Season View: | W |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Caspian Tern |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Occasionally seen. Auto loop |
Present Season: | Sp,Su,F |
Season View: | Sp,F |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Cattle Egret |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Self-guided Nature Trail, around permanent and seasonal ponds |
Present Season: | W,F |
Season View: | F |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Cinnamon Teal |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Auto loop, Self-guided Nature Trail, Flyway Trail, seasonal and permanent ponds |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | W,Sp |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | Common Goldeneye |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Auto loop, deep seasonal and permanent ponds |
Present Season: | W,Sp,F |
Season View: | W |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | Common Merganser |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Auto loop, seasonal and permanent ponds |
Present Season: | W,F |
Season View: | W |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Common Moorhen |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Edges of seasonal and permanent ponds and waterways. Self-guided Nature trail, Auto loop |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | W,F |
Reliable: | Excellent |
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Species: | Cooper's Hawk |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Entire Wildlife Area |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | W |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | Double-Crested Cormorant |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Permanent and seasonal ponds, Self-guided Nature Trail, waterways |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Yr |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | Dunlin |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Shallow seasonal and permanent ponds. Auto loop, Self-guided Nature trail viewing platform |
Present Season: | W,Sp,F |
Season View: | W |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | Eared Grebe |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Seasonal ponds, Auto Loop |
Present Season: | W,Sp,F |
Season View: | W |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | Eurasian Collared-Dove |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Numbers very low but increasing throughout site |
Present Season: | Sp,Su,F |
Season View: | Sp,Su |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Eurasian Wigeon |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Auto Loop, Seasonal and permanent ponds |
Present Season: | W,Sp,F |
Season View: | W |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Ferruginous Hawk |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Entire Wildlife Area |
Present Season: | W |
Season View: | W |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Forster's Tern |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Very occasionally seen. Auto loop |
Present Season: | Sp,F |
Season View: | Sp,F |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Gadwall |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Self-guided Nature Trail, Auto loop, seasonal and permanent ponds |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | W |
Reliable: | Excellent |
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Species: | Golden Eagle |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Auto Loop, Flyway Trail |
Present Season: | W,Sp,F |
Season View: | W |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Great Blue Heron |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Entire area |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Yr |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | Great Egret |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Around seasonal,permanent ponds and wayerways, Flyway Trail, Self-guided Nature Trail |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Yr |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | Great Horned Owl |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Common, not easily viewed as it is nocturnal. Look for roosting in trees. |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Yr |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Greater Scaup |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Auto loop, deep seasonal and permanent ponds |
Present Season: | W,F |
Season View: | W |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Greater White-Fronted Goose |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Auto loop, Flyway Trail, shallow seasonal and permanent ponds |
Present Season: | W,Sp,F |
Season View: | W,F |
Reliable: | Excellent |
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Species: | Greater Yellowlegs |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Shallow ponds, Auto loop, Self-guided Nature Trail viewing platform, Flyway Trail |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Sp,F |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | Green Heron |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Self-guided Nature Trail, along waterways |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | F |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Green-Winged Teal |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Auto loop, Flyway Trail, Sele-guided Nature Trail viewing platform |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | W,F |
Reliable: | Excellent |
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Species: | Herring Gull |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Auto loop, Self-guided Nature Trail, Flyway Trail |
Present Season: | W,Sp,F |
Season View: | W,F |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | Hooded Merganser |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Auto loop, deep seasonal and permanent ponds and waterways |
Present Season: | W,Sp |
Season View: | W |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Horned Grebe |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Seasonal ponds, Auto loop |
Present Season: | W,Sp |
Season View: | W |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Killdeer |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | All over site, Especially dry graveled areas such as lots and trails. Nest extensively on area- watch for 'broken wing' behavior in spring. Please do not disturb nests. |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Yr |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | Least Bittern |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Dense tule/cattail stands around seasonal and permanent ponds |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | F |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Least Sandpiper |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Auto loop, Self-guided Nature Trail viewing platform, around seasonal and permanent ponds |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Sp,F |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | Lesser Scaup |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Auto loop, deep seasonal and permanent ponds |
Present Season: | W,Sp,F |
Season View: | W |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Lesser Yellowlegs |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Very occasionally seen on shallow ponds, Auto loop, Self-guided Nature Trail viewing platform, Flyway Trail |
Present Season: | W,Sp,F |
Season View: | F |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Long-Billed Curlew |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Shallow seasonal and permanent ponds, Auto loop, Self-guided Nature trail viewing platform |
Present Season: | W,Sp,F |
Season View: | F |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Long-Billed Dowitcher |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Shallow seasonal and permanent ponds, especially after flood up. Auto loop, Self-guided Nature Trail viewing platform |
Present Season: | W,Sp,F |
Season View: | F |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Long-Eared Owl |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Not commonly present, not easily viewed as it is nocturnal. Look for roosting in trees. |
Present Season: | W,Sp |
Season View: | W,Sp,F |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Mallard |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Auto Loop, Self-guided Nature Trail, Flyway Trail, shallow seasonal and permanent ponds and waterways |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | W,Sp,F |
Reliable: | Excellent |
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Species: | Merlin |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Entire Wildlife Area |
Present Season: | W,F |
Season View: | F |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Mourning Dove |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Dry ponds and fields throughout Wildlife Area |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Sp,F |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | Northern Harrier |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Entire Wildlife Area |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Yr |
Reliable: | Excellent |
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Species: | Northern Pintail |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Auto loop, Flyway Trail, Self-guided Nature Trail Veiwing Platform |
Present Season: | W,Sp,F |
Season View: | W,F |
Reliable: | Excellent |
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Species: | Northern Shoveler |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Auto loop, Flyway Trail, Self-guided Nature Trail viewing platform |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | W,F |
Reliable: | Excellent |
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Species: | Osprey |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Near any permanent or seasonal pond |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Sp,F |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | Pectoral Sandpiper |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Rarely seen on seasonal ponds. Auto loop, Self-guided Nature Trail viewing platform |
Present Season: | Sp,F |
Season View: | Sp,F |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Peregrine Falcon |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Entire Wilife Area |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | F |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Pied-Billed Grebe |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Seasonal ponds, Auto loop |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Su |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | Prairie Falcon |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Entire Wildlife Area |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Yr |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Red-Necked Phalarope |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Occasionally seen in ponds during spring and fall migrations |
Present Season: | F |
Season View: | Sp,F |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Red-Shouldered Hawk |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Entire Wildlife Area |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | F |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | Red-Tailed Hawk |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Entire Wildlife Area |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | W,F |
Reliable: | Excellent |
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Species: | Redhead |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Auto loop, seasonal ponds |
Present Season: | W,Sp,F |
Season View: | W |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Ring-Billed Gull |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Auto loop, Self-guided Nature Trail, Flyway Trail |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | W,F |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | Ring-Necked Duck |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Auto loop, seasonal and permanent ponds |
Present Season: | W,Sp,F |
Season View: | W |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | Ring-Necked Pheasant |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Upland areas, Self-guided Nature Trail, Flyway Trail, Auto loop |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Yr |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | Rock Pigeon |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Rock Doves are seen occasionally throughout site |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Sp,Yr |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Ross' S Goose |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Auto loop, Flyway Trail, Self-guided Nature Trail, shallow seasonal and permanent ponds |
Present Season: | W,Sp,F |
Season View: | W |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | Rough-Legged Hawk |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Entire Wildlife Area |
Present Season: | W,Sp |
Season View: | W |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Ruddy Duck |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Auto loop, deep seasonal and permanent ponds |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | W |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | Sandhill Crane |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Often seen flying over Wildlife Area and often seen on newly flooded fields in fall. Auto loop, Self-guided Nature Trail viewing platform |
Present Season: | W,Sp,F |
Season View: | F |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Semipalmated Plover |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Occasionally seen in shallow seasonal ponds |
Present Season: | Sp,F |
Season View: | Sp,F |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Sharp-Shinned Hawk |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Entire Wildlife Area |
Present Season: | W,Sp,F |
Season View: | W |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Short-Eared Owl |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Less common. Not easily viewed as it is nocturnal. Look for roosting in trees. |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Sp,Su |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Snow Goose |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Auto Loop, Flyway Trail, Self-guided Nature Trail, shallow seasonal and permanent ponds |
Present Season: | W,Sp,F |
Season View: | W |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | Snowy Egret |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Around seasonal and permanent ponds and waterways. Self-guided Nature Trail, Auto Loop |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Sp,F |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | Solitary Sandpiper |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Rarely seen on seasonal ponds. Auto loop, Self-guided Nature Trail viewing platform |
Present Season: | Sp,F |
Season View: | Sp,F |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Sora |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Dense vegetation, usually near ponds. Extremeley secretive |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Sp |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Spotted Sandpiper |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Rarely seen on seasonal ponds. Auto loop, Self-guided Nature Trail viewing platform |
Present Season: | Sp,F |
Season View: | Sp,F |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Swainson's Hawk |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Entire Wildlife Area |
Present Season: | Sp,Su,F |
Season View: | Su |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Tundra Swan |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Auto Loop, shallow seasonal ponds |
Present Season: | W,F |
Season View: | W |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Turkey Vulture |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Self-guided Nature Trail, Auto Loop, Flyway Trail |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Yr |
Reliable: | Excellent |
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Species: | Virginia Rail |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | In dense vegetation surrounding seasonal and permanent ponds. Self-guided Nature trail. Quite secretive. |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Sp |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Western Grebe |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Auto Loop |
Present Season: | W |
Season View: | W |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Western Sandpiper |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Near seasonal and permanent ponds. Auto loop, Self-guided Nature Trail viewing platform, Flyway trail |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Sp,F |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | Western Screech Owl |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Not easily viewed as it is nocturnal. Look for roosting in trees. |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Su,F |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Whimbrel |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Very occasioally found on seasonal ponds |
Present Season: | Sp,F |
Season View: | Sp,F |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | White-Faced Ibis |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Auto loop, Flyway Trail, shallow seasonal and permanent ponds |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Sp,F |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | White-Tailed Kite |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Entire Wildlife Area |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Sp |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | Wild Turkey |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Dry fields all over site |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Sp |
Reliable: | Good |
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Species: | Willet |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Very occasionally seen on seasonal ponds |
Present Season: | F |
Season View: | F |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Wilson's Phalarope |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Occasionally seen in ponds during spring and fall migrations |
Present Season: | Sp,F |
Season View: | Sp,F |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Wilson's Snipe |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Common but not certain to be seen, Dense vegetation around seasonal and permanent ponds |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Sp,F |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Wood Duck |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Riparian habitat, Flyway Trail, Auto Loop |
Present Season: | Yr |
Season View: | Su |
Reliable: | Poor |
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Species: | Yellow-Billed Cuckoo |
Seen: | Yes |
Locations: | Rarely present |
Present Season: | Su |
Season View: | Su |
Reliable: | Poor |
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