Dennis Serdehely: Churchill County Life List NBRC, All records Record(s) 1 to 247 of 247 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 07/02/1998 Carson Lake 2 Ross's Goose Anser rossii 11/04/1999 Carson Lake 3 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 26/08/2001 Carson Diversion Dam 4 Brant Branta bernicla Yes 06/08/2013 Soda Lake 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii 06/01/2014 Little Soda Lake 6 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 07/02/1998 Carson Lake 7 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 28/11/1998 Harmon Reservoir 8 Wood Duck Aix sponsa 15/05/1999 Fallon 9 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 16/05/1998 Fallon 10 Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera 22/03/1998 Carson Lake 11 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 07/02/1998 Carson Lake 12 Gadwall Mareca strepera 07/02/1998 Carson Lake 13 American Wigeon Mareca americana 07/02/1998 Carson Lake 14 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 07/02/1998 Carson Lake 15 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 07/02/1998 Carson Lake 16 Green-winged Teal Anas crecca 07/02/1998 Carson Lake 17 Canvasback Aythya valisineria 01/03/1998 Lahontan Reservoir 18 Redhead Aythya americana 07/02/1998 Carson Lake 19 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 22/03/1998 Carson Lake 20 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 03/07/1999 Carson Lake 21 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 07/02/1998 Carson Lake 22 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 03/11/2020 S-Line Reservoir, Fallon 23 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis Yes 06/01/2019 Lahontan Reservoir 24 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola 16/05/1998 Fallon 25 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/03/1998 Lahontan Reservoir 26 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus 16/12/2005 Fallon 27 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 08/11/1998 Little Soda Lake 28 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 15/05/1999 Little Soda Lake 29 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 07/02/1998 Carson Lake 30 California Quail Callipepla californica 01/03/1998 Lahontan Reservoir 31 Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo 04/11/2001 Carson Diversion Dam 32 Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 28/02/1999 Carson Lake 33 Chukar Alectoris chukar 25/06/2023 NV 722 near Big Den Creek 34 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps 22/03/1998 Carson Lake 35 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 03/04/2010 Carson Lake 36 Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 16/05/1998 Fallon 37 Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis 01/03/1998 Lahontan Reservoir 38 Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii 22/03/1998 Carson Lake 39 Rock Pigeon Columba livia 21/03/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 40 Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto 06/08/2007 Bench Road 41 White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica 23/12/2000 Wildes Road,Fallon 42 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 01/03/1998 Lahontan Reservoir 43 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor 15/08/1998 Soda Lake 44 Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii 18/05/2014 Willow Creek, Desatoya Mountains 45 Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi 16/05/1998 Fallon 46 White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis 14/07/2013 Big Den Creek, Desatoya Mountains 47 Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri 14/05/2005 Fallon 48 Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus 26/08/2000 Carson Diversion Dam 49 Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus 14/07/2013 Big Den Creek, Desatoya Mountains 50 Virginia Rail Rallus limicola 16/05/1998 Carson Lake 51 Sora Porzana carolina 22/08/1998 Carson Lake 52 Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata 16/05/1998 Fallon 53 American Coot Fulica americana 07/02/1998 Carson Lake 54 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis 04/11/2001 Carson Lake 55 Common Crane Grus grus Yes 12/07/2021 Carson Lake 56 Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus 22/03/1998 Carson Lake 57 American Avocet Recurvirostra americana 06/03/1998 Interstate 80 east of Fernley 58 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola 28/03/1998 S-Line Reservoir 59 Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 25/08/2019 Stillwater NWR 60 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 01/03/1998 Stillwater NWR 61 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus 16/05/1998 Soda Lake 62 Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus Yes 14/11/1999 Carson Lake 63 Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus 16/05/1998 Division Road, Stillwater NWR 64 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 10/05/2003 Carson Lake 65 Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus 16/05/1998 Carson Lake 66 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 25/08/2023 Carson Lake 67 Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa 15/08/1998 Carson Lake 68 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Yes 15/05/1999 Carson Lake 69 Red Knot Calidris canutus Yes 10/05/1999 Carson Lake 70 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 28/08/2004 Soda Lake 71 Sanderling Calidris alba 26/08/2001 Soda Lake 72 Dunlin Calidris alpina 16/05/1998 Carson Lake 73 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 22/08/1998 Soda Lake 74 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla 16/05/1998 Fallon 75 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 26/08/2001 Soda Lake 76 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 28/08/1999 Carson Lake 77 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri 16/05/1998 Fallon 78 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus 03/07/1999 Carson Lake 79 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 28/03/1998 S-Line Reservoir 80 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata 15/08/1998 Carson Lake 81 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 16/05/1998 Fallon 82 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria 15/05/1999 Carson Lake 83 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 15/08/1999 Soda Lake 84 Willet Tringa semipalmata 03/07/1999 Carson Lake 85 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca 28/03/1998 S-Line Reservoir 86 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 16/05/1998 Fallon 87 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 22/08/1998 Soda Lake 88 Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Yes 17/09/1998 Soda Lake 89 Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus Yes 28/08/1999 Carson Lake 90 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini Yes 17/09/1998 Soda Lake 91 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia 16/05/1998 Soda Lake 92 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan 14/05/2005 Carson Lake 93 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 01/03/1998 Stillwater NWR 94 California Gull Larus californicus 01/03/1998 Lahonta Reservoir 95 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 17/02/2015 Harmon Reservoir 96 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus Yes ********** ********** 97 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 16/05/1998 Soda Lake 98 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 16/05/1998 Harmon Reservoir 99 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri 16/05/1998 Carson Lake 100 Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata 05/01/2019 Lahontan Reservoir 101 Common Loon Gavia immer 16/05/1998 Harmon Reservoir 102 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum 28/03/1998 Stillwater NWR 103 American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos 22/03/1998 Carson Lake 104 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus 22/03/1998 Carson Lake 105 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 07/02/1998 Carson Lake 106 Great Egret Ardea alba 07/02/1998 Stillwater NWR 107 Snowy Egret Egretta thula 22/03/1998 Carson Lake 108 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 15/08/1998 Carson Lake 109 Green Heron Butorides virescens 14/12/2001 Drumm Lane, Fallon 110 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 16/05/1998 Soda Lake 111 White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi 16/05/1998 Fallon 112 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 03/05/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 113 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 03/05/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 114 White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus Yes 18/12/2006 Pasture Road across from Carson Lake 115 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 21/02/2000 Carson Lake 116 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius 07/02/1998 Carson Lake 117 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 28/11/1998 Navy Trail, Fallon 118 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii 16/05/1998 Fallon 119 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus 07/02/1998 Stillwater NWR 120 Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus 10/09/2001 Carson Diversion Dam Eating a snake 121 Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni 03/05/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 122 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 07/02/1998 Carson Lake 123 Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus 18/12/1998 Fallon 124 Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis 21/02/2000 Pasture Road, south of Fallon 125 Barn Owl Tyto alba 15/08/1998 Stillwater Road 126 Western Screech-Owl Megascops kennicottii 23/12/2009 Fallon 127 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus 01/03/1998 Stillwater NWR 128 Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia 29/08/2012 Carson Lake 129 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 29/01/2012 Stillwater NWR 130 Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus 18/05/2014 Willow Creek, Desatoya Mountains 131 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon 21/03/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 132 Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis 28/09/2001 Carson Diversion Dam 133 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 03/05/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 134 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 14/07/2013 Big Den Creek, Desatoya Mountains 135 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 01/03/1998 Stillwater NWR 136 American Kestrel Falco sparverius 07/02/1998 Stillwater NWR 137 Merlin Falco columbarius 21/02/2000 Depp Road, Fallon 138 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 29/04/2001 Carson Lake 139 Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus 07/02/1998 Carson Lake 140 Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens 16/08/2003 Soda Lake 141 Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis 03/05/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 142 Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi 16/05/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 143 Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus 16/05/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 144 Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii 15/05/1999 Carson Lake 145 Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii 15/05/1999 S-Line Reservoir 146 Gray Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii 29/04/2001 Carson Diversion Dam 147 Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri 14/05/2005 Carson Diversion Dam 148 Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis 16/09/2008 Carson Diversion Dam 149 Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans 06/09/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 150 Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya 03/03/1998 Brady Hot Springs 151 Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus 16/12/2022 Carson Lake 152 Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii 29/04/2001 Carson Diversion Dam 153 Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus 14/07/2013 Big Den Creek, Desatoya Mountains 154 Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus 16/05/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 155 Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus 28/03/1998 Stillwater NWR 156 Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus 14/07/2013 Big Den Creek, Desatoya Mountains 157 Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii 28/09/2001 Carson Diversion Dam 158 Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana 14/07/2013 Big Den Creek, Desatoya Mountains 159 Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia 07/02/1998 Stillwater NWR 160 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 22/03/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 161 Common Raven Corvus corax 07/02/1998 Carson Lake 162 Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli 01/10/2000 Carson Diversion Dam 163 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris 07/02/1998 Carson Lake 164 Bank Swallow Riparia riparia 16/05/1998 Fallon 165 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor 22/03/1998 Carson Lake 166 Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina 16/05/1998 Fallon 167 Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis 21/03/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 168 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 03/05/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 169 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota 03/05/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 170 Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus 24/03/2001 Fallon 171 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula 21/03/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 172 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum 03/05/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 173 Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens 15/05/1999 S-Line Reservoir 174 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 06/09/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 175 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 16/09/2001 Carson Diversion Dam 176 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea 10/05/2003 Carson Diversion Dam 177 Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus 01/03/1998 Lahontan Reservoir 178 Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus 15/07/2013 Big Den Creek, Desatoya Mountains 179 Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii 03/05/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 180 House Wren Troglodytes aedon 03/05/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 181 Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus 08/11/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 182 Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris 22/03/1998 Carson Lake 183 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Yes 26/12/2001 Stillwater 184 LeConte's Thrasher Toxostoma lecontei 13/03/2020 Carson Lake 185 Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus 15/05/1999 Fallon 186 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 31/01/1999 Carson Diversion Dam 187 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 07/02/1998 Stillwater Road 188 Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana 15/12/2000 Fallon 189 Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides 04/03/2000 Bench Road 190 Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi 20/03/2004 Carson Diversion Dam 191 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus 08/11/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 192 American Robin Turdus migratorius 01/03/1998 Stillwater NWR 193 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius 02/12/1998 Brady Hot Springs 194 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/03/1998 Lahontan Reservoir 195 American Pipit Anthus rubescens 28/03/1998 Stillwater NWR 196 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 01/03/1998 Lahontan Reservoir 197 Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii 14/05/2005 Pipeline Road 198 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 20/12/2002 Fallon 199 Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria 28/11/1998 Navy Trail 200 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 28/11/1998 Navy Trail 201 Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus Yes 25/11/1999 Carson Lake 202 Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus Yes 17/12/2003 Carson Lake 203 Thick-billed Longspur Rhynchophanes mccownii Yes 25/11/1999 Carson Lake 204 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis Yes 17/12/2003 Carson Lake 205 Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata 08/05/2021 Carson Lake 206 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus 11/08/2002 Carson Lake 207 Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina 03/05/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 208 Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri 15/08/1999 Soda Lakes 209 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca 14/04/2001 Carson Diversion Dam 210 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 17/12/2010 Carson Lake 211 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 08/11/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 212 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys 01/03/1998 Stillwater NWR 213 Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla 29/09/2001 Carson Diversion Dam 214 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 18/12/2002 US 50 at Carson River Crossing 215 Sagebrush Sparrow Artemisiospiza nevadensis 15/08/1999 Soda Lakes 216 Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus 26/06/2023 Big Den Creek 217 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis 22/03/1998 Carson Lake 218 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 07/02/1998 Carson Lake 219 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii 28/11/1998 Navy Trail 220 Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus 17/05/2002 East Corral, Carson Lake 221 Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus 20/09/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 222 Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus 03/05/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 223 Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta 07/02/1998 Carson Lake 224 Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius Yes 22/05/2009 Pipeline Road, Fallon 225 Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii 03/05/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 226 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 28/09/2001 Carson Diversion Dam 227 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 07/02/1998 Carson Lake 228 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 03/05/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 229 Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus 22/08/1998 Carson Lake 230 Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus 22/03/1998 Carson Lake 231 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia 14/05/2022 Carson Lake Corrals 232 Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata 16/05/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 233 Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla 26/08/2000 Carson Diversion Dam 234 MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei 06/09/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 235 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas 03/05/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 236 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia 16/05/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 237 Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum 12/01/2003 The Corrals at Carson Lake 238 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata 01/03/1998 Stillwater NWR 239 Black-throated Gray Warbler Setophaga nigrescens 16/05/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 240 Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi 16/05/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 241 Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis 24/08/2004 Carson Diversion Dam 242 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla 16/05/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 243 Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana 16/05/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 244 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus 22/05/2009 Pipeline Road, Fallon 245 Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus 03/05/1998 Carson Diversion Dam 246 Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea 14/05/2005 Pioneer Road 247 Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena 31/05/1998 Carson Diversion Dam