Shoveler, Northern
Description: This colorful duck is usually seen in small flocks on the lakes. It uses its wide, serrated bill to sift food out of the water. It is not a diving duck.
Scoter, White-winged
Description: This is an unusual sight on the lakes or flying overhead.
Scaup, Lesser
Description: Spot this black and white diving duck on any of the lakes.
Scaup, Greater
Description: This black and white duck may been seen diving on the lakes.
Sapsucker, Yellow-bellied
Description: This migrant species may be spotted in trees. Look for rectangular groupings of small holes in the bark of trees to see where they have been drilling their sap wells.
Sandpiper, White-rumped
Description: Look for this rare, medium-sized shorebird on mudflats and exposed shoreline.
Sandpiper, Upland
Description: Look for this rare, state-endangered, grassland shorebird on a large lawn area or the gravel hill prairie.
Sandpiper, Stilt
Description: This rare shorebird is often visible on mudflats south of the Dixon Prairie.
Sandpiper, Spotted***
Description: This shorebird is commonly seen along the shoreline, flying low across the water, or nesting on Marsh Island in the Dixon Prairie.
Sandpiper, Solitary
Description: This medium-sized shorebird is seen most often on shorelines in the Barbara Brown Nature Reserve or around the Dixon Prairie.