Salt Lake City sits between the Wasatch Range and the Great Salt Lake, and both extremes send wildlife into town. Mule deer and moose come down the canyons into the foothill neighborhoods, California gulls (the state bird, and the ones that famously saved the pioneer crops) wheel overhead, and the lake’s shoreline draws millions of migrating shorebirds and eared grebes to the brine. Black-billed magpies and red foxes hold the valley year round.
Everything below is pulled live from recent research-grade observations near Salt Lake City. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.
52,254
recent observations
30
species listed
15
birds
7
insects & arthropods
3
mammals
Naturalists have logged 52,254 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species near Salt Lake City. The most frequently seen is the Mallard, with 5,181 recorded sightings.
Birds account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (15 of the species listed here), followed by insects & arthropods (7).