There exists a fossil bone, a distal piece of tarsometatarsus found in the Edson Beds of Sherman County, Kansas.
Further down the tidal zone a visitor will often see Sandwich Tern and Common Tern, as well as a variety of Gulls and smaller waders including Redshanks, Greenshanks, Turnstones, Ringed Plovers, Pied Wagtails, and other Sandpipers.