Some, including coots, mallards, widgeons, buffleheads, and green-winged teal, nest on Saline Lake. Ducks, osprey, Canada geese, buffleheads, mergansers, and an occasional loon are seen on the lake. There are many varieties of duck; buffleheads, goldeneyes, mallards, and cormorants. Buffleheads are hunted and are considered a gamebird. Although buffleheads do use man-made nest boxes, they still need the forest habitat to thrive. Buffleheads are monogamous, and the females return to the same breeding site, year after year.