KOOTENAI COUNTY BIRD CHALLENGE

2010 KOOTENAI COUNTY BIRDING BIG YEAR

Compiled by Shirley Sturts

PART 1

Dr. Stephen Lindsay did a Big Year in 2001. He attempted to see 200 birds in Kootenai County during the year 2001. He tallied up only 199 and on January 1, 2002 he found a Snow Owl out on Rathdrum Prairie. Had he found it the day before he would have made his 200. This gave me the idea of doing a Kootenai County Big Year as a group. Our first group Kootenai County Big Year was in 2002. We counted 195 species. We had a 192 in 2003, 207 in 2004 and 202 in 2005.

The idea of doing County Big Years caught on. Twenty-two Idaho Counties did Big Years for 2005. The results are posted on www.idahobirds.net. Shoshone, Bonner and Benewah counties are also our Audubon website.

Call Shirley 664-5318 or e-mail s.sturts@verizon.net to get credit for being the first to see a species for the year.

KOOTENAI COUNTY BIRD LIST

Checklist Compiled by Dr. Stephen Lindsay

Updated and Big Year by Shirley Sturts

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common, Uncommon = 151

scarce, rare = 92

accidental = 44

Kootenai County Total (seen since 1950) = 286

Historical record only ( h ) (pre-1950) = 6

OCCURRENCE CATEGORIES

( c ) COMMON: Found every year, often seasonal, in many areas, in high to moderate numbers and some searching in appropriate areas may be required.

( u ) UNCOMMON: Found every year, often seasonal, in limited areas, in small numbers, and may require repeated search attempts in more specific areas.

( s ) SCARCE: Found most years, but difficult. Either very specialized and local in distribution; difficult to distinguish from similar, more common species; or only passes through briefly on migration.

( r ) RARE: Not seen every year, mostly irregular, some periodic.

( # ) ACCIDENTAL: Just a few total sightings with a low expectation of being found in the future.

TOTAL SEEN: 193 as of November 21, 2010

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PART 1

*Species*	*Date*	*Location*	*Observer*
SWAN, GEESE, DUCKS
Greater White-Fronted Goose ( r )	27 March	Location not certrain - Harrison - Chain Lakes	Terry Gray
Snow goose ( s )	16 April	Schlepp Ranch (50)	Mike Schlepp
Ross' Goose ( # )
…Brant () h-1899)
Cackling Goose	24 January	Cougar Bay, CDA Lake	Doug Ward
Canada Goose ( c )	1 January	NIC Beach, Wolflodge Bay	Bill Gundlach, Kris and Ed Buchler
Trumpeter Swan ( s )	30 January	Wolf Lodge Bay, CDA Lake	Jonathan Isacoff
Tundra Swan ( c )	21 February	Cougar Bay, CDA Lake	Doug Ward
Wood Duck ( c )	27 February	Fernan Lake	Kris Buchler, Shirley Sturts
Gadwall ( c )	27 March	Location not certrain - Harrison - Chain Lakes	Terry Gray
Eurasian Wigeon ( s )	13 March	Chain of Lakes	CDA Audubon Field Trip
American Wigeon ( c )	1 January	Blue Creek Bay, CDA Lake	Kris and Ed Buchler
Mallard ( c )	1 January	NIC Beach, Fernan Lake, Wolflodge Bay	Bill Gundlach, Shirley Sturts, Kris and Ed Buchler
Blue-winged Teal ( u )	1 May	Canyon Marsh	Lisa Hardy
Cinnamon Teal ( c )	14 April	Schlepp Ranch	Mike Schepp
Northern Shoveler ( c )	6 March	Canyon Marsh	Lisa Hardy
Northern Pintail ( c )	6 January	Harrison area	Lisa Hardy
Green-winged Teal ( c )	6 March	Cave Lake	Lisa Hardy
Common Teal (Eurasian race of the Green-winged teal (#)
Canvasback ( u )	24 January	Cougar Bay, CDA Lake	Doug Ward
Redhead ( c )	10 January	Cougar Bay, CDA Lake	Doug Ward
Ring-necked Duck ( c )	1 January	Wolflodge Bay, CDA Lake	Bill Gundlach, Kris and Ed Buchler
Tufted Duck ( # )
Greater Scaup ( s )	2 January	Pend Oreille Lake, Bayview	Spirit Lake CBC
Lesser Scaup ( u )	10 January	Cougar Bay, CDA Lake	Doug Ward
Harlequin Duck ( r )	17 February	Bennett Bay, CDA Lake	Paul Sieracki
Surf Scoter ( r )
White-winged Scoter ( r )
Long-tailed Duck ( r )	2 January	Pend Oreille Lake, Bayview	Spirit Lake CBC
Bufflehead ( c )	1 January	Independence Point, Wolf Lodge Bay	Bill Gundlach, Kris and Ed Buchler
Common Goldeneye ( c )	1 January	Independence Point, Wolf Lodge Bay	Bill Gundlach, Kris and Ed Buchler
Barrow's Goldeneye ( s )	6 March	Canyon Marsh	Lisa Hardy
Hooded Merganser ( c )	1 January	Hayden Lake, Wolf Lodge Bay	Bill Gundlach, Kris and Ed Buchler
Common Merganser ( c )	1 January	Hayden Lake	Bill Gundlach
Red-breasted Merganser ( r )	1 January	Spokane River, NIC	Bill Gundlach
Ruddy Duck ( u )	6 May	Fernan Lake	Shirley Sturts, Kris Buchler
PARTRIDGES, GROUSE, TURKEY
Gray Partridge ( u )	6 January	Rathdrum Prairie	Cindy Langlitz
Ring-necked Pheasant ( c )	1 January	Lock Haven (Hayden)	Doug Ward
Ruffed Grouse ( c )	2 January	Athol area and Farragut S.P.	Spirit Lake CBC
Spruce Grouse ( s )
Dusky (Blue) Grouse ( s )
------Sharp-tailed Grouse (h=1910,1914
Wild Turkey ( c )	1 January	Wolflodge Road, Fernan Village, Armstrong Hill	Bill Gundlach, Shirley Sturts, Kris Buichler
NEW WORLD QUAIL
California Quail ( c )	4 January	Medimont to Harrison	Indian Mt. CBC
Northern Bobwhite (r, introduced)
LOONS
Red-Throated Loon (#)
Pacific Loon ( s )
Common Loon ( c )	27 March	Location not certrain - Harrison - Chain Lakes	Terry Gray
Yellow-billed Loon ( # )
GREBES
Pied-billed Grebe ( c )	2 January	Farragut S.P. and Bayview	Spirit Lake CBC
Horned Grebe	1 January	Wolflodge Bay, CDA Lake	Bill Gundlach, Kris and Ed Buchler
Red-necked Grebe ( c )	1 January	Spokane River, NIC	Bill Gundlach
Eared Grebe ( r )	13 November	Cougar Bay, CDA Lake	Doug Ward
Western Grebe ( c )	1 January	Wolflodge Bay, CDA Lake	Bill Gundlach
Clark's Grebe ( # )
PELICANS
American White Pelican ( s )	10 April	Harlow Pt. Road - Harrison	Charles Swift, Jay Carlisle, Heidi Ware
Double-crested Cormorant( u )	1 January	Squaw Bay, CDA Lake, Wolflodge Bay	Bill Gundlach, Kris and Ed Buchler
HERONS, BITTERNS
American Bittern ( r )	29 June	Schlepp Ranch	Lisa Hardy
Great Blue Heron ( c )	1 January	Spokane River, NIC, Wolflodge Bay	Bill Gundlach, Kris and Ed Buchler
Great Egret ( r )	7 June	Schlepp Ranch	Mike and Brenda Schlepp
Snowy Egret ( # )
Cattle Egret ( # )
Black-crowned Night-Heron (r)
IBISES
White-faced Ibis ( # )
NEW WORLD VULTURES
Turkey Vulture ( u )	27 March	Location not certrain - Harrison - Chain Lakes	Terry Gray

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