COUNTY BIRDING BIG YEAR 2022
Compiled by Shirley Sturts
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 Snowy 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. Our lowest count was 189 species in 2008. We reached our goal of over 200 species in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2012. Our highest count was 209 species in 2012.
The idea of doing County Big Years caught on. Twenty-four out of 43 Idaho Counties are doing Big Years this year. 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 shirley.sturts@gmail.com 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
Common - Uncommon = 151
Scarce-Rare = 93
Accidental = 43
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.
(h) HISTORICAL: date seen before 1949 or earlier
TOTAL SEEN: 80 AS OF January 17
Species |
Date
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Location |
Observer |
SWANS, GEESE, DUCKS |
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Greater White-Fronted Goose ( r ) |
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Snow goose ( s ) |
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Ross' Goose ( # ) |
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…Brant () h-1899) |
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Cackling Goose |
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Canada Goose ( c ) |
JAN 1 |
NIC/CITY BEACH |
DOUG WARD |
Trumpeter Swan ( s ) |
JAN 2 |
COTTONWOOD RD WORLEY |
JON ISACOFF |
Tundra Swan ( c ) |
JAN 2 |
Q'EMILN PARK |
RYAN BART |
Bewick’s Tundra Swan ( r ) |
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Wood Duck ( c ) |
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Gadwall ( c ) |
JAN 9 |
WOLF LODGE BAY |
JON ISACOFF |
Eurasian Wigeon ( s ) |
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American Wigeon ( c ) |
JAN 11 |
WOLF LODGE BAY |
RYAN BART |
Mallard ( c ) |
JAN 1 |
NIC/CIY BEACH |
DOUG WARD |
Blue-winged Teal ( u ) |
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Cinnamon Teal ( c ) |
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Northern Shoveler ( c ) |
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Northern Pintail ( c ) |
JAN 9 |
BLUE CREEK BAY |
JON ISACOFF |
Green-winged Teal ( c ) |
JAN 9 |
WOLF LODGE BAY |
JON ISACOFF |
Common Teal (Eurasian race of the Green-winged teal (#) (subspecies – not counted in total) |
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Canvasback ( u ) |
JA | ||
Redhead ( c ) |
JAN 9 |
WOLF LODGE AY |
JON ISACOFF |
Ring-necked Duck ( c ) |
JAN 2 |
CONKLING PARK |
JON ISACOFF |
Tufted Duck ( # ) |
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Greater Scaup ( s ) |
JAN 1 |
BENNETT BAY, CDA LAKE |
DOUG WARD |
Lesser Scaup ( u ) |
JAN 1 |
BENNETT BAY CDA LAKE |
DOUG WARD |
Harlequin Duck ( r ) |
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Surf Scoter ( r ) |
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White-winged Scoter ( r ) |
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Long-tailed Duck ( r ) |
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Bufflehead ( c ) |
JAN 1 |
NIC/CITY BEACH |
DOUG WARD |
Common Goldeneye ( c ) |
JAN 1 |
NIC/CITY BEACH |
DOUG WARD |
Barrow's Goldeneye ( s ) |
JAN 2 |
Q'EMILIN PARK |
RYAN BART |
Hooded Merganser ( c ) |
JAN1 |
BEAUTY BAY, CDA LAKE |
JOSEOH COOLEY |
Common Merganser ( c ) |
JAN 1 |
BENNETT BAY CDA LAKE |
DOUG WARD |
Red-breasted Merganser ( r ) |
jan 1 |
BENNETT BAY CDA LAKE |
DOUG WARD |
Ruddy Duck ( u ) |
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PARTRIDGES, GROUSE, TURKEY |
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Gray Partridge ( u ) |
JAN 2 |
WORLEY AREA |
JON ISACOFF |
Ring-necked Pheasant ( c ) |
16 JAN |
NORTH OF HONEYSUCKLE ROAD |
GEORGE SAYLER |
Ruffed Grouse ( c ) |
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Spruce Grouse ( s ) |
B |
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Dusky (Blue) Grouse ( s ) |
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------Sharp-tailed Grouse (h=1910,1914 |
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Wild Turkey ( c ) |
JAN 14 |
RATHDRUM |
R MILLER |
NEW WORLD QUAIL |
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California Quail ( c ) |
JAN 1 |
HAYDEN/LOCHHAVEN |
DOUG WARD |
Northern Bobwhite |
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LOONS |
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Red-Throated Loon (#) |
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Pacific Loon ( s ) |
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Common Loon ( c ) |
JAN 10 |
WOLF LODGE BAY |
KATHLEEN AND HAL ROBBINS |
Yellow-billed Loon ( # ) |
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GREBES |
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Pied-billed Grebe ( c ) |
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Horned Grebe |
JAN 1 |
NIC/CITY BEACH |
DOUG WARD |
Red-necked Grebe ( c ) |
JAN 1 |
BENNETT BAY CDA LAKE |
DOUG WARD |
Eared Grebe ( r ) |
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Western Grebe ( c ) |
JAN 1 |
BEAUTY BAY, CDA ;LAKE |
JOSEPH COONEY
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Clark's Grebe ( # ) |
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PELICANS |
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American White Pelican ( s ) |
JAN 7 |
HONEYSUCKLE BEACH-HAYDEN LAKE |
RICHARD HEPWORTH AND DOUG WARD |
Double-crested Cormorant ( c ) |
JAN 9 |
BLUE CREEK BAY |
JON ISACOFF |
HERONS, BITTERNS |
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American Bittern ( r ) |
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Great Blue Heron ( c ) |
JAN 2 |
CONKLING PARK |
JON ISACOFF |
Great Egret ( r ) |
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Snowy Egret ( # ) |
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Cattle Egret ( # ) |
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Black-crowned Night-Heron (r) |
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IBISES |
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White-faced Ibis ( # ) |
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NEW WORLD VULTURES |
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Turkey Vulture ( u ) |
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HAWKS, KITES, EAGLES |
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Osprey ( c ) |
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Bald Eagle ( c ) |
JAN 2 |
COTTON WOOD ROAD WORELY |
JON ISACOFF |
Northern Harrier (c ) |
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Sharp-shinned Hawk ( u ) |
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Cooper's Hawk ( u ) |
JAN 15 |
HIWAY 95AND NEIDER AVE. |
DOUG WARD |
Northern Goshawk ( s ) |
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Broad-winged Hawk (#) |
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Swainson's Hawk ( s ) |
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Red-tailed Hawk ( c ) |
JAN 9 |
YELLOWSTONE TRAIL |
JON ISACOFF |
Harlan's |
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Ferruginous Hawk ( # ) |
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Rough-legged Hawk ( c ) |
JAN 9 |
RATHDRUM PRAIRIE |
JON ISACOFF |
Golden Eagle ( r ) |
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FALCONS |
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American Kestrel ( c ) |
JAN 9 |
RATHRUM PRAIRIE |
JON ISACOFF |
Merlin ( u ) |
JAN 9 |
HAYDEN (LOCH HAVEN) |
DOUG WARD |
Gyrfalcon ( r ) |
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Peregrine Falcon ( r ) |
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Prairie Falcon ( s ) |
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RAILS, COOTS |
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Virginia Rail ( s ) |
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Sora ( u ) |
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American Coot ( c ) |
JAN 2 |
COTTONWOOD ROAD WORLEY |
JON ISACOFF |
CRANES |
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Sandhill Crane ( r ) |
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PLOVERS |
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Black-bellied Plover ( r ) |
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American Golden-Plover ( r ) |
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Semipalmated Plover ( r ) |
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Killdeer ( c ) |
JAN 11 |
WOF LODGE BAY |
RYAN BART |
STILTS, AVOCETS |
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Black-necked Stilt ( # ) |
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American Avocet ( r ) |
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SANDPIPERS, PHALAROPES |
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Greater Yellowlegs ( s ) |
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Lesser Yellowlegs ( s ) |
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Solitary Sandpiper ( s ) |
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Willet ( # ) |
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Spotted Sandpiper ( c ) |
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Upland Sandpiper ( # ) |
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Long-billed Curlew ( r ) |
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Marbled Godwit ( # ) |
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Sanderling ( s ) |
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Semipalmated Sandpiper ( s ) |
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Western Sandpiper ( s ) |
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Least Sandpiper ( s ) |
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White-rumped Sandpiper ( # ) |
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Baird's Sandpiper ( s ) |
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Pectoral Sandpiper ( s ) |
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Dunlin ( # ) |
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Stilt Sandpiper ( r ) |
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Short-billed Dowitcher ( r ) |
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Long-billed Dowitcher ( s ) |
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Wilson's Snipe ( c ) |
JAN 2 |
CONKLING PARK |
JON ISACOFF |
Wilson's Phalarope ( s) |
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Red-necked Phalarope ( # ) |
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Red Phalarope (h-1934) |
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GULLS, TERNS |
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Parasitic Jaeger ( # ) |
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Franklin's Gull ( r ) |
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Bonaparte's Gull ( u ) |
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Mew Gull ( r ) |
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Ring-billed Gull ( c ) |
JAN 1 |
NIC/CITY BEACH |
DOUG WARD |
California Gull ( c ) |
JAN 1 |
NIC/CITY BEACH |
DOUG WARD |
Herring Gull ( u ) |
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Thayer's Gull ( s ) |
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Iceland Gull ( # ) |
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Lesser Black-backed Gull (#) |
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Glaucous-winged Gull ( r ) |
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Glaucous Gull ( r ) |
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Sabine's Gull ( # ) |
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Caspian Tern ( s ) |
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Common Tern ( s ) |
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Forster's Tern ( s ) |
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Black Tern ( c ) |
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MURRES |
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Ancient Murrelet ( # ) |
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PIGEONS, DOVES |
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Rock Pigeon ( c ) |
JAN 10 |
WOLFLODGE BAY |
KATHLEEN AND HAL ROBINS |
Band-tailed Pigeon ( r ) |
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Mourning Dove ( c ) |
JAN 1 |
HAYDEN/LOCHHAVEN |
DOUG WARD |
Eurasian Collared-Dove (u) |
JAN 1 |
HAYDEN/LOCHHAVEN |
DOUG WARD |
CUCKOOS |
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Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
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BARN OWLS |
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Barn Owl ( s ) |
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TYPICAL OWLS |
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Flammulated Owl ( # ) |
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Western Screech Owl ( s ) |
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Great Horned Owl ( u ) |
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Snowy Owl ( r ) |
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Northern Hawk Owl ( # ) |
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Northern Pygmy-Owl ( u ) |
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Barred Owl ( s ) |
JAN 8 |
NORTH CDA WEST OF fRED MEYER |
PAT GLASCO AND DARLENE CARLTON |
Great Gray Owl ( r ) |
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Long-eared Owl ( r ) |
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Short-eared Owl ( s ) |
JAN 9 |
RATHRUM PRAIRIE |
JON ISACOFF |
Northern Saw-whet Owl ( s ) |
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GOATSUCKERS |
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Common Nighthawk ( c ) |
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Common Poorwill ( r ) |
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SWIFTS |
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Black Swift ( r ) |
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Vaux's Swift ( u ) |
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White-throated Swift ( # ) |
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HUMMINGBIRDS |
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Black-chinned Hummingbird( c) |
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Anna's Hummingbird |
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Costa's Hummingbird ( # ) |
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Calliope Hummingbird ( c ) |
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Broad-tailed Hummingbird ( # ) |
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Rufous Hummingbird ( c ) |
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KINGFISHERS |
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Belted Kingfisher ( c ) |
JAN 1 |
BEAUTY BAY7, CDA LAKE |
JOSEPH CLOONEY |
WOODPECKERS |
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Lewis' Woodpecker ( r ) |
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Red-bellied Woodpecker ( # ) |
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Williamson' Sapsucker ( r ) |
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Red-naped Sapsucker ( c ) |
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Red-breasted Sapsucker (#) |
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Downy Woodpecker ( c ) |
JAN 9 |
BLUE CREEK BAY |
JON ISACOFF |
Hairy Woodpecker ( c ) |
JAN 5 |
CLEMETSON ROAD |
PEGGY ALBERTSON |
White-headed Woodpecker ( r ) |
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American Three-toed Woodpecker ( s ) |
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Black-backed Woodpecker ( s ) |
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Northern Flicker ( c ) |
JAN 1 |
HAYDEN/LOCHHAVEN |
DOUG WARD |
| Yellow-shafted Flicker (r) | |||
Pileated Woodpecker ( u ) |
JAN 5 | IN HER YARD |
PEGGY ALBRERTSON |
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS |
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Olive-sided Flycatcher ( u ) |
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Western Wood-Pewee ( c ) |
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Willow Flycatcher ( c ) |
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Least Flycatcher ( s ) |
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Hammond's Flycatcher ( c ) |
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Gray Flycatcher (h-1895) |
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Dusky Flycatcher ( u ) |
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Western Flycatcher ( c ) |
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Say's Phoebe ( r ) |
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Western Kingbird ( u ) |
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Eastern Kingbird ( c ) |
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SHRIKES |
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Loggerhead Shrike ( r ) |
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Northern Shrike ( u ) |
JAN 2 |
BLACK LAKE |
SHELLYHICKS |
VIREOS |
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Cassin's Vireo ( c ) |
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Warbling Vireo ( c ) |
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Red-eyed Vireo ( u ) |
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CROWS, JAYS |
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Gray Jay ( u ) |
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Steller's Jay ( c ) |
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Blue Jay ( s ) |
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Blue/Steller's Jay (s) |
JAN 4 |
IN HER YARD |
PEGGY ALBERTSON |
Western Scrub Jay ( # ) |
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Clark's Nutcracker ( u ) |
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Black-billed Magpie ( c ) |
JAN 1 |
HAYDEN/LOCHHAVEN |
DOUG WARD |
American Crow ( c ) |
JAN 1 |
DALTON GARDENS |
DOUG WARD |
Common Raven ( c ) |
JAN 1 |
HAYDEN/LOCHHAVEN |
DOUG WARD |
LARKS |
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Horned Lark ( u ) |
JAN 2 |
WORELY AREA |
JON ISACOFF |
SWALLOWS |
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Purple Martin ( # ) |
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Tree Swallow ( c ) |
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Violet-green Swallow ( c ) |
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N. Rough-winged Swallow ( c ) |
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Bank Swallow ( u ) |
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Cliff Swallow ( c ) |
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Barn Swallow ( c ) |
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CHICKADEES |
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Black-capped Chickadee ( c ) |
JAN 1 |
HAYDEN/LOCHHAVEN |
DOUG WARD |
Mountain Chickadee ( c ) |
JAN 1 |
HAYDEN/LOCHHAVEN |
DOUG WARD |
Chestnut-b Chickadee (c ) |
JAN 1 |
HAYDEN/LOCHHAVEN |
DOUG WARD |
Boreal Chickadee ( # ) |
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NUTHATCHES |
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Red-breasted Nuthatch ( c ) |
JAN 1 |
HAYDEN/LOCHHAVEN |
DOUG WARD |
White-breasted Nuthatch ( s ) |
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Pygmy Nuthatch ( c ) |
JAN 1 |
HAYDEN/LOCHHAVEN |
DOUG WARD |
CREEPERS |
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Brown Creeper( c ) |
JAN 1 |
HAYDEN/LOCHHAVEN |
DOUG WARD |
WRENS |
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Rock Wren ( s ) |
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Canyon Wren ( # ) |
JAN 2 |
Q'EMILN PARK |
RYAN BART |
Bewick's Wren (s ) |
JAN 2 |
BLACK LAKE |
SHELLEY HICKS |
House Wren ( c ) |
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Pacific Wren ( c ) |
JAN 2 |
CONKLING PARK |
JON ISACOFF |
Marsh Wren ( u ) |
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DIPPERS |
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American Dipper ( s ) |
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KINGLETS |
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Golden-crowned Kinglet ( c ) |
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet ( c ) |
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THRUSHES |
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Western Bluebird ( c ) |
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Mountain Bluebird ( c ) |
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Townsend's Solitaire ( u ) |
JAN 1 |
HAYDEN/LOCHHAVEN |
DOUG WARD |
Veery ( u ) |
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Swainson's Thrush ( c ) |
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Hermit Thrush ( s ) |
JAN 9 |
YELLOWSTONE TRAIL |
JON ISACOFF |
American Robin ( c ) |
JAN 2 |
Q'EMILN PARK |
RYAN BART |
Varied Thrush ( c ) |
JAN 7 |
HAYDEN (LOCH HAVEN) |
DOUG WARD |
MOCKINGBIRFDS, THRASHERS |
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Gray Catbird ( c ) |
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Northern Mockingbird ( # ) |
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STARLINGS |
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European Starling ( c ) |
JAN 1 |
HAYDEN/LOCHHAVEN |
DOUG WARD |
PIPITS |
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American Pipit ( u ) |
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WAXWINGS |
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Bohemian Waxwing ( u ) |
JAN 7 |
HAYDEN (LOCH HAVEN) |
DOG WARD |
Cedar Waxwing ( c ) |
JAN 2 |
WORLEY AREA |
JON ISACOFF |
WOOD WARBLERS |
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Orange-crowned Warbler ( c ) |
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Nashville Warbler ( u ) |
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Yellow Warbler ( c ) |
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Yellow-rumped Warbler ( c ) |
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Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler (r) |
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Townsend's Warbler ( c ) |
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Yellow-throated Warbler ( # ) |
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Palm Warbler ( # ) |
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Black and White Warbler ( # ) |
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Blackpoll Warbler (#) |
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American Redstart ( u ) |
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Northern Waterthrush ( s ) |
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MacGillivray's Warbler ( c ) |
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Common Yellowthroat ( c ) |
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Wilson's Warbler ( u ) |
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TANAGERS |
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Western Tanager ( c ) |
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EMBERIZIDS |
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Spotted Towhee ( c ) |
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American Tree Sparrow ( s ) |
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Chipping Sparrow ( c ) |
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Clay-colored Sparrow ( # ) |
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Brewer's Sparrow ( r ) |
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Vesper Sparrow ( c ) |
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Lark Sparrow ( r ) |
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Black-throated Sparrow ( # ) |
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Savannah Sparrow ( c ) |
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Grasshopper Sparrow ( r ) |
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LeConte's Sparrow (h-1896) |
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Fox Sparrow ( u ) |
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Song Sparrow ( c ) |
JAN 1 |
HAYDEN/LOCHHAVEN |
DOUG WARD |
Lincoln's sparrow ( u ) |
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Swamp Sparrow ( # ) |
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White-throated Sparrow ( s ) |
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Harris's sparrow ( r ) |
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White-crowned Sparrow ( u ) |
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Golden-crowned Sparrow ( r ) |
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Dark-eyed Junco ( c ) |
JAN 1 |
HAYDEN/LOCHHAVEN |
DOUG WARD |
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) |
JAN 1 |
HAYDEN/LOCHHAVEN |
DOUG WARD |
Dark-eyed Junco (Pink-sided) |
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Lapland Longspur (h-1898) |
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Snow Bunting ( s ) |
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SALTATORS |
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak (#) |
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Black-headed Grosbeak ( c ) |
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Lazuli Bunting ( u ) |
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BLACKBIRDS |
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Bobolink ( u ) |
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Red-winged Blackbird ( c ) |
JAN 14 |
MEADOWBROOKLOOP |
DOUG WARD |
Western Meadowlark ( c ) |
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Yellow-headed Blackbird ( c ) |
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Rusty Blackbird ( # ) |
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Brewer's Blackbird ( c ) |
JAN 12 |
NIC/CITY BEACH |
DOUG WARD |
Common Grackle ( # ) |
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Brown-headed Cowbird ( c ) |
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Bullock's Oriole ( u ) |
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CARDUELINE FINCHES |
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Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch ( r ) |
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Pine Grosbeak ( s ) |
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Purple Finch ( # ) |
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Cassin's Finch ( u ) |
JAN 1 |
HAYDEN/LOCHHAVEN |
DOUG WARD |
House Finch ( c ) |
JAN 1 |
HAYDEN/LOCHHAVEN |
DOUG WARD |
Red Crossbill ( c ) |
JAN 2 |
Q'EMILN PARK |
RYAN BART |
White-winged Crossbill ( r ) |
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Common Redpoll ( s ) |
JAN 9 |
YELLOWSTONE TRAIL |
JON ISACOFF |
Hoary Redpoll ( # ) |
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Pine Siskin ( c ) |
JAN 1 |
HAYDEN/LOCHHAVEN |
DOUG WARD |
American Goldfinch ( c ) |
JAN 1 |
AT THEIR FEEEDER DAILY |
CORINNE AND DEL CAMERON |
Evening Grosbeak ( c ) |
JAN 5 |
IN HER YARD |
PEGGY ALBETSON |
OLD WORLD SPARROWS |
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House Sparrow ( c ) |
AT |