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SHOSHONE COUNTY BIRD CHECKLIST AND SHOSHONE COUNTY 2014 BIG YEAR

Compiled by Lisa Hardy and Shirley Sturts

Below is a list of all the Shoshone County Birds that we have records for. Call Lisa Hardy Shirley 664-5318 or e-mail shirley.sturts@gmail.com to get credit for being the first to see a species for the year. Also report any species not on this list, or any species that is marked rare or accidental (include documentation).


  • Common =

  • Uncommon =

  • Scarce =

  • rare =

  • Accidental =

  • Shoshone County Total (seen since 1950) = 200

  • Historical record only ( h ) (pre-1950) = 1

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: A few earlier sightings- none in the last 30 years

TOTAL SEEN: 134 species

Species
Date
Location
ellObserver
SWAN, GEESE, DUCKS
Snow goose ( s ) 
Canada Goose ( c ) 
17 March
Smeltetville
Charles Swift
Tundra Swan ( c )
10 March
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
Wood Duck ( c )
26 May
Page
Lisa Hardy
Gadwall ( c )
17 March
Smeltetville
Charles Swift
American Wigeon ( c )
15 February
Page
Lisa Hardy
Mallard ( c )
12 January
Page
Lisa Hardy
Blue-winged Teal ( u )
26 May
Page
Lisa Hardy
Cinnamon Teal ( c )
26 May
Page
Lisa Hardy
Northern Shoveler ( c )
12 January
Page
Lisa Hardy
Northern Pintail ( c )
Green-winged Teal ( c )
12 January
Page
Lisa Hardy
Canvasback ( u ) 
Redhead ( c ) 
17 March
Smeltetville
Charles Swift
Ring-necked Duck ( c ) 
17 March
Smeltetville
Charles SwiftLL
Lesser Scaup ( u ) 
12 January
Page
Lisa Hardy
Harlequin Duck ( r )
Surf Scoter ( r )
Long-tailed Duck ( r ) 
Bufflehead ( c )
12 January
Page
Lisa Hardy
Common Goldeneye ( c ) 
12 January
Page
Lisa Hardy
Barrow's Goldeneye ( s )
12 January
Page
Lisa Hardy
Hooded Merganser ( c )
26 May
Page
Lisa Hardy
Common Merganser ( c )
5 June
Enaville
Lisa Hardy
Ruddy Duck ( u ) 
PARTRIDGES, GROUSE, TURKEY
Ring-necked Pheasant ( r )
Ruffed Grouse ( c )
23 May
Highway 3
Carl Lindbad
Spruce Grouse ( s )
     
White-Tailed Ptarmigan ( r )      
Dusky (Blue) Grouse ( s )
6 August
Sentinel Peak
Dick Cripe
Wild Turkey ( c )
29 Januaray
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
NEW WORLD QUAIL
California Quail ( c )
17 May
Osburn
Lisa Hardy
LOONS
Common Loon ( c )
   
GREBES
Pied-billed Grebe ( c )
Horned Grebe (c)
Eared Grebe ( r )
Western Grebe ( c )
Clark's Grebe ( # )
PELICANS
American White Pelican ( s )
Double-crested Cormorant( u )
24 May
Page
Lisa Hardy
HERONS, BITTERNS
American Bittern ( r )
15 May
Page
Lisa Hardy
Great Blue Heron ( c )
12 January
Page
Lisa Hardy
Great Egret ( r )
NEW WORLD VULTURES
Turkey Vulture ( u )
9 June
North Fork CDA River
Ellen Scriven
HAWKS, KITES, EAGLES
Osprey ( c )
29 May
Page
Lisa Hardy
Bald Eagle ( c )
30 January
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
Northern Harrier (c )
18 May
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
Sharp-shinned Hawk ( u )
     
Cooper's Hawk ( u )
9 May
Linfor
Will Young
Northern Goshawk ( s )
17 August
Upper Steves Lake
Carl Lundblad
Swainson's Hawk ( r )
Red-tailed Hawk ( c )
18 May
Page
Lisa Hardy
Harlan's 
Rough-legged Hawk ( c )
Golden Eagle ( r )
FALCONS
American Kestrel ( c )
     
Merlin ( u )
1 November
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
Gyrfalcon ( r )
Peregrine Falcon ( r )
Prairie Falcon ( r )
RAILS, COOTS
Sora ( u )
12 June
Page
Lisa Hardy
American Coot ( c )
     
PLOVERS
Killdeer ( c )
17 March
Smelterville
Lisa Hardy
SANDPIPERS, PHALAROPES
Greater Yellowlegs ( s )
Lesser Yellowlegs ( s )
Solitary Sandpiper ( s )
Spotted Sandpiper ( c )
15 May
Page
Lisa Hardy
Least Sandpiper ( s )
Baird's Sandpiper ( s )
Wilson's Snipe ( c )
23 May
Hwy 3
Carl Lundblad
Wilson's Phalarope ( s)
26 May
Page
Lisa Hardy
GULLS, TERNS
Bonaparte's Gull ( u )
Ring-billed Gull ( c )
12 January
Page
Lisa Hardy
California Gull ( c )
17 March
Smeltetville
Charles Swift
Black Tern ( c )
MURRES
Ancient Murrelet ( # )
PIGEONS, DOVES
Rock Pigeon ( c )
16 February
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
Mourning Dove ( c )
5 June
Enaville
Lisa Hardy
Eurasian Collared-Dove (u)
16 February
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
TYPICAL OWLS
Flammulated Owl ( # )
Western Screech Owl ( s )
Great Horned Owl ( u )
     
Snowy Owl ( r )
     
Northern Hawk Owl ( # )
     
Northern Pygmy-Owl ( u )
     
Barred Owl ( s )
Great Gray Owl ( r )
Long-eared Owl ( r )
Short-eared Owl ( h )
Northern Saw-whet Owl ( s )
GOATSUCKERS
Common Nighthawk ( c )
1 June
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
Common Poorwill ( r )
SWIFTS
Black Swift ( r )
Vaux's Swift ( u )
23 April
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
HUMMINGBIRDS
Black-chinned Hummingbird( c)
13 May
Pinehurst
Michael Patton
Calliope Hummingbird ( c )
3 May
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
Broad-tailed Hummingbird ( # )
Rufous Hummingbird ( c )
6 May
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher ( c )
5 May
North Fork CDA River
Will Young
WOODPECKERS
Lewis' Woodpecker ( r )
Red-naped Sapsucker ( c )
5 May
Bumblebee CG
Will Young
Downy Woodpecker ( c )
11 March
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
Hairy Woodpecker ( c )
23 May
Hwy 3
Carl Lundblad
American Three-toed Woodpecker ( s )
Black-backed Woodpecker ( s )
Northern Flicker ( c )
9 April
Bumblebee CG
Will Young
Yellow-shafted Flicker 
Pileated Woodpecker ( u )
2 May
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS 
Olive-sided Flycatcher ( u )
9 June
North Fork CDA River
Ellen Scriven, Lisa Hardy
Western Wood-Pewee ( c )
29 May
Enaville
Lisa Hardy
Willow Flycatcher ( c )
29 May
Cataldo
Lisa Hardy
Least Flycatcher ( s )
12 June
Page swamp
Lisa Hardy
Hammond's Flycatcher ( c )
17 May
Big Creek
Lisa Hardy
Dusky Flycatcher ( u )
29 May
Enaville
Lisa Hardy
Western Flycatcher ( c ) 
25 May
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
Eastern Kingbird ( c )
29 May
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
SHRIKES
Northern Shrike ( u )
VIREOS
Cassin's Vireo ( c )
21 May
Ross Ranch
Lisa Hardy
Warbling Vireo ( c )
23 May
Gold Center Creek
Carl Lundlad
Red-eyed Vireo ( u )
24 May
Pinehurst
Lisa Hardy
CROWS, JAYS
Gray Jay ( u )
16 June
Marble Creek BBS
Lisa Hardy
Steller's Jay ( c )
29 May
Enaville
Lisa Hardy
Blue Jay ( s )
Clark's Nutcracker ( u )
Black-billed Magpie ( c )
29 May
Enaville
Lisa Hardy
American Crow ( c )
15 January
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
Common Raven ( c )
2 Janaury
Mullan Fish Hatchery
Lisa Hardy
LARKS
Horned Lark ( h )
SWALLOWS
Tree Swallow ( c )
17 March
Smeltetville
Charles Swift
Violet-green Swallow ( c )
16 March
Wallace
Charles Swift
N. Rough-winged Swallow ( c )
17 May
Big Creek
Lisa Hardy
Bank Swallow ( u )
Cliff Swallow ( c )
20 May
Enaville
Lisa Hardy
Barn Swallow ( c )
15 May
Smalterville
Lisa Hardy
CHICKADEES
Black-capped Chickadee ( c )
15 January
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
Mountain Chickadee ( c )
23 May
Gold Center Creek
Carl Lundblad
Chestnut-b Chickadee (c )
9 April
Bumblebee CG
Will Young
Boreal Chickadee ( # ?)
NUTHATCHES
Red-breasted Nuthatch ( c )
13 May
Pinehurst
Michael Patton
White-breasted Nuthatch ( s )
CREEPERS
Brown Creeper( c )
9 June
North Fork CDA River
Ellen Scriven, Lisa Hardy
WRENS
Rock Wren ( s )
9 June
North Fork CDA River
Ellen Scriven, Lisa Hardy
Bewick's Wren (s )
House Wren ( c )
12 June
Cataldo
Lisa Hardy
Pacific Wren ( c )
15 March
Wallace
Charles Swift
DIPPERS
American Dipper ( s )
5 March
North Fork CDA River
Will Young
KINGLETS
Golden-crowned Kinglet ( c )
5 March
infor
Will Young
Ruby-crowned Kinglet ( c )
20 April
Enaville
Lisa Hardy
THRUSHES
Western Bluebird ( c )
29 March
Gold Run Gulch
Lisa Hardy
Mountain Bluebird ( c )
10 July
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
Townsend's Solitaire ( u )
1 Marcgh
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
Veery ( u )
5 Junw
Enaville
Lisa Hardy
Swainson's Thrush ( c )
30 May
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
Hermit Thrush ( s )
18 July
Lone Lake
Lisa Hardy
American Robin ( c )
16 February
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
Varied Thrush ( c )
16 February
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
MOCKINGBIRFDS, THRASHERS
Gray Catbird ( c )
29 May
Enaville
Lisa Hardy
Sage Thrasher ( # )
     
STARLINGS
European Starling ( c )
16 February
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
PIPITS
American Pipit ( u )
24 October
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
WAXWINGS
Bohemian Waxwing ( u )
15 January
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
Cedar Waxwing ( c )
23 May
Carl Lundblad
WOOD WARBLERS
Tennessee Warbler ( # )      
Orange-crowned Warbler ( c )
18 April
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
Nashville Warbler ( u )
9 May
Ross Ranch
Lisa Hardy
Yellow Warbler ( c )
30 April
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
Yellow-rumped Warbler ( c )
17 April
Ross Ranch
Lisa Hardy
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler
Townsend's Warbler ( c )
25 April
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
American Redstart ( u )
30 May
Big Creek
Lisa Hardy
Northern Waterthrush ( s )
24 May
Enaville
Lisa Hardy
MacGillivray's Warbler ( c )
9 May
Ross Ranch
Lisa Hardy
Common Yellowthroat ( c )
15 May
Page
Lisa Hardy
Wilson's Warbler ( u )
23 May
Gold Center Creek
Carl Lundblad
TANAGERS
Western Tanager ( c )
5 May
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
EMBERIZIDS
Spotted Towhee ( c )
23 May
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
American Tree Sparrow ( s )
Chipping Sparrow ( c )
15 May
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
Lark Sparrow ( # )
Savannah Sparrow ( c )
8 May
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
Fox Sparrow ( u )
Song Sparrow ( c )
30 January
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
Lincoln's sparrow ( u )
White-throated Sparrow ( s )
White-crowned Sparrow ( u )
8 May
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
Dark-eyed Junco ( c )
4 March
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
----Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)
     
----Dark-eyed Junco (Pink-sided)
Snow Bunting ( s )
SALTATORS
Black-headed Grosbeak ( c )
25 May
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
Lazuli Bunting ( u )
24 May
Evaville
Lisa Hardy
BLACKBIRDS
Bobolink ( u )
Red-winged Blackbird ( c )
29 April
Page
Will Young
Western Meadowlark ( c )
27 May
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
Yellow-headed Blackbird ( c )
8 May
Page
Lisa Hardy
Brewer's Blackbird ( c )
18 May
Smelterville
Lisa Hardy
Brown-headed Cowbird ( c )
13 May
Pinehurst
Michael Patton
Bullock's Oriole ( u )
12 June
Enaville
Lisa Hardy
CARDUELINE FINCHES
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch ( r )
Pine Grosbeak ( s )
17 August
Upper Stevens Lake
Cark Lundblad
Cassin's Finch ( u )
16 May
Pinehurst
Anonymous
House Finch ( c )
16February
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
Red Crossbill ( c )
23 May
Gold Center Creek
Carl Lundblad
White-winged Crossbill ( r )
Common Redpoll ( s )
Pine Siskin ( c )
23 May
Gold Center Creek
Carl Lundblad
American Goldfinch ( c )
20 June
Smerlterville
Lisa Hardy
Evening Grosbeak ( c )
29 March
Obburn
Lisa Hardy
OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow ( c )
16 February
Kellogg
Lisa Hardy
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