KOOTENAI COUNTY SPRING ARRIVALS AND FIRST SEEN FOR THE YEAR
Compiled by Shirley Sturts
OCCURANCE 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 (108)
- ( u ) UNCOMMON: Found every year, often seasonal, in limited areas, in small numbers, and may require repeated search attempts in more specific areas (44)
- ( 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 (47)
- ( r ) RARE: Not seen every year, mostly irregular, some periodic (40)
- ( # ) ACCIDENTAL: Just a few total sightings with a low expectation of being found in the future. (39)
- w = winter date. Used for migratory species that are rare or scarce in winter. It is followed by a spring arrival date.
Part 1 Geese - Turkey Vulture 2002-2016
Geese - Turkey Vulture 2017-
Part 2 Hawks - Woodpeckers 2002-2016
Hawks - Woodpeckers 2017-
Part 3 Flytatchers - House Sparrow 2002-2016
Flytatchers - House Sparrow 2017-
Species - Part 2 |
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HAWKS, KITES, EAGLES | |||||||||||||||
Osprey ( c ) | 16-Mar | 28-Mar | 17-Mar | 18-Mar | 16-Mar | 21-Mar | 19-Mar | 26-Mar | 27-Mar | 4-Apr | 31-Mar | 2-Apr | 6-Apr | 21-Mar | 31-Mar |
Golden Eagle ( r ) | 25-Feb | 18-Jan | 2-Jan | 5-Jan | 12-Oct | 2-May | 15-Jan | 9=Apr | 2-Jan | ||||||
Northern Harrier (c ) | 2-Feb | 1-Jan | 28-Feb | 2-Jan | 2-Jan | 14-Mar | 5-Jan | 1-Jan | 9-Mar | 2-Jan | 2-Jan | 23-Feb | 5-Jan | 3-Jan | 1 Jan |
Sharp-shinned Hawk ( u ) | 8-Jan | 8-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 8-Jan | 5-Jan | 3-Jan | 10-Jan | 1-Jan | 3-Jan | 5-Jan | 5-Jan | 18-Jan | 1 Jan |
Cooper's Hawk ( u ) | 13-Jan | 5-Sep | 2-Jan | 28-Feb | 1-Jan | 17-Feb | 5-Jan | 4-Jan | 10-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 4-Jan | 14-Jan | 7--Jan | 1 Jan |
Northern Goshawk ( s ) | 30-Jan | 14-Dec | 8-Jan | 4-Mar | 21-Jan | 27-Feb | 12-Jan | 25-Dec | 2-Jan | 10-Jun | |||||
Bald Eagle ( c ) | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 2-Jan | 1 Jan |
Swainson's Hawk ( s ) | |||||||||||||||
Red-tailed Hawk ( c ) | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 2-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 2-Jan | 2-Jan | 1 Jan |
Ferruginous Hawk ( # ) | 19-Aug | ||||||||||||||
Rough-legged Hawk ( c ) | 4-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 2-Jan | 1-Jan | 3-Jan | 1-Jan | 5-Jan | 6-Jan | 1-Jan | 2-Jan | 1-Jan | 2-Jan | 2-Jan | 1 Jan |
13-Nov | |||||||||||||||
RAILS, COOTS | |||||||||||||||
Virginia Rail ( s ) | 26-May | 30-Apr | 28-Mar | 8-Apr | 29-Mar | 20-Mar | 29-Apr | 11-Apr | 27-Feb | 1-Apr | 11-Feb | 1-Mar | 11-Mar | 22-Apr | 14-Mar |
Sora ( u ) | 10-May | 30-Apr | 30-Apr | 17-Apr | 24-Apr | 23-Apr | 2-May | 25-Apr | 6-May | 7-May | 25-Apr | 5-May | 2-May | 13=Apr | 17-Apr |
American Coot ( c ) | 5-Jan | 1-Jan | 3-Jan | 2-Jan | 1-Jan | 3-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 4-Jan | 2-Jan | 2-Jan | 4-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 2-Jab |
CRANES | |||||||||||||||
Sandhill Crane ( r ) | 9-Apr | spring | 22-Apr | 23-Jun | 18-May | 12-Jul | 8 May | ||||||||
PLOVERS | |||||||||||||||
Black-bellied Plover ( r ) | |||||||||||||||
American Golden-Plover ( r ) | |||||||||||||||
Semipalmated Plover ( r ) | 28-Sep | 11-May | 8-May | 9 Se[ | |||||||||||
Killdeer ( c ) | 17-Feb | 7-Mar | 2-Feb | 23-Feb | 1/16w 3/7 | 26-Feb | 21-Feb | 13-Feb | 27-Feb | 19-Feb | 2-Jan | 7-Jan | 22-Feb | 1-Feb | 3-Feb |
STILTS, AVOCETS | |||||||||||||||
Black-necked Stilt ( # ) | 24-Apr | 2-May | 8-May | 21-Apr | 10 May | 7-Apr | 20 Jun | ||||||||
American Avocet ( r ) | 14-May | 7-Jun | 2-May | 9-Aug | 21-May | 28-Apr | 22-Jun | 28-Apr | |||||||
SANDPIPERS, PHALAROPES | |||||||||||||||
Spotted Sandpiper ( c ) | 14-May | 9-May | 4-May | 15-May | 11-May | 18-Apr | 14-May | 5-Apr | 20-May | 28-May | 8-May | 6-May | 26-May | 7-May | 14 May |
Solitary Sandpiper ( s ) | 28-Jul | 11-May | 17-May | 22-Apr | 12-Jul | 17-Jul | 6-May | 8-Jul | 30-Aug | 11-Sep | |||||
Greater Yellowlegs ( s ) | 22-Apr | 14-Apr | 24-Apr | 11-May | 20-Apr | 25-Apr | 8-May | 12-Jul | 17-Jul | 17 Aug | 2-May | 26-Apr | 11-Sep | ||
Willet ( # ) | |||||||||||||||
Lesser Yellowlegs ( s ) | 9/? | 24-Aug | 1-May | 24-Apr | 10-May | 20-Apr | 25-Apr | 5-May | 12-Jul | 26-May | 8-Jul | 12-Sep | 9-Sep | ||
Upland Sandpiper ( # ) | |||||||||||||||
Long-billed Curlew ( r ) | 24-Apr | ||||||||||||||
Marbled Godwit ( # ) | |||||||||||||||
Sanderling ( s ) | 17-May | ||||||||||||||
Semipalmated Sandpiper ( s ) | 2-Aug | 21 Aug | |||||||||||||
Western Sandpiper ( s ) | 24-Aug | 14-Aug | 9 Sep | ||||||||||||
Least Sandpiper ( s ) | 24-Aug | 11-May | 14-Jul | 5-Aug | 17-Jul | 4-Sep | 27-Aug | ||||||||
White-rumped Sandpiper ( # ) | 27-Aug | ||||||||||||||
Baird's Sandpiper ( s ) | 29-Jul | 8-Sep | 14-Jul | 6-Aug | 7-Aug | ||||||||||
Pectoral Sandpiper ( s ) | 6-Oct | 9-May | 6-Sep | 28=Aug | 5 Oct | 7-Sep | |||||||||
Dunlin ( # ) | 10-Apr | ||||||||||||||
Stilt Sandpiper ( s ) | 11-Aug | 18-Aug | 14-Aug | ||||||||||||
Short-billed Dowitcher ( r ) | 24-Aug | ||||||||||||||
Long-billed Dowitcher ( s ) | 26-Oct | 23-Sep | 16-May | 11-May | 12-Jun | 17-Jul | 20-Sep | ||||||||
Wilson's Snipe ( c ) | 7-Apr | 22-Mar | 4-Jan w 10-Mar | 2-Jan | 5-Apr | 13-Mar | 22-Jan w 8-Apr | 2-May | 13-Apr | 4-Jun | 2-Jan | 5-Jan | 5-Jan | 28-May | 10-Apr |
Wilson's Phalarope ( s) | 25-May | 31-May | 3-May | 10-May | 11-May | 9-May | 11-May | 4-Jun | 26-May | 6-May | 26-May | 6-May | 22 Jul | ||
Red-necked Phalarope ( # ) | 12-Sep | 8-Sep | 9-Aug | 19-Jul | |||||||||||
--Red Phalarope (h=1934) | |||||||||||||||
GULLS, TERNS | |||||||||||||||
Sabine's Gull ( # ) | |||||||||||||||
Bonaparte's Gull ( u ) | 2-Jan | 1-Nov | 10-Apr | 24-Jul | 9-Oct | 3-May | 4-Nov | 2 Jan | |||||||
Franklin's Gull ( r ) | 31-May | 10-May | 1-Oct | 24-Sep | |||||||||||
Mew Gull ( r ) | 8-Mar | 25-Jan | 21-Jan | 15-Jan | 12-Jan | 29-Feb | 13-Feb | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 2-Jan | 5-Jan | 2-Jan | 5-Jan | |
Ring-billed Gull ( c ) | 2-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 2-Jan | 1 Jan |
California Gull ( c ) | 2-Jan | 4-Jan | 1-Jan | 2-Jan | 1-Jan | 3-Jan | 1-Jan | 17-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 2-Jan | 2-Jan |
Herring Gull ( u ) | 2-Jan | 11-Mar | 4-Jan | 2-Jan | 1-Jan | 5-Jan | 5-Jan | 3-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 2-Jan | 3-Jam |
Thayer's Gull ( s ) | 14-Jan | 2-Jan | 8-Jan | 16-Jan | 24-Jan | 17-Jan | 5-Nov | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 2 Jan | 4-Jan | |||
Iceland Gull ( # ) | 10-Jan | 30-Dec | 1-Jan | 25-Jan | 4-Jan | ||||||||||
Lesser Black-backed Gull | 2-Jan | 20-Dec | 2-Jan | 1-Jan | 5-Jan | ||||||||||
Glaucous-winged Gull ( r ) | 1-Feb | 24-Nov | 2-Jan | ||||||||||||
Glaucous Gull ( r ) | 14-Mar | 7-Feb | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 15 Mar | 2-Jan | 8=Jan | ||||||||
Caspian Tern ( s ) | 23-Jun | 15-May | 20-May | 26-Jun | 10-Jul | 10-May | 23-Jun | 6 Jun | |||||||
Black Tern ( c ) | 6-May | 19-May | 8-May | 10-May | 7-Jun | 29-Jun | 17-May | 18-May | 8-May | 26-May | 14-Jun | 26-May | 13-May | 21 May | |
Common Tern ( s ) | 24-Aug | 19-Sep | 7-sep | ||||||||||||
Forster's Tern ( s ) | 10 Oct | 19-Sep | 28 Jun | 17 Aug | |||||||||||
JAEGERS | |||||||||||||||
Parasitic Jaeger ( # ) | |||||||||||||||
MURRES | |||||||||||||||
Ancient Murrelet ( # ) | |||||||||||||||
PIGEONS, DOVES | |||||||||||||||
Rock Pigeon ( c ) | 5-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 4-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 3-Jan | 1-Jan | 7-Jan | 2-Jan | 1 Jan |
Band-tailed Pigeon ( r ) | 6-May | 8-May | |||||||||||||
Eurasian Collared-Dove | 1-May | 5-Jan | 12-Jan | 14-Jan | 25-Mar | 11-Apr | 2-Jan | 14-Jan | 1-Jan | 2-Jan | |||||
Mourning Dove ( c ) | 1-Jan | 8-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 3-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1Jan | 1 Jan |
CUCKOOS | |||||||||||||||
……..Yellow-billed Cuckoo ( h-1895) | |||||||||||||||
BARN OWLS | |||||||||||||||
Barn Owl ( s ) | 27-Feb | 1-Apr | 25-Oct | ||||||||||||
TYPICAL OWLS | |||||||||||||||
Flammulated Owl ( # ) | 30-Sep | ||||||||||||||
Western Screech Owl ( s ) | ? | 6-Jun | 3/? | 19-Feb | |||||||||||
Great Horned Owl ( u ) | 3-Mar | 4-Jan | 20-Jan | 4-Jan | 2-Jan | 16-Jan | 5-Jan | 16-Jan | 4-Jan | 2-Jan | 1-Jan | 3-Jan | 2-Jan | 9-Jan | 10-Jan |
Snowy Owl ( r ) | 1-Jan | 22-Jan | 1-Jan | 12-Nov | 8&26-Nov | 5-Jan | |||||||||
Northern Hawk Owl ( # ) | |||||||||||||||
Northern Pygmy-Owl ( u ) | 5-Jan | 4-Jan | 3-Jan | 2-Jan | 18-May | 3-Jan | 3-Jan | 2-Jan | 23-Mar | 15-Jan | 5-Jan | 2-Jan | 7-Jan | 2-Jan | |
Barred Owl ( s ) | 1-Jan | 2-Jan | Jan. | 5-Jan | 11-Jan | 28-May | 3-Jan | 10-Feb | 3-Jan | 23-Jun | 8-May | 15 Feb | |||
Great Gray Owl ( r ) | June | June | 1-Jul | ||||||||||||
Long-eared Owl ( r ) | 7-Jun | June | 27-Mar | 3/? | 4-Jan | ||||||||||
Short-eared Owl ( s ) | Fall | 1-Jan | 15-Jan | 13-Nov | |||||||||||
Northern Saw-whet Owl ( s ) | 23-Dec | ? | 20-Feb | 11-Feb | 19-Feb | 5-Jan | 25-Jan | 17 May | |||||||
GOATSUCKERS | |||||||||||||||
Common Nighthawk ( c ) | 28-Apr | 1-Jun | 3-Jun | 13-Jul | 12-Jun | 30-Jul | 14-Jun | 28-May | 1-Jun | 14-Jul | 31-May | 28-May | 31-May | 13-Jun | |
Common Poorwill ( r ) | 13-Jun | ||||||||||||||
SWIFTS | |||||||||||||||
Black Swift ( r ) | |||||||||||||||
Vaux's Swift ( u ) | 3-Jun | 17-Jun | 3-May | 30-Apr | 24-Jul | 8-May | 28-May | 27-Apr | 29-Apr | 16-May | 11-May | 6 May | |||
White-throated Swift ( # ) | 17-Jum | 28 Jun | 2-May | 3 May | |||||||||||
HUMMINGBIRDS | |||||||||||||||
Black-chinned Hummingbird( c) | 6-May | 29-Apr | 2-May | 18-Apr | 11-May | 11-May | 8-May | 21-Apr | 26-Apr | 12-May | 13-May | 28-Apr | 29-Apr | 12-May | 11 May |
Anna's Hummingbird | 20-Jun | 28-Oct | 8-Jan | 1 Jan | |||||||||||
Costa's Hummingbird ( # ) | |||||||||||||||
Broad-tailed Hummingbird ( # | |||||||||||||||
Rufous Hummingbird ( c ) | 26-Apr | 20-Apr | 12-Apr | 21-Apr | 28-Apr | 23-Apr | 3-May | 15-Apr | 17-Apr | 3-May | 23-Apr | 25-Apr | 10-Apr | 22-Apr | |
Calliope Humiingbird ( c ) | 19-Apr | 14-Apr | 8-Apr | 5-Apr | 25-Apr | 20-Apr | 23-Apr | 12-Apr | 17-Apr | 1-May | 23-Apr | 18-Apr | 21-Apr | 1-Apr | 6 Apr |
KINGFISHERS | |||||||||||||||
Belted Kingfisher ( c ) | 2-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jab | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 2-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 3-Jan | 2-Jan |
WOODPECKERS | |||||||||||||||
Lewis' Woodpecker ( r ) | 19-May | 9-May | 12-Oct | 1 Sep | |||||||||||
Red-bellied Woodpecker ( # ) | |||||||||||||||
Williamson' Sapsucker ( r | 29-Jun | ||||||||||||||
Red-naped Sapsucker ( c | 13-Apr | 7-Apr | 1-Apr | 20-Apr | 17-Apr | 23-Apr | 12-Apr | 14-Apr | 10-Apr | 4-May | 10-May | 5-May | 21-Apr | 22-Mar | 10-Apr |
Red-breasted Sapsucker | 12-Mar | ||||||||||||||
Downy Woodpecker ( c | 2-Jan | 4-Jan | 1-Jan | 2-Jan | 2-Jan | 3-Jan | 3-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 2-Jan | 2-Jan | 1-Jan | 2-Jan | 3-Jan | 1 Jan |
Hairy Woodpecker ( c ) | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 2-Jan | 1-Jan | 3-Jan | 2-Jan | 1-Jan | 2-Jan | 1-Jan | 2-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 5 Jan |
White-headed Woodpecker ( r ) | 20-Oct | 11-Oct | |||||||||||||
Three-toed Woodpecker ( s ) | 30-Jun | 21-Apr | 8-Jun | ||||||||||||
Black-backed Woodpecker (s | 5-Jan | 2-May | 29-Apr | 1/15 approx. | |||||||||||
Northern Flicker ( c ) | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 2-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 1 Jan |
Pileated Woodpecker ( u ) | 5-Jan | 13-Jan | 12-Jan | 4-Jan | 3-Jan | 1-Jan | 3-Jan | 31-Jan | 6-Jan | 2-Jan | 5-Jan | 2-Jan | 1-Jan | 8-Jan | 3-Feb |
FALCONS | |||||||||||||||
American Kestrel ( c ) | 3-Jan | 3-Jan | 20 Jan | 2-Jan | 2-Jan | 2-Jan | 1-Jan | 13-Feb | 4-Jan | 15-Feb | 2-Jan | 1-Jan | 5-Jan | 2 Jan | 2-Jan |
Merlin ( u ) | 15-Jan | 3-Jan | 12-Jan | 8-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 7-Jan | 2-Jan | 29-Jan | 6-Jan | 1-Jan | 1-Jan | 14-Jan | 20-Jan | 2-Jan |
Gryfalcon ( r ) | |||||||||||||||
Peregrine Falcon ( r ) | 27-May | 10-May | 24-Oct | 11-May | 12-Aug | 31-Jul | 2-Oct | 26-Apr | 22 Feb | ||||||
Prairie Falcon ( s ) | 20-Sep | 3-Jan | 2-Feb | 6-Jan | 3-Jul | 12/? | 6-Feb | ||||||||