boundary county big
year 2007
Compiled by Mike Haldeman and Lisa Hardy
Boundary County
is the only county in the US with an international border and two different
state borders, but its natural wonders far outmatch the anomalies of its
political boundaries. The coastal
influence is strong here and is obvious to those who have wondered any of the
groves of giant cedars. The connection
to the Canadian Rockies can also be seen in the vast spruce and fir dominated
forests in the higher peaks. Nowhere is
this more apparent than along the amazing crags of the Selkirk Crest. These mountains are still home to
wilderness-loving animals such as Grizzly Bears and Wolverines and the only
herd of Woodland Caribou in the Lower 48 spends most of its year here. This seems to be the best place in the state
for specialties like Black Swift and Boreal Chickadee and even White-tailed
Ptarmigan have been found here.
Boundary doesn’t have the enormous lakes of Bonner and Kootenai Counties
(Priest Lake is suspiciously omitted from Boundary’s borders) but McArthur Lake
provides some deep water and Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge and Boundary
Creek Wildlife Management Area host large numbers of breeding and migrating
aquatic species. There are no resident
reporters in the county so far so please be sure to submit any records to Mike
Haldeman at tapaculo@adelphia.net.
134 as of
August 11
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Greater White-fronted Goose |
March 07 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Earl & Bev Chapin |
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Snow Goose |
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Ross's Goose |
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Brant |
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Canada Goose |
January 12 |
Copeland |
Mike Haldeman |
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Trumpeter Swan |
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Tundra Swan |
March 07 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Earl & Bev Chapin |
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Wood Duck |
March 23 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Mike Haldeman |
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Gadwall |
March 23 |
Kootenai NWR |
Mike Haldeman |
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Eurasian Wigeon |
March 07 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Earl & Bev Chapin |
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American Wigeon |
March 07 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Earl & Bev Chapin |
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Mallard |
January 12 |
Cow Creek Road |
Mike Haldeman |
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Blue-winged Teal |
June 23 |
Kootenai NWR |
Gina Sheridan, Kim Thornburn, Earl & Bev Chapin |
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Cinnamon Teal |
June 09 |
Kootenai NWR |
Kris Buchler, Sonya Knetter & group |
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Northern Shoveler |
March 23 |
Kootenai NWR |
Mike Haldeman |
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Northern Pintail |
March 07 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Earl & Bev Chapin |
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Garganey |
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Green-winged Teal |
March 07 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Earl & Bev Chapin |
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Canvasback |
March 07 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Earl & Bev Chapin |
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Redhead |
March 10 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Earl & Bev Chapin |
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Ring-necked Duck |
January 12 |
Kootenai River |
Mike Haldeman |
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Greater Scaup |
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Lesser Scaup |
March 23 |
Kootenai NWR |
Mike Haldeman |
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Harlequin Duck |
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Surf Scoter |
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White-winged Scoter |
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Long-tailed Duck |
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Bufflehead |
January 12 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Mike Haldeman |
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Common Goldeneye |
January 12 |
Kootenai NWR |
Mike Haldeman |
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Barrow's Goldeneye |
March 07 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Earl & Bev Chapin |
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Hooded Merganser |
March 23 |
Kootenai NWR |
Mike Haldeman |
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Common Merganser |
March 23 |
south of Boundary Creek |
Mike Haldeman |
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Red-breasted Merganser |
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Ruddy Duck |
June 23 |
Kootenai NWR |
Gina Sheridan, Kim Thornburn, Earl & Bev Chapin |
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Gray Partridge |
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Ring-necked Pheasant |
January 12 |
Bonner's Ferry |
Mike Haldeman |
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Ruffed Grouse |
March 07 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Earl & Bev Chapin |
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Spruce Grouse |
June 24 |
Smith Creek Road |
Jay Carlisle |
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White-tailed Ptarmigan |
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Blue Grouse |
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Wild Turkey |
January 12 |
Cow Creek Road |
Mike Haldeman |
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California Quail |
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Red-throated Loon |
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Common Loon |
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Pied-billed Grebe |
January 12 |
Kootenai River |
Mike Haldeman |
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Horned Grebe |
July 11 |
Kootenai NWR |
Harry Krueger |
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Red-necked Grebe |
March 28 |
McArthur Lake WMA |
Sonya & Jeff Knetter |
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Eared Grebe |
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Western Grebe |
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American White Pelican |
August 02 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Terry Little |
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Double-crested Cormorant |
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American Bittern |
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Great Blue Heron |
January 12 |
McArthur Lake |
Mike Haldeman |
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Great Egret |
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Cattle Egret |
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Black-crowned Night-Heron |
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White-faced Ibis |
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Turkey Vulture |
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Osprey |
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Bald Eagle |
January 12 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Mike Haldeman |
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Northern Harrier |
January 12 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Mike Haldeman |
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Sharp-shinned Hawk |
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Cooper's Hawk |
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Northern Goshawk |
June 24 |
Smith Creek Road |
Jay Carlisle |
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Swainson's Hawk |
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Red-tailed Hawk |
January 12 |
Kootenai NWR |
Mike Haldeman |
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Rough-legged Hawk |
January 12 |
north of Bonner's Ferry |
Mike Haldeman |
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Golden Eagle |
March 10 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Earl & Bev Chapin |
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American Kestrel |
June 23 |
Kootenai NWR |
Gina Sheridan, Kim Thornburn, Earl & Bev Chapin |
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Merlin |
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Gyrfalcon |
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Peregrine Falcon |
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Prairie Falcon |
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Virginia Rail |
April 11 |
McArthur Lake WMA |
Sonya & Jeff Knetter |
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Sora |
June 09 |
Kootenai NWR |
Kris Buchler, Sonya Knetter & group |
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American Coot |
June 09 |
Kootenai NWR |
Kris Buchler, Sonya Knetter & group |
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Sandhill Crane |
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Black-bellied Plover |
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Semipalmated Plover |
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Killdeer |
March 23 |
Ball Creek Ranch |
Mike Haldeman |
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Black-necked Stilt |
August 02 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Terry Little |
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American Avocet |
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Greater Yellowlegs |
August 02 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Terry Little |
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Lesser Yellowlegs |
August 02 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Terry Little |
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Solitary Sandpiper |
August 02 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Terry Little |
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Spotted Sandpiper |
August 02 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Terry Little |
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Whimbrel |
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Long-billed Curlew |
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Ball Creek Ranch |
Justin Petty |
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Marbled Godwit |
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Sanderling |
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Semipalmated Sandpiper |
August 02 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Terry Little |
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Western Sandpiper |
August 02 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Terry Little |
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Least Sandpiper |
August 02 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Terry Little |
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Baird's Sandpiper |
August 02 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Terry Little |
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Pectoral Sandpiper |
August 02 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Terry Little |
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Dunlin |
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Stilt Sandpiper |
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Short-billed Dowitcher |
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Long-billed Dowitcher |
August 02 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Terry Little |
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Wilson's Snipe |
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Wilson's Phalarope |
August 02 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Terry Little |
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Red-necked Phalarope |
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Franklin's Gull |
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Bonaparte's Gull |
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Ring-billed Gull |
June 09 |
Kootenai NWR |
Kris Buchler, Sonya Knetter & group |
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California Gul |