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 Gull |
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Herring Gull |
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Thayer's Gull |
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Glaucous Gull |
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Caspian Tern |
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Common Tern |
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Forster's Tern |
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Black Tern |
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Rock Pigeon |
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Band-tailed Pigeon |
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Eurasian Collared-Dove |
June 23 |
Bonner's Ferry |
Gina Sheridan, Kim Thornburn, Earl & Bev Chapin |
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Mourning Dove |
January 12 |
Bonner's Ferry |
Mike Haldeman |
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Barn Owl |
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Western Screech-Owl |
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Great Horned Owl |
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Snowy Owl |
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Northern Hawk Owl |
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Northern Pygmy-Owl |
January 12 |
west of Moravia |
Mike Haldeman |
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Barred Owl |
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Great Gray Owl |
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Long-eared Owl |
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Short-eared Owl |
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Boreal Owl |
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Northern Saw-whet Owl |
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Common Nighthawk |
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Black Swift |
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Vaux's Swift |
June 09 |
Ball Creek Ranch |
Kris Buchler, Sonya Knetter & group |
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White-throated Swift |
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Black-chinned Hummingbird |
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Anna's Hummingbird |
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Calliope Hummingbird |
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Rufous Hummingbird |
June 09 |
Kootenai NWR |
Kris Buchler, Sonya Knetter & group |
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Belted Kingfisher |
January 12 |
west of Moravia |
Mike Haldeman |
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Lewis's Woodpecker |
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Williamson's Sapsucker |
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Red-naped Sapsucker |
June 09 |
Kootenai NWR |
Kris Buchler, Sonya Knetter & group |
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Downy Woodpecker |
January 12 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Mike Haldeman |
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Hairy Woodpecker |
January 12 |
Kootenai NWR |
Mike Haldeman |
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White-headed Woodpecker |
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American Three-toed Woodpecker |
June 23 |
Smith Creek |
Gina Sheridan, Kim Thornburn, Earl & Bev Chapin |
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Black-backed Woodpecker |
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Northern Flicker |
January 12 |
Bonner's Ferry |
Mike Haldeman |
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Pileated Woodpecker |
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Olive-sided Flycatcher |
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Western Wood-Pewee |
June 09 |
Kootenai NWR |
Kris Buchler, Sonya Knetter & group |
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Willow Flycatcher |
June 09 |
Kootenai NWR |
Kris Buchler, Sonya Knetter & group |
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Least Flycatcher |
June 09 |
Kootenai NWR |
Kris Buchler, Sonya Knetter & group |
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Hammond's Flycatcher |
June 09 |
Kootenai NWR |
Kris Buchler, Sonya Knetter & group |
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Dusky Flycatcher |
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Western Flycatcher |
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Say's Phoebe |
June 09 |
Kootenai NWR |
Kris Buchler, Sonya Knetter & group |
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Western Kingbird |
August 02 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Terry Little |
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Eastern Kingbird |
June 09 |
Kootenai NWR |
Kris Buchler, Sonya Knetter & group |
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Northern Shrike |
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Cassin's Vireo |
June 09 |
Kootenai NWR |
Kris Buchler, Sonya Knetter & group |
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Warbling Vireo |
June 09 |
Kootenai NWR |
Kris Buchler, Sonya Knetter & group |
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Red-eyed Vireo |
June 09 |
Kootenai NWR |
Kris Buchler, Sonya Knetter & group |
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Gray Jay |
March 23 |
West Side Road |
Mike Haldeman |
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Steller's Jay |
March 23 |
Ball Creek Ranch |
Mike Haldeman |
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Blue Jay |
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Clark's Nutcracker |
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Black-billed Magpie |
January 12 |
Westside Road |
Mike Haldeman |
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American Crow |
January 12 |
Bonner's Ferry |
Mike Haldeman |
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Common Raven |
January 12 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Mike Haldeman |
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Horned Lark |
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Tree Swallow |
June 09 |
Kootenai NWR |
Kris Buchler, Sonya Knetter & group |
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Violet-green Swallow |
March 10 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Earl & Bev Chapin |
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Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
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Bank Swallow |
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Cliff Swallow |
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Barn Swallow |
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Black-capped Chickadee |
January 12 |
Westside Road |
Mike Haldeman |
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Mountain Chickadee |
January 12 |
Bonner's Ferry |
Mike Haldeman |
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Chestnut-backed Chickadee |
January 12 |
Westside Road |
Mike Haldeman |
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Boreal Chickadee |
June 23 |
Smith Creek |
Gina Sheridan, Kim Thornburn, Earl & Bev Chapin |
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Red-breasted Nuthatch |
January 12 |
Kootenai NWR |
Mike Haldeman |
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White-breasted Nuthatch |
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Pygmy Nuthatch |
January 12 |
Bonner's Ferry |
Mike Haldeman |
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Brown Creeper |
January 12 |
Westside Road |
Mike Haldeman |
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Rock Wren |
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Canyon Wren |
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Bewick's Wren |
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House Wren |
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Winter Wren |
January 12 |
Westside Road |
Mike Haldeman |
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Marsh Wren |
March 17 |
McArthur Lake WMA |
Sonya & Jeff Knetter |
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American Dipper |
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Golden-crowned Kinglet |
January 12 |
Westside Road |
Mike Haldeman |
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
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Western Bluebird |
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Mountain Bluebird |
March 26 |
McArthur Lake WMA |
Sonya & Jeff Knetter |
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Townsend's Solitaire |
January 12 |
Bonner's Ferry |
Mike Haldeman |
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Veery |
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Swainson's Thrush |
June 09 |
Kootenai NWR |
Kris Buchler, Sonya Knetter & group |
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Hermit Thrush |
June 23 |
Smith Creek |
Gina Sheridan, Kim Thornburn, Earl & Bev Chapin |
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American Robin |
March 23 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Mike Haldeman |
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Varied Thrush |
February ? |
McArthur Lake WMA |
Sonya & Jeff Knetter |
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Gray Catbird |
June 09 |
Kootenai NWR |
Kris Buchler, Sonya Knetter & group |
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Northern Mockingbird |
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European Starling |
March 23 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Mike Haldeman |
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American Pipit |
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Bohemian Waxwing |
January 12 |
Bonner's Ferry |
Mike Haldeman |
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Cedar Waxwing |
June 23 |
Bonner's Ferry |
Gina Sheridan, Kim Thornburn, Earl & Bev Chapin |
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Tennessee Warbler |
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Orange-crowned Warbler |
June 23 |
Smith Creek |
Gina Sheridan, Kim Thornburn, Earl & Bev Chapin |
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Nashville Warbler |
June 23 |
Smith Creek |
Gina Sheridan, Kim Thornburn, Earl & Bev Chapin |
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Yellow Warbler |
June 09 |
Kootenai NWR |
Kris Buchler, Sonya Knetter & group |
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Yellow-rumped Warbler |
April 05 |
McArthur Lake WMA |
Sonya & Jeff Knetter |
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Townsend's Warbler |
June 23 |
Purcell Mountains |
Gina Sheridan, Kim Thornburn, Earl & Bev Chapin |
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American Redstart |
June 08 |
Kootenai NWR |
Kris Buchler, Sonya Knetter & group |
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Northern Waterthrush |
June 09 |
Kootenai NWR |
Kris Buchler, Sonya Knetter & group |
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MacGillivray's Warbler |
June 23 |
Smith Creek |
Gina Sheridan, Kim Thornburn, Earl & Bev Chapin |
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Common Yellowthroat |
June 09 |
Kootenai NWR |
Kris Buchler, Sonya Knetter & group |
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Wilson's Warbler |
June 23 |
Smith Creek |
Gina Sheridan, Kim Thornburn, Earl & Bev Chapin |
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Western Tanager |
June 09 |
Kootenai NWR |
Kris Buchler, Sonya Knetter & group |
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Spotted Towhee |
March 23 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Mike Haldeman |
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American Tree Sparrow |
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Chipping Sparrow |
June 09 |
Kootenai NWR |
Kris Buchler, Sonya Knetter & group |
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Clay-colored Sparrow |
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Brewer's Sparrow |
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Vesper Sparrow |
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Lark Sparrow |
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Savannah Sparrow |
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Fox Sparrow |
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Song Sparrow |
January 12 |
Bonner's Ferry |
Mike Haldeman |
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Lincoln's Sparrow |
June 23 |
Smith Creek |
Gina Sheridan, Kim Thornburn, Earl & Bev Chapin |
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White-throated Sparrow |
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Harris's Sparrow |
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White-crowned Sparrow |
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Golden-crowned Sparrow |
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Dark-eyed Junco |
January 12 |
Bonner's Ferry |
Mike Haldeman |
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Lapland Longspur |
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Snow Bunting |
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Black-headed Grosbeak |
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Lazuli Bunting |
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Indigo Bunting |
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Bobolink |
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Red-winged Blackbird |
February 15 |
McArthur Lake WMA |
Sonya & Jeff Knetter |
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Western Meadowlark |
June 09 |
Ball Creek Ranch |
Kris Buchler, Sonya Knetter & group |
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Yellow-headed Blackbird |
March 28 |
McArthur Lake WMA |
Sonya & Jeff Knetter |
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Rusty Blackbird |
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Brewer's Blackbird |
June 23 |
Bonner's Ferry |
Gina Sheridan, Kim Thornburn, Earl & Bev Chapin |
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Common Grackle |
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Brown-headed Cowbird |
June 23 |
Bonner's Ferry |
Gina Sheridan, Kim Thornburn, Earl & Bev Chapin |
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Bullock's Oriole |
June 09 |
Kootenai NWR |
Kris Buchler, Sonya Knetter & group |
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Gray-crowned Rosy Finch |
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Pine Grosbeak |
January 12 |
Boundary Creek WMA |
Mike Haldeman |
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Cassin's Finch |
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House Finch |
June 23 |
Bonner's Ferry |
Gina Sheridan, Kim Thornburn, Earl & Bev Chapin |
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Red Crossbill |
January 12 |
Cow Creek Road |
Mike Haldeman |
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White-winged Crossbill |
June 24 |
Smith Creek Road |
Jay Carlisle |
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Common Redpoll |
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Pine Siskin |
March 18 |
McArthur Lake WMA |
Sonya & Jeff Knetter |
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American Goldfinch |
January 12 |
Bonner's Ferry |
Mike Haldeman |
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Evening Grosbeak |
January 12 |
Bonner's Ferry |
Mike Haldeman |
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House Sparrow |
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Hypothetical |
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