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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

 

Greater White-fronted Goose

March 07

Boundary Creek WMA

Earl & Bev Chapin

 

Snow Goose

 

 

 

 

Ross's Goose

 

 

 

 

Brant

 

 

 

 

Canada Goose

January 12

Copeland

Mike Haldeman

 

Trumpeter Swan

 

 

 

 

Tundra Swan

March 07

Boundary Creek WMA

Earl & Bev Chapin

 

Wood Duck

March 23

Boundary Creek WMA

Mike Haldeman

 

Gadwall

March 23

Kootenai NWR

Mike Haldeman

 

Eurasian Wigeon

March 07

Boundary Creek WMA

Earl & Bev Chapin

 

American Wigeon

March 07

Boundary Creek WMA

Earl & Bev Chapin

 

Mallard

January 12

Cow Creek Road

Mike Haldeman

 

Blue-winged Teal

June 23

Kootenai NWR

Gina Sheridan, Kim Thornburn, Earl & Bev Chapin

 

Cinnamon Teal

June 09

Kootenai NWR

Kris Buchler, Sonya Knetter & group

 

Northern Shoveler

March 23

Kootenai NWR

Mike Haldeman

 

Northern Pintail

March 07

Boundary Creek WMA

Earl & Bev Chapin

 

Garganey

 

 

 

 

Green-winged Teal

March 07

Boundary Creek WMA

Earl & Bev Chapin

 

Canvasback

March 07

Boundary Creek WMA

Earl & Bev Chapin

 

Redhead

March 10

Boundary Creek WMA

Earl & Bev Chapin

 

Ring-necked Duck

January 12

Kootenai River

Mike Haldeman

 

Greater Scaup

 

 

 

 

Lesser Scaup

March 23

Kootenai NWR

Mike Haldeman

 

Harlequin Duck

 

 

 

 

Surf Scoter

 

 

 

 

White-winged Scoter

 

 

 

 

Long-tailed Duck

 

 

 

 

Bufflehead

January 12

Boundary Creek WMA

Mike Haldeman

 

Common Goldeneye

January 12

Kootenai NWR

Mike Haldeman

 

Barrow's Goldeneye

March 07

Boundary Creek WMA

Earl & Bev Chapin

 

Hooded Merganser

March 23

Kootenai NWR

Mike Haldeman

 

Common Merganser

March 23

south of Boundary Creek

Mike Haldeman

 

Red-breasted Merganser

 

 

 

 

Ruddy Duck

June 23

Kootenai NWR

Gina Sheridan, Kim Thornburn, Earl & Bev Chapin

 

Gray Partridge

 

 

 

 

Ring-necked Pheasant

January 12

Bonner's Ferry

Mike Haldeman

 

Ruffed Grouse

March 07

Boundary Creek WMA

Earl & Bev Chapin

 

Spruce Grouse

June 24

Smith Creek Road

Jay Carlisle

 

White-tailed Ptarmigan

 

 

 

 

Blue Grouse

 

 

 

 

Wild Turkey

January 12

Cow Creek Road

Mike Haldeman

 

California Quail

 

 

 

 

Red-throated Loon

 

 

 

 

Common Loon

 

 

 

 

Pied-billed Grebe

January 12

Kootenai River

Mike Haldeman

 

Horned Grebe

July 11

Kootenai NWR

Harry Krueger

 

Red-necked Grebe

March 28

McArthur Lake WMA

Sonya & Jeff Knetter

 

Eared Grebe

 

 

 

 

Western Grebe

 

 

 

 

American White Pelican

August 02

Boundary Creek WMA

Terry Little

 

Double-crested Cormorant

 

 

 

 

American Bittern

 

 

 

 

Great Blue Heron

January 12

McArthur Lake

Mike Haldeman

 

Great Egret

 

 

 

 

Cattle Egret

 

 

 

 

Black-crowned Night-Heron

 

 

 

 

White-faced Ibis

 

 

 

 

Turkey Vulture

 

 

 

 

Osprey

 

 

 

 

Bald Eagle

January 12

Boundary Creek WMA

Mike Haldeman

 

Northern Harrier

January 12

Boundary Creek WMA

Mike Haldeman

 

Sharp-shinned Hawk

 

 

 

 

Cooper's Hawk

 

 

 

 

Northern Goshawk

June 24

Smith Creek Road

Jay Carlisle

 

Swainson's Hawk

 

 

 

 

Red-tailed Hawk

January 12

Kootenai NWR

Mike Haldeman

 

Rough-legged Hawk

January 12

north of Bonner's Ferry

Mike Haldeman

 

Golden Eagle

March 10

Boundary Creek WMA

Earl & Bev Chapin

 

American Kestrel

June 23

Kootenai NWR

Gina Sheridan, Kim Thornburn, Earl & Bev Chapin

 

Merlin

 

 

 

 

Gyrfalcon

 

 

 

 

Peregrine Falcon

 

 

 

 

Prairie Falcon

 

 

 

 

Virginia Rail

April 11

McArthur Lake WMA

Sonya & Jeff Knetter

 

Sora

June 09

Kootenai NWR

Kris Buchler, Sonya Knetter & group

 

American Coot

June 09

Kootenai NWR

Kris Buchler, Sonya Knetter & group

 

Sandhill Crane

 

 

 

 

Black-bellied Plover

 

 

 

 

Semipalmated Plover

 

 

 

 

Killdeer

March 23

Ball Creek Ranch

Mike Haldeman

 

Black-necked Stilt

August 02

Boundary Creek WMA

Terry Little

 

American Avocet

 

 

 

 

Greater Yellowlegs

August 02

Boundary Creek WMA

Terry Little

 

Lesser Yellowlegs

August 02

Boundary Creek WMA

Terry Little

 

Solitary Sandpiper

August 02

Boundary Creek WMA

Terry Little

 

Spotted Sandpiper

August 02

Boundary Creek WMA

Terry Little

 

Whimbrel

 

 

 

 

Long-billed Curlew

???

Ball Creek Ranch

Justin Petty

 

Marbled Godwit

 

 

 

 

Sanderling

 

 

 

 

Semipalmated Sandpiper

August 02

Boundary Creek WMA

Terry Little

 

Western Sandpiper

August 02

Boundary Creek WMA

Terry Little

 

Least Sandpiper

August 02

Boundary Creek WMA

Terry Little

 

Baird's Sandpiper

August 02

Boundary Creek WMA

Terry Little

 

Pectoral Sandpiper

August 02

Boundary Creek WMA

Terry Little

 

Dunlin

 

 

 

 

Stilt Sandpiper

 

 

 

 

Short-billed Dowitcher

 

 

 

 

Long-billed Dowitcher

August 02

Boundary Creek WMA

Terry Little

 

Wilson's Snipe

 

 

 

 

Wilson's Phalarope

August 02

Boundary Creek WMA

Terry Little

 

Red-necked Phalarope

 

 

 

 

Franklin's Gull

 

 

 

 

Bonaparte's Gull

 

 

 

 

Ring-billed Gull

June 09

Kootenai NWR

Kris Buchler, Sonya Knetter & group

 

California Gul