boundary county big
year 2011
Compiled by Jan Rose
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.
Please be sure
to submit any records
Jan
Rose
BioTech/YCC
Crew Leader
Kootenai NWR
287 Westside Rd
Bonners Ferry, ID 83805
208/267-3888
208/267-5570 Fax
2011 Bird Sightings @ Kootenai NWR and Boundary County
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Date First Sighted |
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LOONS |
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UPLAND GAME BIRDS |
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3/25,6/1 |
Common Loon |
McArthur Lk, Smith Lk. |
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2/15 |
Ring-necked Pheasant |
KNWR |
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GREBES |
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3/15,3/23 |
Ruffed Grouse |
Moyie Springs, KNWR |
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3/11 |
Pied-billed Grebe |
KNWR |
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1/20 |
Spruce Grouse |
Bonners Ferry |
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Eared Grebe |
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1/3, 2/26 |
Wild Turkey |
Bonners Ferry, KNWR |
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5/25 |
Horned Grebe |
KNWR |
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5/10 |
California Quail |
Moyie Springs |
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4/28, 5/2 |
Red-necked Grebe |
McArthur Lk. KNWR |
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4/3 |
Chukar |
Blume Hill area |
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5/1 |
Western Grebe |
Koot.River |
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7/12 |
Dusky Grouse |
Copper Lk area |
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PELICANS AND CORMORANT |
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CRANES, RAILS AND COOTS |
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5/2,5/12 |
American White Pelican |
KNWR |
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3/11,5/25 |
Sandhill Crane - 15 flying |
Bonners Ferry overhd, KNWR |
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3/31,9/7 |
Double-crested Cormorant |
Koot.R.,KNWR |
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5/5 |
Sora Rail |
KNWR |
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BITTERNS, HERONS AND EGRETS |
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4/28 |
Virginia Rail |
KNWR |
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6/5 |
White-faced Ibis |
Flying above Kootenai River |
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3/31 |
American Coot |
KNWR |
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1/15,1/18 |
Great Blue Heron |
Koot.R.,KNWR |
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SHOREBIRDS |
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American Bittern |
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3/14-8/31 |
Killdeer |
KNWR |
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SWANS, GEESE AND DUCKS |
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5/10 |
Blk-necked Stilt |
KNWR |
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3/5,3/14 |
Tundra Swan ~200 |
Moravia,KNWR |
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American Avocet |
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3/29, 3/31 |
Trumpeter Swan |
KNWR |
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8/2-8/31 |
Greater Yellowlegs |
KNWR |
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1/3, 1/18 |
Canada Goose |
Koot.R., KNWR |
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8/3-9/7 |
Lesser Yellowlegs |
KNWR |
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3/23,4/8 |
Greater WhFronted Goose |
BSCWMA,KNWR |
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9/7 |
Solitary Sandpiper |
KNWR |
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4/24,5/4 |
Snow Goose |
KNWR |
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5/29,6/5 |
Spotted Sandpiper |
Koot. R., KNWR/Deep Crk |
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1/3, 1/25 |
Mallard |
Koot.R., KNWR |
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Long-billed Curlew |
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3/31 |
Wood Duck |
KNWR |
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9/7 |
Semipalmated Sandpiper |
KNWR |
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1/25 |
Northern Pintail |
KNWR |
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Western Sandpiper |
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3/31 |
Gadwall |
KNWR |
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Least Sandpiper |
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3/14 |
American Wigeon |
KNWR |
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5/6,9/13 |
Pectoral Sandpiper |
KNWR, KNWR |
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4/13 |
Eurasian Wigeon |
KNWR |
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Misc. Peeps |
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4/13 |
Northern Shoveler |
KNWR |
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5/12,9/7 |
Long-billed Dowitcher |
KNWR (14 birds), KNWR |
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5/4 |
Blue-winged Teal |
KNWR |
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4/21,4/28 |
Wilson's Snipe |
Moyie Springs, KNWR |
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4/28 |
Cinnamon Teal |
KNWR |
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5/10,8/3 |
Wilson's Phalarope |
KNWR |
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3/14 |
Green-winged Teal |
KNWR |
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8/8,8/30 |
Red-necked Phalarope |
KNWR |
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Lesser Scaup |
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8/30 |
Baird's Sandpiper |
KNWR |
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3/31 |
Ring-necked Duck |
KNWR |
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9/7 |
Sanderling |
KNWR |
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5/13 |
Canvasback |
KNWR |
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GULLS AND TERNS |
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3/15 |
Redhead |
KNWR |
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California Gull |
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6/7 |
Harlequin Duck |
Moyie River |
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3/14, 8/30 |
Ring-billed Gull |
KNWR |
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1/8,4/13 |
Common Goldeneye |
Koot.R.,KNWR |
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5/4,8/8 |
Bonaparte's Gull |
KNWR |
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1/8, 3/23 |
Barrow's Goldeneye |
Koot. R., McArthur Lk. |
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Franklin's Gull |
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1/18,4/13 |
Bufflehead |
Koot.R.,KNWR |
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5/25 |
Black Tern |
KNWR |
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1/10 |
Common Merganser |
Kootenai River |
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Forster's Tern |
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3/13 |
Hooded Merganser |
KNWR |
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Caspian Tern |
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2/19 |
Red-breasted Merganser |
Koot.R. Copeland |
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Herring Gull |
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4/25,5/25 |
Ruddy Duck |
McArthur Lk., KNWR |
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PIGEONS AND DOVES |
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1/4, 3/31 |
Rock Dove |
Bonners Ferry, KNWR |
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3/12 |
Eurasian Collared Dove |
Bonners Ferry |
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RAPTORS |
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1/4, 3/28 |
Mourning Dove |
Bonners Ferry, Riverside Rd |
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3/25,4/11 |
Turkey Vulture |
Bonners Ferry,KNWR |
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2/16 |
Northern Harrier |
KNWR |
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2/15, 3/13 |
Great Horned Owl |
KNWR, Bonners Ferry |
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5/2, 8/3 |
Cooper's Hawk |
Blume Hill area, KNWR |
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2/21 |
Northern Pygmy Owl |
McArthur Lk. |
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1/8, 7/27 |
Sharp-shinned Hawk |
Bonners Ferry, KNWR |
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1/11,5/20 |
Northern Goshawk |
Moyie Springs, Hall Mt. |
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NIGHTHAWKS AND SWIFTS |
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1/11, 2/3 |
Red-tailed Hawk |
Bonners Ferry, KNWR |
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6/4,6/5 |
Common Nighthawk |
Blume Hill area, KNWR |
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5/19 |
Swainson's Hawk |
Bonners Ferry |
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5/4 |
Vaux's Swift |
KNWR |
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1/11, 3/29 |
Rough-legged Hawk |
Bonners Ferry, KNWR |
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5/25 |
Black Swift |
Blume Hill area |
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4/13,5/25 |
Osprey |
Bonners Ferry, KNWR |
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KINGFISHER |
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1/3 |
Golden Eagle |
Bonners Ferry |
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1/22, 4/1 |
Belted Kingfisher |
Koot. R., KNWR |
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1/3, 1/18 |
Bald Eagle |
Koot.R., KNWR |
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HUMMINGBIRDS |
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4/8, 6/15 |
American Kestrel |
Riverside Rd, KNWR |
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5/2,5/10 |
Calliope Hummingbird |
Bonners Ferry, KNWR |
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1/17,6/1 |
Merlin |
Smith Lk.Rd.,KNWR |
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4/30,5/4 |
Rufous Hummingbird |
Bonners Ferry,KNWR |
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5/29,6/19 |
Peregrine Falcon |
Koot.River, KNWR |
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5/2,5/12 |
Black-chinned Hummingbird |
Bonners Ferry, KNWR |
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Prairie Falcon |
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WOODPECKERS |
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FLYCATCHERS |
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1/2 |
Pileated Woodpecker |
Moyie Springs |
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5/11,5/23 |
Western Wood Peewee |
Blume Hill area, KNWR |
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1/3, 1/18 |
Northern Flicker |
Bonners Ferry, KNWR |
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6/9 |
Hammond's Flycatcher |
KNWR |
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1/2, 2/14 |
Hairy Woodpecker |
Moyie Springs, KNWR |
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5/10 |
Least Flycatcher |
KNWR |
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1/3 |
Downy Woodpecker |
Bonners Ferry |
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5/29 |
Willow Flycatcher |
Koot.R |
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7/12 |
Three-toed Woodpecker |
Copper Lk area |
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Dusky Flycatcher |
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Black-backed Woodpecker |
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6/5,6/9 |
Olive-sided Flycatcher |
Blume Hill area, KNWR |
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21-Apr |
Red-naped Sapsucker |
Moyie Springs |
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5/21 |
Western Flycatcher |
Bonners Ferry |
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6-May |
Lewis's Woodpecker |
Blume Hill area |
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5/24 |
Eastern Kingbird |
KNWR |
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MIMIC THRUSHES AND PIPITS |
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5/20 |
Western Kingbird |
Bonners Ferry |
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5/11 |
Gray Catbird |
KNWR |
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4/20 |
Say's Phoebe |
Mt. HallSchool area |
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Northern Mockingbird |
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SHRIKES AND VIREOS |
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9/7 |
American Pipit |
KNWR |
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1/8, 3/18 |
Northern Shrike |
KNWR |
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STARLINGS AND WAXWINGS |
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6/9 |
Red-eyed Vireo |
KNWR |
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1/3 |
Bohemian Waxwing |
Bonners Ferry |
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4/15,5/23 |
Warbling Vireo |
Bonners Ferry, KNWR |
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3/11,6/3 |
Cedar Waxwing |
Bonners Ferry, KNWR |
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5/29 |
Cassin's Vireo |
Blume Hill area |
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1/8, 3/22 |
European Starling |
BF Landfill, KNWR |
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CROWS, JAYS AND MAGPIES |
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WARBLERS |
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1/2, 1/18 |
Steller's Jay |
Moyie Springs, KNWR |
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4/27 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
Bonners Ferry |
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1/2 |
Gray Jay |
Moyie Springs |
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5/1 |
MacGillivray's Warbler |
Bonners Ferry |
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5/3 |
Blue Jay |
Bonners Ferry |
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5/11 |
Common Yellowthroat |
KNWR |
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1/3, 1/18 |
American Crow |
Bonners Ferry, KNWR |
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5/4,5/11 |
Yellow Warbler |
Bonners Ferry, KNWR |
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1/3, 1/18 |
Common Raven |
Bonners Ferry, KNWR |
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5/13 |
Townsend's Warbler |
Leonia Knob/Katka area |
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1/3, 1/18 |
Black-billed Magpie |
Blume Hill area, KNWR |
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6/29 |
American Redstart |
Robinson Lk |
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1/3,9/9 |
Clark's Nutcracker |
Blume Hill area, KNWR |
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6/29 |
Northern Waterthrush |
Robinson Lk |
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5/6 |
Orange-crowned Warbler |
Blume Hill area |
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5/6 |
Nashville Warbler |
Blume Hill area |
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SWALLOWS |
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Wilson's Warbler |
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4/12 |
Tree Swallow |
KNWR |
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TANAGERS, CARDINALS, GROSBEAKS AND ALLIES |
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4/1,4/13 |
Violet-green Swallow |
Bonners Ferry, KNWR |
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5/25 |
Western Tanager |
KNWR |
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4/30 |
N. Rough-winged Swallow |
KNWR |
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5/13,6/2 |
Black-headed Grosbeak |
Blume Hill area, KNWR |
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4/29,5/4 |
Cliff Swallow |
Bonners Ferry, KNWR |
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5/21,6/9 |
Lazuli Bunting |
Blume Hill area, KNWR |
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5/4 |
Barn Swallow |
KNWR |
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SPARROWS AND TOWHEES |
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4/12 |
Bank Swallow |
Kootenai River |
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1/9, 3/21 |
Dark-eyed Junco |
Bonners Ferry, KNWR |
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CHICKADEES, NUTHATCHES AND ALLIES |
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1/2, 3/11 |
Spotted Towhee |
Blume Hill area, Porthill |
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7/12 |
Boreal Chickadee |
Copper Lk area |
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2/9, 3/16 |
Song Sparrow |
Bonners Ferry, KNWR |
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1/2, 1/18 |
Black-capped Chickadee |
Moyie Sprgs, KNWR |
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Fox Sparrow |
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1/2 |
Mountain Chickadee |
Moyie Springs |
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5/2,5/4 |
White-crowned Sparrow |
Bonners Ferry,KNWR |
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1/2 |
Chestnut-backed Chickadee |
Moyie Springs |
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Vesper Sparrow |
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1/2, 1/18 |
Red-breasted Nuthatch |
Moyie Sprgs, KNWR |
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4/28,9/7 |
Savannah Sparrow |
KNWR |
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1/3 |
Pygmy Nuthatch |
Blume Hill area |
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Lincoln's Sparrow |
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White-breasted Nuthatch |
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5/13,5/25 |
Chipping Sparrow |
Blume Hill, KNWR |
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4/9 |
Brown Creeper |
Moyie Springs |
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3/27, 3/31 |
American Tree Sparrow |
Moyie Springs, KNWR |
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WRENS, DIPPERS AND KINGLETS |
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1/20, 2/28 |
Snow Bunting |
Moyie Springs, Riverside Rd |
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8/21,9/1 |
American Dipper |
Koot.R, KNWR |
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BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES AND ALLIES |
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7/12 |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
Copper Lk area |
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1/8 |
Red-winged Blackbird |
KNWR |
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1/22 |
Golden-crowned Kinglet |
Smith Lk Rd |
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4/13 |
Yellow-headed Blackbird |
KNWR |
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4/14 |
Pacific Wren |
KNWR |
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4/11 |
Brewer's Blackbird |
Bonners Ferry |
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5/20 |
House Wren |
Bonners Ferry |
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3/17 |
Western Meadowlark |
KNWR |
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5/13 |
Marsh Wren |
KNWR |
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5/19 |
Bullock's Oriole |
KNWR |
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Canyon Wren |
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4/25,5/11 |
Brown-headed Cowbird |
Bonners Ferry, KNWR |
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6/20 |
Rock Wren |
Blume Hill area |
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Bobolink |
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THRUSHES |
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1/15, 3/1 |
American Robin |
Bonners Ferry, KNWR |
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1/2, 3/15 |
House Finch |
Moyie Springs, KNWR |
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3/12, 3/15 |
Varied Thrush |
Moyie Sprgs, KNWR |
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1/2,5/20 |
Cassin's Finch |
Moyie Springs, KNWR |
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