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PART 3 2002
Kootenai County Big Year
2003 KOOTENAI COUNTY
BIRDING BIG YEAR
PART 1
Dr. Stephen Lindsay did
a Big Year in 2001. He attempted to see 200 birds in Kootenai County during the
year 2001. He tallied up only 199 and on January 1, 2002 he found a Snow Owl
out on Rathdrum Prairie which would have made 200 if he had seen it the year
before.
Below is a list of
Kootenai County Birds. Can we - as a group - find 200 of bird species in 2002?
Call Shirley 664-5318 or e-mail s.sturts@verizon.net to get credit for being the first
to see a species for the year.
KOOTENAI COUNTY BIRD LIST
Compiled by Dr. Stephen Lindsay
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common, Uncommon = 152
scarce, rare = 87
accidental = 41
Kootenai County Total (seen since 1950) =
280
Historical record only ( h ) (pre-1950) =
6
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 (39)
( # ) ACCIDENTAL: Just a few total
sightings with a low expectation of being found in the future. (40)
Total Seen for 2003 =
192
PART 1
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Species |
Date |
Location |
Observer |
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LOONS Red-Throated Loon (#) |
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Pacific Loon ( r ) |
April 6 |
Gotham Bay, Coeur d'Alene Lake |
Matthew Moskwik, Kris and Ed Buchler, Judy and Phil
Waring, Herb and Jan Severtson, Roland Craft, Theresa Potts, Shirley Sturts,
Steve Lindsay |
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Common Loon ( c ) |
January 1 |
Wolf Lodge Bay, Coeur d'Alene Lake |
Jenny Taylor |
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Yellow-billed Loon ( # ) |
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GREBES |
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Pied-billed Grebe ( c ) |
January 1 |
Harrison
Marina |
Lisa Hardy,
Shirley Sturts |
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Horned Grebe ( c ) |
January 1 |
Harrison
Marina |
Lisa Hardy |
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Red-necked Grebe ( c ) |
January 1 |
Harrison
Marina |
Lisa Hardy, Shirley
Sturts |
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Eared Grebe ( s ) |
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Western Grebe ( c ) |
April 6 |
Harrison
Marina |
Matthew
Moskwik |
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Clark's Grebe |
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PELICANS |
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American White Pelican
s ) |
May 30 |
Cave Lake |
Reported to Cindi Langlitz by Bob Bowen |
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CORMORANTS |
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Double-crested Cormorant ( s ) |
January 11 |
CDA City/NIC
Beach - |
Lynn Sheridan |
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HERONS, BITTERNS |
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American Bittern ( r ) |
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Great Blue Heron ( c ) |
January 1 |
Lane Marsh |
Steve Lindsay |
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Great Egret ( # ) |
October
5 |
Lane
Marsh |
Shirley
Sturts, Gordon and Pam Comrie |
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Snowy Egret ( # ) |
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Cattle Egret ( # ) |
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Black-crowned Night-Heron (r) |
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IBISES |
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White-faced Ibis ( # ) |
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NEW WORLD VULTURES |
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Turkey Vulture ( u ) |
April 2 |
Wolf Lodge Bay
area |
Holly Jaleski |
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DUCKS, GEESE, SWAN |
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Greater White-Fronted Goose ( r ) |
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Snow goose ( s ) |
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Ross' Goose ( # ) |
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Canada Goose ( c ) |
January 1 |
Conklin Park |
Steve Lindsay |
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…Brant () h-1899) |
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Trumpeter Swan ( s ) |
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Tundra Swan ( c ) |
January 15 |
CDA River
Delta |
Tom Davenport |
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Wood Duck ( c ) |
March 3 |
Fernan Lake |
Corinne
Cameron |
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Gadwall ( c ) |
March 20 |
Cataldo Area |
Lisa Hardy |
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Eurasian Wigeon ( s ) |
March 11 |
Cataldo area |
Lisa Hardy |
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American Wigeon ( c ) |
January 5 |
Hayden Lake |
Steve Lindsay |
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Mallard ( c ) |
January 1 |
Harrison
Marina |
Lisa Hardy, Shirley
Sturts |
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Blue-winged Teal ( u ) |
April 13 |
Lane Marsh |
Audubon Field
Trip - Lisa Hardy - leader |
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Cinnamon Teal ( c ) |
March 24 |
Cataldo area |
Gina Sheridan |
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Northern Shoveler ( c ) |
March 13 |
Cataldo area |
Lisa Hardy |
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Northern Pintail ( c ) |
January 27 |
Mica Bay
Survey |
Roland Craft,
Shirley |
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Green-winged Teal ( c ) |
March 20 |
Wolf Lodge
Bay, CDA Lake |
Lisa Hardy,
Kris Buchler |
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Canvasback ( u ) |
March 8 |
Cataldo area |
Lisa Hardy |
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Redhead ( c ) |
March 8 |
Cataldo area |
Lisa Hardy |
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Ring-necked Duck ( c ) |
January 5 |
Hayden Lake |
Steve Lindsay |
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Tufted Duck ( r ) |
March 20 |
Flooded fields
below Tamarack Ridge - Cataldo area |
Lisa Hardy |
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Greater Scaup ( s ) |
January
23 |
Flooded
Fields below Tamarack Ridge - Cataldo area |
Steve
Lindsay |
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Lesser Scaup ( u ) |
March 8 |
Cataldo area |
Lisa Hardy |
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Harlequin Duck ( r ) |
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Surf Scoter ( r ) |
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White-winged Scoter ( r ) |
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Long-tailed Duck ( r ) |
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Bufflehead ( c ) |
January 1 |
Wolf Lodge
Bay, CDA Lake |
Steve Lindsay |
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Common Goldeneye ( c ) |
January 1 |
Medicine Lake |
Steve Lindsay |
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Barrow's Goldeneye ( s ) |
January 1 |
Farragut State
Park |
Bill Gundlach |
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Hooded Merganser ( c ) |
January 1 |
Medicine Lake |
Steve Lindsay |
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Common Merganser ( c ) |
January 1 |
Farragut State
Park |
Bill Gundlach |
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Red-breasted Merganser ( r ) |
February 18 |
Twin Lakes |
Laura and Pete
Bayless |
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Ruddy Duck ( u ) |
April 13 |
Killarney Lake
|
Ellen Scriven |
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HAWKS, KITES, EAGLES |
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Osprey ( c ) |
March 28 |
McEuen Field,
CDA |
Terry Beliveau |
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Bald Eagle ( c ) |
January 1 |
Fernan Lake
and Wolf Lodge Bay CDA Lake |
Shirley
Sturts, Steve Lindsay |
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Northern Harrier (c ) |
January 1 |
Conklin Road |
Steve Lindsay |
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Sharp-shinned Hawk ( u ) |
January 8 |
Ocean Ave. CDA |
Janet Callen |
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Cooper's Hawk ( u ) |
September 5 |
Mica Bay
Survey |
Kris Buchler,
Corinne Cameron, Bob and Jean Retzler |
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Northern Goshawk ( s ) |
December 14` |
Rathdrum
Prairie |
CBC - Steve
Lindsay |
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Swainson's Hawk ( s ) |
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Red-tailed Hawk ( c ) |
January 1 |
Harrison Flats
& Conklin Road |
Lisa Hardy,
Shirley Sturts, Steve Lindsay |
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Ferruginous Hawk ( # ) |
August
19 |
Rathdrum
Prairie |
Joe
Taggart |
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Rough-legged Hawk ( c ) |
January 1 |
Harrison Flats
& Conklin Road |
Lisa Hardy,
Shirley Sturts, Steve Lindsay |
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Golden Eagle ( s ) |
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FALCONS |
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American Kestrel ( c ) |
January 3 |
Rathdrum
Prairie |
Steve Lindsay |
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Merlin ( u ) |
January 3 |
Rathdrum
Prairie |
Steve Lindsay |
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Gryfalcon ( r ) |
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Peregrine Falcon ( r ) |
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Prairie Falcon ( s ) |
January
3 |
Rathdrum
Prairie |
Theresa
Potts |