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2004 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 bird species in
2004. In 2002 we came up with 195. In 2003 we only found 192 species. This year (2004) Steve Lindsay is back doing
another "Big Year" - this time including the 5 northern
counties. The challenge for us this
year will be to see how many bird species se can find in Kootenai County before
Steve Lindsay sees them and to see if we can see more bird species than he
can.
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 = 150
scarce, rare = 89
accidental = 43
Kootenai County Total (seen since 1950) =
282
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 2004 =
207 as of December 31
PART 1
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Species |
Date |
Location |
Observer |
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LOONS Red-Throated Loon (#) |
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Pacific Loon ( s ) |
Dec. 18 |
Hayden Lake |
Lisa Hardy, Ellen Scriven, Kolby Clarke |
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Common Loon ( c ) |
January 26 |
Lake Shore Drive, CDA Lake |
Corinne Cameron |
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Yellow-billed Loon ( # ) |
June 16 |
Gotham Bay, Coeur d'Alene |
Earl and Jan Kendle |
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GREBES |
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Pied-billed Grebe ( c ) |
January 1 |
Harrison area |
Steve Lindsay |
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Horned Grebe ( c ) |
January 1 |
Harrison area |
Steve Lindsay |
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Red-necked Grebe ( c ) |
January 1 |
Wolf Lodge Bay, CDA Lake |
Kris Buchler
& Steve Lindsay |
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Eared Grebe ( r ) |
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Western Grebe ( c ) |
March 27 |
Conklin Park |
Chapter Field
Trip |
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Clark's Grebe ( # ) |
June 20 - 2nd
Kootenai Co. sighting |
Rails to
Trails bridge going over the lake at Heyburn State Park |
Charles Swift |
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PELICANS |
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American White Pelican
( s ) |
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CORMORANTS |
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Double-crested Cormorant( u ) |
January 20 |
NIC Beach`- on
pilings |
Brown Bag Birding |
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HERONS, BITTERNS |
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American Bittern ( r ) |
May 18 |
CDA Wildlife
Management Area - marsh below the WMA office |
Graham
Fairhust, Fish and game field tech |
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Great Blue Heron ( c ) |
January 1 |
Wolf Lodge
Bay, CDA Lake & Harrison area) |
Kris Buchler
& Steve Lindsay |
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Great Egret ( r ) |
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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 ) |
March 26 |
Prairie Ave.,
Rathdrum Prairie |
Tom Davenport |
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DUCKS, GEESE, SWAN |
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Greater White-Fronted Goose ( r ) |
April
8 |
Thompson
Lake |
Lisa
Hardy, Ellen Scriven |
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Snow goose ( s ) |
November
15 |
Cataldo
Mission area - Sawmill Pond |
Lisa
Hardy |
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Ross' Goose ( # ) |
May
1 |
Cougar
Bay, CDA Lake |
Steve
Lindsay |
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Cackling Goose |
December 24 |
Independence
Point, Coeur d'Alene City Beach |
Gina Sheridan,
Garrett MacDonald, Larry and Matthew Moskwik |
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Canada Goose ( c ) |
January 1 |
Lake Shore
Drive |
Janet Callen |
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…Brant () h-1899) |
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Trumpeter Swan ( s ) |
April 14 |
Coeur d'Alene
River, near Thompson Lake |
Steve Lindsay |
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Tundra Swan ( c ) |
January 10 |
Turner Bay, CDA Lake |
Leslie Covey |
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Wood Duck ( c ) |
February 28 |
Hayden Loop
Rd., Cataldo |
Steve Lindsay |
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Gadwall ( c ) |
March 9 |
Flooded fields
west of Cataldo on River Road |
Lisa Hardy |
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Eurasian Wigeon ( s ) |
March 7 |
Lane Marsh
(Chain of Lakes) |
Charles Swift |
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American Wigeon ( c ) |
February 28 |
Flooded Fields
along River Road - Cataldo |
Steve Lindsay) |
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Mallard ( c ) |
January 1 |
Lake Shore Drive, Wolf Lodge Bay, CDA Lake |
Steve Lindsay |
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Blue-winged Teal ( u ) |
April 25 |
Flooded fields
along River Rd. west of the Cataldo Mission |
James Prudente
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Cinnamon Teal ( c ) |
April 1 |
Hardy Loop Rd.
west of Cataldo |
Lisa Hardy |
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Northern Shoveler ( c ) |
March 24 |
Mica Bay,
Coeur d' Alene Lake |
Mica Bay
Survey |
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Northern Pintail ( c ) |
January 5 |
Beauty Bay, CDA Lake |
Corinne Cameron |
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Green-winged Teal ( c ) |
January 5 |
Beauty Bay, CDA Lake |
Corinne Cameron |
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Common Teal (Eurasian race of the Green-winged teal (#) |
April 1 |
Hayden Lake Loop west pf Cataldo |
Lisa Hardy |
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Canvasback ( u ) |
January 19 |
Honeysuckle
Beach, Hayden Lake |
Lisa Hardy |
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Redhead ( c ) |
February 28) |
Flooded Fields
along River Road- Cataldo |
Steve Lindsay) |
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Ring-necked Duck ( c ) |
January 3) |
Honeysuckle
Beach, Hayden Lake) |
Steve Lindsay |
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Tufted Duck ( # ) |
March 9 |
Flooded fields
west of Cataldo on River Road |
Steve Lindsay) |
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Greater Scaup ( s ) |
February 28 |
Flooded Fields
along River Road - Cataldo |
Steve Lindsay |
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Lesser Scaup ( u ) |
January 19 |
Wolf Lodge
Bay, CDA Lake |
Lisa Hardy,
Kris Buchler |
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Harlequin Duck ( r ) |
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Surf Scoter ( r ) |
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White-winged Scoter ( r ) |
November
24 |
Mica
Bay, Coeur d'Alene |
Mica
Bay Survey |
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Long-tailed Duck ( r ) |
Dec 13 |
Hayden Lake |
Lisa Hardy |
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Bufflehead ( c ) |
January 1 |
Wolf Lodge Bay, CDA Lake |
Kris Buchler
& Steve Lindsay |
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Common Goldeneye ( c ) |
January 1 |
Wolf Lodge Bay, CDA Lake |
Kris Buchler
&Steve Lindsay |
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Barrow's Goldeneye ( s ) |
February 28) |
Dredge Road
Pond - Cataldo) |
Steve Lindsay) |
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Hooded Merganser ( c ) |
January 1 |
Lodge Bay, CDA
Lake) |
Steve Lindsay)
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Common Merganser ( c ) |
January 1) |
Harrison |
Steve Lindsay |
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Red-breasted Merganser ( r ) |
January 19 |
Wolf Lodge
Bay, CDA Lake |
Kris Buchler,
Lisa Hardy |
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Ruddy Duck ( u ) |
April 5_ |
River Road
near Cataldo |
Lisa Hardy |
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HAWKS, KITES, EAGLES |
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Osprey ( c ) |
March 26 |
Higgins Point,
CDA Lake |
Bob Wood |
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Bald Eagle ( c ) |
January 1 |
Lake Shore Drive & Wolf Lodge Bay, CDA Lake |
Janet Calle
& Steve Lindsay |
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Northern Harrier (c ) |
February 28) |
Conkling Park
Road |
Steve Lindsay |
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Sharp-shinned Hawk ( u ) |
January 1 |
Ocean Ave.,
CDA |
Janet Callen |
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Cooper's Hawk ( u ) |
January 2 |
Atlas Road area |
Corinne Cameron |
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Northern Goshawk ( s ) |
January 8 |
Hauser Lake |
Janet Allen |
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Swainson's Hawk ( s ) |
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Red-tailed Hawk ( c ) |
January 1 |
Harrison) |
Steve Lindsay) |
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Ferruginous Hawk ( # ) |
June
21 |
Coeur
d'Alene Public Golf Course - flying over |
John
Weber |
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Rough-legged Hawk ( c ) |
January 1) |
Post Falls) |
Steve Lindsay) |
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Golden Eagle ( r ) |
February 18 |
Mica Bay, CDA
Lake |
Jerry Hanson, confirmed by
Tom Davenport (photos) February 20th |
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FALCONS |
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American Kestrel ( c ) |
January 20 |
Post Falls |
Steve Lindsay |
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Merlin ( u ) |
January 12 |
Post Falls |
Steve Lindsay |
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Gryfalcon ( r ) |
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Peregrine Falcon ( r ) |
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Prairie Falcon ( s ) |
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