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3 2002 Kootenai County Big Year
2005 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 = 151
scarce, rare = 89
accidental = 43
Kootenai County Total (seen since 1950) =
283
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 2005 =
202 5 as of December 31, 2005 September
5
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 ) |
November 5 |
Coeur d'Alene Lake |
Cindy McCormack, Theresa Mathis |
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Common Loon ( c ) |
January 2 |
Indian Mt. CBC |
Lisa Hardy, Roland Craft |
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Yellow-billed Loon ( # ) |
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GREBES |
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Pied-billed Grebe ( c ) |
January 2 |
Indian Mt. CBC |
Janet Callen,
Roland Craft, Lisa Hardy, Shirley Sturts |
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Horned Grebe ( c ) |
January 1 |
Wolf Lodge
Bay, CDA Lake |
Kris Buchler |
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Red-necked Grebe ( c ) |
January 1 |
Wolf Lodge
Bay, CDA Lake |
Kris Buchler |
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Eared Grebe ( r ) |
November
2 |
Hayden
Lake |
Lisa
Hardy |
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Western Grebe ( c ) |
January 2 |
Indian Mt. CBC |
Janet Callen, Roland
Craft, Lisa Hardy, Shirley Sturts |
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Clark's Grebe ( # ) |
July 10 |
Cave Lake |
Lisa Hardy,
Stephen Johnson, Roland Craft, Kris Buchler |
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PELICANS |
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American White Pelican
( s ) |
April 27-28 |
Squaw Bay and Cougar Bay |
27th Wendy
Jacobson and Roberta Larson about 40 28th Audubon Field Trip about 50 in Cougar Bay on the 28th |
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Double-crested Cormorant( u ) |
January 2 |
NIC Dike Road |
Nels and Shawn
Johnson |
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HERONS, BITTERNS |
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American Bittern ( r ) |
September 20 |
Ca |
Carrie
Chalcraft |
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Great Blue Heron ( c ) |
January 2 |
Indian Mt. CBC |
Janet Callen,
Shirley Sturts, Karen and Marv Williams |
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Great Egret ( r ) |
September
1-5 |
Lane
Marsh |
Paul
Smith - Mike Haldeman |
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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 1 |
Coeur d'Alene
River, south of Rose Lake |
Stephen
Johnson |
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DUCKS, GEESE, SWAN |
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Greater White-Fronted Goose ( r ) |
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Snow goose ( s ) |
November
21 |
Wolf
Lodge Bay, Coeur d'Alene Lake |
Lisa
Hardy |
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Ross' Goose ( # ) |
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Cackling Goose |
February 5 |
Lane Marsh |
Bill Gundlach
and Stephen Johnson |
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Canada Goose ( c ) |
January 1 |
Cougar Bay,
Coeur d'Alene Lake, Wolf Lodge Bay, Coeur d'Alene Lake |
Stephen
Johnson, Kris Buchler |
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…Brant () h-1899) |
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Trumpeter Swan ( s ) |
March 4 |
Wolf Lodge
Bay, CDA Lake |
Lisa Hardy and
Kris Buchler |
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Tundra Swan ( c ) |
January 2 |
Indian Mt. CBC |
Janet Callen,
Shirley Sturts, Karen and Marv Williams |
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Wood Duck ( c ) |
March 13 |
Cataldo area
on Hardy Loop Road |
Lisa Hardy |
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Gadwall ( c ) |
January 2 |
Indian Mt. CBC |
Lisa Hardy,
Roland Craft |
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Eurasian Wigeon ( s ) |
March 6 |
Flooded fields
along River Road Cataldo area |
Charles Swift |
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American Wigeon ( c ) |
January 12 |
Mica Bay,
Coeur d'Alene |
Kris Buchler,
Roland Craft, Stephen Johnson, Jan Severtson, Shirley Sturts |
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Mallard ( c ) |
January 1 |
Fernan Lake, Cougar Bay, Coeur d'Alene Lake, Wolf Lodge Bay, Coeur
d'Alene Lake |
Shirley Sturts,
Stephen Johnson. Kris Buchler |
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Blue-winged Teal ( u ) |
April 24 |
Cataldo area |
Lisa Hardy |
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Cinnamon Teal ( c ) |
April 1 |
Coeur d'Alene
River, south of Rose Lake |
Stephen
Johnson |
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Northern Shoveler ( c ) |
March 29 |
Cataldo area,
Hardy Loop and River Road flooded fields |
Lisa Hardy |
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Northern Pintail ( c ) |
January 17 |
Wolf Lodge Bay, CDA Lake |
Lisa Hardy, Kris Buchler |
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Green-winged Teal ( c ) |
January 21 |
Blue Creek Bay, CDA Lake |
Lisa Hardy and Kris Buchler |
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Common Teal (Eurasian race of the Green-winged teal (#) |
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Canvasback ( u ) |
January 22 |
Cougar Bay,
CDA Lake |
CDA Audubon
Field Trip |
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Redhead ( c ) |
January 2 |
Indian Mt. CBC |
Karen and Marv
Williams |
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Ring-necked Duck ( c ) |
January 2 |
Indian Mt. CBC |
Karen and Marv
Williams |
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Tufted Duck ( # ) |
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Greater Scaup ( s ) |
November 25 |
Black Lake |
Lisa Hardy |
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Lesser Scaup ( u ) |
January 2 |
Indian Mt. CBC |
Janet Callen, Roland Craft, Lisa Hardy,
Shirley Sturts |
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Harlequin Duck ( r ) |
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Surf Scoter ( r ) |
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White-winged Scoter ( r ) |
Spring
date |
Rose
Lake |
Brian
Spears |
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Long-tailed Duck ( r ) |
February 11 |
Hayden Lake |
Lisa Hardy |
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Bufflehead ( c ) |
January 1 |
Fernan Lake, Wolf Lodge Bay, CDA Lake |
Shirley
Sturts, Kris Buchler |
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Common Goldeneye ( c ) |
January 1 |
Fernan Lake, Wolf Lodge Bay, CDA Lake |
Shirley
Sturts, Kris Buchler |
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Barrow's Goldeneye ( s ) |
January 1 |
Wolf Lodge
Bay, CDA Lake |
Kris Buchler |
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Hooded Merganser ( c ) |
January 1 |
Fernan Lake |
Shirley Sturts |
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Common Merganser ( c ) |
January 1 |
Fernan Lake, Wolf Lodge Bay, CDA Lake |
Shirley
Sturts, Kris Buchler |
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Red-breasted Merganser ( r ) |
January 17 |
Coeur d'Alene
Lake off of NIC beach - 1 female |
Lisa Hardy |
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Ruddy Duck ( u ) |
April 5 |
Canyon Marsh,
CDA Wildlife Management Area |
Carrie
Chalcraft |
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HAWKS, KITES, EAGLES |
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Osprey ( c ) |
March 31 |
Fernan Lake |
Shirley Sturts
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Bald Eagle ( c ) |
January 1 |
Wolf Lodge
Bay, CDA Lake |
Kris Buchler |
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Northern Harrier (c ) |
January 2 |
Indian Mt. CBC
|
Janet Callen,
Roland Craft, Dick Cripe, Lisa Hardy, Ellen Scriven, Shirley Sturts |
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Sharp-shinned Hawk ( u ) |
January 1 |
Armstrong
Hill, Coeur d'Alene |
Ed Buchler |
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Cooper's Hawk ( u ) |
February 28 |
Rathdrum Prairie |
Rathdrum Prairie |
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Northern Goshawk ( s ) |
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Swainson's Hawk ( s ) |
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Red-tailed Hawk ( c ) |
January 2 |
Indian Mt. CBC
|
Janet Callen,
Roland Craft, Dick Cripe, Lisa Hardy, Ellen Scriven, Shirley Sturts |
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Ferruginous Hawk ( # ) |
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Rough-legged Hawk ( c ) |
January 2 |
Indian Mt. CBC
|
Janet Callen, Roland
Craft, Lisa Hardy, Shirley Sturts |
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Golden Eagle ( r ) |
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FALCONS |
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American Kestrel ( c ) |
January 2 |
Indian Mt. CBC
|
Janet Callen,
Shirley Sturts |
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Merlin ( u ) |
January 8 |
Post Falls |
Stephen
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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