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3 2002 Kootenai County Big Year
2006 KOOTENAI COUNTY
BIRDING BIG YEAR
Compiled by Shirley Sturts
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. Had he found
it the day before he would have made his 200.
This gave me the idea of doing a Kootenai County Big Year as a
group. Our first group Kootenai County
Big Year was in 2002. We counted 195
species. We had a 192 in 2003, 207 in
2004 and 202 in 2005.
The idea of doing County Big Years caught
on. Twenty-two Idaho Counties did Big
Years for 2005. The results are posted
on www.idahobirds.net. Shoshone, Bonner and Benewah counties are
also our Audubon website.
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
OCCURRENCE 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.
( u ) UNCOMMON: Found every year, often
seasonal, in limited areas, in small numbers, and may require repeated search
attempts in more specific areas.
( 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.
( r ) RARE: Not seen every year, mostly
irregular, some periodic.
( # ) ACCIDENTAL: Just a few total
sightings with a low expectation of being found in the future.
Total Seen for 2006 =
205 as of December 31
PART 1
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Species |
Date |
Location |
Observer |
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Greater White-Fronted Goose ( r ) |
March 29 |
Chain Lakes - CDA River
drainage |
USFWS Survey |
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Snow goose ( s ) |
April 2 |
Coeur d'Alene River - near highway 97 bridge |
Doug Schonewald |
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Ross' Goose ( # ) |
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…Brant () h-1899) |
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Cackling Goose |
January 16 |
Spokane River near U of I CDA Campus |
Charles Swift |
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Canada Goose ( c ) |
January 1 |
Fernan Lake (flying over) - Independence Point, CDA Lake - mouth of Spokane River |
Shirley Sturts - Judy and Phil Waring - Stephen Lindsay |
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Trumpeter Swan ( s ) |
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Tundra Swan ( c ) |
January 1 |
Turner Bay, CDA Lake |
Stan Covey |
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Wood Duck ( c ) |
February 15 |
Hayden Loop Road near Cataldo |
Lisa Hardy |
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Gadwall ( c ) |
April 2 |
River Road (near Cataldo) |
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Eurasian Wigeon ( s ) |
March 7 |
Thompson Lake |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife survey |
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American Wigeon ( c ) |
January 2 |
Coeur d'Alene Lake |
Indian Mt. CBC |
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Mallard ( c ) |
January 1 |
Fernan Lake, west end - Independence Point, CDA Lake -
mouth of Spokane River |
Shirley Sturts - Judy and Phil Waring - Stephen Johnson -
Stephen Lindsay |
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Blue-winged Teal ( u ) |
May 10 |
River Road southwest of Cataldo |
Lisa Hardy |
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Cinnamon Teal ( c ) |
April 11 |
Cougar Bay, Coeur d' Alene Lake |
Kris Buchler, Bill Gundlach, Roland Craft |
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Northern Shoveler ( c ) |
March 26 (February winter date) |
Lane Marsh (1st migrant) Bayview |
Mike Haldeman Connie Haskins |
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Northern Pintail ( c ) |
January 16 |
Chain of Lakes and
Flooded Fields on River Road (Cataldo area) |
Charles Swift and Lisa Hardy |
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Green-winged Teal ( c ) |
January 2 |
Indian Mt. CBC |
Lisa Hardy, Carrie, Chalcraft, Don Heikila, Jason Story |
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Common Teal (Eurasian race of the Green-winged teal (#) |
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Canvasback ( u ) |
January 16 |
Honeysuckle Beach, Hayden Lake |
Lisa Hardy |
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Redhead ( c ) |
January 2 |
Indian Mt. CBC |
Lisa Hardy and Carrie Chalcraft |
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Ring-necked Duck ( c ) |
January 1 |
Spokane River |
Stephen Johnson |
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Tufted Duck ( # ) |
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Greater Scaup ( s ) |
January 15 |
Wolf Lodge Bay, Coeur d'Alene Lake |
Mike Haldeman |
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Lesser Scaup ( u ) |
January 2 |
Indian Mt. CBC |
Lisa Hardy and Carrie Chalcraft |
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Harlequin Duck ( r ) |
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Surf Scoter ( r ) |
November 17 |
Hayden Lake |
Lisa Hardy |
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White-winged Scoter ( r ) |
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Long-tailed Duck ( r ) |
January 24 |
CDA Lake - NIC Beach |
Lisa Hardy |
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Bufflehead ( c ) |
January 1 |
Fernan Lake, west end -Mica Bay, CDA Lake - mouth of Spokane River -
Spokane River |
Shirley Sturts - Judy and Phil Waring - Stephen Lindsay - Stephen Johnson |
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Common Goldeneye ( c ) |
January 1 |
Mica Bay, CDA Lake - mouth of Spokane River - Spokane River |
Judy and Phil Waring - Stephen Lindsay - Stephen Johnson |
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Barrow's Goldeneye ( s ) |
January 5 |
Spirit Lake CBC (Bayview) |
Kris Buchler, Theresa Potts, Shirley Sturts |
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Hooded Merganser ( c ) |
January 2 |
Indian Mt. CBC |
Lisa Hardy and Carrie Chalcraft |
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Common Merganser ( c ) |
January 1 |
Mica Bay, CDA Lake - mouth of
Spokane River |
Judy and Phil Waring - Stephen Lindsay |
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Red-breasted Merganser ( r ) |
January 16 |
Mouth of the Spokane River off of NIC beach 1 pair and 1 adult male |
Lisa Hardy |
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Ruddy Duck ( u ) |
January 7 |
Spokane River at Post Falls |
Mike Haldeman |
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PARTRIDGES, GROUSE, TURKEY |
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Gray Partridge ( u ) |
January 1 |
Rathdrum Prairie |
Stephen Johnson |
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Ring-necked Pheasant ( c ) |
January 1 |
Rathdrum Prairie |
Stephen Johnson |
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Ruffed Grouse ( c ) |
January 2 |
Indian Mt. CBC (2 teams) |
Shirley Sturts, Janet Callen, Roland Craft, Stephen Johnson, Lisa
Hardy, Carrie Chalcraft |
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Spruce Grouse ( s ) |
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Blue Grouse ( s ) |
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------Sharp-tailed Grouse (h=1910,1914 |
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Wild Turkey ( c ) |
January 2 |
Indian Mt. CBC (2 teams |
Shirley Sturts, Janet Callen, Roland Craft, Stephen Johnson, Lisa Hardy,
Carrie Chalcraft |
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NEW WORLD QUAIL |
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California Quail ( c ) |
January 1 |
Fernan Village |
Shirley Sturts |
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LOONS |
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Red-Throated Loon (#) |
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Pacific Loon ( s ) |
October 19 |
Hayden Lake |
Mike Haldeman |
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Common Loon ( c ) |
January 21 |
CDA Lake - NIC Beach |
Lisa Hardy |
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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 (2 teams) - CDA Lake Drive |
Shirley Sturts, Janet Callen, Roland Craft, Stephen Johnson, Lisa
Hardy, Carrie Chalcraft Stephen Lindsay |
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Horned Grebe ( c ) |
January 2 |
Indian Mt. CBC |
Lisa Hardy, Carrie Chalcraft |
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Red-necked Grebe ( c ) |
January 1 |
mouth of Spokane River |
Stephen Lindsay |
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Eared Grebe ( r ) |
May 10 |
River Road, flooded fields southwest of Cataldo |
Lisa Hardy |
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Western Grebe ( c ) |
January 1 |
Mica Bay, CDA Lake |
Judy and Phil Waring |
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Clark's Grebe ( # ) |
June 27 |
Medimont |
Lisa Hardy, Kris Buchler, Carrie Hugo |
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PELICANS |
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American White Pelican
( s ) |
April 23 |
(5) Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes Milepost 28 near Black Rock Parking lot |
Roger Young |
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Double-crested Cormorant( u ) |
January 1 |
From NIC Beach. CDA Lake - mouth of Spokane River |
Phil and Judy Waring -
Stephen Lindsay |
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HERONS, BITTERNS |
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American Bittern ( r ) |
June 17 |
Hauser Lake |
Mike Haldeman |
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Great Blue Heron ( c ) |
January 1 |
Mica Bay, CDA Lake -
mouth of Spokane River |
Phil and Judy Waring - Stephen Lindsay |
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Great Egret ( r ) |
May 22 |
Mica Bay, CDA Lake |
Pat Benson |
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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 ( # ) |
May 23 |
Flooded fields west of Cataldo off of River Road |
Lisa Hardy |
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NEW WORLD VULTURES |
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Turkey Vulture ( u ) |
March 29 |
Thompson Lake |
Jason Story |