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3 2002 Kootenai County Big Year
2009 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
Checklist Compiled by Dr. Stephen Lindsay
Updated and Big Year by Shirley Sturts
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common, Uncommon = 151
scarce, rare = 92
accidental = 44
Kootenai County Total (seen since 1950) =
286
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 193 as of
December 30, 2009
PART 1
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Species |
Date |
Location |
Observer |
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Greater White-Fronted Goose ( r ) |
November 1 |
Medicine Lake |
Lisa Hardy |
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Snow goose ( s ) |
April 12 |
(6) flying over
from Twin Lakes towards Spirit
Lake |
Cindy Langlitz |
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Ross' Goose ( # ) |
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…Brant () h-1899) |
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Cackling Goose |
October 29 |
River Road |
Lisa Hardy |
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Canada Goose ( c ) |
January 1 |
Wolf Lodge Bay, Independence Point, Turner Bay |
Kris Buchler, Shirley Sturts, Bill Gundlach, Leslie Covey |
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Trumpeter Swan ( s ) |
January 1 |
Blue Creek Bay |
Bill Gundlach |
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Tundra Swan ( c ) |
January 1 |
Turner Bay, CDA Lake |
Leslie Covey |
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Wood Duck ( c ) |
March 21 |
Hardy Loop, Cataldo area |
Lisa Hardy |
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Gadwall ( c ) |
February 13 |
Wolf
Lodge Bay, CDA Lake |
Lisa Hardy |
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Eurasian Wigeon ( s ) |
March 6 |
Lane Marsh, Cataldo area (3) |
Lisa Hardy |
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American Wigeon ( c ) |
January 1 |
NIC Beach |
Bill Gundlach |
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Mallard ( c ) |
January 1 |
Wolf Lodge Bay, NIC Beach, Turner Bay |
Kris Buchler, Shirley Sturts, Bill Gundlach, Lelie Covey |
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Blue-winged Teal ( u ) |
April 25 |
Schlepp Ranch |
Lisa Hardy |
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Cinnamon Teal ( c ) |
April 14 |
Cougar Bay, CDA Lake |
Kris Buchler, Shirley Sturts , Jan Severtson |
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Northern Shoveler ( c ) |
March 21 |
Canyon Marsh, Cataldo area |
Lisa Hardy |
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Northern Pintail ( c ) |
January 1 |
Wolf Lodge Bay |
Kris Buchler, Shirley Sturts, Bill Gundlach |
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Green-winged Teal ( c ) |
February 13 |
Wolf
Lodge Bay, CDA Lake |
Lisa Hardy |
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Common Teal (Eurasian race of the Green-winged teal (#) |
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Canvasback ( u ) |
February 22 |
Cougar
Bay, CDA Lake |
Doug Ward |
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Redhead ( c ) |
January 1 |
Wolf Lodge Bay |
Bill Gundlach |
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Ring-necked Duck ( c ) |
January 1 |
Wolf Lodge Bay |
Bill Gundlach |
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Tufted Duck ( # ) |
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Greater Scaup ( s ) |
April 18 |
Schlepp
Ranch |
Lisa Hardy |
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Lesser Scaup ( u ) |
January 1 |
Wolf Lodge Bay |
Kris Buchler, Shirley Sturts, Bill Gundlach |
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Harlequin Duck ( r ) |
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Surf Scoter ( r ) |
October 16 |
Hayden Lake |
Lisa Hardy |
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White-winged Scoter ( r ) |
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Long-tailed Duck ( r ) |
December 16 |
Hayden Lake |
Lisa Hardy |
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Bufflehead ( c ) |
January 1 |
Wolf Lodge Bay, Independence Pt. |
Kris Buchler, Shirley Sturts, Bill Gundlach |
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Common Goldeneye ( c ) |
January 1 |
Wolf Lodge Bay, Spokane River (Post Falls), Turner Bay |
Kris Buchler, Shirley Sturts, Bill Gundlach, Lelie Covey |
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Barrow's Goldeneye ( s ) |
March 21 |
Canyon Marsh, Cataldo area |
Lisa Hardy |
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Hooded Merganser ( c ) |
January 1 |
Wolf Lodge Bay, Blue Creek Bay |
Kris Buchler, Shirley Sturts, Bill Gundlach |
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Common Merganser ( c ) |
January 1 |
Yacht Club, CDA |
Bill Gundlach |
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Red-breasted Merganser ( r ) |
January 3 |
NIC Beach |
Bill Gundlach, Lisa Hardy, Shirley Sturts |
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Ruddy Duck ( u ) |
Aptils 5 |
Canyon Marsh |
Lisa Hardy |
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PARTRIDGES, GROUSE, TURKEY |
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Gray Partridge ( u ) |
January 4 |
Industrial
Park, CDA |
Tom Davenport |
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Ring-necked Pheasant ( c ) |
January 1 |
`Loch
Haven, Hayden |
Doug Ward |
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Ruffed Grouse ( c ) |
January 3 |
Spirit Lake CBC |
Janet Callen, Roland Craft |
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Spruce Grouse ( s ) |
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Dusky (Blue) Grouse ( s ) |
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------Sharp-tailed Grouse (h=1910,1914 |
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Wild Turkey ( c ) |
January 1 |
Fernan Village |
Kris Buchler, Shirley Sturts |
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NEW WORLD QUAIL |
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California Quail ( c ) |
January 3 |
Coeur d'Alene feeders, Blackwell Island |
Janet Callen, Lisa Hardy, Kris and Ed Buchler |
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Northern Bobwhite (r, introduced) |
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LOONS |
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Red-Throated Loon (#) |
October 16 |
Hayden Lake |
Lisa Hardy |
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Pacific Loon ( s ) |
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Common Loon ( c ) |
January 2 |
Bayview |
Spirit Lake CBC - Kris Buchler, Peggy Albertson |
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Yellow-billed Loon ( # ) |
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GREBES |
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Pied-billed Grebe ( c ) |
January 1 |
Yacht Club, CDA |
Bill Gundlach |
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Horned Grebe |
January 1 |
Wolf Lodge Bay |
Kris Buchler, Shirley Sturts |
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Red-necked Grebe ( c ) |
January 1 |
Wolf Lodge Bay |
Kris Buchler, Shirley Sturts |
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Eared Grebe ( r ) |
May 2 |
Schlepp Ranch (1 breeding plumage) |
Lisa Hardy |
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Western Grebe ( c ) |
May 12 |
Cave Lake |
Lisa Hardy |
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Clark's Grebe ( # ) |
September 27 |
Killarney Lake |
Bill Gundlach |
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PELICANS |
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American White Pelican
( s ) |
May 2 |
Schlepp Ranch (5) |
Lisa Hardy |
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Double-crested Cormorant( u ) |
January 1 |
Wolf Lodge Bay |
Kris Buchler, Shirley Sturts, Bill Gundlach |
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HERONS, BITTERNS |
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American Bittern ( r ) |
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Great Blue Heron ( c ) |
January 1 |
Blue Creek Bay |
Bill Gundlach |
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Great Egret ( r ) |
September 10 (1) September 15 (3) |
Saw Mill Pond near Cataldo Mission 2 at the same location plus
1 in Lane March |
Larry Miller Lisa Hardy |
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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 13 |
Armstrong Hill, CDA |
Kris Buchler |