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KOOTENAI COUNTY BIRD LIST 2004 CONTINUED

compiled by Dr. Stephen Lindsay

Part 2

 Species

Date

Location

Observer

 

PARTRIDGES, GROUSE, TURKEY

 

 

 

 

Gray Partridge ( u )

January 4`

Hayden Lake

Steve Lindsay

 

Ring-necked Pheasant ( c )

January 1

CDA Airport

Steve Lindsay

 

Ruffed Grouse ( c )

January 1

Armstrong Hill, CDA & Harrison area

Kris Buchler & Steve Lindsay

 

Spruce Grouse ( s )

 

 

 

 

Blue Grouse ( s )

 

 

 

 

------Sharp-tailed Grouse (h=1910,1914

 

 

 

 

Wild Turkey ( c )

January 1

 

Armstrong Hill, CDA Lake & Harrison area

Kris Buchler &  Steve Lindsay

 

NEW WORLD QUAIL

 

 

 

 

California Quail ( c )

January 1

Fernan Lake Home Feeder & Rathdrum Area

Shirley Sturts & Steve Lindsay

 

RAILS, COOTS

 

 

 

 

Virginia Rail ( s )

March 28

**July 12

 

Thompson Lake

West end Fernan Lake 1 pr. with 10 chicks

 

Steve Lindsay

Kris Buchler

 

 

Sora ( u )

May 1

 Mica Bay, CDA Lake

Steve Lindsay

 

American Coot ( c )

January 3

Honeysuckle Beach, Hayden Lake

Steve Lindsay

 

CRANES

 

 

 

 

Sandhill Crane ( r )

April 9

Killarney Lake Farm (Flying over)

Ellen Scriven

 

PLOVERS

 

 

 

 

Black-bellied Plover ( r )

 

 

 

 

Ameican Golden-Plover ( r )

 

 

 

 

Semipalmated Plover ( r )

August 24

Lane Marsh

Lisa Hardy, Kris Buchler ,Roland Craft, Bill Gundlach

 

Killdeer ( c )

February 25

Mica Bay, Coeur d'Alene Lake

Mica Bay Survey

 

STILTS, AVOCETS

 

 

 

 

Black-necked Stilt ( # )

 

 

 

 

American Avocet ( r )

May   14

  Moffit Slough, near Killarney Lake

Carrie Chalcraft, Jason Story

 

SANDPIPERS, PHALAROPES

 

 

 

 

Greater Yellowlegs ( s )

April 14

Thompson Lake)

Steve Lindsay)

 

Lesser Yellowlegs ( s )

May 1

Cougar Bay, CDA Lake)

Steve Lindsay)

 

Solitary Sandpiper ( s )

July 1)

Log yard on Seltice Way, Post Falls)

Steve Lindsay)

 

Willet ( # )

 

 

 

 

Spotted Sandpiper ( c )

May 4

River Road, West of Cataldo)

Steve Lindsay)

 

Upland Sandpiper ( # )

 

 

 

 

Long-billed Curlew ( r )

 

 

 

 

Marbled Godwit ( # )

 

 

 

 

Sanderling ( s )

 

 

 

 

Semipalmated Sandpiper ( s )

 

 

 

 

Western Sandpiper ( s )

August 24

Lane Marsh

Lisa Hardy, Kris Buchler ,Roland Craft, Bill Gundlach

 

Least Sandpiper ( s )

August 10

Lane Marsh

Lisa Hardy, Shirley Sturts, Lynn Sheridan, Pat Bearman

 

White-rumped Sandpiper ( # )

 

 

 

 

Baird's Sandpiper ( s )

August 10

Cave Lake

Lisa Hardy, Shirley Sturts, Lynn Sheridan, Pat Bearman

 

Pectoral Sandpiper ( s )

 

 

 

 

Dunlin ( # )

 

 

 

 

Stilt Sandpiper ( # )

 

 

 

 

Short-billed Dowitcher ( r )

 

 

 

 

Long-billed Dowitcher ( s )

October (1st week)

farm pond North of Hayden Lake

Joe Taggart

 

Wilson's Snipe ( c )

January 4

Beauty Bay, CDA Lake

Steve Lindsay)

 

Wilson's Phalarope ( s)

May 31

River Road (below Tamarack Ridge) west of Cataldo Mission

Lisa Hardy

 

Red-necked Phalarope ( # )

 

 

 

 

---------Red Phalarope (h=1934)

 

 

 

 

GULLS, TERNS

 

 

 

 

Parasitic Jaeger ( # )

 

 

 

 

Franklin's Gull ( r )

May 31

River Road (below Tamarack Ridge) west of Cataldo Mission

Lisa Hardy

 

Bonaparte's Gull ( u )

Oct 29

Killarney Lake

Chapter Field Trip

 

Mew Gull ( r )

January 25

City Beach

Chapter Field Trip

 

Ring-billed Gull ( c )

January 1

Wolf Lodge Bay, CDA Lake

Steve Lindsay)

 

California Gull ( c )

January 1

Wolf Lodge Bay, CDA Lake

Kris Buchler

 

Herring Gull ( u )

January 4

NIC Beach

Steve Lindsay)

 

Thayer's Gull ( s )

January 20

City Beach, CDA

Brown Bag Birding

 

Iceland Gull ( # )

 

 

 

 

Glaucous-winged Gull ( r )

February 1

Independence Point, CDA Lake

Gina Sheridan

 

Glaucous Gull ( r )

March 14

Fighting Creek Landfill

J. Harry Krueger (S. Idaho birder)

 

Sabine's Gull ( # )

 

 

 

 

Caspian Tern ( s )

 

 

 

 

Common Tern ( s )

 

 

 

 

Forster's Tern ( s )

 

 

 

 

Black Tern ( c )

May 26

Dredge Road near Cataldo Mission

Lisa Hardy

 

MURRES

 

 

 

 

Ancient Murrelet ( # )

 

 

 

 

PIGEONS, DOVES

 

 

 

 

Rock Pigeon ( c )

January 1\

Post Falls

Steve Lindsay)

 

Band-tailed Pigeon ( r )

May 6-8

Coeur d'Alene, Visa Drive  feeder

John Weber

 

Mourning Dove ( c )

January 1

Fernan Lake Home Feeder

Shirley Sturts

 

CUCKOOS

 

 

 

 

……..Yellow-billed Cuckoo ( h-1895) 

June 9 (2nd Kootenai County sighting - 1st sighting was in 1895)

Vista Drive, CDA - didn't stay around

John Weber

 

BARN OWLS

 

 

 

 

Barn Owl ( s )

 

 

 

 

TYPICAL OWLS

 

 

 

 

Flammulated Owl ( # )

 

 

 

 

Western Screech Owl ( s )

June 6

(Post Falls)

(Steve Lindsay)

 

Great Horned Owl ( u )

January 20

Fairmont Loop Rd, CDA

Jan and Herb Severtson

 

Snowy Owl ( r )

January 22

Rathdrum Prairie

Eula Hickman

 

Northern Hawk Owl ( # )

 

 

 

 

Northern Pygmy-Owl ( u )

January 3

Hayden Lake (city)

Shirley Sturts, Theresa Potts

 

Barred Owl ( s )

January 2

Killarney Farm

Ellen Scriven

 

Great Gray Owl ( r )

 

 

 

 

Long-eared Owl ( r )

 

 

 

 

Short-eared Owl ( s )

 

 

 

 

Northern Saw-whet Owl ( s )

 

 

 

 

GOATSUCKERS

 

 

 

 

Common Nighthawk ( c )

June 3

Arrowhead Road, CDA

Theresa Potts

 

Common Poorwill ( r )

 

 

 

 

SWIFTS

 

 

 

 

Black Swift ( r )

 

 

 

 

Vaux's Swift ( u )

June 6

Chain of Lakes

Jane Westervelt, WOS Field Trip

 

White-throated Swift ( # )

 

 

 

 

HUMMINGBIRDS

 

 

 

 

Black-chinned Hummingbird( c)

May 2

Armstrong Hill, CDA

Kris Buchler

 

Costa's Hummingbird ( # )

 

 

 

 

Calliope Hummingbird ( c )

April 8

Mica Flats)

Jean Retzler

 

Broad-tailed Hummingbird ( # )

 

 

 

 

Rufous Hummingbird ( c )

April 12

Hayden Lake

Tom Davenport

 

KINGFISHERS

 

 

 

 

Belted Kingfisher ( c )

January 1

Harrison Area

Corinne Cameron

 

WOODPECKERS