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KOOTENAI COUNTY BIRD LIST 2005 CONTINUED

compiled by Dr. Stephen Lindsay

Part 2

 Species

Date

Location

Observer

 

PARTRIDGES, GROUSE, TURKEY

 

 

 

 

Gray Partridge ( u )

January 8

Highway 95 north of Lake Creek

Kas Dumroese

 

Ring-necked Pheasant ( c )

January 12

Mica Bay, Coeur d'Alene Lake

Kris Buchler, Roland Craft, Stephen Johnson, Jan Severtson, Shirley Sturts

 

Ruffed Grouse ( c )

January 2

Indian Mt. CBC

Dick Cripe, Ellen Scriven

 

Spruce Grouse ( s )

 

 

 

 

Blue Grouse ( s )

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Wild Turkey ( c )

January 1

Fernan Lake, Armstrong Hill, CDA

Shirley Sturts, Kris Buchler

 

NEW WORLD QUAIL

 

 

 

 

California Quail ( c )

January 1

Fernan Lake, Ocean Ave. CDA, Armstrong Hill, CDA

Shirley Sturts, Janet Callen, Kris Buchler

 

RAILS, COOTS

 

 

 

 

Virginia Rail ( s )

April 8

Cataldo area

Lisa Hardy

 

Sora ( u )

April 17

Fernan Lake

Kris Buchler

 

American Coot ( c )

January 2

Indian Mt. CBC

Janet Callen, Shirley Sturts

 

CRANES

 

 

 

 

Sandhill Crane ( r )

Spring date

Down stream from Lane Marsh

Mike Schlepp

 

PLOVERS

 

 

 

 

Black-bellied Plover ( r )

 

 

 

 

Ameican Golden-Plover ( r )

 

 

 

 

Semipalmated Plover ( r )

 

 

 

 

Killdeer ( c )

February 23

Mica Bay, Coeur d'Alene Lake

Mica Bay Survey

 

STILTS, AVOCETS

 

 

 

 

Black-necked Stilt ( # )

April  24

Cataldo area

Lisa Hardy

 

American Avocet ( r )

 

 

 

 

SANDPIPERS, PHALAROPES

 

 

 

 

Greater Yellowlegs ( s )

April  24

Cataldo area

Lisa Hardy

 

Lesser Yellowlegs ( s )

April  24

Cataldo area

Lisa Hardy

 

Solitary Sandpiper ( s )

July 29

Lane Marsh

Lisa Hardy

 

Willet ( # )

 

 

 

 

Spotted Sandpiper ( c )

May 15

Higgens Point, Coeur d'Alene Lake

Kris Buchler

 

Upland Sandpiper ( # )

 

 

 

 

Long-billed Curlew ( r )

April 20

Rathdrum Prairie

Doug Ward

 

Marbled Godwit ( # )

 

 

 

 

Sanderling ( s )

 

 

 

 

Semipalmated Sandpiper ( s )

August 11

Lane Marsh

Lisa Hardy

 

Western Sandpiper ( s )

August 2

Lane Marsh

Lisa Hardy

 

Least Sandpiper ( s )

august 5

Lane Marsh

Lisa Hardy

 

White-rumped Sandpiper ( # )

 

 

 

 

Baird's Sandpiper ( s )

august 9

Lane Marsh

Lisa Hardy

 

Pectoral Sandpiper ( s )

August 14

Lane Marsh

Mike Halderman

 

Dunlin ( # )

 

 

 

 

Stilt Sandpiper ( # )

August  11

Lane Marsh

Lisa Hardy

 

Short-billed Dowitcher ( r )

 

 

 

 

Long-billed Dowitcher ( s )

August 5

Lane Marsh

Lisa Hardy

 

Wilson's Snipe ( c )

January 2

Indian Mt. CBC

Dick Cripe, Ellen Scriven

 

Wilson's Phalarope ( s)

May 3

Flooded fields near Cataldo

Lisa Hardy

 

Red-necked Phalarope ( # )

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

GULLS, TERNS

 

 

 

 

Parasitic Jaeger ( # )

 

 

 

 

Franklin's Gull ( r )

 

 

 

 

Bonaparte's Gull ( u )

August 13

Fernan Lake

Ed Buchler

 

Mew Gull ( r )

January 21

Wolf Lodge Bay, CDA Lake

Stephen Johnson, Lisa Hardy,

Kris Buchler

 

Ring-billed Gull ( c )

January 1

Fernan Lake, Wolf Lodge Bay, CDA Lake

Shirley Sturts, Kris Buchler

 

California Gull ( c )

January 2

Dike Road NIC

Nels and Shawn Johnson

 

Herring Gull ( u )

January 2

Indian Mt. CBC

Lisa Hardy, Roland Craft

 

Thayer's Gull ( s )

January 8

near elk pens across from Fighting Creek Landfill

Kas Dumroese

 

Iceland Gull ( # )

 

 

 

 

Lesser Black-backed Gull (#)

January 2

Indian Mt. CBC

Lisa Hardy, Roland Craft

 

Glaucous-winged Gull ( r )

 

 

 

 

Glaucous Gull ( r )

 

 

 

 

Sabine's Gull ( # )

 

 

 

 

Caspian Tern ( s )

 

 

 

 

Common Tern ( s )

 

 

 

 

Forster's Tern ( s )

 

 

 

 

Black Tern ( c )

May 8  (10)

Hardy Loop, Cataldo area

Lisa Hardy

 

MURRES

 

 

 

 

Ancient Murrelet ( # )

 

 

 

 

PIGEONS, DOVES

 

 

 

 

Rock Pigeon ( c )

January 4

Spirit Lake CBC (Athol)

Lisa Hardy, Laura Bayless, Judy and Phil Waring

 

Band-tailed Pigeon ( r )

May 22

Rimrock area north of Lancaster

Stevan McQuiston

 

Mourning Dove ( c )

January 1

Ocean Ave. CDA

Janet Callen

 

CUCKOOS

 

 

 

 

……..Yellow-billed Cuckoo ( h-1895) 

 

 

 

 

BARN OWLS

 

 

 

 

Barn Owl ( s )

February 27

Rathdrum Prairie

Stephen Johnson

 

TYPICAL OWLS

 

 

 

 

Flammulated Owl ( # )

 

 

 

 

Western Screech Owl ( s )

 

 

 

 

Great Horned Owl ( u )

January 4

Post Falls

Stephen Lindsay

 

Snowy Owl ( r )

December 31

Rathdrum Prairie

John Johnson

 

Northern Hawk Owl ( # )

 

 

 

 

Northern Pygmy-Owl ( u )

January 2

Indian Mt. CBC

Roland Craft, Dick Cripe, Lisa Hardy, Ellen Scriven

 

Barred Owl ( s )

January

Killarney Farms

Ellen Scriven

 

Great Gray Owl ( r )

 

 

 

 

Long-eared Owl ( r )

In June

Post Falls area -  Injured bird

brought to Beth Paragamian

Watchable Wildlife

 

Short-eared Owl ( s )

In June

Rathdrum Prairie - Injured bird

brought to Beth Paragamian

Watchable Wildlife

 

Northern Saw-whet Owl ( s )

 

 

 

 

GOATSUCKERS

 

 

 

 

Common Nighthawk ( c )

July `12

Post Falls

Stephen Lindsay

 

Common Poorwill ( r )

 

 

 

 

SWIFTS

 

 

 

 

Black Swift ( r )

 

 

 

 

Vaux's Swift ( u )

May 3

Medimont area

Lisa Hardy, Shirley Sturts

 

White-throated Swift ( # )

 

 

 

 

HUMMINGBIRDS

 

 

 

 

Black-chinned Hummingbird( c)

April 18

Armstrong Hill, CDA

Kris Buchler

 

Costa's Hummingbird ( # )

 

 

 

 

Calliope Hummingbird ( c )

April 15

Armstrong Hill, CDA

Kris Buchler

 

Broad-tailed Hummingbird ( # )

 

 

 

 

Rufous Hummingbird ( c )

April 21

Fairmont Loop Rd, CDA

Jan Severtson

 

KINGFISHERS

 

 

 

 

Belted Kingfisher ( c )