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KOOTENAI COUNTY BIRD LIST 2006 CONTINUED

compiled by Dr. Stephen Lindsay

Part 2

 Species

Date

Location

Observer

 

HAWKS, KITES, EAGLES

 

 

 

 

Osprey ( c )

March  16

Thompson Lake

Jason Story

 

Bald Eagle ( c )

January 1

Silver Beach, CDA Lake -

Higgins Point

Shirley Sturts -                              Stephen Lindsay

 

Northern Harrier (c )

January 2

Indian Mt. CBC

Stephen Johnson, Roland Craft, Janet Callen, Shirley Sturts, Lisa Hardy, Carrie Chalcraft

 

Sharp-shinned Hawk ( u )

January 1

Ocean Ave. CDA

Janet Callen

 

Cooper's Hawk ( u )

January 1

Mica Flats

Judy and Phil Waring

 

Northern Goshawk ( s )

March 4

Seltice, West of Huetter

between CDA and Post Falls

Stephen Lindsay

 

Broad-winged Hawk (#)

 

 

 

 

Swainson's Hawk ( s )

August 25

picked up at Camp Lutherhaven, CDA Lake starving condisiton now in rehabilitation

Kris Buchler, Jane Cantwell

 

Red-tailed Hawk ( c )

Harlan's

January 1

 

January 2

Rathdrum Prairie

 

Rathdrum Prairie

Stephen Johnson 

 

Stephen Lindsay

 

Ferruginous Hawk ( # )

 

 

 

 

Rough-legged Hawk ( c )

January 1

Rathdrum Prairie

Stephen Johnson

 

Golden Eagle ( r )

January 2

Conkling Park Road

Stephen Johnson, Roland Craft, Janet Callen, Shirley Sturts 

 

FALCONS

 

 

 

 

American Kestrel ( c )

January 2

Rathdrum Prairie

Stephen Lindsay

 

Merlin ( u )

January 1

Wallace Ave, CDA City

Stephen Lindsay

 

Gryfalcon ( r )

 

 

 

 

Peregrine Falcon ( r )

May 10

 

Flooded fields southwest of Cataldo on River Road

Lisa Hardy  (at a distance - 90% sure)

 

Prairie Falcon ( s )

February 2

Coeur d'Alene (flew over)

Stephen Lindsay

 

RAILS, COOTS

 

 

 

 

Virginia Rail ( s )

March 29

Fernan Creek

Kris Buchler

 

Sora ( u )

April 24

Hauser Lake

Stephen Johnson

 

American Coot ( c )

January 2

CDA Indian CBC

Stephen Johnson, Roland Craft, Janet Callen, Shirley Sturts 

 

CRANES

 

 

 

 

Sandhill Crane ( r )

April 22

Thompson Lake (2)

Jason Story

 

PLOVERS

 

 

 

 

Black-bellied Plover ( r )

 

 

 

 

American Golden-Plover ( r )

 

 

 

 

Semipalmated Plover ( r )

July 25

Medimont

Lisa Hardy

 

Killdeer ( c )

January 16w

March 7

 

Greensferry Road, Rathdrum Prairie

Thompson Lake 

Lisa Hardy

Jason Story

 

STILTS, AVOCETS

 

 

 

 

Black-necked Stilt ( # )

 

 

 

 

American Avocet ( r )

May 24

NIC Beach  (1)  unusual location

Dick Cripe

 

SANDPIPERS, PHALAROPES

 

 

 

 

Greater Yellowlegs ( s )

July 18

Lane Marsh

Lisa Hardy

 

Lesser Yellowlegs ( s )

May 10

River Road, flooded fields southwest of Cataldo

Lisa Hardy

 

Solitary Sandpiper ( s )

July 27

Lane Marsh

Lisa Hardy

 

Willet ( # )

 

 

 

 

Spotted Sandpiper ( c )

May 11

Wolf Lodge Bay, CDA Lake

Kris Buchler and Lisa Hardy

 

Upland Sandpiper ( # )

 

 

 

 

Long-billed Curlew ( r )

 

 

 

 

Marbled Godwit ( # )

 

 

 

 

Sanderling ( s )

 

 

 

 

Semipalmated Sandpiper ( s )

August 8

Medimont

Lisa Hardy

 

Western Sandpiper ( s )

 

 

 

 

Least Sandpiper ( s )

August 2

 Medimont

Lisa Hardy

 

White-rumped Sandpiper ( # )

 

 

 

 

Baird's Sandpiper ( s )

 

 

 

 

Pectoral Sandpiper ( s )

 

 

 

 

Dunlin ( # )

 

 

 

 

Stilt Sandpiper ( # )

 

 

 

 

Short-billed Dowitcher ( r )

 

 

 

 

Long-billed Dowitcher ( s )

 

August 2

Medimont

Lisa Hardy

 

Wilson's Snipe ( c )

April 5

Thompson Lake

Jason Story

 

Wilson's Phalarope ( s)

May 10

River Road, flooded fields southwest of Cataldo

Bill Gundlach and Lisa Hardy

 

Red-necked Phalarope ( # )

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

GULLS, TERNS

 

 

 

 

Parasitic Jaeger ( # )

 

 

 

 

Franklin's Gull ( r )

May 10  (3)

River Road, flooded fields southwest of Cataldo

Bill Gundlach and Lisa Hardy

 

Bonaparte's Gull ( u )

November 1

Anderson Lake

Lisa Hardy

 

Mew Gull ( r )

January 15

Fernan Lake, west end

Mike Haldeman

 

Ring-billed Gull ( c )

January 1

Fernan Lake, west end - mouth of Spokane River

Shirley Sturts  - Stephen Lindsay

 

California Gull ( c )

January 1

mouth of Spokane River

Stephen Lindsay

 

Herring Gull ( u )

January 1`

mouth of Spokane River

Stephen Lindsay

 

Thayer's Gull ( s )

January 16

Spokane River NIC Beach

Charles Swift

 

Iceland Gull ( # )

 

 

 

 

Lesser Black-backed Gull (#)

 

 

 

 

Glaucous-winged Gull ( r )

 

 

 

 

Glaucous Gull ( r )

February 7

Bull Lake (near Rose Lake)

Kris Buchler

 

Sabine's Gull ( # )

 

 

 

 

Caspian Tern ( s )

May 15

(3) flying over Loch Haven Estates, Hayden

Doug Ward

 

Common Tern ( s )

 

 

 

 

Forster's Tern ( s )

 

 

 

 

Black Tern ( c )

May 10

River Road, flooded fields southwest of Cataldo

Bill Gundlach and Lisa Hardy

 

MURRES

 

 

 

 

Ancient Murrelet ( # )

 

 

 

 

PIGEONS, DOVES

 

 

 

 

Rock Pigeon ( c )

January 1

Rathdrum Prairie

Stephen Johnson

 

Band-tailed Pigeon ( r )

 

 

 

 

Mourning Dove ( c )

January 1

Fernan Lake -                            Rathdrum Prairie

Shirley Sturts,                       Stephen Johnson

 

Eurasian Collared-Dove (#)

 

 

 

 

CUCKOOS

 

 

 

 

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

 

 

 

 

BARN OWLS

 

 

 

 

Barn Owl ( s )

April 1

Rathdrum Prairie

Stephen Johnson

 

TYPICAL OWLS

 

 

 

 

Flammulated Owl ( # )

 

 

 

 

Western Screech Owl ( s )

 

 

 

 

Great Horned Owl ( u )

January 2

Coeur d'Alene Area

Tom Davenport

 

Snowy Owl ( r )

January 1-6

Rathdrum Prairie

1st reported by Carla  Skinner confirmed by Janet Callen on January 6 many observers

 

Northern Hawk Owl ( # )

 

 

 

 

Northern Pygmy-Owl ( u )

May 18

Trail of the Coeur d'Alene - between Plummer and Heyburn State Park

Shirley Sturts

 

Barred Owl ( s )

January 5

Spirit Lake CBC (Farragut State Park)

Lisa Hardy, Stephen Johnson

 

Great Gray Owl ( r )

 

 

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