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KOOTENAI COUNTY BIRD LIST 2008 CONTINUED

compiled by Shirley Sturts

Part 2

 Species

Date

Location

Observer

 

HAWKS, KITES, EAGLES

 

 

 

 

Osprey ( c )

19 March

Thompson Lake

Carrie Hugo

 

Bald Eagle ( c )

January 1

Beauty Bay

Bill Gundlach

 

Northern Harrier (c )

January 5

Indian Mt. CBC - Harrison

Lisa Hardy

 

Sharp-shinned Hawk ( u )

January 5

Fernan Village

Bill Gundlach

 

Cooper's Hawk ( u )

January 5

 

 

 

January 12

injured bird brought to "Birds of Prey Northwest"  assume Kootenai County -

(checking on location of pick-up) 

 

Wallace Ave. CDA

Ed and Kris Buchler

 

 

 

Steve Lindsay

 

Northern Goshawk ( s )

January 21

Hayden

Tom Davenport

 

Broad-winged Hawk (#)

 

 

 

 

Swainson's Hawk ( s )

 

 

 

 

Red-tailed Hawk ( c )

Harlan's

January 1

Wolf Lodge Road

Bill Gundlach

 

Ferruginous Hawk ( # )

 

 

 

 

Rough-legged Hawk ( c )

January 1

Rathdrum Prairie

Bill Gundlach

 

Golden Eagle ( r )

 

 

 

 

FALCONS

 

 

 

 

American Kestrel ( c )

January 1

Cougar Bay

Bill Gundlach

 

Merlin ( u )

January 7

16th and Young CDA

Bill Gundlach 

 

Gryfalcon ( r )

 

 

 

 

Peregrine Falcon ( r )

 

 

 

 

Prairie Falcon ( s )

 

 

 

 

RAILS, COOTS

 

 

 

 

Virginia Rail ( s )

April 29

Fernan Lake

Kris Buchler

 

Sora ( u )

May 2

Fernan Lake

Kris Buchler and Shirley Sturts

 

American Coot ( c )

January 1

Hayden Lake

Bill Gundlach

 

CRANES

 

 

 

 

Sandhill Crane ( r )

 

 

 

 

PLOVERS

 

 

 

 

Black-bellied Plover ( r )

 

 

 

 

American Golden-Plover ( r )

 

 

 

 

Semipalmated Plover ( r )

 

 

 

 

Killdeer ( c )

February 21

Wolf Lodge Bay. CDA Lake

Jonathan Isacoff

 

STILTS, AVOCETS

 

 

 

 

Black-necked Stilt ( # )

 

 

 

 

American Avocet ( r )

 

 

 

 

SANDPIPERS, PHALAROPES

 

 

 

 

Greater Yellowlegs ( s )

April 20

Cougar Bay, CDA Lake

Terry Gray

 

Lesser Yellowlegs ( s )

April 20

Cougar Bay, CDA Lake

Terry Gray

 

Solitary Sandpiper ( s )

July 8

Schlepp Ranch near Medimont

Lisa Hardy

 

Willet ( # )

 

 

 

 

Spotted Sandpiper ( c )

May 14

Wolf Lodge Bay, CDA Lake

Kris Buchler

 

Upland Sandpiper ( # )

 

 

 

 

Long-billed Curlew ( r )

 

 

 

 

Marbled Godwit ( # )

 

 

 

 

Sanderling ( s )

 

 

 

 

Semipalmated Sandpiper ( s )

 

 

 

 

Western Sandpiper ( s )

 

 

 

 

Least Sandpiper ( s )

July 8

Schlepp Ranch near Medimont

Lisa Hardy

 

White-rumped Sandpiper ( # )

 

 

 

 

Baird's Sandpiper ( s )

 

 

 

 

Pectoral Sandpiper ( s )

 

 

 

 

Dunlin ( # )

 

 

 

 

Stilt Sandpiper ( # )

 

 

 

 

Short-billed Dowitcher ( r )

 

 

 

 

Long-billed Dowitcher ( s )

July 8

Schlepp Ranch near Medimont

Lisa Hardy (thought to be the Long-billed as it is the more common one)

 

Wilson's Snipe ( c )

January 22

Fernan Creek

Laura Bayless, Roy Bell

 

Wilson's Phalarope ( s)

July 8

Schlepp Ranch near Medimont

Lisa Hardy

 

Red-necked Phalarope ( # )

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

GULLS, TERNS

 

 

 

 

Parasitic Jaeger ( # )

 

 

 

 

Franklin's Gull ( r )

 

 

 

 

Bonaparte's Gull ( u )

 

 

 

 

Mew Gull ( r )

February 29

Spokane River/highway 95

Lisa Hardy

 

Ring-billed Gull ( c )

January 1

Independence Point , Fernan Lake, Kohls Parking Lot 

Bill Gundlach, Shirley Sturts, Terry Gray

 

California Gull ( c )

January 1

Independence Point

Bill Gundlach

 

Herring Gull ( u )

January 5

NIC Beach/Spokane River - Indian Mt. CBC - Harrison

Bill Gundlach -  Lisa Hardy

 

Thayer's Gull ( s )

 

 

 

 

Iceland Gull ( # )

 

 

 

 

Lesser Black-backed Gull (#)

 

 

 

 

Glaucous-winged Gull ( r )

 

 

 

 

Glaucous Gull ( r )

 

 

 

 

Sabine's Gull ( # )

 

 

 

 

Caspian Tern ( s )

May 21

Wolf Lodge Bay, CDA Lake

Lisa Hardy

 

Common Tern ( s )

 

 

 

 

Forster's Tern ( s )

 

 

 

 

Black Tern ( c )

June 29

Chain Lakes - Lower CDA River

Kris Buchler, Lisa Hardy

 

MURRES

 

 

 

 

Ancient Murrelet ( # )

 

 

 

 

PIGEONS, DOVES

 

 

 

 

Rock Pigeon ( c )

Janary 1

Between Worley and CDA

Terry Gray

 

Band-tailed Pigeon ( r )

 

 

 

 

Mourning Dove ( c )

January 3

Prairie southwest of Athol Spirit Lake CBC

Janet Callen, Jan Severtson

 

Eurasian Collared-Dove (#)

January 5

Rathdrum Prairie Near Prairie/Chase Roads

Doug Ward

 

CUCKOOS

 

 

 

 

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

 

 

 

 

BARN OWLS

 

 

 

 

Barn Owl ( s )

 

 

 

 

TYPICAL OWLS

 

 

 

 

Flammulated Owl ( # )

 

 

 

 

Western Screech Owl ( s )

March

Brought into Bird of Preu Northwest Reb. Center

Kris Buchler

 

Great Horned Owl ( u )

January 5

Indian Mt. CBC - Harrison

Don Heikkila

 

Snowy Owl ( r )

 

 

 

 

Northern Hawk Owl ( # )

 

 

 

 

Northern Pygmy-Owl ( u )

January 3

Bayview Spirit Lake CBC

Kris Buchler and Roland Craft

 

Barred Owl ( s )

January 11

Killarney Lake

Ellen Scriven

 

Great Gray Owl ( r )