SHOSHONE COUNTY BIRD CHECKLIST
AND
SHOSHONE COUNTY 2008 BIG
YEAR
compiled by Lisa
Hardy
The Shoshone County
checklist stands at 212 species. In 2005, 157 species were detected, or 77% of
the total species ever recorded. Shoshone is primarily a landscape of forested
mountains traversed by two rivers, the Coeur d'Alene and St. Joe. Aside from a
handful of small, high elevation cirque lakes, still water is rare, and most of
the waterbird records come from the manmade ponds of the sewage treatment
facility at Page. The river valleys are minor migration corridors, and a few
unexpected species turn up every spring and fall.
If you have a species to
add, or can beat any of the dates posted so far, call Lisa at 682-4808, or
email at basalt@earthlink.net.
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 (67)
( u ) UNCOMMON: Found every
year, often seasonal, in limited areas, in small numbers, and may require
repeated search attempts in more specific areas (69)
( 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 (35)
( r ) RARE: Not seen every
year, mostly irregular, some periodic (28)
( # ) ACCIDENTAL: Just a few
total sightings with a low expectation of being found in the future. (13)
Total of
107 as of April 15
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SPECIES |
STATUS |
DATE |
LOCATION |
OBSERVER |
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Snow Goose |
r |
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Canada Goose |
c |
8-Jan |
N Fk CdA River |
Lisa Hardy |
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Tundra Swan |
s |
5-Apr |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
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Wood Duck |
c |
1-Apr |
Page swamp |
Lisa Hardy |
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Gadwall |
u |
12-Jan |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
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Eurasian Wigeon |
s |
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American Wigeon |
c |
23-Mar |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
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Mallard |
c |
12-Jan |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
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Blue-winged Teal |
c |
10-May |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
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Cinnamon Teal |
c |
27-Apr |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
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Northern Shoveler |
c |
5-Apr |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
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Northern Pintail |
u |
23-Mar |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
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Green-winged Teal |
c |
12-Jan |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
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Canvasback |
s |
1-Mar |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
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Redhead |
c |
5-Apr |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Ring-necked Duck |
c |
3-Feb |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
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Greater Scaup |
s |
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Lesser Scaup |
c |
1-Mar |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
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Harlequin Duck |
s |
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Surf Scoter |
r |
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Long-tailed Duck |
r |
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Bufflehead |
u |
28-Jan |
Kingston |
Lisa Hardy |
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Common Goldeneye |
c |
7-Jan |
Kingston |
Lisa Hardy |
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Barrow's Goldeneye |
c |
12-Jan |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Hooded Merganser |
c |
15-Feb |
N Fk CdA River |
Lisa Hardy |
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Common Merganser |
c |
8-Jan |
N Fk CdA River |
Lisa Hardy |
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Ruddy Duck |
c |
27-Apr |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
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Ring-necked Pheasant |
s |
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Ruffed Grouse |
u |
14-Mar |
Elizabeth Park |
Lisa Hardy |
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Spruce Grouse |
u |
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White-tailed Ptarmigan |
# |
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Dusky Grouse |
u |
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Wild Turkey |
c |
15-Feb |
Linfor |
Lisa Hardy |
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California Quail |
s |
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Common Loon |
r |
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Pied-billed Grebe |
u |
7-Jan |
N Fk CdA River |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Horned Grebe |
s |
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Eared Grebe |
s |
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Western Grebe |
s |
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Clark's Grebe |
r |
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American White Pelican |
# |
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American Bittern |
r |
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Great Blue Heron |
u |
28-Jan |
N Fk CdA River |
Lisa Hardy |
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Snowy Egret |
# |
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Turkey Vulture |
u |
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Osprey |
u |
21-Apr |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
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Bald Eagle |
u |
25-Jan |
N Fk CdA River |
Lisa Hardy |
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Northern Harrier |
u |
3-May |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
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Sharp-shinned Hawk |
u |
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Cooper's Hawk |
u |
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Northern Goshawk |
u |
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Red-tailed Hawk |
u |
4-Apr |
N Fk CdA River |
Lisa Hardy |
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Rough-legged Hawk |
s |
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Golden Eagle |
r |
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American Kestrel |
u |
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Merlin |
u |
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Peregrine Falcon |
r |
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Prairie Falcon |
r |
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Virginia Rail |
r |
6-Jun |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
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Sora |
u |
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American Coot |
c |
8-Feb |
N Fk CdA River |
Lisa Hardy |
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Semipalmated Plover |
r |
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Killdeer |
c |
1-Apr |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
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American Avocet |
r |
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Greater Yellowlegs |
u |
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Lesser Yellowlegs |
s |
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Solitary Sandpiper |
u |
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Spotted Sandpiper |
c |
17-May |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
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Upland Sandpiper |
# |
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Semipalmated Sandpiper |
s |
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Western Sandpiper |
s |
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Least Sandpiper |
s |
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Baird's Sandpiper |
s |
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Wilson's Snipe |
u |
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Wilson's Phalarope |
u |
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Red-necked Phalarope |
u |
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Bonaparte's Gull |
s |
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Ring-billed Gull |
u |
12-Jan |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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California Gull |
s |
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Black Tern |
s |
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Ancient Murrelet |
# |
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Rock Pigeon |
u |
12-Jan |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
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Mourning Dove |
u |
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Flammulated Owl |
r |
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Western Screech-Owl |
r |
27-Feb |
Calder |
Carrie Hugo |
|
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Great Horned Owl |
u |
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Snowy Owl |
r |
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Northern Hawk Owl |
# |
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Northern Pygmy-Owl |
u |
14-Mar |
Little N. Fk. |
Lisa Hardy |
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Barred Owl |
s |
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Great Gray Owl |
# |
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Short-eared Owl |
# |
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Boreal Owl |
# |
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Northern Saw-whet Owl |
# |
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Common Nighthawk |
u |
7-Jun |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
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Common Poorwill |
# |
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Black Swift |
s |
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Vaux's Swift |
c |
15-May |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
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Black-chinned Hummingbird |
c |
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Anna's Hummingbird |
# |
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Calliope Hummingbird |
c |
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Broad-tailed Hummingbird |
# |
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Rufous Hummingbird |
c |
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Belted Kingfisher |
c |
7-Jan |
N Fk CdA River |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Lewis's Woodpecker |
r |
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Williamson's Sapsucker |
r |
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Red-naped Sapsucker |
c |
21-Apr |
N Fk CdA River |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Downy Woodpecker |
c |
28-Jan |
N Fk CdA River |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Hairy Woodpecker |
c |
2-Mar |
N Fk CdA River |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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American Three-toed Woodpecker |
s |
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Black-backed Woodpecker |
s |
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Northern Flicker |
c |
12-Jan |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Pileated Woodpecker |
u |
2-Mar |
N Fk CdA River |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Olive-sided Flycatcher |
u |
28-May |
Gold Run Gulch |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Western Wood-Pewee |
c |
1-Jun |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Willow Flycatcher |
u |
1-Jun |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Least Flycatcher |
s |
|
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Hammond's Flycatcher |
c |
3-May |
Steamboat Creek |
Lisa Hardy |
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Dusky Flycatcher |
u |
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Western Flycatcher |
c |
27-May |
Ross Ranch |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Eastern Kingbird |
s |
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Northern Shrike |
s |
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Cassin's Vireo |
c |
2-May |
Big Creek |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Warbling Vireo |
c |
10-May |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Red-eyed Vireo |
u |
1-Jun |
Pinehurst |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Gray Jay |
u |
4-Apr |
Little River |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Steller's Jay |
c |
1-Mar |
N Fk CdA River |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Blue Jay |
r |
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Clark's Nutcracker |
s |
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Black-billed Magpie |
c |
11-Feb |
N Fk CdA River |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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American Crow |
c |
7-Jan |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Common Raven |
c |
6-Jan |
Lake Gulch |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Horned Lark |
r |
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Tree Swallow |
c |
1-Apr |
Page swamp |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Violet-green Swallow |
c |
12-Mar |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
c |
3-May |
N Fk CdA River |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Bank Swallow |
u |
1-Jun |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Cliff Swallow |
c |
3-May |
N Fk CdA River |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Barn Swallow |
c |
10-May |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Black-capped Chickadee |
c |
7-Jan |
N Fk CdA River |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Mountain Chickadee |
u |
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Chestnut-backed Chickadee |
c |
8-Jan |
N Fk CdA River |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Red-breasted Nuthatch |
c |
15-Feb |
N Fk CdA River |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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White-breasted Nuthatch |
s |
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Brown Creeper |
u |
7-Jan |
N Fk CdA River |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Rock Wren |
s |
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Bewick's Wren |
s |
2-Mar |
N Fk CdA River |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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House Wren |
u |
17-May |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Winter Wren |
c |
7-Jan |
N Fk CdA River |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Marsh Wren |
r |
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American Dipper |
u |
7-Jan |
N Fk CdA River |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Golden-crowned Kinglet |
c |
8-Jan |
N Fk CdA River |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
c |
3-May |
Steamboat Creek |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Western Bluebird |
u |
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Mountain Bluebird |
u |
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Townsend's Solitaire |
u |
12-Jan |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
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Veery |
u |
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Swainson's Thrush |
c |
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Hermit Thrush |
u |
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American Robin |
c |
14-Jan |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Varied Thrush |
u |
1-Mar |
N Fk CdA River |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Gray Catbird |
u |
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European Starling |
c |
11-Feb |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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American Pipit |
u |
|
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Bohemian Waxwing |
u |
18-Feb |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Cedar Waxwing |
u |
|
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Orange-crowned Warbler |
u |
3-May |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Nashville Warbler |
u |
4-May |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Yellow Warbler |
c |
4-May |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Yellow-rumped Warbler |
c |
27-Apr |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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#NAME? |
s |
|
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Townsend's Warbler |
c |
14-May |
Gold Run |
Lisa Hardy |
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American Redstart |
u |
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Northern Waterthrush |
u |
17-May |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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MacGillivray's Warbler |
u |
28-May |
Gold Run Gulch |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Common Yellowthroat |
u |
17-May |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
|
|
Wilson's Warbler |
u |
28-May |
Gold Run Gulch |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Western Tanager |
c |
10-May |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Spotted Towhee |
c |
14-Apr |
Elizabeth Park |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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American Tree Sparrow |
s |
|
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Chipping Sparrow |
c |
27-May |
Ross Ranch |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Clay-colored Sparrow |
r |
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Vesper Sparrow |
h |
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Lark Sparrow |
r |
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Savannah Sparrow |
u |
17-May |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Grasshopper Sparrow |
r |
|
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Fox Sparrow |
u |
|
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|
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Song Sparrow |
c |
12-Jan |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Lincoln's Sparrow |
r |
|
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White-throated Sparrow |
s |
|
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|
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White-crowned Sparrow |
u |
16-Apr |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) |
c |
7-Jan |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Dark-eyed Junco (slate-colored) |
u |
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Snow Bunting |
r |
|
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Black-headed Grosbeak |
c |
27-May |
Ross Ranch |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Lazuli Bunting |
u |
17-May |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Bobolink |
s |
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Red-winged Blackbird |
c |
15-Feb |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Western Meadowlark |
u |
1-Apr |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Yellow-headed Blackbird |
u |
27-Apr |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Brewer's Blackbird |
u |
25-Apr |
N Fk CdA River |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Brown-headed Cowbird |
c |
17-May |
Pinehurst |
Lisa Hardy |
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Bullock's Oriole |
u |
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Gray-crowned Rosy Finch |
r |
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Pine Grosbeak |
r |
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Cassin's Finch |
u |
4-Mar |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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House Finch |
c |
4-Mar |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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Red Crossbill |
c |
7-Jan |
N Fk CdA River |
Lisa Hardy |
|
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White-winged Crossbill |
r |
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Common Redpoll |
s |
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Pine Siskin |
c |
4-Feb |
Little N. Fk. |
Lisa Hardy |
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American Goldfinch |
u |
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Evening Grosbeak |
u |
4-Feb |
Little N. Fk. |
Lisa Hardy |
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House Sparrow |
c |
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Greater Scaup X Ring-necked Duck |
15-Apr |
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212 |
107 |
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