SHOSHONE COUNTY BIRD CHECKLIST
AND
SHOSHONE COUNTY 2009 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 so far 103 as of May
26
|
|
SPECIES |
STATUS |
date |
location |
observer |
sequence |
|
1 |
Snow Goose |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
Canada Goose |
c |
17-Jan-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
29 |
|
3 |
Tundra Swan |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
Wood Duck |
c |
27-Feb-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
43 |
|
5 |
Gadwall |
u |
3-Jan-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
1 |
|
6 |
Eurasian Wigeon |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
American Wigeon |
c |
28-Mar-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
49 |
|
8 |
Mallard |
c |
3-Jan-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
2 |
|
9 |
Blue-winged Teal |
c |
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
Cinnamon Teal |
c |
25-Apr-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
61 |
|
11 |
Northern Shoveler |
c |
25-Apr-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
62 |
|
12 |
Northern Pintail |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
13 |
Green-winged Teal |
c |
3-Jan-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
3 |
|
14 |
Canvasback |
s |
28-Mar-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
50 |
|
15 |
Redhead |
c |
28-Mar-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
51 |
|
16 |
Ring-necked Duck |
c |
28-Mar-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
52 |
|
17 |
Greater Scaup |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
18 |
Lesser Scaup |
c |
17-Jan-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
30 |
|
19 |
Harlequin Duck |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
20 |
Surf Scoter |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
21 |
Long-tailed Duck |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
22 |
Bufflehead |
u |
3-Jan-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
4 |
|
23 |
Common Goldeneye |
c |
3-Jan-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
5 |
|
24 |
Barrow's Goldeneye |
c |
3-Jan-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
6 |
|
25 |
Hooded Merganser |
c |
28-Mar-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
53 |
|
26 |
Common Merganser |
c |
9-Jan-10 |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
23 |
|
27 |
Ruddy Duck |
c |
25-Apr-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
63 |
|
28 |
Ring-necked Pheasant |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
29 |
Ruffed Grouse |
u |
22-Jan-10 |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
32 |
|
30 |
Spruce Grouse |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
31 |
White-tailed Ptarmigan |
# |
|
|
|
|
|
32 |
Blue Grouse |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
33 |
Wild Turkey |
c |
15-Feb-10 |
Bear Creek |
Lisa Hardy |
38 |
|
34 |
California Quail |
s |
6-May-10 |
Osburn |
Lisa Hardy |
87 |
|
35 |
Common Loon |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
36 |
Pied-billed Grebe |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
37 |
Horned Grebe |
s |
5-May-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
86 |
|
38 |
Eared Grebe |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
39 |
Western Grebe |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
40 |
Clark's Grebe |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
41 |
American White Pelican |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
42 |
Great Blue Heron |
u |
3-Jan-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
7 |
|
43 |
Snowy Egret |
# |
|
|
|
|
|
44 |
Turkey Vulture |
u |
4-May-10 |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
76 |
|
45 |
Osprey |
u |
4-May-10 |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
77 |
|
46 |
Bald Eagle |
u |
3-Jan-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
8 |
|
47 |
Northern Harrier |
u |
28-Mar-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
54 |
|
48 |
Sharp-shinned Hawk |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
49 |
Cooper's Hawk |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
50 |
Northern Goshawk |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
51 |
Red-tailed Hawk |
u |
12-Feb-10 |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
34 |
|
52 |
Rough-legged Hawk |
s |
3-Jan-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
9 |
|
53 |
Golden Eagle |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
54 |
American Kestrel |
u |
2-May-10 |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
73 |
|
55 |
Merlin |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
56 |
Peregrine Falcon |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
57 |
Prairie Falcon |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
58 |
Sora |
u |
9-May-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
91 |
|
59 |
American Coot |
c |
25-Apr-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
64 |
|
60 |
Semipalmated Plover |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
61 |
Killdeer |
c |
7-Mar-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
44 |
|
62 |
American Avocet |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
63 |
Greater Yellowlegs |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
64 |
Lesser Yellowlegs |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
65 |
Solitary Sandpiper |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
66 |
Spotted Sandpiper |
c |
9-May-10 |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
92 |
|
67 |
Western Sandpiper |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
68 |
Least Sandpiper |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
69 |
Baird's Sandpiper |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
70 |
Pectoral Sandpiper |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
71 |
Wilson's Snipe |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
72 |
Wilson's Phalarope |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
73 |
Red-necked Phalarope |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
74 |
Bonaparte's Gull |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
75 |
Ring-billed Gull |
u |
3-Jan-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
10 |
|
76 |
California Gull |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
77 |
Black Tern |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
78 |
Ancient Murrelet |
# |
|
|
|
|
|
79 |
Rock Pigeon |
u |
15-Feb-10 |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
39 |
|
80 |
Mourning Dove |
u |
######## |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
95 |
|
81 |
Flammulated Owl |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
82 |
Western Screech-Owl |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
83 |
Great Horned Owl |
u |
4-May-10 |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
78 |
|
84 |
Snowy Owl |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
85 |
Northern Hawk Owl |
# |
|
|
|
|
|
86 |
Northern Pygmy-Owl |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
87 |
Barred Owl |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
88 |
Great Gray Owl |
# |
|
|
|
|
|
89 |
Short-eared Owl |
# |
|
|
|
|
|
90 |
Boreal Owl |
# |
|
|
|
|
|
91 |
Northern Saw-whet Owl |
# |
|
|
|
|
|
92 |
Common Nighthawk |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
93 |
Common Poorwill |
# |
|
|
|
|
|
94 |
Black Swift |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
95 |
Vaux's Swift |
c |
4-May-10 |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
79 |
|
96 |
Black-chinned Hummingbird |
c |
######## |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
102 |
|
97 |
Anna's Hummingbird |
# |
|
|
|
|
|
98 |
Calliope Hummingbird |
c |
|
|
|
|
|
99 |
Broad-tailed Hummingbird |
# |
|
|
|
|
|
100 |
Rufous Hummingbird |
c |
######## |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
103 |
|
101 |
Belted Kingfisher |
c |
9-Jan-10 |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
24 |
|
102 |
Lewis's Woodpecker |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
103 |
Williamson's Sapsucker |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
104 |
Red-naped Sapsucker |
c |
14-Apr-10 |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
56 |
|
105 |
Downy Woodpecker |
c |
3-Jan-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
11 |
|
106 |
Hairy Woodpecker |
c |
|
|
|
|
|
107 |
American Three-toed Woodpecker |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
108 |
Black-backed Woodpecker |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
109 |
Northern Flicker |
c |
3-Jan-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
12 |
|
110 |
Pileated Woodpecker |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
111 |
Olive-sided Flycatcher |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
112 |
Western Wood-Pewee |
c |
######## |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
96 |
|
113 |
Willow Flycatcher |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
114 |
Least Flycatcher |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
115 |
Hammond's Flycatcher |
c |
4-May-10 |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
80 |
|
116 |
Dusky Flycatcher |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
117 |
Western Flycatcher |
c |
|
|
|
|
|
118 |
Eastern Kingbird |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
119 |
Northern Shrike |
s |
3-Jan-10 |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
13 |
|
120 |
Cassin's Vireo |
c |
3-May-10 |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
75 |
|
121 |
Warbling Vireo |
c |
4-May-10 |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
81 |
|
122 |
Red-eyed Vireo |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
123 |
Gray Jay |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
124 |
Steller's Jay |
c |
15-Feb-10 |
Kingston |
Lisa Hardy |
40 |
|
125 |
Blue Jay |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
126 |
Clark's Nutcracker |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
127 |
Black-billed Magpie |
c |
3-Jan-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
14 |
|
128 |
American Crow |
c |
15-Feb-10 |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
41 |
|
129 |
Common Raven |
c |
3-Jan-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
15 |
|
130 |
Horned Lark |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
131 |
Tree Swallow |
c |
24-Mar-10 |
Osburn |
Lisa Hardy |
47 |
|
132 |
Violet-green Swallow |
c |
24-Mar-10 |
Osburn |
Lisa Hardy |
48 |
|
133 |
Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
c |
20-Apr-10 |
Pinehurst |
Lisa Hardy |
57 |
|
134 |
Bank Swallow |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
135 |
Cliff Swallow |
c |
20-Apr-10 |
Pinehurst |
Lisa Hardy |
58 |
|
136 |
Barn Swallow |
c |
9-May-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
93 |
|
137 |
Black-capped Chickadee |
c |
3-Jan-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
16 |
|
138 |
Mountain Chickadee |
u |
30-Jan-10 |
Pinehurst |
Lisa Hardy |
33 |
|
139 |
Chestnut-backed Chickadee |
c |
12-Feb-10 |
Pinehurst |
Lisa Hardy |
35 |
|
140 |
Red-breasted Nuthatch |
c |
3-Jan-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
17 |
|
141 |
White-breasted Nuthatch |
r |
4-May-10 |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
82 |
|
142 |
Pygmy Nuthatch |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
143 |
Brown Creeper |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
144 |
Rock Wren |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
145 |
Bewick's Wren |
s |
3-Jan-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
18 |
|
146 |
House Wren |
u |
9-May-10 |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
94 |
|
147 |
Winter Wren |
c |
13-Jan-10 |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
28 |
|
148 |
Marsh Wren |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
149 |
American Dipper |
u |
9-Jan-10 |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
25 |
|
150 |
Golden-crowned Kinglet |
c |
3-Jan-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
19 |
|
151 |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
c |
|
|
|
|
|
152 |
Western Bluebird |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
153 |
Mountain Bluebird |
u |
12-Apr-10 |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
55 |
|
154 |
Townsend's Solitaire |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
155 |
Veery |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
156 |
Swainson's Thrush |
c |
|
|
|
|
|
157 |
Hermit Thrush |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
158 |
American Robin |
c |
10-Jan-10 |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
26 |
|
159 |
Varied Thrush |
u |
17-Mar-10 |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
90 |
|
160 |
Gray Catbird |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
161 |
European Starling |
c |
12-Feb-10 |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
36 |
|
162 |
American Pipit |
u |
25-Apr-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
65 |
|
163 |
Bohemian Waxwing |
u |
20-Jan-10 |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
31 |
|
164 |
Cedar Waxwing |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
165 |
Orange-crowned Warbler |
u |
25-Apr-10 |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
66 |
|
166 |
Nashville Warbler |
u |
23-Apr-10 |
Ross Ranch |
Lisa Hardy |
60 |
|
167 |
Yellow Warbler |
c |
4-May-10 |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
83 |
|
168 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
c |
25-Apr-10 |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
67 |
|
169 |
Townsend's Warbler |
c |
4-May-10 |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
84 |
|
170 |
American Redstart |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
171 |
Northern Waterthrush |
u |
######## |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
97 |
|
172 |
MacGillivray's Warbler |
u |
2-May-10 |
Osburn |
Lisa Hardy |
74 |
|
173 |
Common Yellowthroat |
u |
25-Apr-10 |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
68 |
|
174 |
Wilson's Warbler |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
175 |
Western Tanager |
c |
######## |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
98 |
|
176 |
Spotted Towhee |
c |
22-Mar-10 |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
45 |
|
177 |
American Tree Sparrow |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
178 |
Chipping Sparrow |
c |
21-Apr-10 |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
59 |
|
179 |
Clay-colored Sparrow |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
180 |
Vesper Sparrow |
h |
|
|
|
|
|
181 |
Lark Sparrow |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
182 |
Savannah Sparrow |
u |
28-Apr-10 |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
71 |
|
183 |
Grasshopper Sparrow |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
184 |
Fox Sparrow |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
185 |
Song Sparrow |
c |
3-Jan-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
20 |
|
186 |
Lincoln's Sparrow |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
187 |
White-throated Sparrow |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
188 |
White-crowned Sparrow |
u |
26-Apr-10 |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
70 |
|
189 |
Dark-eyed Junco |
c |
10-Jan-10 |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
27 |
|
190 |
Snow Bunting |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
191 |
Black-headed Grosbeak |
c |
######## |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
99 |
|
192 |
Lazuli Bunting |
u |
######## |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
100 |
|
193 |
Bobolink |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
194 |
Red-winged Blackbird |
c |
13-Feb-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
37 |
|
195 |
Western Meadowlark |
u |
23-Mar-10 |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
46 |
|
196 |
Yellow-headed Blackbird |
u |
28-Apr-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
72 |
|
197 |
Brewer's Blackbird |
u |
4-May-10 |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
85 |
|
198 |
Brown-headed Cowbird |
c |
######## |
Kellogg |
Shirley Sturts |
89 |
|
199 |
Bullock's Oriole |
u |
######## |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
101 |
|
200 |
Gray-crowned Rosy Finch |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
201 |
Pine Grosbeak |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
202 |
Cassin's Finch |
u |
25-Apr-10 |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
69 |
|
203 |
House Finch |
c |
15-Feb-10 |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
42 |
|
204 |
Red Crossbill |
c |
|
|
|
|
|
205 |
White-winged Crossbill |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
206 |
Common Redpoll |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
207 |
Pine Siskin |
c |
6-May-10 |
Osburn |
Lisa Hardy |
88 |
|
208 |
American Goldfinch |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
209 |
Evening Grosbeak |
u |
3-Jan-10 |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
21 |
|
210 |
House Sparrow |
c |
7-Jan-10 |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
22 |
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