SPRING
ARRIVALS KOOTENAI COUNTY CONTINUED
compiled by Shirley Sturts
Part 2
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Species |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
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HAWKS, KITES, EAGLES |
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Osprey ( c ) |
3/16 |
3/28 |
3/17 |
3/18 |
3/16 |
3/21 |
3/19 |
3/26 |
3/27 |
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Bald Eagle ( c ) |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
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Northern Harrier (c ) |
2/2 |
1/1 |
2/28 |
1/2 |
1/2 |
3/14 |
1/5 |
1/1 |
3/9 |
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Sharp-shinned Hawk ( u ) |
1/8 |
1/8 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/8 |
1/5 |
1/3 |
1/10 |
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Cooper's Hawk ( u ) |
1/13 |
9/5 |
1/2 |
2/28 |
1/1 |
2/17 |
1/5 |
1/4 |
1/10 |
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Northern Goshawk ( s ) |
1/30 |
12/14 |
1/8 |
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3/4 |
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1/21 |
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Swainson's Hawk ( s ) |
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Red-tailed Hawk ( c ) |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/2 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
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Ferruginous Hawk ( # ) |
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8/19 |
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Rough-legged Hawk ( c ) |
1/4 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/2 |
1/1 |
1/3 |
1/1 |
1/5 |
1/6 |
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Golden Eagle ( r ) |
2/ 25 |
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1/18 |
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1/2 |
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1/5 |
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FALCONS |
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American Kestrel ( c ) |
1/3 |
1/3 |
1/20 |
1/2 |
1/2 |
1/2 |
1/1 |
2/13 |
1/4 |
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Merlin ( u ) |
1/15 |
1/3 |
1/12 |
1/8 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/7 |
1/2 |
1/29 |
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Gryfalcon ( r ) |
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Peregrine Falcon ( r ) |
5/27 |
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5/10 |
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10/24 |
5/11 |
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Prairie Falcon ( s ) |
9/20 |
1/3 |
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2/2 |
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1/6 |
7/3 |
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RAILS, COOTS |
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Virginia Rail ( s ) |
5/26 |
4/30 |
3/28 |
4/8 |
3/29 |
3/20 |
4/29 |
4/11 |
2/27 |
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Sora ( u ) |
5/10 |
4/30 |
5/1 |
4/17 |
4/24 |
4/23 |
5/2 |
4/25 |
5/6 |
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American Coot ( c ) |
1/5 |
1/1 |
1/3 |
1/2 |
1/1 |
1/3 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/4 |
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CRANES |
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Sandhill Crane ( r ) |
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4/9 |
spring |
4/22 |
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6/23 |
5/18 |
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PLOVERS |
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Black-bellied Plover ( r ) |
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American Golden-Plover ( r ) |
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Semipalmated Plover ( r ) |
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9/28 |
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5/11 |
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5/8 |
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Killdeer ( c ) |
2/17 |
3/7 |
2/2 |
2/23 |
1/16w 3/7 |
2/26 |
2/21 |
2/13 |
2/27 |
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STILTS, AVOCETS |
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Black-necked Stilt ( # ) |
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4/24 |
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5/2 |
5/8 |
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American Avocet ( r ) |
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5/14 |
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6/7 |
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5/2 |
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SANDPIPERS, PHALAROPES |
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Greater Yellowlegs ( s ) |
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4/22 |
4/14 |
4/24 |
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5/11 |
4/20 |
4/25 |
5/8 |
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Lesser Yellowlegs ( s ) |
9/? |
8/24 |
5/1 |
4/24 |
5/10 |
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4/20 |
4/25 |
5/5 |
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Solitary Sandpiper ( s ) |
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7/28 |
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5/11 |
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5/17 |
4/22 |
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Willet ( # ) |
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Spotted Sandpiper ( c ) |
5/14 |
5/ 9 |
5/4 |
5/15 |
5/11 |
4/18 |
5/14 |
4/5 |
5/20 |
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Upland Sandpiper ( # ) |
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Long-billed Curlew ( r ) |
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4/24 |
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Marbled Godwit ( # ) |
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Sanderling ( s ) |
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5/17 |
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Semipalmated Sandpiper ( s ) |
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Western Sandpiper ( s ) |
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8/24 |
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Least Sandpiper ( s ) |
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8/24 |
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5/11 |
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7/14 |
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White-rumped Sandpiper ( # ) |
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Baird's Sandpiper ( s ) |
7/29 |
9/8 |
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7/14 |
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Pectoral Sandpiper ( s ) |
10/6 |
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5/9 |
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Dunlin ( # ) |
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4/10 |
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Stilt Sandpiper ( # ) |
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Short-billed Dowitcher ( r ) |
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8/24 |
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Long-billed Dowitcher ( s ) |
10/26 |
9/23 |
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5/16 |
5/11 |
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Wilson's Snipe ( c ) |
4/7 |
3/22 |
1/4 3/10 |
1/2 |
4/5 |
3/13 |
1/22w 4/8 |
5/2 |
4/13 |
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Wilson's Phalarope ( s) |
5/25 |
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5/31 |
5/3 |
5/10 |
5/11 |
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5/9 |
5/11 |
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Red-necked Phalarope ( # ) |
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9/12 |
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--Red Phalarope (h=1934) |
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GULLS, TERNS |
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Parasitic Jaeger ( # ) |
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Franklin's Gull ( r ) |
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5/31 |
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5/10 |
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Bonaparte's Gull ( u ) |
1/2 |
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11/1 |
4/10 |
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Mew Gull ( r ) |
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3/8 |
1/25 |
1/21 |
1/15 |
1/12 |
2/29 |
2/13 |
1/1 |
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Ring-billed Gull ( c ) |
1/2 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
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California Gull ( c ) |
1/2 |
1/4 |
1/1 |
1/2 |
1/1 |
1/3 |
1/1 |
1/17 |
1/1 |
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Herring Gull ( u ) |
1/2 |
3/11 |
1/4 |
1/2 |
1/1 |
1/5 |
1/5 |
1/3 |
1/1 |
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Thayer's Gull ( s ) |
1/14 |
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1/2 |
1/8 |
1/16 |
1/24 |
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1/17 |
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Iceland Gull ( # ) |
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Lesser Black-backed Gull |
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1/2 |
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Glaucous-winged Gull ( r ) |
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2/1 |
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Glaucous Gull ( r ) |
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3/14 |
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2/7 |
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Sabine's Gull ( # ) |
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Caspian Tern ( s ) |
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6/23 |
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5/15 |
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5/20 |
6/26 |
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Common Tern ( s ) |
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8/24 |
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Forster's Tern ( s ) |
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Black Tern ( c ) |
5/6 |
5/19 |
5/26 |
5/8 |
5/10 |
6/7 |
6/29 |
5/17 |
5/18 |
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MURRES |
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Ancient Murrelet ( # ) |
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PIGEONS, DOVES |
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Rock Pigeon ( c ) |
1/5 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/4 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
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Band-tailed Pigeon ( r ) |
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May 6-8 |
5/8 |
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Mourning Dove ( c ) |
1/1 |
1/8 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/3 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
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Eurasian Collared-Dove |
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5/1 |
1/5 |
1/12 |
1/14 |
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CUCKOOS |
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……..Yellow-billed Cuckoo ( h-1895) |
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6/9 |
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BARN OWLS |
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Barn Owl ( s ) |
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2/27 |
4/1 |
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TYPICAL OWLS |
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Flammulated Owl ( # ) |
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Western Screech Owl ( s ) |
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6/6 |
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3/? |
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2/19 |
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Great Horned Owl ( u ) |
3/3 |
1/4 |
1/20 |
1/4 |
1/2 |
1/16 |
1/5 |
1/16 |
1/4 |
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Snowy Owl ( r ) |
1/1 |
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1/22 |
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1/1 |
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Northern Hawk Owl ( # ) |
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Northern Pygmy-Owl ( u ) |
1/5 |
1/4 |
1/3 |
1/2 |
5/18 |
1/3 |
1/3 |
1/2 |
3/23 |
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Barred Owl ( s ) |
1/1 |
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1/2 |
Jan. |
1/5 |
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1/11 |
5/28 |
1/3 |
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Great Gray Owl ( r ) |
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6/ |
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Long-eared Owl ( r ) |
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6/7 |
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June |
3/27 |
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3/? |
1/4 |
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Short-eared Owl ( s ) |
Fall |
1/1 |
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1/15 |
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Northern Saw-whet Owl ( s ) |
12/23 |
? |
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2/20 |
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2/11 |
2/19 |
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GOATSUCKERS |
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Common Nighthawk ( c ) |
4/28 |
1/1 |
6/3 |
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6/12 |
7/30 |
6/14 |
5/28 |
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Common Poorwill ( r ) |
6/13 |
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SWIFTS |
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Black Swift ( r ) |
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Vaux's Swift ( u ) |
6/3 |
6/17 |
6/7 |
5/3 |
4/30 |
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7/24 |
5/8 |
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White-throated Swift ( # ) |
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HUMMINGBIRDS |
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Black-chinned Hummingbird( c) |
5/6 |
4/29 |
5/2 |
4/18 |
5/11 |
5/11 |
5/8 |
4/21 |
4/26 |
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Anna's Hummingbird |
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6/20 |
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Costa's Hummingbird ( # ) |
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Calliope Humiingbird ( c ) |
4/19 |
4/14 |
4/8 |
4/5 |
4/25 |
4/20 |
4/23 |
4/12 |
4/17 |
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Broad-tailed Hummingbird ( # |
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Rufous Hummingbird ( c ) |
4/26 |
4/20 |
4/12 |
4/21 |
4/28 |
4/23 |
5/3 |
4/15 |
4/17 |
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KINGFISHERS |
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Belted Kingfisher ( c ) |
1/2 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
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1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
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WOODPECKERS |
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Lewis' Woodpecker ( r ) |
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5/19 |
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5/9 |
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Red-bellied Woodpecker ( # ) |
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Williamson' Sapsucker ( r |
6/29 |
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Red-naped Sapsucker ( c |
4/13 |
4/7 |
4/1 |
4/20 |
4/17 |
4/23 |
4/12 |
4/14 |
4/10 |
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Red-breasted Sapsucker |
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3/12 |
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Downy Woodpecker ( c |
1/2 |
1/4 |
1/1 |
1/2 |
1/2 |
1/3 |
1/3 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
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Hairy Woodpecker ( c ) |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/2 |
1/1 |
1/3 |
1/2 |
1/1 |
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White-headed Woodpecker ( r ) |
10/20 |
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Three-toed Woodpecker ( s ) |
6/30 |
4/21 |
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Black-backed Woodpecker (s |
1/5 |
5/2 |
4/29 |
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Northern Flicker ( c ) |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
1/1 |
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Pileated Woodpecker ( u ) |
1/5 |
1/13 |
1/12 |
1/4 |
1/3 |
1/1 |
1/3 |
1/31 |
1/6 |
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Total |
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42 |
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