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SPRING ARRIVALS KOOTENAI COUNTY CONTINUED

compiled by Shirley Sturts

Part 2

Species

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

HAWKS, KITES, EAGLES

Osprey ( c )

3/16

3/28

3/17

3/18

3/16

3/21

3/19

3/26

3/27

4/4

Bald Eagle ( c )

1/1

1/1

1/1

1/1

1/1

1/1

1/1

1/1

1/1

1/1

1/1

Northern Harrier (c )

2/2

1/1

2/28

1/2

1/2

3/14

1/5

1/1

3/9

1/2

1/2

Sharp-shinned Hawk ( u )

1/8

1/8

1/1

1/1

1/1

1/8

1/5

1/3

1/10

1/1

1/3

Cooper's Hawk ( u )

1/13

9/5

1/2

2/28

1/1

2/17

1/5

1/4

1/10

1/1

1/1

Northern Goshawk ( s )

1/30

12/14

1/8

3/4

1/21

2/27

1/12

Swainson's Hawk ( s )

Red-tailed Hawk ( c )

1/1

1/1

1/1

1/2

1/1

1/1

1/1

1/1

1/1

1/1

1/1

Ferruginous Hawk ( # )

8/19

Rough-legged Hawk ( c )

1/4

1/1

1/1

1/2

1/1

1/3

1/1

1/5

1/6

1/1 11/13

1/2

Golden Eagle ( r )

2/ 25

1/18

1/2

1/5

10/12

FALCONS

American Kestrel ( c )

1/3

1/3

1/20

1/2

1/2

1/2

1/1

2/13

1/4

2/15

1/2

Merlin ( u )

1/15

1/3

1/12

1/8

1/1

1/1

1/7

1/2

1/29

1/6

1/1

Gryfalcon ( r )

Peregrine Falcon ( r )

5/27

5/10

10/24

5/11

8/12

Prairie Falcon ( s )

9/20

1/3

2/2

1/6

7/3

12/?

RAILS, COOTS

Virginia Rail ( s )

5/26

4/30

3/28

4/8

3/29

3/20

4/29

4/11

2/27

4/1

Sora ( u )

5/10

4/30

5/1

4/17

4/24

4/23

5/2

4/25

5/6

5/7

American Coot ( c )

1/5

1/1

1/3

1/2

1/1

1/3

1/1

1/1

1/4

1/2

1/2

CRANES

Sandhill Crane ( r )

4/9

spring

4/22

6/23

5/18

7/12

PLOVERS

Black-bellied Plover ( r )

American Golden-Plover ( r )

Semipalmated Plover ( r )

9/28

5/11

5/8

Killdeer ( c )

2/17

3/7

2/2

2/23

1/16w 3/7

2/26

2/21

2/13

2/27

2/19

1/2

STILTS, AVOCETS

Black-necked Stilt ( # )

4/24

5/2

5/8

American Avocet ( r )

5/14

6/7

5/2

8/9

SANDPIPERS, PHALAROPES

Greater Yellowlegs ( s )

4/22

4/14

4/24

5/11

4/20

4/25

5/8

7/12

Lesser Yellowlegs ( s )

9/?

8/24

5/1

4/24

5/10

4/20

4/25

5/5

7/12

Solitary Sandpiper ( s )

7/28

5/11

5/17

4/22

7/12

Willet ( # )

Spotted Sandpiper ( c )

5/14

5/ 9

5/4

5/15

5/11

4/18

5/14

4/5

5/20

5/28

Upland Sandpiper ( # )

Long-billed Curlew ( r )

4/24

Marbled Godwit ( # )

Sanderling ( s )

5/17

Semipalmated Sandpiper ( s )

8/2

Western Sandpiper ( s )

8/24

Least Sandpiper ( s )

8/24

5/11

7/14

8/5

White-rumped Sandpiper ( # )

Baird's Sandpiper ( s )

7/29

9/8

7/14

8/6

Pectoral Sandpiper ( s )

10/6

5/9

9/6

Dunlin ( # )

4/10

Stilt Sandpiper ( # )

Short-billed Dowitcher ( r )

8/24

Long-billed Dowitcher ( s )

10/26

9/23

5/16

5/11

6/12

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

6/4

1/2

Wilson's Phalarope ( s)

5/25

5/31

5/3

5/10

5/11

5/9

5/11

6/4

Red-necked Phalarope ( # )

9/12

8/9

--Red Phalarope (h=1934)

GULLS, TERNS

Parasitic Jaeger ( # )

Franklin's Gull ( r )

5/31

5/10

Bonaparte's Gull ( u )

1/2

11/1

4/10

7/24

Mew Gull ( r )

3/8

1/25

1/21

1/15

1/12

2/29

2/13

1/1

1/1

1/1

Ring-billed Gull ( c )

1/2

1/1

1/1

1/1

1/1

1/1

1/1

1/1

1/1

1/1

1/1

California Gull ( c )

1/2

1/4

1/1

1/2

1/1

1/3

1/1

1/17

1/1

1/1

1/1

Herring Gull ( u )

1/2

3/11

1/4

1/2

1/1

1/5

1/5

1/3

1/1

1/1

1/1

Thayer's Gull ( s )

1/14

1/2

1/8

1/16

1/24

1/17

11/5

1/1

Iceland Gull ( # )

Lesser Black-backed Gull

1/2

12/20

1/2

Glaucous-winged Gull ( r )

2/1

11/24

1/2

Glaucous Gull ( r )

3/14

2/7

1/1

1/1

Sabine's Gull ( # )

Caspian Tern ( s )

6/23

5/15

5/20

6/26

7/10

Common Tern ( s )

8/24

9/19

Forster's Tern ( s )

9/19

Black Tern ( c )

5/6

5/19

5/26

5/8

5/10

6/7

6/29

5/17

5/18

5/8

MURRES

Ancient Murrelet ( # )

PIGEONS, DOVES

Rock Pigeon ( c )

1/5

1/1

1/1

1/4

1/1

1/1

1/1

1/1

1/1

1/1

Band-tailed Pigeon ( r )

May 6-8

5/8

Mourning Dove ( c )

1/1

1/8

1/1

1/1

1/1

1/1

1/3

1/1

1/1

1/1

1/1

Eurasian Collared-Dove

5/1

1/5

1/12

1/14

3/25

CUCKOOS

……..Yellow-billed Cuckoo ( h-1895)

6/9

BARN OWLS

Barn Owl ( s )

2/27

4/1

TYPICAL OWLS

Flammulated Owl ( # )

Western Screech Owl ( s )

?

6/6

3/?

2/19

Great Horned Owl ( u )

3/3

1/4

1/20

1/4

1/2

1/16

1/5

1/16

1/4

1/2

1/1

Snowy Owl ( r )

1/1

1/22

1/1

11/12

Northern Hawk Owl ( # )

Northern Pygmy-Owl ( u )

1/5

1/4

1/3

1/2

5/18

1/3

1/3

1/2

3/23

1/15

1/5

Barred Owl ( s )

1/1

1/2

Jan.

1/5

1/11

5/28

1/3

Great Gray Owl ( r )

6/

Long-eared Owl ( r )

6/7

June

3/27

3/?

1/4

Short-eared Owl ( s )

Fall

1/1

1/15

Northern Saw-whet Owl ( s )

12/23

?

2/20

2/11

2/19

GOATSUCKERS

Common Nighthawk ( c )

4/28

1/1

6/3

6/12

7/30

6/14

5/28

7/14

Common Poorwill ( r )

6/13

SWIFTS

Black Swift ( r )

Vaux's Swift ( u )

6/3

6/17

6/7

5/3

4/30

7/24

5/8

5/28

White-throated Swift ( # )

HUMMINGBIRDS

Black-chinned Hummingbird( c)

5/6

4/29

5/2

4/18

5/11

5/11

5/8

4/21

4/26

5/12

Anna's Hummingbird

6/20

Costa's Hummingbird ( # )

Calliope Humiingbird ( c )

4/19

4/14

4/8

4/5

4/25

4/20

4/23

4/12

4/17

5/1

Broad-tailed Hummingbird ( #

Rufous Hummingbird ( c )

4/26

4/20

4/12

4/21

4/28

4/23

5/3

4/15

4/17

5/3

KINGFISHERS

Belted Kingfisher ( c )

1/2

1/1

1/1

1/1

1/1

1/1

1/1

1/1

1/2

1/1

WOODPECKERS

Lewis' Woodpecker ( r )

5/19

5/9

Red-bellied Woodpecker ( # )

Williamson' Sapsucker ( r

6/29

Red-naped Sapsucker ( c

4/13

4/7

4/1

4/20

4/17

4/23

4/12

4/14

4/10

5/4

Red-breasted Sapsucker

3/12

Downy Woodpecker ( c

1/2

1/4

1/1

1/2

1/2

1/3

1/3