
The Fish Hawk Herald
Coeur d’Alene Audubon’s Newsletter
Coeur d’Alene Audubon Chapter Archives
Access 35 years of local data for the five Northern Idaho counties:
Hoodoo Valley Bluebird Data
County Big Years
Christmas Bird Counts
Rathdrum Prairie
Raptor Run
Field Trip Results
Misc. Events
Our deepest gratitude to Coeur d’Alene Audubon member Shirley Sturts for her decades of work on our club’s behalf—tracking, recording and managing extensive birding data—to share with members, public agencies and birders throughout the state of Idaho.
THE STURTS IDAHO RECORDS DATABASE
The Sturts Idaho Bird Records Database, compiled and maintained by Coeur d’Alene Audubon members Shirley and Keith Sturts, contains nearly 190,000 sighting records dating back to the 1890s from the state of Idaho.
In 1970, Shirley and Keith Sturts began compiling records which identified bird populations throughout Idaho. Sources include:
Rare Bird Reports
Audubon Christmas Bird Counts
Birds of Idaho by Burleigh
North American Birds
Idaho Bird Distribution by Stephens and Sturts
US Fish and Wildlife Service Breeding bird surveys
sightings reported in Idaho Audubon chapters’ newsletters
personal sightings and rarer sightings reported to eBird and area listservs.