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The Idaho Bird Records Database, compiled and maintained by Shirley and Keith Sturts, contains nearly 190,000 sighting records from the state of Idaho. The records are from many sources, including 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 chapter newsletters, personal sightings, and rarer sightings reported to eBird and area listserves. The entire database is searchable here.

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Species	Sighting Date	Location	Number of Birds	Observer	Activity	Reference	County
GREATER SAGE-GROUSE		MINIDOKA COUNTY	COMMON THEN RARE	KENAGY, FAYRE		BIRDS OF IDAHO	MINIDOKA
GREATER SAGE-GROUSE	Aug 01, 1972	LEMHI COUNTY	DECLINING			AMERICAN BIRDS 27(1):93	LEMHI
GREATER SAGE-GROUSE	Aug 01, 1973	WASHINGTON COUNTY	150	DEAN, JOHN		FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	WASHINGTON
GREATER SAGE-GROUSE	Dec 01, 1977	WASHINGTON COUNTY	COMMON	DEAN, JOHN		FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	WASHINGTON
GREATER SAGE-GROUSE		MOSBY BUTTE	SKELETON		TEBIWA, JOURNAL, IDAHO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY	TEBIWA (1997) 26(2), 255-287, #115	BUTTE
SPRUCE GROUSE	Apr 30, 2009	CAMAS COUNTY	1	DAVENPORT, BETTY		EBIRD	CAMAS
SPRUCE GROUSE		BENEWAH COUNTY	COMMON	HAND, R.		BIRDS OF IDAHO	BENEWAH
SPRUCE GROUSE		LATAH COUNTY	1 FEMALE COLLECTED	BROOKS, RAY		BIRDS OF IDAHO	LATAH
SPRUCE GROUSE		BENEWAH COUNTY	COMMON	HAND, R.		BIRDS OF IDAHO	BENEWAH
SPRUCE GROUSE	Jul 13, 1991	BURGDORF ROAD	FEMALE		TEBIWA, JOURNAL, IDAHO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY	TEBIWA (1997) 26(2), 255-287, #2425	VALLEY
DUSKY GROUSE		IDAHO		LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION		BIRDS OF IDAHO
DUSKY GROUSE		IDAHO	1	LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION		BIRDS OF IDAHO
DUSKY GROUSE	Aug 01, 1934	BENEWAH COUNTY	150	HAND, R.		BIRDS OF IDAHO	BENEWAH
DUSKY GROUSE	Jun 01, 1971	VALLEY COUNTY	BROODS	ROBERTS, HADLEY		REPORT FROM HADLEY ROBERTS, U.S. FOREST SERVICE	VALLEY
DUSKY GROUSE	Dec 01, 1971	VALLEY COUNTY		ROBERTS, HADLEY		REPORT FROM HADLEY ROBERTS, U.S. FOREST SERVICE	VALLEY
DUSKY GROUSE		BONNER COUNTY	MORE THAN 1	PENGELLY, W.		BIRDS OF IDAHO	BONNER
DUSKY GROUSE		BENEWAH COUNTY	COMMON	HAND, R.		BIRDS OF IDAHO	BENEWAH
DUSKY GROUSE	Sep 01, 1941	CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS, WESTERN	ABUNDANT	ORR, ROBERT		BIRDS OF IDAHO	IDAHO
DUSKY GROUSE	Sep 11, 1941	CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS, WESTERN	12 COLLECTED	ORR, ROBERT		BIRDS OF IDAHO	IDAHO
DUSKY GROUSE	Jun 01, 1949	IDAHO, SOUTH CENTRAL	COMMON	LEVY, SEYMOUR		BIRDS OF IDAHO
DUSKY GROUSE	May 01, 1983	WASHINGTON COUNTY	4	VSAA			WASHINGTON
DUSKY GROUSE	Aug 01, 1934	SHOSHONE COUNTY	150	HAND, R.		BIRDS OF IDAHO	BENEWAH
DUSKY GROUSE	Aug 02, 1938	HIGHLAND SURPRISE MINE	FEMALE		TEBIWA, JOURNAL, IDAHO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY	TEBIWA (1997) 26(2), 255-287, #1373	SHOSHONE
SHARP-TAILED GROUSE	Jun 01, 1910	KOOTENAI COUNTY	RARE	RUST, HENRY		BIRDS OF IDAHO	KOOTENAI
SHARP-TAILED GROUSE	Dec 01, 1910	KOOTENAI COUNTY	RARE	RUST, HENRY		BIRDS OF IDAHO	KOOTENAI