THE STURTS IDAHO BIRD RECORDS DATABASE | Idaho Bird Records Committee

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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	Latilong	Reference	County
COMMON MERGANSER	Sep 01, 1963	PRIEST LAKE	1 FEMALE	HALL, WARREN		33001	REPORT FROM WARREN HALL	BONNER
COMMON MERGANSER	Dec 25, 1964	CBC NAMPA	930	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC NAMPA	33017	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CANYON
COMMON MERGANSER	Apr 01, 1965	FERNAN LAKE		STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI
COMMON MERGANSER	Dec 25, 1965	CBC NAMPA	13	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC NAMPA	33017	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CANYON
COMMON MERGANSER	Dec 01, 1966	COEUR D'ALENE LAKE	38 OR MORE	ACTON, JIM		33002	REPORT FROM JIM ACTON	KOOTENAI
COMMON MERGANSER	Dec 25, 1966	CBC BOISE	7	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC BOISE	33017	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	ADA
COMMON MERGANSER	Feb 23, 1967	FERNAN LAKE	20	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI
COMMON MERGANSER	Feb 27, 1967	FERNAN LAKE	20	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI
COMMON MERGANSER	Mar 08, 1967	FERNAN LAKE	10	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI
COMMON MERGANSER	Apr 06, 1967	FERNAN LAKE	4	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI
COMMON MERGANSER	Dec 24, 1967	COEUR D'ALENE LAKE	MORE THAN 100	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI
COMMON MERGANSER	Dec 25, 1967	CBC RUPERT	5	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC RUPERT	33026	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	MINIDOKA
COMMON MERGANSER	Dec 25, 1967	CBC NAMPA	1	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC NAMPA	33017	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CANYON
COMMON MERGANSER	Jan 14, 1968	COEUR D'ALENE LAKE	25 OR MORE	SPOKANE AUDUBON		33002	PYGMY OWL	KOOTENAI
COMMON MERGANSER	Jan 20, 1968	COEUR D'ALENE LAKE		STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI
COMMON MERGANSER	Jan 27, 1968	COEUR D'ALENE LAKE	SEVERAL	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI
COMMON MERGANSER	Jul 04, 1968	BBS NEZPERCE	3		BBS NEZ PERCE	33004	BREEDING BIRD SURVEY	LEWIS
COMMON MERGANSER	Oct 01, 1968	LAKE LOWELL	200	DEAN, JOHN		33017	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	CANYON
COMMON MERGANSER	Dec 21, 1968	COEUR D'ALENE LAKE	MORE THAN 1	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI
COMMON MERGANSER	Dec 22, 1968	COEUR D'ALENE LAKE	20	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI
COMMON MERGANSER	Dec 25, 1968	CBC RUPERT	18	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC RUPERT	33026	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	MINIDOKA
COMMON MERGANSER	Dec 25, 1968	CBC NAMPA	420	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC NAMPA	33017	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CANYON
COMMON MERGANSER	Jan 19, 1969	WOLF LODGE BAY, COEUR D'ALENE LAKE	95 MALES AND 15 FEMALES	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI
COMMON MERGANSER	Feb 15, 1969	SPOKANE RIVER	SEVERAL	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI
COMMON MERGANSER	Mar 03, 1969	COUGAR BAY, COEUR D'ALENE LAKE	6	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI