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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 NIGHTHAWK	Sep 05, 1972	POCATELLO	IMMATURE FEMALE SKELETON		TEBIWA, JOURNAL, IDAHO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY	33027	TEBIWA (1997) 26(2), 255-287, #R1250	BANNOCK
COMMON NIGHTHAWK	Jun 01, 1973	BBS CASCADE	2		BBS CASCADE	33011	BREEDING BIRD SURVEY	VALLEY
COMMON NIGHTHAWK	Jun 01, 1973	BBS RIRIE	1		BBS RIRIE	33022	BREEDING BIRD SURVEY	BONNEVILLE
COMMON NIGHTHAWK	Jun 01, 1973	KOOTENAI NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE	NUMBER IS DOWN	NAPIER, LARRY		33001	REPORT FROM KOOTENAI NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE	BOUNDARY
COMMON NIGHTHAWK	Jun 23, 1973	UPPER PRIEST LAKE	4	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33001	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	BONNER
COMMON NIGHTHAWK	Jul 12, 1973	FERNAN LAKE	1	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI
COMMON NIGHTHAWK	Jul 26, 1973	FERNAN LAKE	1	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI
COMMON NIGHTHAWK	Aug 05, 1973	RIMROCK AREA	1	MANNING, MARY		33002	REPORT FROM MARY MANNING	KOOTENAI
COMMON NIGHTHAWK	Aug 22, 1973	COEUR D'ALENE	A FLOCK	MANNING, MARY		33002	REPORT FROM MARY MANNING	KOOTENAI
COMMON NIGHTHAWK	Aug 25, 1973	COEUR D'ALENE	A FLOCK	MANNING, MARY		33002	REPORT FROM MARY MANNING	KOOTENAI
COMMON NIGHTHAWK	Jun 01, 1974	BBS SPRINGFIELD	2		BBS SPRINGFIELD	33021	BREEDING BIRD SURVEY	BINGHAM
COMMON NIGHTHAWK	Jun 01, 1974	BBS RIRIE	3		BBS RIRIE	33022	BREEDING BIRD SURVEY	BONNEVILLE
COMMON NIGHTHAWK	Jun 01, 1974	BBS BLACKS CREEK	4		BBS BLACKS CREEK	33017	BREEDING BIRD SURVEY	ADA
COMMON NIGHTHAWK	Jun 01, 1974	BBS LEADORE	1		BBS LEADORE	33014	BREEDING BIRD SURVEY	LEMHI
COMMON NIGHTHAWK	Jun 12, 1974	FERNAN LAKE	1	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI
COMMON NIGHTHAWK	Jun 13, 1974	FERNAN LAKE	1	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI
COMMON NIGHTHAWK	Jun 14, 1974	BBS BAKER	1		BBS BAKER	33010	BREEDING BIRD SURVEY	LEMHI
COMMON NIGHTHAWK	Jun 30, 1974	FERNAN LAKE	1	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI
COMMON NIGHTHAWK	Jul 01, 1974	IDAHO NATIONAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY	UNCOMMON	HALFORD, DOUGLAS		33021	GREAT BASIN NATURALIST 38(1;	BUTTE
COMMON NIGHTHAWK	Jul 06, 1974	COEUR D'ALENE	1	MANNING, MARY		33002	REPORT FROM MARY MANNING	KOOTENAI
COMMON NIGHTHAWK	Jul 27, 1974	SPRUCE TREE CAMPGROUND	1	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33003	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	SHOSHONE
COMMON NIGHTHAWK	Aug 01, 1974	MOSCOW	1 OR MORE FLYING	FISKE, JOHN		33004	PRAIRIE OWL DEC 1980	LATAH
COMMON NIGHTHAWK	Sep 01, 1974	COEUR D'ALENE	5	MCDOW, RON		33002	REPORT FROM RON MCDOW, U.S. FOREST SERVICE	KOOTENAI
COMMON NIGHTHAWK	Sep 15, 1974	COEUR D'ALENE	5	MCDOW, RON		33002	REPORT FROM RON MCDOW, U.S. FOREST SERVICE	KOOTENAI
COMMON NIGHTHAWK	Dec 11, 1974	POCATELLO AREA	1			33027	AMERICAN BIRDS 29(3):718	BANNOCK