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
FORSTER'S TERN	Jun 01, 1971	SALMON	A FEW	ROBERTS, HADLEY		33010	REPORT FROM HADLEY ROBERTS, U.S. FOREST SERVICE	LEMHI
FORSTER'S TERN	Jul 01, 1971	SALMON	A FEW	ROBERTS, HADLEY		33010	REPORT FROM HADLEY ROBERTS, U.S. FOREST SERVICE	LEMHI
FORSTER'S TERN	Jul 01, 1972	KOOTENAI NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE	MORE THAN 1	PIERCE, DELONA		33001	AMERICAN BIRDS 26(5):880	BOUNDARY
FORSTER'S TERN	Jun 01, 1973	BBS HENRY	8		BBS HENRY	33028	BREEDING BIRD SURVEY	CARIBOU
FORSTER'S TERN	Apr 01, 1975	HAMMETT TO MELBA	UNCOMMON			33017	FIELD NOTES SNAKE RIVER BIRDS OF PREY
FORSTER'S TERN	Jun 01, 1976	NORTH LAKE				33021	COLONIAL WATERBIRDS OF IDAHO, 1976	JEFFERSON
FORSTER'S TERN	Jun 01, 1976	AMERICAN FALLS	MORE THAN 1			33027	COLONIAL WATERBIRDS OF IDAHO, 1976	POWER
FORSTER'S TERN	Jun 01, 1976	GRAYS LAKE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE				33022	COLONIAL WATERBIRDS OF IDAHO, 1976	BONNEVILLE
FORSTER'S TERN	Jun 01, 1976	BEAR LAKE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE	200			33028	COLONIAL WATERBIRDS OF IDAHO, 1976	BEAR LAKE
FORSTER'S TERN	Jun 01, 1976	AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR				33025	COLONIAL WATERBIRDS OF IDAHO, 1976	ONEIDA
FORSTER'S TERN	Jun 01, 1977	BBS SPRINGFIELD	1		BBS SPRINGFIELD	33021	BREEDING BIRD SURVEY	BINGHAM
FORSTER'S TERN	Aug 07, 1978	NAMPA AREA	6			33017	AMERICAN BIRDS 29(1):90	CANYON
FORSTER'S TERN	May 06, 1979	MANN LAKE	1	CANYON BIRDERS		33004	BIRD NOTES MAY 1979	NEZ PERCE
FORSTER'S TERN	May 07, 1979	SPOKANE RIVER, IN IDAHO	2	DIRCKSON, PAUL		33002
FORSTER'S TERN	Jun 01, 1979	BBS HENRY	1		BBS HENRY	33028	BREEDING BIRD SURVEY	CARIBOU
FORSTER'S TERN	Apr 30, 1980	KOOTENAI NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE	6	NAPIER, LARRY		33001	AMERICAN BIRDS 44(5):798	BOUNDARY
FORSTER'S TERN	May 20, 1981	KOOTENAI NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE	2	NAPIER, LARRY		33001		BOUNDARY
FORSTER'S TERN	Jul 07, 1981	GRAYS LAKE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE	6	DEAN, JOHN		33022	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	BONNEVILLE
FORSTER'S TERN	Jul 12, 1981	MUD LAKE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA	60			33021	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	JEFFERSON
FORSTER'S TERN	Sep 11, 1981	AMERICAN FALLS DAM	20			33027	AMERICAN BIRDS 36(2):198	POWER
FORSTER'S TERN	Oct 17, 1981	HEYBURN STATE PARK	1 POSSIBLE			33002	PRAIRIE OWL NOV 1981	BENEWAH
FORSTER'S TERN	May 10, 1982	KOOTENAI NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE		NAPIER, LARRY		33001	REPORT FROM KOOTENAI NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE	BOUNDARY
FORSTER'S TERN	Jun 10, 1982	TAMMANY CREEK	1	CANYON BIRDERS		33004	BIRD NOTES SEP 1982	NEZ PERCE
FORSTER'S TERN	Jun 28, 1982	MCARTHUR LAKE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA	MORE THAN 1	HUGHES, PEG		33001	REPORT FROM PEG HUGHES	BOUNDARY
FORSTER'S TERN	Sep 17, 1982	SANDPOINT	12 TO 14	TOLLBOM, WARD		33001	REPORT FROM WARD TOLLBOM	BONNER