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
CALIFORNIA GULL	Dec 27, 1972	CBC BOISE	1	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC BOISE	33017	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	ADA
CALIFORNIA GULL	May 01, 1973	AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR	NESTING			33027	AMERICAN BIRDS 27(4):801	POWER
CALIFORNIA GULL	Jun 01, 1973	BBS SPRINGFIELD	184		BBS SPRINGFIELD	33021	BREEDING BIRD SURVEY	BINGHAM
CALIFORNIA GULL	Jun 01, 1973	BBS HENRY	51		BBS HENRY	33028	BREEDING BIRD SURVEY	CARIBOU
CALIFORNIA GULL	Dec 27, 1973	CBC NAMPA	60	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC NAMPA	33017		CANYON
CALIFORNIA GULL	Apr 14, 1974	SPOKANE RIVER	2	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI
CALIFORNIA GULL	Apr 14, 1974	ABERDEEN	FEMALE SKELETON		TEBIWA, JOURNAL, IDAHO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY	33027	TEBIWA (1997) 26(2), 255-287, #312	BINGHAM
CALIFORNIA GULL	Jun 01, 1974	BBS SPRINGFIELD	317		BBS SPRINGFIELD	33021	BREEDING BIRD SURVEY	BINGHAM
CALIFORNIA GULL	Jun 01, 1974	BBS HENRY	149		BBS HENRY	33028	BREEDING BIRD SURVEY	CARIBOU
CALIFORNIA GULL	Jun 01, 1974	BBS RIRIE	5		BBS RIRIE	33022	BREEDING BIRD SURVEY	BONNEVILLE
CALIFORNIA GULL	Oct 26, 1974	COEUR D'ALENE LANDFILL	2	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI
CALIFORNIA GULL	Nov 10, 1974	SILVER BEACH, COEUR D'ALENE LAKE	1	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI
CALIFORNIA GULL	Nov 17, 1974	WOLF LODGE BAY, COEUR D'ALENE LAKE	1	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI
CALIFORNIA GULL	Dec 27, 1974	CBC NAMPA	500	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC NAMPA	33017	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CANYON
CALIFORNIA GULL	Jan 19, 1975	SPOKANE RIVER	1	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI
CALIFORNIA GULL	Feb 16, 1975	SPOKANE RIVER	4-5	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI
CALIFORNIA GULL	Mar 08, 1975	SPOKANE RIVER	2 AT LEAST	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI
CALIFORNIA GULL	Mar 09, 1975	WOLF LODGE BAY, COEUR D'ALENE LAKE	6	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI
CALIFORNIA GULL	Mar 16, 1975	SPOKANE RIVER	33	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI
CALIFORNIA GULL	Mar 28, 1975	SPOKANE RIVER	84	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI
CALIFORNIA GULL	Apr 01, 1975	HAMMETT TO MELBA	UNCOMMON ABUNDANCE			33017	FIELD NOTES SNAKE RIVER BIRDS OF PREY
CALIFORNIA GULL	Apr 06, 1975	SPOKANE RIVER	60 ADULTS	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI
CALIFORNIA GULL	Jun 01, 1975	BBS DUBOIS	19		BBS DUBOIS	33015	BREEDING BIRD SURVEY	CLARK
CALIFORNIA GULL	Jun 01, 1975	BBS HENRY	133		BBS HENRY	33028	BREEDING BIRD SURVEY	CARIBOU
CALIFORNIA GULL	Nov 02, 1975	BLUE CREEK BAY, COEUR D'ALENE LAKE	1 OR PERHAPS MORE	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI