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
FRANKLIN'S GULL	Jul 28, 1910	MINIDOKA DAM	2	JEWETT, STANLEY		33026	BIRDS OF IDAHO	CASSIA
FRANKLIN'S GULL	Apr 01, 1937	MERIDIAN	2	CHERRY, BUCK		33017	BIRDS OF IDAHO	ADA
FRANKLIN'S GULL	May 24, 1941	HENRY	50	JONES, VICTOR AND WALKINSHAW, L.H.		33028	BIRDS OF IDAHO	CARIBOU
FRANKLIN'S GULL	Nov 11, 1941	SPRINGFIELD		JONES, VICTOR		33021	BIRDS OF IDAHO	BINGHAM
FRANKLIN'S GULL	Apr 01, 1949	GRAYS LAKE	NESTING	STEELE, PAUL		33022	BIRDS OF IDAHO	BONNEVILLE
FRANKLIN'S GULL	Jun 01, 1949	GRAYS LAKE	NESTING	LEVY, SEYMOUR		33022	BIRDS OF IDAHO	BONNEVILLE
FRANKLIN'S GULL	Jun 01, 1949	GRAYS LAKE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE	COMMON	STEELE, PAUL		33022	BIRDS OF IDAHO	BONNEVILLE
FRANKLIN'S GULL	Apr 01, 1950	GRAYS LAKE	MORE THAN 1	STEELE, PAUL		33022	BIRDS OF IDAHO	BONNEVILLE
FRANKLIN'S GULL	Apr 12, 1951	GRAYS LAKE	MORE THAN 1	STEELE, PAUL		33022	BIRDS OF IDAHO	BONNEVILLE
FRANKLIN'S GULL	Apr 28, 1954	GRAYS LAKE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE	FLOCKS	BURLEIGH, THOMAS		33022	BIRDS OF IDAHO	BONNEVILLE
FRANKLIN'S GULL	Jul 14, 1956	MANN LAKE	1 COLLECTED	BURLEIGH, THOMAS		33004	BIRDS OF IDAHO	NEZ PERCE
FRANKLIN'S GULL	Jul 21, 1958	LAKE WALCOTT	YOUNG	BURLEIGH, THOMAS		33026	BIRDS OF IDAHO	BLAINE
FRANKLIN'S GULL	Jun 17, 1960	LAKE WALCOTT	1,000 PAIRS	BURLEIGH, THOMAS		33026	BIRDS OF IDAHO	BLAINE
FRANKLIN'S GULL	Jun 23, 1960	GRAYS LAKE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE	NONE	BURLEIGH, THOMAS		33022	BIRDS OF IDAHO	BONNEVILLE
FRANKLIN'S GULL	Jun 01, 1961	CAMAS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE	ABUNDANT	ORING, LEWIS		33021	BIRDS OF IDAHO	JEFFERSON
FRANKLIN'S GULL	Apr 01, 1965	MIDDLETON	50	DEAN, JOHN		33017	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	CANYON
FRANKLIN'S GULL	May 03, 1969	GRAYS LAKE	SKIN, FEMALE		TEBIWA, JOURNAL, IDAHO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY	33022	TEBIWA (1997) 26(2), 255-287, #1675	CARIBOU
FRANKLIN'S GULL	Jun 01, 1969	BBS SPRINGFIELD	21		BBS SPRINGFIELD	33021	BREEDING BIRD SURVEY	BINGHAM
FRANKLIN'S GULL	Jun 01, 1971	BBS RIRIE	12		BBS RIRIE	33022	BREEDING BIRD SURVEY	BONNEVILLE
FRANKLIN'S GULL	Jun 01, 1971	BBS SPRINGFIELD	2		BBS SPRINGFIELD	33021	BREEDING BIRD SURVEY	BINGHAM
FRANKLIN'S GULL	Jun 01, 1971	INDIANOLA FIELD STATION	SEVERAL	ROBERTS, HADLEY		33009	REPORT FROM HADLEY ROBERTS, U.S. FOREST SERVICE	LEMHI
FRANKLIN'S GULL	Jun 01, 1971	LEMHI RIVER	SEVERAL	ROBERTS, HADLEY		33009	REPORT FROM HADLEY ROBERTS, U.S. FOREST SERVICE	LEMHI
FRANKLIN'S GULL	May 17, 1972	KOOTENAI NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE	1	PIERCE, DELONA		33001	AMERICAN BIRDS 26(4):785	BOUNDARY
FRANKLIN'S GULL	Jun 01, 1972	MUD LAKE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA	500 NESTS			33021	AMERICAN BIRDS 26(5):884	JEFFERSON
FRANKLIN'S GULL	Jun 01, 1972	BBS RIRIE	10		BBS RIRIE	33022	BREEDING BIRD SURVEY	BONNEVILLE