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
SURF SCOTER	Oct 06, 2002	SPRING VALLEY RESERVOIR	5	SWIFT, CHARLES		33004	RARE BIRD ALERT 14 OCT 2002	LATAH
SURF SCOTER	Oct 06, 2002	POTLATCH	1	LUNDBLAD, CARL		33004	INLAND-NW-BIRDERS	LATAH
SURF SCOTER	Oct 09, 2002	MANN LAKE	1-24	CARLSON, KEITH		33004	RARE BIRD ALERT 14 OCT 2002	NEZ PERCE
SURF SCOTER	Oct 12, 2002	PAGE	1	HARDY, LISA		33002	INLAND-NW-BIRDERS	SHOSHONE
SURF SCOTER	Oct 13, 2002	SAINT MARIES	1	DUURSMA, REMKO, JAMISON, BRYAN		33002		BENEWAH
SURF SCOTER	Oct 13, 2002	GENESEE SEWAGE POND	3 FEMALES	GRAY, TERRY		33004	RARE BIRD ALERT 14 OCT 2002	NEZ PERCE
SURF SCOTER	Oct 31, 2002	AMERICAN FALLS DAM	1	MANWARING, RUSS AND TROST, CHUCK		33027	IDAHO BIRD REPORT	POWER
SURF SCOTER	Nov 02, 2002	MANN LAKE	1	SWIFT, CHARLES		33004	IDAHO BIRD REPORT	NEZ PERCE
SURF SCOTER	Nov 02, 2002	MANN LAKE	1	SWIFT, CHARLES		33004	IDAHO BIRD REPORT	NEZ PERCE
SURF SCOTER	Oct 04, 2003	SANDPOINT CITY BEACH	1	SHERIDAN, GINA		33001	RARE BIRD ALERT 13 OCT 2003	BONNER
SURF SCOTER	Oct 08, 2003	SANDPOINT CITY BEACH	1	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33001	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	BONNER
SURF SCOTER	Oct 08, 2003	SANDPOINT CITY BEACH	1	CHAPIN, EARL		33001	RARE BIRD ALERT 24 OCT 2004	BONNER
SURF SCOTER	Oct 12, 2003	MANN LAKE	1-2	SWIFT, CHARLES	BIG SIT	33004	INLAND-NW-BIRDERS	NEZ PERCE
SURF SCOTER	Oct 13, 2003	COOLIN	1	BOND, ROBERT		33001	RARE BIRD ALERT 27 OCT 2003	BONNER
SURF SCOTER	Oct 19, 2003	MANN LAKE	1	SWIFT, CHARLES		33004	INLAND-NW-BIRDERS	NEZ PERCE
SURF SCOTER	Nov 02, 2003	ISLAND PARK RESERVOIR	1	WEISSE, CLIFF		33016	STATUS CHANGE REPORT	FREMONT
SURF SCOTER	May 12, 2004	COOLIN	1	BOND, ROBERT		33001	NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS 58(3):403	BONNER
SURF SCOTER	Oct 08, 2004	SANDPOINT CITY BEACH	15	CHAPIN, EARL		33001	RARE BIRD ALERT 24 OCT 2004 AND NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS 59(1):112	BONNER
SURF SCOTER	Oct 09, 2004	GENESEE SEWAGE POND	2	GRAY, TERRY		33004	RARE BIRD ALERT 10 OCT 2004	NEZ PERCE
SURF SCOTER	Oct 19, 2004	MANN LAKE	2	CARLISLE, JAY		33004	IBLE AND RARE BIRD ALERT, 2 NOV 2004	NEZ PERCE
SURF SCOTER	Oct 25, 2004	LEWISTON	4	DUMROESE, KAS		33004	RARE BIRD ALERT 2 NOV 2004	NEZ PERCE
SURF SCOTER	Oct 27, 2004	DWORSHAK RESERVOIR	5	WESTERVELT, JANE		33004	INLAND-NW-BIRDERS	CLEARWTER
SURF SCOTER	Oct 30, 2004	MANN LAKE	2	GRAY, TERRY		33004	RARE BIRD ALERT 2 NOV 2004	NEZ PERCE
SURF SCOTER	Oct 31, 2004	ISLAND PARK RESERVOIR	2 FEMALES OR JUVENILES	WEISSE, CLIFF		33016	IBLE (IDAHO BIRDERS LINKED ELECTRONICALLY)	FREMONT
SURF SCOTER	Nov 20, 2004	ISLAND PARK RESERVOIR	1	WEISSE, CLIFF		33016	IBLE (IDAHO BIRDERS LINKED ELECTRONICALLY)	FREMONT