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Idaho: Cassia Crossbill and Southern Idaho Cumulative Bird List Column A: Number of Tours (Out of 2) on Which This Species Has B Idaho: Cassia Crossbill and Southern Idaho Cumulative Bird List Column A: number of tours (out of 2) on which this species has been recorded Column B: number of days this species was seen on the 2020 tour Column C: maximum daily count for this species on the 2020 tour Column D: H = Heard only; Y=Young; N=Nesting A B C D 2 Canada Goose 5 40 Branta canadensis 0 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 0 Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator 2 Wood Duck 1 4 Aix sponsa 1 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 1 Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera 2 Northern Shoveler 1 2 Spatula clypeata 2 Gadwall 2 18 Mareca strepera 2 American Wigeon 2 4 Mareca americana 2 Mallard 7 70 Anas platyrhynchos 2 Northern Pintail 1 11 Anas acuta 2 Green-winged Teal 2 210 Anas crecca carolinensis 2 Canvasback 2 6 Aythya valisineria 0 Redhead Aythya americana 0 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 0 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 0 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola 0 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 0 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus 2 Common Merganser 3 8 Mergus merganser americanus 2 Ruddy Duck 1 22 Oxyura jamaicensis 2 California Quail 2 18 Y Callipepla californica 1 Chukar Alectoris chukar 2 Gray Partridge 2 8 Perdix perdix 1 Ring-necked Pheasant 1 1 H Phasianus colchicus 2 Ruffed Grouse 1 1 Bonasa umbellus 0 Greater Sage-Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus 1 Dusky Grouse 1 3 Dendragapus obscurus pallidus ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 Idaho Checklist… 2 1 Wild Turkey 2 10 Meleagris gallopavo 1 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps 2 Eared Grebe 3 7 Podiceps nigricollis 2 Western Grebe 2 52 Aechmophorus occidentalis 2 Clark's Grebe 1 2 Aechmophorus clarkii 2 Rock Pigeon 7 20 Columba livia 2 Eurasian Collared-Dove 7 30 Streptopelia decaocto 2 Mourning Dove 7 16 Zenaida macroura 2 Common Nighthawk 1 2 Chordeiles minor hesperis 1 Common Poorwill 1 5 Phalaenoptilus nuttallii 1 White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis 2 Black-chinned Hummingbird 2 3 Archilochus alexandri 1 Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus 2 Rufous Hummingbird 1 1 Selasphorus rufus 1 Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope 2 Virginia Rail 1 3 Rallus limicola 2 Sora 1 1 H Porzana carolina 2 American Coot 4 240 Fulica americana 2 Sandhill Crane 2 124 Antigone canadensis tabida 1 Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus 2 American Avocet 1 27 Recurvirostra americana 2 Semipalmated Plover 1 2 Charadrius semipalmatus 2 Killdeer 3 14 Charadrius vociferus 1 Marbled Godwit 1 1 Limosa fedoa 0 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus 1 Sanderling 1 14 Calidris alba 2 Baird's Sandpiper 1 34 Calidris bairdii 2 Least Sandpiper 2 7 Calidris minutilla 1 Pectoral Sandpiper 2 29 Calidris melanotos 2 Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 2 Calidris pusilla 2 Western Sandpiper 1 7 Calidris mauri 1 Long-billed Dowitcher 2 1 Limnodromus scolopaceus 1 Wilson's Snipe 1 3 Gallinago delicata 1 Wilson's Phalarope 3 5 Phalaropus tricolor 2 Red-necked Phalarope 1 35 Phalaropus lobatus 2 Spotted Sandpiper 1 2 Actitis macularius 1 Solitary Sandpiper 4 4 Tringa solitaria 1 Greater Yellowlegs 2 1 Tringa melanoleuca 0 Willet Tringa semipalmata inornata 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 3 4 Tringa flavipes ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 Idaho Checklist… 3 1 Bonaparte's Gull 1 2 Chroicocephalus philadelphia 2 Franklin's Gull 3 36 Leucophaeus pipixcan 2 Ring-billed Gull 5 90 Larus delawarensis 2 California Gull 2 3 Larus californicus 1 Caspian Tern 1 3 Hydroprogne caspia 1 Common Tern 1 5 Sterna hirundo 1 Forster's Tern 2 16 Sterna forsteri 2 Common Loon 1 2 Gavia immer 2 Double-crested Cormorant 3 33 Phalacrocorax auritus 2 American White Pelican 2 29 Pelecanus erythrorhynchos 2 Great Blue Heron 3 3 Ardea herodias 2 Great Egret 1 1 Ardea alba 1 Snowy Egret Egretta thula 0 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 2 White-faced Ibis 3 60 Plegadis chihi 2 Turkey Vulture 6 32 Cathartes aura 2 Osprey 2 4 Pandion haliaetus 2 Golden Eagle 3 3 Aquila chrysaetos 2 Northern Harrier 6 3 Circus hudsonius 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 2 Accipiter striatus 2 Cooper's Hawk 1 1 Accipiter cooperii 2 Bald Eagle 1 2 Haliaeetus leucocephalus 2 Swainson's Hawk 7 40 Buteo swainsoni 2 Red-tailed Hawk 7 30 Buteo jamaicensis colurus 1 Ferruginous Hawk 1 1 Buteo regalis 1 Broad-winged Hawk 1 4 Buteo platypterus 2 Barn Owl 1 6 Tyto alba 2 Great Horned Owl 3 3 Bubo virginianus 0 Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia 2 Long-eared Owl 1 15 Asio otus 0 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 2 Belted Kingfisher 5 3 Megaceryle alcyon 2 Lewis's Woodpecker 1 9 Melanerpes lewis 0 Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus 2 Red-naped Sapsucker 3 2 Sphyrapicus nuchalis 2 Downy Woodpecker 3 2 Picoides pubescens leucurus 2 Hairy Woodpecker 3 4 Picoides villosus monticola 1 White-headed Woodpecker 1 1 Picoides albolarvatus 0 American Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis 2 Black-backed Woodpecker 1 1 Picoides arcticus ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 Idaho Checklist… 4 2 Northern Flicker ("Red-shafted") 6 3 Colaptes auratus collaris 0 Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus 2 American Kestrel 6 6 Falco sparverius 1 Merlin 1 1 Falco columbarius 2 Peregrine Falcon 1 2 Falco peregrinus anatum 1 Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus 1 Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens 1 Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis 1 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus 1 Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi 1 Western Wood-Pewee 2 3 Contopus sordidulus 0 Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii 1 Hammond's Flycatcher 1 2 Empidonax hammondii 1 Gray Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii 1 Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri 0 Cordilleran Flycatcher Empidonax occidentalis 2 Loggerhead Shrike 2 6 Lanius ludovicianus 2 Cassin's Vireo 2 1 Vireo cassinii 2 Plumbeous Vireo 1 1 Vireo plumbeus 2 Warbling Vireo 3 24 Vireo gilvus 0 Canada Jay [Gray Jay] Perisoreus canadensis 1 Pinyon Jay 1 31 Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus 1 Steller's Jay 1 1 Cyanocitta stelleri 2 Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 2 7 Aphelocoma woodhouseii 2 Clark's Nutcracker 3 4 Nucifraga columbiana 2 Black-billed Magpie 7 40 Pica hudsonia 2 American Crow 6 10 Corvus brachyrhynchos 2 Common Raven 7 28 Corvus corax 2 Horned Lark 2 18 Eremophila alpestris 1 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor 2 Violet-green Swallow 2 3 Tachycineta thalassina 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 5 Stelgidopteryx serripennis 2 Bank Swallow 1 5 Riparia riparia 2 Cliff Swallow 1 2 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota 2 Barn Swallow 6 12 Hirundo rustica 2 Black-capped Chickadee 1 8 Poecile atricapillus 2 Mountain Chickadee 3 15 Poecile gambeli 1 Juniper Titmouse Baeolophus ridgwayi 1 Bushtit 2 6 Psaltriparus minimus plumbeus 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch 4 21 Sitta canadensis ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 Idaho Checklist… 5 1 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis tenuissima 1 Brown Creeper 1 1 Certhia americana montana 2 Rock Wren 1 2 Salpinctes obsoletus 1 Canyon Wren 2 1 Catherpes mexicanus 2 House Wren 4 3 Troglodyts aedon parkmanii 2 Marsh Wren 1 5 Cistothorus palustris 1 Bewick's Wren 1 1 Thryomanes bewickii 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 1 Polioptila caerulea obscura 0 American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6 8 Regulus calendula 1 Western Bluebird 1 4 Sialia mexicana 2 Mountain Bluebird 3 13 Sialia currucoides 1 Townsend's Solitaire 1 1 Myadestes townsendi 2 Swainson's Thrush 1 1 Catharus ustulatus swainsoni 2 Hermit Thrush 2 2 Catharus guttatus auduboni 2 American Robin 7 14 Turdus migratorius 1 Gray Catbird 4 4 Dumetella carolinensis 2 Sage Thrasher 1 6 Oreoscoptes montanus 2 European Starling 7 110 Sturnus vulgaris 2 Cedar Waxwing 2 6 Bombycilla cedrorum 2 House Sparrow 3 200 Passer domesticus PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae American Pipit 1 2 Anthus rubescens 1 Evening Grosbeak 1 2 Coccothraustes vespertinus 2 House Finch 5 20 Haemorhous mexicanus 2 Cassin's Finch 4 30 Haemorhous cassinii 2 Red Crossbill 2 6 Loxia curvirostra 1 Cassia Crossbill 1 15 Loxia sinesciuris 2 Pine Siskin 4 15 Spinus pinus 2 Lesser Goldfinch 2 11 Spinus psaltria 2 American Goldfinch 6 11 Spinus tristis pallidus 2 Green-tailed Towhee 2 2 Pipilo chlorurus 2 Spotted Towhee 3 12 Pipilo maculatus 2 Chipping Sparrow 3 6 Spizella passerina 2 Brewer's Sparrow 1 2 Spizella breweri breweri 2 Vesper Sparrow 4 20 Pooecetes gramineus confinus 1 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus 2 Sagebrush Sparrow 1 3 Artemisiospiza nevadensis Passerculus sandwichensis 2 Savannah Sparrow 2 2 nevadensis ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 Idaho Checklist… 6 1 Grasshopper Sparrow 1 1 Ammodramus savannarum 2 Fox Sparrow ("Slate-colored) 2 4 Passerela
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