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
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH	Dec 01, 1949	MIDDLETON	COMMON	DEAN, JOHN		33017	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	CANYON
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH	Dec 01, 1949	GRAYS LAKE	COMMON	STEELE, PAUL		33022	BIRDS OF IDAHO	BONNEVILLE
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH	Jun 01, 1950	SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO	COMMON	LEVY, SEYMOUR			BIRDS OF IDAHO
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH	Dec 28, 1950	CBC MOSCOW	4	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC MOSCOW	33004	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	LATAH
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH	Jul 07, 1952	HARVARD	1	VERNER, JARED		33004	BIRDS OF IDAHO	LATAH
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH	Dec 28, 1952	CBC MOSCOW	6	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC MOSCOW	33004	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	LATAH
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH	Mar 25, 1953	WEIPPE	60	BURLEIGH, THOMAS		33005	BIRDS OF IDAHO	CLEARWATER
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH	Dec 26, 1953	CBC MOSCOW	6	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC MOSCOW	33004	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	LATAH
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH	Dec 25, 1954	CBC NAMPA	162	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC NAMPA	33017	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CANYON
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH	Dec 26, 1954	CBC MOSCOW	5	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC MOSCOW	33004	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	LATAH
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH	Jan 01, 1955	CBC REXBURG	1	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC REXBURG	33022	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	MADISON
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH	Dec 25, 1955	CBC NAMPA	39	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC NAMPA	33017	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CANYON
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH	Dec 26, 1955	CBC MOSCOW	55	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC MOSCOW	33004	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	LATAH
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH	Dec 25, 1956	CBC NAMPA	21	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC NAMPA	33017	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CANYON
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH	Dec 27, 1956	CBC MOSCOW	217	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC MOSCOW	33004	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	LATAH
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH	Dec 31, 1956	CBC REXBURG	59	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC REXBURG	33022	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	MADISON
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH	Dec 25, 1957	CBC NAMPA	1	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC NAMPA	33017	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CANYON
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH	May 12, 1958	COUNCIL	COMMON	NEWHOUSE, VERNE		33011	BIRDS OF IDAHO	ADAMS
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH	Dec 25, 1958	CBC NAMPA	80	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC NAMPA	33017	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CANYON
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH	Dec 25, 1959	CBC NAMPA	49	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC NAMPA	33017	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CANYON
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH	Dec 28, 1959	CBC MOSCOW	81	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC MOSCOW	33004	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	LATAH
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH	Dec 25, 1960	CBC NAMPA	129	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC NAMPA	33017	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CANYON
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH	Jun 01, 1961	CAMAS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE	UNCOMMON	ORING, LEWIS		33021	BIRDS OF IDAHO	JEFFERSON
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH	Jun 19, 1961	SIGNAL PEAK	ABUNDANT	ORING, LEWIS		33015	BIRDS OF IDAHO	CLARK
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH	Aug 06, 1961	BIG ELK CREEK	ABUNDANT	ORING, LEWIS		33022	BIRDS OF IDAHO	BONNEVILLE