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
NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL	Dec 20, 1947	VIOLA	1 COLLECTED	BURLEIGH, THOMAS		33004	BIRDS OF IDAHO	LATAH
NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL	Jan 07, 1948	TROY	1 COLLECTED	BURLEIGH, THOMAS		33004	BIRDS OF IDAHO	LATAH
NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL	Nov 13, 1949	CULDESAC	1	BURLEIGH, THOMAS		33004	BIRDS OF IDAHO	NEZ PERCE
NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL	Nov 13, 1949	SPALDING	1	BURLEIGH, THOMAS		33004	BIRDS OF IDAHO	NEZ PERCE
NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL	Feb 15, 1950	MOSCOW	COMMON	BURLEIGH, THOMAS		33004	BIRDS OF IDAHO	LATAH
NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL	Feb 15, 1950	MOSCOW	5 COLLECTED	BURLEIGH, THOMAS		33004	BIRDS OF IDAHO	LATAH
NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL	Nov 20, 1951	GRANGEVILLE	1 MALE COLLECTED	BURLEIGH, THOMAS		33007	BIRDS OF IDAHO	IDAHO
NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL	Feb 14, 1952	WEIPPE	1	BURLEIGH, THOMAS		33005	BIRDS OF IDAHO	CLEARWATER
NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL	Dec 12, 1952	PRINCETON	1 COLLECTED	BURLEIGH, THOMAS		33004	BIRDS OF IDAHO	LATAH
NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL	Jan 09, 1956	GREER	1	BURLEIGH, THOMAS		33004	BIRDS OF IDAHO	CLEARWATER
NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL	Dec 27, 1956	CBC MOSCOW	2	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC MOSCOW	33004	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	LATAH
NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL	Dec 28, 1959	CBC MOSCOW	2	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC MOSCOW	33004	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	LATAH
NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL	Dec 30, 1959	MOYIE SPRINGS	1	ROGERS, THOMAS		33001	REPORT FROM TOM ROGERS	BOUNDARY
NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL	Mar 01, 1966	FERNAN LAKE	1	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI
NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL	Dec 25, 1966	CBC MOSCOW	3	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC MOSCOW	33004	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	LATAH
NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL	Dec 28, 1966	CBC INDIAN MOUNTAIN	1	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC INDIAN MOUNTAIN	33002	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	KOOTENAI
NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL	Dec 27, 1970	CBC BOISE	1	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC BOISE	33017	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	ADA
NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL	Mar 01, 1971	SALMON RIVER, SHOUP AREA	1	ROBERTS, HADLEY		33009	REPORT FROM HADLEY ROBERTS, U.S. FOREST SERVICE	LEMHI
NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL	May 08, 1971	CHATCOLET LAKE	1			33002	PYGMY OWL	BENEWAH
NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL	Dec 28, 1971	CBC INDIAN MOUNTAIN	3	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC INDIAN MOUNTAIN	33002	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	KOOTENAI
NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL	Mar 09, 1972	BUMBLEBEE PEAK	1	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI
NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL	Apr 26, 1972	FERNAN LAKE	1	STURTS, SHIRLEY		33002	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	KOOTENAI
NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL	Dec 27, 1972	CBC MOSCOW	3	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	CBC MOSCOW	33004	CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT	LATAH
NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL	Jan 01, 1973	MIDVALE	1	DEAN, JOHN		33011	FIELD NOTES SHIRLEY STURTS	WASHINGTON
NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL	Jan 20, 1973	WOLF LODGE BAY, COEUR D'ALENE LAKE	1	HALL, WARREN		33002	PYGMY OWL FEB 1973	KOOTENAI