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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
BLACK TERN	Jul 10, 1984	AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR	5-10 NESTS	TROST, CHARLES		33025	STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION OF COLONIAL NESTING BIRDS	ONEIDA
BLACK TERN	Jul 14, 1984	MESA FALLS MARSH	12	TROST, CHARLES		33016	STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION OF COLONIAL NESTING BIRDS	FREMONT
BLACK TERN	Jul 15, 1984	CLEARWATER RIVER, OROFINO	1	CANYON BIRDERS		33004	BIRD NOTES SEP 1984	CLEARWATER
BLACK TERN	Jul 17, 1984	CAREY LAKE	5-10 NESTS	TROST, CHARLES		33020	STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION OF COLONIAL NESTING BIRDS	BLAINE
BLACK TERN	Jul 26, 1984	THOMAS FORK	10	TROST, CHARLES		33028	STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION OF COLONIAL NESTING BIRDS	BEAR LAKE
BLACK TERN	Aug 02, 1984	MOSCOW	1	CANYON BIRDERS		33004	BIRD NOTES SEP 1984	LATAH
BLACK TERN	Aug 26, 1984	WINCHESTER	1	VANDE VOORDE, CAROLE		33004	REPORT FROM CAROLE VANDE VORDE	LEWIS
BLACK TERN	May 17, 1985	MCARTHUR LAKE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA	8	SIERACKI, PAUL		33001	REPORT FROM PAUL SIERACKI	BOUNDARY
BLACK TERN	Jun 01, 1985	KOOTENAI NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE	9 PAIR AND 20 YOUNG	NAPIER, LARRY		33001	AMERICAN BIRDS 39(5):940	BOUNDARY
BLACK TERN	Jul 01, 1985	CAMAS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE	COMMON			33021	CHECKLIST 1985	JEFFERSON
BLACK TERN	May 17, 1986	KOOTENAI NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE	MORE THAN 1	NAPIER, LARRY		33001	REPORT FROM KOOTENAI NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE	BOUNDARY
BLACK TERN	Jun 01, 1986	KOOTENAI NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE	18 PAIR AND 15 NESTS	NAPIER, LARRY		33001	REPORT FROM KOOTENAI NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE	BOUNDARY
BLACK TERN	May 18, 1987	MANN LAKE	1	CANYON BIRDERS		33004	BIRD NOTES JUN 1987	NEZ PERCE
BLACK TERN	May 20, 1987	KOOTENAI NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE	MORE THAN 1	NAPIER, LARRY		33001	REPORT FROM KOOTENAI NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE	BOUNDARY
BLACK TERN	May 21, 1987	MANN LAKE	1	VANDE VOORDE, CAROLE		33004	REPORT FROM CAROLE VANDE VORDE	NEZ PERCE
BLACK TERN	Jul 01, 1987	BEAR LAKE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE	COMMON			33028	CHECKLIST 1987	BEAR LAKE
BLACK TERN	May 13, 1988	KOOTENAI NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE	MORE THAN 1	NAPIER, LARRY		33001	REPORT FROM KOOTENAI NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE	BOUNDARY
BLACK TERN	Jul 15, 1988	KOOTENAI NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE	YOUNG	NAPIER, LARRY		33001	REPORT FROM KOOTENAI NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE	BOUNDARY
BLACK TERN	May 11, 1989	KOOTENAI NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE	MORE THAN 1	NAPIER, LARRY		33001	REPORT FROM KOOTENAI NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE	BOUNDARY
BLACK TERN	May 19, 1989	TOLO LAKE	1-2	JAMISON, BRIAN		33007		IDAHO
BLACK TERN	Jun 07, 1989	MISSION FLATS	72	WELLER, SUSAN		33002	REPORT FROM SUSAN WELLER	KOOTENAI
BLACK TERN	Jun 11, 1989	BBS NAPLES	20		BBS NAPLES	33001	BREEDING BIRD SURVEY	BOUNDARY
BLACK TERN	Jun 12, 1989	THOMPSON LAKE	1	NIGH, JOHN		33002	REPORT FROM JOHN NIGH, IDAHO FISH AND GAME	KOOTENAI
BLACK TERN	Jul 01, 1989	ISLAND PARK	MORE THAN 1			33016		FREMONT
BLACK TERN	Jul 01, 1989	SWAN LAKE, ISLAND PARK	1 NEST	TROST, CHARLES		33016	REPORT FROM JEFF SNYDER	FREMONT