First Observed Dates for Hummingbirds in Idaho, Spring 2004
from reports through 13 May 2004
To report the date you first saw YOUR hummingbird,
please email Stacy Peterson (SJPeterson_at_aol.com). Indicate
date, location, species, and sex if known.
A word about the
maps -- The map on the LEFT shows the major towns in Idaho. For
comparison, the map on the RIGHT shows the terrain of the
state. Red dots correspond to the named towns on the left map. Boise, the
state capital, is shown by the larger red dot. Both maps are approximately the
same scale.
"Quick Jumps" to species down this page: Black-chinned Hummingbird -- Rufous Hummingbird -- Broad-tailed Hummingbird
2004 CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD arrivals -- first report per observer / yard To see historical statewide arrival dates by county, click here.
April 8 -- Mica Flats, Kootenai County --
(Shirley Sturts, IBLE listserv, 4/15/04)
April 10 -- Lake Pend Oreille,
Bonner County -- Sheryl Lilly, (pers. comm., 5/5/04)
April 11 -- Daggett
Creek, Boise County -- Al Larson, (SWIBA listserv, 4/11/04) -- 1 male
April
11 -- Genesee, Latah County -- Terry & Christine Gray, (inland-nw-birders
listserv, 4/11/04) -- 1 female
April 13 -- Garden Valley, Boise County --
Sheri & Ralph Foote, (IBLE listserv, 4/13/04) -- 1 male
April 13 -- 7
mi. N of Crouch, Boise County -- John & Aubrey Foote, (IBLE listserv,
4/14/04) -- 1 male
April 13 -- Cour d'Alene, Kootenai County -- Jan
Severtson, (Shirley Sturts, IBLE listserv, 4/14/04)
April 13 -- Moscow,
Latah County -- Tom Besser, (inland-nw-birders listserv, 4/13/04) -- 2
males!
April 14 -- Fernan Lake, Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County -- Shirley
Sturts, (inland-nw-birders & IBLE, 4/16/04) -- female; 1st male on April
16.
April 15 -- Orofino, Clearwater County -- Paul & June Cleveland,
(inland-nw-birders listserv, 4/15/04) -- 1 male
April 24 -- Prairie, Elmore
County -- fide Tom McCabe, (pers. comm., 4/27/04)
April 27 -- Inkom,
Bannock County -- Bill Moore, (IBLE listserv, 4/27/04) -- 2
males
April 27 -- Hailey, Blaine County
-- Jean Seymour, (IBLE listserv 4/27/04)
April 29 -- University of Idaho,
Moscow, Latah County -- Charles Swift, (IBLE listserv, 4/29/04)
April 29 --
Hailey, Blaine county -- Brian Sturges, (IBLE listerv, 5/3/04) -- male
May 2
-- Pearl, Gem County -- Michael Wiegand, (pers. comm., 5/7/04) -- female
May
6 -- Arco, Butte County -- Mike Munts, (IBLE listserv, 5/6/04) --
male
2004 BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD arrivals -- first report per observer / yard To see historical statewide arrival dates by county, click here.
April 24 -- Prairie, Elmore County --
fide Tom McCabe, (pers. comm., 4/27/04)
April 25 -- Pocatello,
Bannock County -- John Schmidt, (IBLE, 4/25/04) -- 1 male + 2 additional
unidentified hummingbirds
April 27 -- Boise, Ada County -- Mel & Jan
Eggleston, (pers. comm., 4/27/04) -- male
April 28 -- Eagle, Ada County --
Neil Johnson, (pers. comm., 4/28/04) --
April 28 -- Eagle, Ada County --
Greg Wardwell, (IBLE listserv, 4/29/04) -- female
April 28 -- Emmett, Gem
County -- Russ Manwaring, (IBLE listserv, 4/28/04) -- male
April 28 --
Caldwell, Canyon County -- Cheryl Huizinga, (IBLE listserv, 4/28/04) --
female
April 30 -- Idaho City -- Boise County -- Michelle Corder, (pers.
comm., 5/8/04)
April 30 -- Lake Pend Oreille, Bonner County -- Sheryl Lilly,
(pers. comm., 5/5/04)
May 2 -- "Y-Stop" Store, Prairie, Elmore County --
Monty Thomson, (IBLE listerv, 5/2/04)
May 2 -- Armstrong Hill -- Kootenai
County -- Kris Buchler, (fide Shirley Sturts, IBLE listserv,
5/5/04)
May 3 -- Sand Hollow, Canyon County -- Bill Addington, (IBLE
listserv, 5/3/04) -- male and female courting
May 3 -- 25 miles N. of Howe,
Butte County -- Connie & Jack Oar, (IBLE listserv, 5/3/04) -- male
May 3
-- Garden Valley, Boise County -- Sheri _____, (IBLE listserv, 5/4/04) --
male
May 3 -- Nampa, Canyon County -- Darrel Marks, (SWIBA listerv, 5/4/04)
-- male
May 4 -- Nampa (near Lake Lowell), Canyon County -- Nettie Smoot,
(SWIBA listserv, 5/4/04) -- male
May 5 -- Craters of the Moon, Butte County
-- Mike Munts, (IBLE listserv, 5/5/04) -- male
May 5 -- Caldwell, Canyon
County -- Terry & Peggy Peterson, (pers. comm., 5/5/04) -- male
May 5 --
Mtn Home, Elmore County -- Sylvia Shasky, (pers. comm., 5/5/04) -- male
May
6 -- Mtn Home AFB, Elmore County -- Stacy Peterson, (pers. comm., 5/6/04) --
male (we'd been gone a week; returned today)
May 6 -- Arco, Butte County --
Mike Munts, (IBLE listserv, 5/6/04) -- female
May 6 -- Genesee, Latah County
-- Terry & Christine Gray, (inland-NW-birders listserv, 5/6/04) --
male
May 6 -- Warm Springs Mesa, Ada County -- Leanne Lloyd-Fairey, (pers.
comm., 5/7/04) -- 2 males, 1 female
May 7 -- near Givens Hot Springs, Owyhee
County -- Angela Jensen, (IBLE listserv, 5/7/04) -- male
May 10 -- Boise,
Ada County -- Lynelle _____, (IBLE listserv, 5/10/04) -- male
May 10 --
Huston, Canyon County -- Fred Hill, (IBLE listserv, 5/11/04) -- male
May 13
-- Boise, Ada County -- Karen Marsh, (pers. comm., 5/13/04) --
male
2004 RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD arrivals -- first report per observer / yard To see historical statewide arrival dates by county, click here.
April 5 -- base of Craig Mtns, 17 mi. s of
Lewiston, Nez Perce County -- Julie Clark, (IBLE, 4/5/04) -- male, first female
obs. 4/11/04 at this site!
April 12 -- Hayden Lake, Kootenai County -- Tom
Davenport, (fide Stephen Lindsay, inland-nw-birders listserv, 4/12/04)
-- male
April 13 -- Lake Pend Oreille, Bonner County -- Sheryl Lilly, (pers.
comm., 5/5/04)
April 13 -- Moscow, Latah County -- Tom Besser,
(inland-nw-birders listserv, 4/13/04) -- male
April 13 -- 7 mi. N of Crouch,
Boise County -- John & Aubrey Foote, (IBLE listserv, 4/13/04) -- 1
male
April 16 -- Mtn Home AFB, Elmore County -- Stacy Jon Peterson, (IBLE
listserv, 4/16/04) -- 1 male, banded 4/16/04
April 18 -- Ketchum, Blaine
County -- Norm & Karen Shorts, (IBLE listserv, 4/18/04) -- 1 male
April
19 -- Paradise Ridge / Moscow, Latah County -- (inland-nw-birders, 4/23/04) --
1 male
April 20 -- Moscow, Latah County -- David Holick, (inland-nw-birders
listserv, 4/21/04) -- 1 male
April 22 -- 18 mi NE Sandpoint, Bonner County
-- Lisa Provolt, (IBLE listserv, 4/22/04) -- 1 male
April 25 -- Hailey,
Blaine County -- Brian Sturges, (IBLE listserv, 5/3/04) -- male
April 25 --
Potlatch, Latah County -- Mary Giddings, (BIRDNOTES.net)
April 27 -- Daggett
Creek, Boise County -- Al Larson, (SWIBA listserv, 4/27/04) -- 1 male
April
27 -- Hailey, Blaine County -- Jean Seymour, (IBLE listserv, 4/27/04)
April
27 -- Orofino, Clearwater County -- Paul & June Cleveland, (inland-nw-birders listserv, 4/28/04) -- female (male arrived
4/28)
April 28 -- Eagle, Ada County -- Greg Wardwell, (IBLE listserv,
4/29/04) -- female
April 29 -- Pearl, Gem County -- Michael Wiegand, (SWIBA
listserv, 4/29/04) -- female
April 29 -- 25 miles N. of Howe, Butte County
-- Connie & Jack Oar, (IBLE listserv, 5/3/04) -- male
May 5 -- Salmon,
Lemhi County -- Dennis Kuecherer, (IBLE listserv, 5/5/04)
May 9 -- Island
Park, Freemont County -- Cliff Weisse, (pers. comm, 5/9/04) --
male
2004 BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD arrivals -- first report per observer / yard To see historical statewide arrival dates by county, click here.
May 2 -- Hailey, Blaine County -- Brian
Sturges, (IBLE listserv, 5/3/04) -- male
May 4 -- Garden Valley, Boise
County -- fide Spencer Walters, (IBLE listserv, 5/8/04) --
male
2004 UNIDENTIFIED HUMMINGBIRD arrivals -- first report per observer / yard
April 2 -- Boise, Ada County -- Billie
Tinsley, (IBLE, 4/2/04) -- female
April 9 -- Moscow, Latah County -- Kas
Dumroese, (inland-nw-birders listserv, 4/12/04) -- bird working hawthorn,
unidentified to species
April 17 -- Prairie, Elmore County -- fide
Tom McCabe, (pers. comm., 4/27/04)
April 25 -- Sand Hollow, Canyon County
-- Alice Addington, (IBLE listserv, 4/25/04) -- two birds, possibly
Black-chinneds
April 25 -- Inkom, Bannock County -- Bill Moore, (IBLE
listserv, 4/27/04) -- possible Broad-tailed buzzed Moore
April 30 --
Meridian, Ada County -- Janet Young, fide Nettie Smoot, (SWIBA listserv,
5/1/04)
April 30 -- High Valley, Valley County -- Maxine Jeffs, (pers.
comm., 5/1/04)
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