Annual First Observed Dates in Spring
for Black-chinned Hummingbird in Idaho


A statewide list of annual first observed dates detail the first sighting made in Idaho each year. The annual first observed dates for each county are listed next. Help us fill in the details for counties with no information by sending me the date you first observed this species in that county for all available years. Send date, species, location, and observer name.

Key to first observed listings:  Date -- location -- reporter, (citation) -- sex

STATEWIDE annual first observed dates

  1. April 15, 1985 -- Squaw Bay, Coeur d'Alene Lake, Kootenai County -- Barbara Dorrell, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  2. April 16, 2002 -- Boise, Ada County -- Brooke Adams, (fide Greg Wardell & Michael Wiegand, pers. comm) -- female
  3. April 17, 2005 -- Boise, Ada County -- Mark Collie, (R.L. Rowland, IBLE, 4/18/05) -- female
  4. April 20, 2008 -- Boise, Ada County -- Lew Ulrey, (IBLE, 4/20/08)
  5. April 21, 1993 -- Shepherd Lake, Bonner County -- Pat Cole, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  6. April 22, 2003 -- Caldwell, Canyon County -- Terry & Peggy Peterson, (pers. comm) -- female
  7. April 24, 2004 -- Prairie, Elmore County -- fide Tom McCabe, (pers. comm., 4/27/04)
  8. April 25, 2006 -- Malta, Cassia County -- Cam Collins, (pers. comm., 5/10/06) - male
  9. April 26, 2001 -- Gotham Bay, Coeur d'Alene Lake -- Jan Kendal, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  10. April 28, 1991 -- Blackwell Hill, Kootenai County -- Gertrude Hanson, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  11. April 29, 1998 -- Warm Springs Mesa, Ada County -- Michael Wiegand, (pers. comm) -- female
  12. April 30, 1986 -- Kootenai NWR, Boundary County -- Larry Napier, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  13. April 30, 1989 -- Blackwell Hill, Kootenai County -- Gertrude Hanson, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  14. April 30, 2007 -- unspecified, Canyon County -- IdahoBirds.net Annual Arrivals / County List
  15. May 1, 1979 -- Moscow, Latah County -- John Fiske, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  16. May 1, 1994 -- Paradise Ridge, Latah County -- Kas Dumroese (pers. comm) -- male
  17. May 1, 1996 -- Thomopson Lake, Kootenai County -- John Nigh, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  18. May 2, 1980 -- Hauser Lake, Kootenai County -- Mary Manning, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  19. May 3, 1997 -- Thompson Lake, Kootenai County -- John Nigh, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  20. May 4, 1974 -- Rimrock area, Kootenai County -- Mary Manning, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  21. May 5, 1976 -- Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County -- Esther Stewart, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  22. May 5, 1995 -- Thompson Lake, Kootenai County -- John Nigh, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  23. May 5, 2000 -- Pearl, Gem County -- Michael Wiegand, (pers. comm) -- male
  24. May 7, 1992 -- Spokane River, Kootenai County -- Richard Beeks, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  25. May 8, 1987 -- Blackwell Hill, Kootenai County -- Gertrude Hanson, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  26. May 8, 1999 -- Pearl, Gem County -- Michael Wiegand, (pers. comm) -- female
  27. May 9, 1983 -- Mount Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County -- Barbara Wardsworth, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  28. May 10, 1990 -- Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County -- Mary Manning, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  29. May 12, 1972 -- Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County -- Esther Stewart, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection) -- female
  30. May 12, 1978 -- Rimrock area, Kootenai County -- Mary Manning, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  31. May 12, 1988 -- Potlatch, Latah County -- Zoltan Porga, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  32. May 13, 1975 -- Rimrock area, Kootenai County -- Mary Manning, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection) -- male & female
  33. May 13, 1981 -- Rimrock area, Kootenai County -- Mary Manning, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  34. May 14, 1977 -- Rimrock area, Kootenai County -- Mary Manning, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  35. May 14, 1982 -- Rimrock area, Kootenai County -- Mary Manning, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  36. May 14, 1984 -- Squaw Bay, Coeur d'Alene Lake, Kootenai County -- Barbara Dorrell, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)

Listings by County in alphabetical order.

ADA County

  1. April 16, 2002 -- Boise -- Brooke Adams, (fide Greg Wardell & Michael Wiegand, pers. comm) -- female
  2. April 17, 2005 -- Boise -- Mark Collie, (R.L. Rowland, IBLE, 4/18/05) -- female
  3. April 20, 2008 -- Boise -- Lew Ulrey, (IBLE, 4/20/08)
  4. April 27, 2004 -- Boise -- Mel & Jan Eggleston, (pers. comm., 4/27/04) -- male
  5. April 28, 2003 -- Boise -- (fide Tom McCabe, pers. comm) -- male
  6. April 29, 1998 -- Warm Springs Mesa -- Michael Wiegand, (pers. comm) -- female
  7. May 3, 2007 -- unspecified -- IdahoBirds.net Annual Arrivals / County List
  8. May 5, 1997 -- Warm Springs Mesa -- Michael Wiegand, (pers. comm) -- female
  9. May 10, 2006 -- Boise -- Nick Miller, (IBLE, 5/13/06) - male
  10. May 12, 1994 -- Eagle -- Michael Wiegand, (pers. comm) -- male
  11. May 12, 1996 -- Eagle -- Michael Wiegand, (pers. comm) -- pair
  12. May 18, 1995 -- Eagle -- Michael Wiegand, (pers. comm) -- female

BANNOCK County

  1. April 19, 2005 -- Pocatello -- Michael Bickley, (pers. comm) - male and female (unidentified hummer observed 4/17)
  2. April 25, 2004 -- Pocatello -- John Schmidt, (IBLE listserv, 4/25/04) -- male
  3. April 30, 2002 -- Pocatello -- Michael Bickley, (pers. comm)
  4. May 1, 2001 -- Pocatello -- Michael Bickley, (pers. comm)
  5. May 2, 1990 -- Pocatello -- Michael Bickley, (pers. comm)
  6. May 4, 2000 -- Pocatello -- Michael Bickley, (pers. comm)
  7. May 5, 1997 -- Pocatello -- Michael Bickley, (pers. comm)
  8. May 7, 2006 -- Pocatello -- Michael Bickley, (pers. comm., 5/8/06) - male
  9. May 8, 1991 -- Pocatello -- Michael Bickley, (pers. comm)
  10. May 8, 1998 -- Pocatello -- Michael Bickley, (pers. comm)
  11. May 9, 1995 -- Pocatello -- Michael Bickley, (pers. comm)
  12. May 10, 1996 -- Pocatello -- Michael Bickley, (pers. comm)
  13. May 11, 1993 -- Pocatello -- Michael Bickley, (pers. comm)
  14. May 13, 2003 -- Pocatello -- Michael Bickley, (pers. comm) - male
  15. May 16, 1994 -- Pocatello -- Michael Bickley, (pers. comm)
  16. May 17, 1999 -- Pocatello -- Michael Bickley, (pers. comm)
  17. May 19, 2007 -- unspecified -- IdahoBirds.net Annual Arrivals / County List

BENEWAH

  1. May 12, 2007 -- unspecified -- IdahoBirds.net Annual Arrivals / County List

BLAINE County

  1. May 6, 2006 -- unspecified -- IdahoBirds.net Annual Arrivals / County List
  2. May 11, 2007 -- unspecified -- IdahoBirds.net Annual Arrivals / County List
  3. May 16, 2002 -- West Magic Reservoir -- Kathleen Cameron, (IBLE, 5/18/02) -- male

BOISE County

  1. April 22, 2005 -- Garden Valley -- Sheri Foote, (fide Spencer Walters, IBLE, 4/22/05) -- female
  2. April 25, 2008 -- Garden Valley -- John Foote, (fide Sheri Foote, pers. comm., 5/3/08) -- male
  3. April 30, 2004 -- Idaho City -- Michelle Corder, (pers. comm., 5/8/04)
  4. May 1, 2007 -- unspecified -- IdahoBirds.net Annual Arrivals / County List
  5. May 9, 2006 -- unspecified -- IdahoBirds.net Annual Arrivals / County List
  6. May 13, 2003 -- Garden Valley -- Sheri Foote, (IBLE, 5/13/03) -- males

BONNER County

  1. April 21, 1993 -- Shepherd Lake -- Pat Cole, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  2. April 30, 2004 -- Lake Pend Oreille -- Sheryl Lilly, (pers. comm., 5/5/04)
  3. May 4, 2002 -- Shepherd Lake -- May 4 -- Wendy Aeschliman, (Shirley Sturts, pers. comm)
  4. May 8, 1985 -- Ponderay -- Roger Burwell, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  5. May 14, 2006 -- unspecified -- IdahoBirds.net Annual Arrivals / County List
  6. May 17, 1991 -- Clark Fork Campus -- Kas Dumroese, (pers. comm) -- male
  7. May 21, 2007 -- unspecified -- IdahoBirds.net Annual Arrivals / County List

BONNEVILLE County

  1. May 6, 2004 -- Idaho Falls -- Pat Brown, (pers. comm., 5/13/04) -- male

BOUNDARY County

  1. April 30, 1986 -- Kootenai NWR -- Larry Napier, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  2. May 13, 2006 -- unspecified -- IdahoBirds.net Annual Arrivals / County List
  3. May 20, 1980 -- Bonners Ferry -- Paul Sieracki, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection) -- male

BUTTE County

  1. May 3, 2004 -- 25 miles N. of Howe -- Connie & Jack Oar, (IBLE listserv, 5/3/04) -- male
  2. May 12, 2002 -- 25 miles N. of Howe -- Connie & Jack Oar, (pers. comm) -- male
  3. May 16, 1993 -- Craters of the Moon National Monument -- fide Mike Muntz, (pers. comm)
  4. May 20, 1994 -- Craters of the Moon National Monument -- fide Mike Muntz, (pers. comm)
  5. May 23, 2007 -- unspecified -- IdahoBirds.net Annual Arrivals / County List

CANYON County

  1. April 22, 2003 -- Caldwell -- Terry & Peggy Peterson, (pers. comm) -- female
  2. April 27, 2008 -- near Caldwell -- Bobbi Cross (fide Cheryl Huizinga, IBLE, 4/20/08)
  3. April 28, 2004 -- Caldwell -- Cheryl Huizinga, (IBLE listserv, 4/28/04) -- female
  4. May 2, 2005 -- Caldwell -- Cheryl Huizinga, (pers. comm., 5/2/05) -- male
  5. May 2, 2006 -- unspecified -- IdahoBirds.net Annual Arrivals / County List
  6. May 4, 2001 -- Caldwell -- Terry & Peggy Peterson, (pers. comm) -- male
  7. May 5, 2000 -- Caldwell -- Terry & Peggy Peterson, (pers. comm) -- male
  8. May 5, 2002 -- Caldwell -- Terry & Peggy Peterson, (pers. comm) -- 2 males
  9. May 18, 1999 -- Caldwell -- Terry & Peggy Peterson, (pers. comm) -- male

CASSIA County

  1. April 25, 2006 -- Malta, Cassia County -- Cam Collins, (pers. comm., 5/10/06) - male

CLEARWATER County

  1. April 20, 2002 -- Orofino -- June Cleveland, (Inland NW Birders, 2/20/02) -- female
  2. April 26, 2006 -- Orofino, Clearwater County, (Paul & June Cleveland, inland-nw-birders, 4/26/06) - 4 males

ELMORE County

  1. April 21, 2002 -- Glenn's Ferry -- "gfidaho" (http://www.birds-n-garden.com/hummingbird_dates.html) -- male
  2. April 24, 2004 -- Prairie -- fide Tom McCabe, (pers. comm., 4/27/04)
  3. April 30, 2005 -- Mtn Home -- Dave & Sylvia Shasky, (pers. comm., 4/30/05) -- male
  4. May 3, 2003 -- Mtn Home -- Sylvia Shasky, (pers. comm) -- male
  5. May 6, 2007 -- unspecified -- IdahoBirds.net Annual Arrivals / County List
  6. May 16, 2006 -- unspecified -- IdahoBirds.net Annual Arrivals / County List

GEM County

  1. April 28, 2005 -- Pearl -- Michael Wiegand, (IBLE, 4/28/05) -- female
  2. April 30, 2008 -- Pearl -- Michael Wiegand, (pers. comm., 4/30/08) -- male
  3. May 4, 2007 -- unspecified -- IdahoBirds.net Annual Arrivals / County List
  4. May 5, 2000 -- Pearl -- Michael Wiegand, (pers. comm) -- male
  5. May 6, 2002 -- Pearl -- Michael Wiegand, (pers. comm) -- male
  6. May 6, 2006 -- unspecified -- IdahoBirds.net Annual Arrivals / County List
  7. May 8, 1999 -- Pearl -- Michael Wiegand, (pers. comm) -- female
  8. May 11, 2001 -- Pearl -- Michael Wiegand, (pers. comm) -- male

GOODING County

  1. May 5, 2005 -- Clear Lake -- fide Kent Fothergill, (pers. comm., 5/7/05)

JEFFERSON County

  1. May 26, 2007 -- unspecified -- IdahoBirds.net Annual Arrivals / County List

KOOTENAI County

  1. April 18, 2005 -- Armstrong Hill, Coeur d'Alene, -- Kris Buchler, (S. Sturts, IBLE, 4/15/05)
  2. April 25, 1985 -- Squaw Bay, Coeur d'Alene Lake -- Barbara Dorrell, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  3. April 26, 2001 -- Gotham Bay, Coeur d'Alene Lake -- Jan Kendal, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  4. April 28, 1991 -- Blackwell Hill -- Gertrude Hanson, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  5. April 30, 1989 -- Blackwell Hill -- Gertrude Hanson, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  6. May 1, 1996 -- Thompson Lake -- John Nigh, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  7. May 2, 1980 -- Hauser Lake -- Mary Manning, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  8. May 2, 2004 -- Armstrong Hill -- Kris Buchler, (fide Shirley Sturts, IBLE listserv, 5/5/04)
  9. May 3, 1997 -- Thompson Lake -- John Nigh, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  10. May 4, 1974 -- Rimrock area -- Mary Manning, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  11. May 5, 1976 -- Coeur d'Alene -- Esther Stewart, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  12. May 5, 1995 -- Thompson Lake -- John Nigh, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  13. May 6, 1979 -- Rimrock area -- Mary Manning, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  14. May 7, 1992 -- Spokane River -- Richard Beeks, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  15. May 8, 1987 -- Blackwell Hill -- Gertrude Hanson, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  16. May 9, 1983 -- Mount Coeur d'Alene -- Barbara Wadsworth, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  17. May 9, 1998 -- Squaw Bay, Coeur d'Alene Lake -- Barbara Dorrell, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  18. May 10, 1986 -- Mokins Bay, Hayden Lake -- Peg Hughes, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  19. May 10, 1990 -- Coeur d'Alene -- Mary Manning, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  20. May 10, 1993 -- Blackwell Hill -- Gertrude Hanson, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  21. May 11, 2006 -- unspecified -- IdahoBirds.net Annual Arrivals / County List
  22. May 11, 2007 -- unspecified -- IdahoBirds.net Annual Arrivals / County List
  23. May 12, 1972 -- Coeur d'Alene -- Esther Stewart, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection) -- female
  24. May 12, 1978 -- Rimrock area -- Mary Manning, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  25. May 12, 2006 -- Armstrong Hill, Coeur d'Alene -- Kris Buchler, (S. Sturts, Kootenai County Year List)
  26. May 13, 1975 -- Rimrock area -- Mary Manning, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection) -- pair
  27. May 13, 1981 -- Rimrock area -- Mary Manning, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  28. May 14, 1977 -- Rimrock area -- Mary Manning, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  29. May 14, 1982 -- Rimrock area -- Mary Manning, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  30. May 14, 1984 -- Squaw Bay, Coeur d'Alene Lake -- Barbara Dorrell, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  31. May 14, 1988 -- Blackwell Hill -- Gertrude Hanson, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection) -- pair
  32. May 25, 1994 -- Squaw Bay, Coeur d'Alene Lake -- Barbara Dorrell, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)

LATAH County

  1. May 1, 1979 -- Moscow -- John Fiske, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  2. May 1, 1994 -- Paradise Ridge -- Kas Dumroese, (pers. comm) -- male
  3. May 5, 1996 -- Paradise Ridge -- Kas Dumroese, (pers. comm) -- male
  4. May 6, 2004 -- Genesee -- Terry & Christine Gray, (inland-NW-birders listserv, 5/6/04) -- male
  5. May 6, 2008 -- Moscow -- Terry Gray, (inland-nw-birders, 5/6/08)
  6. May 7, 2000 -- Paradise Ridge -- Kas Dumroese, (pers. comm) -- female
  7. May 8, 1985 -- Moscow -- Kas Dumroese, (pers. comm) -- male
  8. May 8, 1998 -- Paradise Ridge -- Kas Dumroese, (pers. comm) -- male
  9. May 8, 2005 -- Genesee -- Terry & Christine Gray, (inland-nw-birders, 5/8/05) -- male
  10. May 9, 1987 -- Potlatch -- Zoltan Porga, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  11. May 10, 1997 -- unspecified -- Kas Dumroese, (pers. comm) -- male
  12. May 10, 2006 -- unspecified -- IdahoBirds.net Annual Arrivals / County List
  13. May 12, 1988 -- Potlatch -- Zoltan Porga, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  14. May 13, 2002 -- Genesee -- Terry & Christine Gray, (inland-NW-birders, 5/13/02)
  15. May 14, 1975 -- Moscow -- John Fiske, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  16. May 15, 1995 -- Paradise Ridge -- Kas Dumroese, (pers. comm) -- male
  17. May 17, 1986 -- Potlatch -- Zoltan Porga, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  18. May 19, 1976 -- Moscow -- John Fiske, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  19. May 19, 1999 -- Paradise Ridge -- Kas Dumroese, (pers. comm) -- male
  20. May 25, 2001 -- Paradise Ridge -- Kas Dumroese, (pers. comm) -- female
  21. May 27, 1977 -- Moscow -- John Fiske, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  22. May 28, 1984 -- Potlatch -- Zoltan Porga, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  23. June 5, 1950 -- Moscow -- Thomas Burleigh, (Burleigh, T.D. 1972. Birds of Idaho. Caxton Printers: Caldwell, Idaho)
  24. June 11, 1978 -- Moscow -- John Fiske, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  25. June 13, 1993 -- Potlatch -- Zoltan Porga, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)

LEMHI County

  1. May 17, 1988 -- Salmon -- Hadley Roberts, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)

MADISON County

  1. May 20, 2002 -- Sugar City -- Bill Stacy, (pers. comm) -- male

NEZ PERCE County

  1. May 1, 1998 -- Lewiston -- Veros Persoon, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  2. May 3, 1994 -- Culdesac -- Hank Hepburn, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)
  3. May 10, 2007 -- unspecified -- IdahoBirds.net Annual Arrivals / County List
  4. May 15 -- male -- Lewiston -- Keith E. Carlson, (Inland NW Birders, 5/15/02)
  5. May 18, 1996 -- Clearwater River, Myrtle -- Winifred Hepburn, (Shirley & Keith Sturts' Data Collection)

OWYHEE County

  1. May 7, 2002 -- Marsing -- Kathy Gannuscio, (pers. comm)
  2. May 7, 2004 -- near Givens Hot Springs -- Angela Jensen, (IBLE listserv, 5/7/04) -- male
  3. May 8, 2006 -- near Givens Hot Springs -- Angela Jensen, (SWIBA listserv 5/8/06) -- male
  4. May 9, 2003 -- Marsing -- Kathy Gannuscio, (pers. comm)
  5. May 12, 2005 -- near Givens Hot Springs -- Angela Jensen, (SWIBA, 5/12/05) -- male and female
  6. May 23, 2007 -- unspecified -- IdahoBirds.net Annual Arrivals / County List

PAYETTE County

  1. May 3, 2006 -- unspecified -- IdahoBirds.net Annual Arrivals / County List

POWER County

  1. May 5, 2008 -- near Rockland -- Kent & Francine Rudeen, (pers. comm., 5/6/08)
  2. May 7, 2003 -- near Rockland -- Kent & Francine Rudeen, (pers. comm) -- male
  3. May 10, 2007 -- near Rockland -- Kent & Francine Rudeen, (pers. comm) -- male

SHOSHONE County

  1. May 12, 2006 -- unspecified --IdahoBirds.net Annual Arrivals / County List
  2. May 12, 2007 -- unspecified -- IdahoBirds.net Annual Arrivals / County List
  3. May 24, 2002 -- Enaville -- Lisa Hardy, (pers. comm) -- male

TWIN FALLS County

  1. May 6, 2005 -- Box Canyon Trout Farm -- fide Kent Fothergill, (pers. comm., 5/7/05)
  2. May 7, 2002 -- Buhl -- Kent Fothergill, (pers. comm) -- male
  3. May 9, 2006 -- unspecified -- IdahoBirds.net Annual Arrivals / County List

VALLEY County

  1. April 27, 2005 -- Donnelly -- gleaton, (pers. comm., 5/14/05) -- male
  2. May 10, 2007 -- unspecified -- IdahoBirds.net Annual Arrivals / County List

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