Spokane County Firsts - Updated 10/21/2009
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Date From: |
Date To: |
No. |
Location |
Observers |
| Greater White-fronted Goose |
4/21/1973 |
|
1 |
Turnbull NWR |
Per BSEW |
| Snow Goose |
7/31/1966 |
|
1 |
Turnbull NWR |
Per BW |
| Ross’s Goose |
11/1/1974 |
|
5 |
Turnbull NWR |
Per BSEW |
| Eurasian Wigeon |
3/12/1973 |
|
2 |
Parker Road-Philleo Lake |
James Acton, Warren Hall |
| Greater Scaup |
Feb-67 |
Mar-67 |
200 |
Spokane |
Per BW |
| Harlequin Duck |
6/18/1953 |
|
2 |
Little Spokane River |
Per BSEW |
| Surf Scoter |
10/23/1960 |
|
1 |
Cheney-Spangle Road |
James Acton; Spokane Bird Club |
| Black Scoter |
3/8/2009 |
|
1 |
Wandermere Lake |
Terry Little |
| White-winged Scoter |
11/24/1962 |
|
1 |
Spokane River |
James Acton |
| Long-tailed Duck |
4/1/1962 |
|
1 |
Spokane River-N. of Seven Mile |
James Acton, Warren Hall |
| Red-breasted Merganser |
2/3/1973 |
|
2 |
Spokane R.-Above Upriver Dam |
James Acton |
| Sharp-tailed Grouse |
4/8/1963 |
|
1 |
Deer Park Airport |
Per James Acton |
| Pacific Loon |
10/17/1970 |
|
2 |
Silver Lake |
James Acton |
| Pied-billed Grebe |
6/30/1955 |
|
272 |
Turnbull NWR |
Per BW |
| Red-necked Grebe |
5/13/1972 |
|
1 |
Newman Lake |
James Acton |
| Eared Grebe |
5/17/1965 |
|
400 |
Turnbull NWR |
Per BW |
| Clark’s Grebe |
4/25/1997 |
|
1 |
West Medical Lake |
James Acton, Warren Hall |
| Great Egret |
6/14/1949 |
|
1 |
Turnbull NWR |
Per BW |
| Snowy Egret |
5/22/1977 |
5/27/1977 |
1 |
Badger Lake |
Frank Ohme; photographed by James Acton |
| Cattle Egret |
11/14/2001 |
|
1 |
Weger Road S. of Spokane |
Gene Lynch |
| Green Heron |
8/7/2006 |
9/21/2006 |
1 |
Good Samaraton Village, Green Acres |
Amy & John Roberson |
| Black-crown Night-Heron |
8/14/2001 |
10/5/2001 |
2 |
Heron Pond |
Warren Hall |
| White-faced Ibis |
10/30/1909 |
|
1 |
Clear Lake |
Per BW |
| Turkey Vulture |
8/1/1966 |
|
13 |
Turnbull NWR |
Per BW |
| Broad-winged Hawk |
9/11/1970 |
|
1 |
Indian Canyon Park |
James Acton |
| Ferruginous Hawk |
8/18/1985 |
|
1 |
Thorpe Road, West of Espanola |
James Acton |
| Sandhill Crane |
Sep-69 |
|
3 |
Turnbull NWR |
Per BSEW |
| Gyrfalcon |
1/19/1997 |
2/27/1997 |
1 |
SR2 near Coulee-Hite Road |
James Acton, Warren Hall |
| Black-bellied Plover |
9/20/1979 |
|
1 |
West Medical Lake |
James Acton |
| American Golden Plover |
9/4/1972 |
|
1 |
Turnbull NWR |
James Acton |
| Mountain Plover |
5/6/1968 |
|
1 |
Turnbull NWR |
Dr. Dennis Paulson |
| Black-necked Stilt |
4/23/1998 |
|
2 |
West Medical Lake |
James Acton |
| American Avocet |
5/28/1995 |
|
1 |
Spangle |
Patty Marsh |
| Willet |
9/22/1976 |
|
3 |
Turnbull NWR |
Per BW |
| Upland Sandpiper |
8/2/1929 |
|
1 |
Turnbull NWR |
Per BW |
| Whimbrel |
6/21/1982 |
|
1 |
Spokane Valley |
Per BW |
| Long-billed Curlew |
5/6/1981 |
|
1 |
Over Indian Canyon Park |
James Acton |
| Hudsonian Godwit |
5/19/1997 |
5/21/1997 |
1 |
Turnbull NWR-Stubblefield Lake |
Ron Dexter |
| Marbled Godwit |
7/18/1964 |
|
1 |
Turnbull NWR-Stubblefield Lake |
David Mann |
| Ruddy Turnstone |
8/17/1997 |
|
17 |
West Medical Lake |
James Acton |
| Red Knot |
5/11/1978 |
|
1 |
Hayford Road & Medical Lake Roads in pond |
Warren Hall |
| Sanderling |
9/1/1968 |
|
1 |
Turnbull NWR |
Per BSEW |
| Dunlin |
4/15/1981 |
|
1 |
Four Lakes pothole |
James Acton, Warren Hall |
| Stilt Sandpiper |
8/20/1994 |
8/23/1994 |
4 |
Willow Lake (Four Lakes) |
James Acton |
| Short-billed Dowitcher |
Spring 1985 |
|
1 |
West Medical Lake |
Per BW |
| Red-necked Phalarope |
9/24/1984 |
|
2 |
Willow Lake (Four Lakes) |
Warren Hall |
| Red Phalarope |
9/24/1984 |
|
1 |
Willow Lake (Four Lakes) |
Warren Hall |
| Parasitic Jaeger |
7/28/2006 |
|
1 |
Eloika Lake |
Terry Little |
| Bonaparte’s Gull |
5/19/1974 |
|
3 |
Medical Lake |
James Acton |
| Mew Gull |
9/15/1973 |
|
1 |
Medical Lake |
James Acton |
| Franklin’s Gull |
11/13/1960 |
|
1 |
Spokane River-Near Gonzaga |
James Acton |
| Thayer’s Gull |
1/31/1982 |
|
1 |
Spokane Landfill |
James Acton |
| Glaucous-winged Gull |
2/18/1974 |
|
1 |
Silver Lake |
James Acton, Warren Hall |
| Glaucous Gull |
1/31/1982 |
|
2 |
Spokane Landfill |
James Acton, Warren Hall |
| Caspian Tern |
8/12/1971 |
|
1 |
Turnbull NWR |
Per BSEW |
| Common Tern |
8/29/1964 |
8/30/1964 |
1 |
Spokane River-Near Gonzaga |
Warren Hall |
| Arctic Tern |
05//20/1977 |
|
1 |
Silver Lake |
Warren Hall |
| Forster’s Tern |
5/28/1995 |
|
1 |
Spangle |
Patty Marsh |
| Ancient Murrelet |
Late October 1963 |
|
1 |
Spokane |
Per BW |
| Band-tailed Pigeon |
5/15/1980 |
5/19/1980 |
1 |
James Acton's Yard |
James Acton, Warren Hall |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove |
11/8/2006 |
|
7 |
Fairfield |
Michael Woodruff |
| White-winged Dove |
10/18/2008 |
|
1 |
Peone Pairie Wetland |
Jon Isacoff, Ann Roberts |
| Flammulated Owl |
9/24/1989 |
|
1 |
Indian Canyon Park |
James Acton, Warren Hall |
| Northern Hawk Owl |
12/11/1992 |
12/29/1992 |
1 |
Russell Road, West Spokane |
Mike Fulton |
| Burrowing Owl |
7/5/1962 |
7/6/1962 |
1 |
South of Thorpe Road |
James Acton |
| Barred Owl |
10/27/1967 |
|
1 |
Spokane |
Per BW |
| Long-eared Owl |
4/3/1996 |
5/21/1996 |
6 |
Peone Prairie Wetland |
Ron Dexter |
| Great Gray Owl |
10/15/2000 |
|
1 |
Newman Lake-South Meadow Area |
Jim O'Donnell & Margo Wolff |
| Short-eared Owl |
Fall 1964 |
|
31 |
Spangle |
Per BW |
| Black Swift |
6/3/1990 |
|
3 |
Thompson Creek |
James Acton |
| Anna’s Hummingbird |
5/8/1976 |
|
1 |
James Acton's Yard |
James Acton |
| Acorn Woodpecker |
9/8/2006 |
|
1 |
North of Cheney |
Maggie & Fritz Stout |
| Red-breasted Sapsucker |
10/7/1992 |
10/19/1992 |
1 |
Liberty Lake Park |
James Acton, Warren Hall |
| White-headed Woodpecker |
12/1/1962 |
12/22/1962 |
1 |
Little Spokane NA-Rutter Parkway |
James Acton |
| Three-toed Woodpecker |
7/13/2003 |
|
1 |
Mt. Spokane SP |
Ron Dexter |
| Black-backed Woodpecker |
3/31/1974 |
|
3 |
Burn South of Spokane |
James Acton |
| Least Flycatcher |
6/1/1968 |
|
1 |
Turnbull NWR |
Dr. Dennis Paulson |
| Gray Flycatcher |
4/22/1989 |
|
1 |
Turnbull NWR |
|
| Ash-throated Flycatcher |
8/16/1960 |
|
1 |
Spokane Valley |
Tom Rogers & Warren Hall |
| Loggerhead Shrike |
3/11/1972 |
|
1 |
Parker Road, North of Spangle |
James Acton |
| Blue Jay |
9/10/1973 |
|
1 |
North Spokane |
Per BW |
| Clark’s Nutcracker |
5/14/1950 |
|
1 |
Pine Bluff Road |
Marian Frobe |
| Northern Mockingbird |
12/24/1966 |
1/7/1967 |
1 |
Northwest Spokane |
Mr. Major |
| Sage Thrasher |
5/25/2008 |
|
1 |
Stroup Road |
James Acton |
| Brown Thrasher |
1/15/1996 |
2/19/1996 |
1 |
Coulee Creek |
Joanne Powell |
| Golden-winged Warbler |
8/20/1999 |
|
1 |
Turnbull NWR |
Marion Frobe, Mike Rule |
| Tennessee Warbler |
8/30/1970 |
|
1 |
James Acton's Yard |
James Acton |
| Cape May Warbler |
2/7/2005 |
2/14/2005 |
1 |
Spokane Valley |
Al & Anne Sherrodd |
| American Redstart |
5/27/1961 |
|
2 |
Meadow Lake |
James Acton |
| Black-throated Green Warbler |
7/2/1975 |
|
1 |
Browne's Mountain |
Tom Rogers and Mr. Knierim |
| Hermit Warbler |
8/30/1954 |
|
6 |
Mt. Spokane |
L. D. LaFave |
| Palm Warbler |
6/26/1972 |
|
1 |
Dishman Hills |
Warren Hall |
| Blackpoll Warbler |
5/17/1991 |
|
1 |
James Acton's Yard |
James Acton |
| American Redstart |
6/29/1907 |
|
2 |
Spokane |
Per BW |
| Ovenbird |
11/15/1956 |
|
1 |
Spokane |
Per BW |
| Northern Waterthrush |
5/25/1968 |
|
1 |
Turnbull NWR |
Per BW |
| Hooded Warbler |
9/24/2007 |
|
1 |
Liberty Lake yard |
Glen Volyn |
| American Tree Sparrow |
9/27/1965 |
|
2 |
Spokane |
Per BW |
| Clay-colored Sparrow |
6/6/1960 |
|
1 |
Spokane Valley |
Per BW |
| Lark Sparrow |
3/27/1926 |
|
1 |
Spokane |
Per BW |
| “Red” Fox Sparrow |
10/5/2005 |
|
1 |
Woodruff's Yard |
Michael Woodruff |
| Swamp Sparrow |
1/17/1988 |
|
1 |
Little Spokane & Spokane |
Jan Reynolds, Bart Whelton |
| White-throated Sparrow |
12/10/1970 |
|
1 |
South Hill |
James Acton |
| Harris’s Sparrow |
9/11/1971 |
|
1 |
Spokane |
Per BW |
| Golden-crowned Sparrow |
5/2/1974 |
|
1 |
James Acton's Yard |
James Acton, Warren Hall |
| Lapland Longspur |
10/9/1978 |
|
18 |
Craig Road |
James Acton |
| Snow Bunting |
1/4/1976 |
|
2 |
Hayford Road |
James Acton |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
7/4/1981 |
|
1 |
James Acton's Yard |
James Acton |
| Indigo Bunting |
9/23/1994 |
10/2/1994 |
1 |
Spokane |
James Acton |
| Bobolink |
5/26/1994 |
|
2 |
Newman Lake-North End |
James Acton |
| Tricolored Blackbird |
3/14/2006 |
3/18/2006 |
1 |
Tucker Prairie Rd, SW Medical Lake |
Theresa Mathis |
| Rusty Blackbird |
12/26/1960 |
|
1 |
Possibly Turnbull |
Tom Rogers |
| Great-tailed Grackle |
1/13/2004 |
|
1 |
Liberty Lake Golf Course |
Brian Miller |
| Pine Grosbeak |
12/3/1960 |
|
52 |
Little Spokane & Spokane |
James Acton |
| Purple Finch |
12/22/1979 |
4/9/1980 |
1 |
James Acton's Yard |
James Acton |
| White-winged Crossbill |
1/19/1975 |
|
21 |
Mt Spokane, east side |
James Acton |
| Common Redpoll |
Winter 1965 |
Early 1966 |
150-250 |
Spokane |
Per BW |
| Hoary Redpoll |
3/14/2000 |
3/16/2000 |
1 |
Elk, Wahl Brook |
Bart Whelton |
