May, 1915 
BIRDS OF KOOTENAI COUNTY, IDAHO 
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rest at the southern end of the lake and on St. Joe marshes. A few would spend the 
day in the grain fields in the Palouse farming district and return to the sheltered bogs 
of the lake to spend the night. During the fall and winter of 1913, I failed to see or hear 
any migrant flocks and none for the fall of 1914. Very few Geese have been seen on 
the lake for several years past. If migrations still continue over the same course the 
birds must pass over late at night and high up. They may be diminishing fast in num- 
bers. 
*Olor buccinator. Trumpeter Swan. Rare fall migrant; occasionally seen at 
southern end of lake. One seen on Lake Chatcolet October 30, 1914. 
Botaurus lentiginosus. American Bittern. Rare resident of the marshes. Taken 
at meadows, Lake Coeur d’Alene; also on Fernan alder swamp. 
*Ardea herodias herodias. Great Blue Heron. Rare fall and winter visitor. Three 
specimens examined: One taken on marsh, Fernan Lake; two specimens taken along 
St. Joe River, — one being an adult male, February 14, 1913. 
Porzana Carolina. Sora Rail. Rare resident of the marshes; one specimen exam- 
ined. 
Fulica americana. American Coot. Fairly common in fall on open water. Large 
numbers congregate on Chatcolet Lake since the passage of the law prohibiting the use 
of motor boats in hunting water fowl on the lake. 
Lobipes lobatus. Northern Phalarope. Rare fall migrant. One specimen noted on 
Lake Coeur d’Alene. 
Recurvirostra americana. Avocet. Rare. One specimen examined, taken on St. 
Joe marshes. 
Gallinago delicafa. Wilson Snipe. Rare fall migrant. One seen at meadows, Lake 
Coeur d’Alene, September 13, 1913- Two taken at Chatcolet Lake in September, 1914. 
Actitis macularius. Spotted Sandpiper. Fairly common summer resident along 
shores of the lakes in Kootenai County. One taken at Fernan Lake, May 17. Nest 
with four eggs found in a field near Fernan Lake shore, June 27, 1914. 
Squatarola squatarola. Black-bellied Plover. Rare. One specimen examined, taken 
on St. Joe marshes. 
Oxyechus vociferus vociferus. Killdeer. Not common summer resident, breeding 
in suitable localities. Earliest record for spring arrival, March 9, 1913. None seen 
after September 1. 
*Colinus virginianus. Bob-white. Owing to nearness to Spokane Prairie, Washing- 
ton, a number of pairs of quail have shifted into this vicinity, nesting in meadows and 
grain fields, and raising large broods; but owing to the open season during the month 
of November, and deep snow in winter, there is little chance of them becoming plenti- 
ful. 
Dendragapus obscurus richardsoni. Richardson Grouse. Fairly common resident 
throughout the mountains; most plentiful in Coeur d’Alene National Forest reserve. 
Bonasa umbellus togata. Canadian Ruffed Grouse. Common resident in conifer- 
ous timber and thickets. More abundant during the season of 1914 than for many years 
past. 
-Bonasa umbellus sabini. Oregon Ruffed Grouse. Observed for the first time dur- 
ing the fall of 1914. Two specimens taken and two others seen. Skins are identical 
with those taken in the vicinity of Portland, Oregon. With the exception of one speci- 
men taken in deciduous thickets at Fernan Lake, this race was seen only in lodgepole 
pine thickets on the prairie, north of the city. 
Pedioecetes phasianellus columbianus. Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse. Becoming- 
rare as a resident; occasionally seen in fall in small flocks on the prairie, north of the 
city. 
*Phasianus torquatus. Mongolian Pheasant. One specimen examined, found 
frozen in ice on Fernan Lake in December, 1913. 
Zenaidura macroura marginalia. Western Mourning Dove. Fairly common sum- 
mer resident, nesting in pine timber on open ridges and hillsides. Congregates in small 
flocks on fields in latter part of August Nest with two fresh eggs found in small pine 
on Tubbs Hill, June 26, 1912. 
Cathartes aura septentrionalis. Turkey Vulture. Occasionally seen during the 
summer. 
