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BIRDS OF KOOTENAI COUNTY, IDAHO 
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Asio flammeus. Short-eared Owl. Not common. Two specimens examined. 
♦Scotiaptex nebulosa nebulosa. Great Gray Owl. Rare winter visitor. One speci- 
men taken at Mica Bay, Lake Coeur d’Alene, December 4, 1914; adult female. 
Gryptoglaux funerea richardsoni. Richardson Owl. Rare winter visitor. One speci- 
men seen. 
Gryptoglaux acadica. Saw-whet Owl. One specimen examined. 
*Otus flammeolus. Flammulated Screech Owl. Not common. One specimen 
examined, taken in dense thicket near Fernan Lake, September 28, 1914. 
Bubo virginianus pallescens. Western Horned Owl. Fairly common resident; most 
frequently seen in September and October. 
Bubo virginianus subarcticus. Arctic Horned Owl. Rare fall and winter visitor. 
Two specimens examined, one taken at Bennett’s Bay, Lake Coeur d’Alene, October 28, 
1912. (Recorded in Condor, xv, p. 41.) 
Bubo virginianus saturatus. Dusky Horned Owl. Frequently seen in the fall in 
dense timber and swamps. Four specimens examined, one taken near edge of swamp 
at meadow, Lake Coeur d’Alene, September 13, 1913. 
Nyctea nyctea. Snowy Owl. Rare winter visitor. One specimen examined, taken 
in city limits. 
Glaucidium gnoma. Pygmy Owl. Frequently heard and seen during the months 
of September and October; may be resident. 
Ceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher. Common summer resident along streams and 
lake shores. 
*Dryobates villosus monticola. Rocky Mountain Hairy Woodpecker. Common res- 
ident throughout the heavy timber. Have often seen D. v. monticola feeding on frozen 
apples remaining on trees, during the cold weather, within city limits. 
Dryobates pubescens homorus. Batchelder Woodpecker. Not common resident. 
Two specimens collected in alder swamp at head of Fernan Lake. 
Picoides arcticus. Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker. Male and female collected from 
tall dead pine near Garwood, September 29, 1914; only specimens that I have seen or 
taken. 
Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis. Red-naped Sapsucker. Nest containing young found 
June 6, 1914, in tall hemlock stub near Kelly meadow, French Gulch. Both parents were 
busy feeding young. Several specimens collected; one near Fernan Lake in dense 
thicket, and one in alder thicket near Mica Bay. 
Phloeotomus pileatus abieticola. Northern Pileated Woodpecker. Not common 
resident of the heavily timbered hillsides and ridges. 
Colaptes cafer collaris. Red-shafted Flicker. Common summer resident, a few 
remaining through the winter. Winter records, November 28, December 8, February 
10 and 22. 
*Chordeiles virginianus henryi. Western Nighthawk. Common summer resident, 
arriving the first week in June and departing by middle of September. Nests on Tubbs 
Hill, Fernan ridges, and occasionally on prairie land. 
♦Chordeiles virginianus hesperis. Pacific Nighthawk. Female and eggs collected 
June 27, 1914; nesting on high open ridge near Fernan Lake. 
Archilochus alexandri. Black-chinned Hummingbird. Not common summer resi- 
dent. Nest with two eggs found on Fernan Creek, June 8. 
Selasphorus rufus. Rufous Hummingbird. Occasionally seen in May and June in 
city limits among bright-colored flowers. 
Stellula calliope. Calliope Hummingbird. Not common summer resident. Have 
observed several pairs that were nesting in dense pine thickets, but have been unable to 
locate any nests. 
Tyrannus tyrannus. Kingbird. Not common summer resident, nesting in bushes 
along St. Joe and Spokane rivers. 
Tyrannus verticalis. Western Kingbird. Rare summer resident. One pair with 
young; nest on cross-bar of pole carrying high tension electric wire, on prairie near 
Post Falls, July 5, 1913. 
Sayornis sayus. Say Pewee. Not common summer resident; occasionally seen in 
city limits. 
Nuttallornis borealis. Olive-sided Flycatcher. Not common summer resident in the 
mountains. 
