Hoary Redpoll

Carduelis hornemanni
Statewide Status: S:N  IBRC Review Species
eBird Species Map

Darren Clark
March-November
(Migration / Summer)
 
December-February
(Winter)

All Reports (Review Species Only):

  1. 25 December 1955 – (2) – Nampa CBC – Birdsource 56th CBC (1955-1956) – (exact CBC date not given)
  2. December-February 1977-1978 – (1 during the winter – no exact dates given) – Nampa, Canyon County, Latilong 17 – Belle Shaw – AB32(3):379
  3. ♦24 November 1989 – (2 -with 10-15 Common Redpolls) – Selway Falls, Idaho County, Latilong 5 – Dale Goble
    Rare Bird Report #:3-A-89
    Voting: 6-0
  4. » 30 November 1991 – Warm Springs Mesa, Boise, Ada County, Latilong 17 – Brad Hammond
    Rare Bird Report #: 9-B-91  – report missing
  5. December 1991 – February 1992 – (several with Common Redpolls throughout most of the winter) – Kootenai NWR, Boundary County, Latilong 1 – Jimmie Reynolds – 1st recorded sighting of this species on the refuge – Kootenai NWR report to Tom Rogers for American Birds – AB46(2):292
  6. January 1992 – (3) – Troy, Latah County, Latilong 4 – Carole Vande Vorde – report to Shirley Sturts
  7. 16 February 1992 – (2) – Troy, Latah County, Latilong 4 – Dale Goble – AB46(2):292 – possibly the same ones that Carole Vande Vorde saw in January
  8. 1 March 1993 – Rathdrum Prairie, Kootenai County, Latilong 2 – Canyon Birders
  9. ♦5-28 December 1995 – Moscow area (Univ. of Idaho Plant Science Farm), Latah County, Latilong 4 – Dan Svingen+, Ila Svingen, Kas Dumroese, many observers – AF 50(4):770 96th CBC(1995-1996)
    Rare Bird Report #:6-B-95
    Voting: 7-0
  10. 1 January 1996 – 1 – Moscow area (Univ. of Idaho Plant Science Farm), Latah County, Latilong 4 –  Kas Dumroese, Ebird checklist
  11. 10-31 December 2001 – (1-10) – Sandpoint area, Bonner County, Latilong 1 – Earl Chapin – along Sunnyside Road – Report from David Trochlell –
  12. December 2001 – February 2002 -AB56(2):198 “Thousands of Common Redpolls visited northerly locations and a few made it to southern Idaho, locations that had not seen them in over 20 years. Unprecedented numbers of Hoary Redpolls came with them, with at least 15 reports from Idaho)
  13. 29 December 2001 – Sun Valley CBC, Blaine County, Latilong 19 – Birdsource 102nd CBC (2001-2002)
  14. 19 January 2002 – 1 with Common Redpolls – much more white- Challis, Custer County, Latilong 13, Elise and Dave Faike – Status Change report to Shirley Sturts
  15. 27 January 2002 – Coeur d’Alene City Beach – 1 – John Weber – Report from John Weber to Shirley Sturts
  16. 1 March 2002 – 1 Apirl 2002 – Genesee, Latah County, Latilong 4 – 1-2 (male and female – Charles Swift, Kas Dumroese, Terry Gray, Steve Lindsay
  17. 3 -4 January – 29 February 2004 – Blaine County – Brian Sturgis – NAB58(2):256 Sun Valley CBC Kent Forthergill
  18. ♦7 March 2004  – Ketchum, Blaine County, Latilong 19 – Charles Trost+, Marty Collar, reported in NAB58(3):405 for 3 Januaey-29 February Brian Sturgis (assume to be the same bird)
    Rare Bird Report #:72-B-07
    Voting: 7-0
  19. »15 February 2007 – Sandpoint, Bonner County, Latilong 1 – Earl Chapin
    Rare Bird Report #:19-B-07  – Report missing
  20. ♦16 December 2007– Moscow, Latah County, Latilong 4 – Terry Gray+, Charles Swift (found the bird)
    Rare Bird Report #:100-B-07
    Voting: 7-0
  21. 8 February 2008 – Moscow (his yard), Latah County, Latilong 4 – Terry Gray -eBird
  22. 7 January 2012 – 1 – his yard (north of Sandpoint), Bonner County, Latilong 1 – Rich Del Carlo – eBird
  23. 29 January 2012 – 1 Stauber Residence, Latah County, Latilong 4 – Terry Gray- eBird
  24. ♦4-6 March 2012 – 1 female – New Meadows – Private feeder along road to Packer John’s Cabin,  Adams County, Latilong 11 – Jay Carlisle+,  Fred Erland (1st reported on GBYB, Denise Hughes (photos, Cheryl Huizinga, Jessica Pollock,  Liz Urban, Heidi Ware, Dan Casey (March 6).
    Rare Bird Report #:31-B-12
    Voting: 6-1, 7-0
  25. ♦12 March 2012 – 1 – Spring Valley Reservoir – Latah County, Latilong 4 – Terry Gray – photos on his Flicker page – Inland-nw-Birdeers and Ebird.- photo only
    Rare Bird Report #:34-B-12
    Voting: 6-1, 6-1
  26. 26 April 2012 – 1 – Priest Lake, Bonner County, Latilong 1 – with Common Redpolls and a Gray-crowned Rosy Finch – Glenn Klingler – IBLE
  27. 14 December 2012 – 2- Trestle Creek Recreational Area , Bonner County, Latilong 1 – Terry Little – Inland-nw-Birders
  28. ♦12 January 2013 1 -Beaver Dick Park – 5-6 miles west of Rexburg, Madison County,Latilong 22 – Darren Clark+, Steve Butterworth
    Rare Bird Report #:3-B-13
    Voting: 7-0
  29. ♦24 February 2013 – 1 male, 1 female -Kootenai , Bonner County, Latilong 1 – Jonathan Isacoff and others on a field trip with Spokane Audubon and Friends of Scotchman  Peak -Inland-nw-Birders
    Rare Bird Report  #:19-B-13
    Voting: 7-0
  30. χ29 December 2017 – 1 – rural home feeder, Latah County, Latilong 4 – Stacy Crist Camba – eBird with photos
    Rare Bird Report #:2-B-2018
    Voting: 3-4, 1-6
  31. ♦1 January 2018 – 1 – Bonners Ferry on District 5 Road, Boundary County, Latilong 1 – Mary Rumple, eBird photo
    Rare Bird Report #:1-B-2018
    Voting: 7-0
  32. 17 January 2018 – 1 – Laidlaw Park Rd., Carey, Blaine County, Lailong 19 – Zeke Watkins – eBird
  33. 21 January 2018 -1- Soldier Road, Farfield, Camas County, Latilong 19 – previously reported by Amanda Sills – Stoddard and Ellen Davenport – eBird
  34. »8 December 2021 – 1 – about 1 mile up the trailhead at Gibson Jack Trail near Pocatello, Power County, Latilong 27 – Nathan Mansor, also Joe Kennedy – photos
    Rare Bird Report #:74-B-2021
  35. »January 15, 2022 – 1 – Kerr Lake Road, Boundary County, Latilong 1- Jon Isacoff – photos
    Rare Bird Report #:3-B-2022

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