Snowy Owl

Bubo scandiacus
Statewide Status: S:N  IBRC Review Species (Summer Panhandle, year round in other regions)
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Darren Clark
March-November
(Migration / Summer)
 snow_s
December-February
(Winter)

All Reports (Review Species Only):
Added to the review list for (all) in central, east and west and (summer) for panhandle as of March 1, 2011-only documented records are listed here – there are about 26 sightings in the Idaho Bird Distribution Database for central, west and east Idaho before March 1, 2011.

  1. ♦1 February  2007 – 1- Mudd Lake , Jefferson County, :Latilong 21 – Sherry Liguori+, Jim Burruss
    Rare Bird Report #:24-B-13
    Voting: 7-0
  2. ♦3 December 2011 – 1- west of Caldwell, Canyon County, :Latilong 17 – Tom Lyon – (2 at that location 16 December Denise  Hughes) ( 1 still there as of 18 February Jim Holcomb)
    Rare Bird Report #:64-B-11
    Voting: 6-1, 6-1
  3. ♦4-14  December 2011 – 1 – Michaud Flats area , Power County, Latilong 27 – Jack Orr (1st observed), Dr.  McInturff, Chuch Trost, Sue Wegg+, Gretchen Vanek, and others – IBLE
    Rare Bird Report #:66-B-11
    Voting: 7-0
  4. ♦13 December 2011 – 1 hit by a car and euthanized – intersections of I-84 and I-86 near Burley , Cassia County, Latilong 26 – reported to IBLE by  Rob Longsinger and Cliff Weisse – IBLE – photos included
    Rare Bird Report #:67-B-11
    Voting: 7-0
  5. ♦23 January 2018 – 1 – east of Wilder, approx. 1/4 mile north of the intersection of Peckham and Alendale Roads on Alendale Road – Canyon County, Latilong 17 – Denise Hughes – photos
    Rare Bird Report #:11-B-2018
    Voting: 7-0

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