Melanitta americana
Statewide Status: S:17 IBRC Review Species
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All Reports (Review Species Only):
- ♦15 October 1993 – Sandpoint City Beach, Bonner County – Earl Chapin+ – AFN48(1):130
Rare Bird Report #:7-A-93
Voting: 6-0 - ♦4-6 November 1996 – American Falls Reservoir, Power County – Charles Trost+ Jim Paruk, Dan Taylor and Raymond Clark – AFN51(1):88
Rare Bird Report #:7-B-96
Voting: 7-0 - ♦29 November – 8 December 1997 – American Falls Reservoir, Power County – Todd Garlie, Marty Collar, Dan & Isa Svingen+, Chuck Trost+, many observers – NAB52(1):94
Rare Bird Report #:11-B-97
Voting: 7-0 - 16-24 November 1998 – American Falls Reservoir, Power County – Marty Collar and many observers – NAB53(1)79
- 5-11 November 1999– American Falls Reservoir, Power County – Charles Trost and many observers – NAB54(1)77
- ♦22 November – 1 December 2001 – Idaho Falls, Bonneville County -Cliff Weisse +, Kit Struthers, Dale Miller, Russ Manwaring, many observers – NAB56(1):75; NAB 56(2):197
Rare Bird Report #:45-B-08
Voting: 7-0 - ♦17-20 November 2006 – (1-2) – Cascade Reservoir, Valley County, Latilong 11 – Spencer Walters+, Jay Carlisle and on the 20th by John Jann and Mike Vandyk – IBLE
Rare Bird Report #:70-B-06
Voting: 7-0 - ♦7-14 November 2008 – Snake River below American Falls Dam, Power County, Latilong 27 – Cliff Weisse+, B. Davis+,IBLE
Rare Bird Report #:26-B-08
Voting: 7-0 - ♦13 November 2010 – 1-Island Park Dam, Fremont County, Latilong 16 – Cliff Weisse
Rare Bird Report #:163-B-10
Voting: 7-0 - ♦11 & 13 November 2012 – 1 female on Nov. 11 and 2 females on Nov. 13 – Spring Valley Reservoir, Latah County, Lattilong 4 – Terry Gray+ , Kristen Dahl (on the 13th)
Rare Bird Report #:76-B-12
Voting: 7-0 - ♦13-15 November 2014 – 1 – Rainbow Lake, Rexburg, Madison County, Latilog 22- Darren Clark, Alex Warnick, Steve Butterworth – and several others – IBLE
Rare Bird Report #:51-B-14
Voting: 7-0 - ♦28 December 2014 -22 January 2015– 1 – Snake River between Owsley Bridge and Upper Salmon Falls Dam south of Hagerman (CBC), Zeke Watkins+, Ryan Anderson (Jan. 22 – IBLE) County Gooding, Latilong 25
Rare Bird Report #:2-B-2015
Voting: 7-0 - ♦20-26 November 2017 – 2 – west side of Gridley Bridge south of Hagerman, border of Twin Falls and Gooding Counties, Latilong 25 – Austin Young and on several eBird checklists – 1 found on the 20th and 2 on the 21st – photos
Rare Bird Report #:57-B-2017
Voting: 7-0 - ♦17-18 October 2018 – 1 juvenile first winter or adult female – Julius M. Kleine Memorial Park, Ada County, Latilong 17 – 1st reported on eBird by Alice Cantelow October 17 – report and photos by Jon Curd on October 18th
Rare Bird Report #:37-B-2018
Voting: 7-0 - ♦3 November 2018 -1 – Lake Lowell Lower Dam, Canyon County, Latilong 17 – Cheryl Huizinga – eBird photos
Rare Bird Report #:45-B-2018
Voting: 7-0 -
♦25 October 2019 – 1 adult female.immature – directly above American Falls Reservoir Dam, Power County, Latilong 27 – Austin Young, later that day by Darren Clark and over several days by others – photosRare Bird Report #:28-B-2019
Voting: 7-0 - ♦27 October – 1 November 2020 – 1 – CJ Strike Dam below the spillway, Owyhee County, Latilong 24 – Mary Rumple – relocated on Nov. 1 in the same area buy James Jarrett
Rare Bird Report #:59-B-2020
Voting: 7-0 - ♦31 October 2020 – 1 female – Wilson Lake Reservoir, Jerome County, Latilong 25 – Sarah Harris, with photos by Pat Weber and Kathy Eklund, other observers Ken Harris, Melody Asher, Charlotte Eberlein – photos
Rare Bird Report #:60-B-2020
Voting: 7-0 - ♦26 December 2020 – 1 – Snake River, opposite the Asotin Slough Habitat Management Unit, Washington State, Nez Perce County, Latilong 4 – Kas Dumroese, also Debbie and Niklaas Dumroese
Rare Bird Report #:75-B-2020
Voting: 7-0 - »16 October 2022 -1 – Lake Lowell, Canyon County, Latilong 17 – Louisa Evers, also Cheryl Huizinga, Denise Hughes – 1st seen October 15 by JC Clancy and by Linda Wentz October 16
Rare Bird Report #:50-B-2022