Date: 9/1/26 9:32 am From: Doug Ward via Inland-nw-birders <inland-nw-birders...> Subject: [inland-NW-birders] Killarney (Kootenai Co., ID) Shorebird Follow Up
Ran back down to Killarney Lake Rd (Kootenai Co., ID) yesterday afternoon (Mon., 31 Aug'26) to check the shorebird situation as the wetlands along the road have been the hotspot for us locally. The place is still hapnin' with nine (9) species of shorebird and eBird filter busting numbers for a few. The best bird was a continuing STILT SANDPIPER with a couple of BAIRD'S (2), a SOLITARY, and a PECTORAL SANDPIPER also notable species. What was really impressive though was the number of WILSON'S SNIPE, a hand counted forty-one (41), which I think is the entire North Idaho population, and nary a dowitcher among them. Also fun were the conservative counts of KILLDEER (25+) and LESSER YELLOWLEGS (15+) giving nearly a hundred (~100) individual shorebirds to pick through - my scoping eye is shot. I also ran over to nearby Canyon Marsh as it can be productive, but not so much today though did pick up two (2) more BAIRD'S SANDPIPERs.
Please let me know if you would like any more information about these good shorebird spots.
Date: 8/27/26 11:49 am From: Doug Ward via Inland-nw-birders <inland-nw-birders...> Subject: [inland-NW-birders] Kootenai Co. Shorebirds
Hadn't posted in a minute, so thought I'd drop a line about shorebird migration in North Idaho. While we don't have much in the way of good shorebird habitat in Kootenai County (ID), I checked along Killarney Lake Rd yesterday afternoon (Weds., 26 Aug'26) based on advice from a couple of folks that the drying up wetlands along the road was active. Turns out the spot was still very active as I had ten (10) species of shorebirds at this spot including a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, both GREATER (3) and LESSER YELLOWLEGs (10+) as well as SOLITARY (1), PECTORAL (2+), LEAST (3), and WESTERN SANDPIPERs (2). These guys also had Stilt and Baird's Sandpipers there earlier in the week, so definitely worth a check. In addition to the shorebird show along the access road, also had a real nice adult CASPIAN TERN at the boat launch on Killarney Lake proper. Killarney Lake is located south of I-90 and west of ID HW 3; access road junction is ~5 miles south of the I-90 exit. If you have any questions or would like more information, please let me know.
