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Category: Bird of the Month

The American Coot

By Jake BramanteMarch 1, 2022February 20, 2022 Categories: Bird of the Month Tags: American Coot, Osprey

by Alex Crowley (age 12) Chicken? Duck? Nope! It’s the American Coot, one of the coolest birds you can see here in Northwest Montana! The American Coot, or Fulica americana, can be found along the banks of our slow rivers and on the edges of our lakes and ponds. You may even see one on…

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Black Swift

By Jake BramanteFebruary 1, 2022January 21, 2022 Categories: Bird of the Month

by Kat Peterson I sat and watched a single dark bird emerge from behind a fall of water that trickled down the base of this jagged peak which had formed and since been carved by glaciers. I took a moment to recollect how exactly I had traveled to this remote destination to peer upon this…

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Ring-billed Gull

By Jake BramanteJanuary 1, 2022December 23, 2021 Categories: Bird of the Month Tags: Ring-billed Gull, Song Sparrow

by Darcy Thomas I know. Gulls have a reputation. People take exception to them for many reasons. One of my favorite stories is told by my own husband. “I got a couple breakfast jacks at Jack in the Box and went to the lake to enjoy a picnic. As I was eating one of the…

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Boreal Chickadee

By Jake BramanteDecember 1, 2021November 23, 2021 Categories: Bird of the Month

by Denny Olson I have to admit that a good part of my attraction to tree-line in Northwest Montana — aside from pikas in the talus, whitebark pines, nutcrackers and rosy finches — is the 50-50 chance of a conversation with Boreal Chickadees. They are relatively tame and curious after the breeding season when they…

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The Elegant Black Scoter

By Jake BramanteNovember 1, 2021October 30, 2021 Categories: Bird of the Month

by Darcy Thomas There are some birds we expect to see in certain locations and the Black Scoter (Melanitta americana) is one of those birds. It is, after all, a sea duck so one would expect to see them in open salt water. I viewed scoters many times along the Washington Coast and Puget Sound…

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Sandhill Crane

By Jake BramanteOctober 1, 2021September 28, 2021 Categories: Bird of the Month Tags: Sandhill Crane

by Margaret Parodi Sandhill Cranes are truly magnificent birds and are usually seen in large, awe-inspiring flocks. They have a very distinctive loud, rattling bugle-like call that is memorable and are also known for their ritualistic dancing and leaping displays during the courtship and mating season. Sandhill cranes have been around for a long time…

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American Pipit

By Jake BramanteSeptember 1, 2021August 28, 2021 Categories: Bird of the Month Tags: American Pipit

by Darcy Thomas My first introduction to the American Pipit Anthus rubescens was in the Skagit valley in Washington state where I saw a small flock foraging for insects in the winter. They were a rather nondescript brown bird that I did not notice at first glance as they blended in so well to the…

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Varied Thrush

Varied Thrush

By Jake BramanteMay 1, 2021April 29, 2021 Categories: Bird of the Month Tags: American Robin

by Pam Willison Haunting, quavering, buzzy, isolated and resonant, lacking melody and fluidity, and musical but dissonant. The Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius) provides a challenge for those who seek to describe the song. Possibly the best description is polyphonous:  2 or 3 notes sounded simultaneously resulting in a sound that sometimes seems harmonious, and sometimes…

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Townsend’s Big-eared Bat

By Jake BramanteApril 1, 2021March 30, 2021 Categories: Bird of the Month

by Lewis Young One look at an individual of this species and it’s easy to see where part of the name comes from. The ears are nearly 1 ½ inches long. Townsend’s comes from being named in honor of naturalist Charles H. Townsend even though it was first described in 1837 by William Cooper. Besides…

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Clark’s Nutcracker

By Jake BramanteMarch 1, 2021February 28, 2021 Categories: Bird of the Month Tags: Clark's Nutcracker

by Margaret Parodi A recent sighting of a flock of Clark’s Nutcrackers in my neighborhood in Bigfork sparked my renewed interest in this bird; the flash of the white and black tail feathers caught my eye. They were feeding in trees and on the ground in a stand of Ponderosa Pines and were going after…

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Our Bird of the Month

A Batty Tale

In honor of our late friend Lewis Young.  – Wildlife Biologist and Bat Lover First published in April 2016 Hoary Bat by Lewis Young The Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinerus) is one of the most striking and recognizable bats in North America. It is the largest in Montana and one of the largest in the U.S….

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