Category: Bird of the Month
The Common Merganser
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by Theresa Ciraolo The Common Merganser, as the name implies, is a common bird. However, their status as common is not a downfall for these adaptive, beautiful animals. In fact, […]
Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus
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by Sneed B. Collard III Scientific Name Picus is Latin for woodpecker, from a legend in which the enchantress Circe turned Picus, the son of Saturn, into a woodpecker; -oides […]
Red-breasted Nuthatch
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a little upside-down bird by Darcy Thomas Once called the Canada Nuthatch, the Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis is a common bird throughout North America. The name nuthatch is likely from […]
The Amazing American Redstart
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by Darcy Thomas Sometimes a common bird is so startling it captures our imagination and washes us with a feeling of such pure delight when we take time to observe […]
The American Coot
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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, […]
Black Swift
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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 […]