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Tag: Bird of the Month

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    THE DUCK WITH THE SKY BLUE BILL by Linda de Kort “Why did the artist paint that duck with a bright blue bill?” That is a question posed by those […]

  • Passenger Pigeon

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    MARTHA, THE LAST OF HER KIND By Mary Nelesen It has been a little over a year since I first learned of Martha, the last known Passenger Pigeon. While attending […]

  • Red-tailed Hawk

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    By Gael Bissell It’s a quiet cold December day and as I drive into town… out of the corner of my eye I see a largish dark raptor perched on […]

  • Blue Jay

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    Blue Jays in Montana—A Wake Up Call By Kathy Ross The piercing call of the Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) fills the crisp winter morning landscape, startling every creature around. If […]

  • Gray-crowned Rosy-finch

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    By Dennis Olson In the early autumn I lunched above timberline in Glacier National Park with a small group of hikers, overlooking the vast prairie lands to the west. The […]

  • Downy & Hairy Woodpecker

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    HAIRY OR DOWNY? By Jeannie Marcure This month’s feature birds are two of my favorites—partly I suspect, because like many of us, they are yearlong residents in the Flathead. Their […]