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Tag: Calliope Hummingbird

Field Trip Report: Early Bird Walk on the FVCC Campus

By Jake BramanteMay 12, 2016June 14, 2016 Categories: Activities and Field Trips Tags: American Robin, Calliope Hummingbird, Canada Goose, Osprey, Red-tailed Hawk

By Steve Gniadek On Saturday April 23, eight people participated in the Flathead Audubon early bird walk on the FVCC campus, from 7 to 9am.   Led by Denny Olson, K.C. Voermans, Lisa Flowers, and Steve Gniadek, the group birded near the Stillwater River on the southeast end of the FVCC property.  We also birded on adjacent private…

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Rufous, Calliope, & Black-chinned Hummingbirds

By Flathead AudubonJuly 8, 2014November 3, 2015 Categories: Bird of the Month Tags: Bird of the Month, Black-chinned Hummingbird, Calliope Hummingbird, Rufous Hummingbird

By Linda de Kort The whir of young hummingbirds is in the air as they buff up and prepare for their southern journey.Their parents arrived here last spring from as far away as Mexico. Most adults have already started their return to their wintering grounds and the young will be leaving by the end of…

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Our Bird of the Month

Golden-crowned Kinglets

Hardly a Life of Royalty by Karen Nichols Golden-crowned Kinglets are a mystery and a marvel of wintertime survival in the north woods. These grey and olive birds weigh only the mass of two pennies — just bigger than a Rufous Hummingbird. This species is Montana’s smallest permanent resident passerine and it eats insects all…

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