Flathead Valley Bird Report – April 2020

By Jake BramanteMarch 31, 2021March 30, 2021 News Brown-headed Cowbird, Common Yellowthroat, Green-winged Teal, Mountain Bluebird, Spotted Towhee

by Dan Casey Rare and Notables – March 2021 2/19 – Gyrfalcon hunting large flocks of Mallards, N. Shore WMA (Dick W.) 2/24 – Snowy Owl in Lower Valley off Farm and Manning Roads through 2/24 (m. ob.) 3/03 – Mountain Bluebird (first of year) in Lower Valley (Craig H.) 3/06 – Western Bluebirds (first…

Hermit Thrush

By Jake BramanteMarch 1, 2020February 23, 2020 Bird of the Month American Robin, Mountain Bluebird, Townsend's Solitaire, Veery

Catharus guttatus by Gail Cleveland Northwest Montana is blessed with a number of species from the family of Turdidae or Thrushes. These include the Western and Mountain Bluebird, Townsend’s Solitaire, American Robin, Varied Thrush as well three species of the genus Catharus: the Swainson’s Thrush, Veery, and the subject of this article: the Hermit Thrush….

Mountain & Western Bluebirds

By Flathead AudubonNovember 12, 2014November 12, 2017 Bird of the Month American Robin, Bird of the Month, Mountain Bluebird

HARBINGERS OF SPRING By Jeannie Marcure The arrival of the first bluebirds is a welcome sign that spring has returned to the Flathead. This year that event took place for me on March 13 when a Saturday morning drive on Smith Lake Road provided us with the first bluebird sightings of the season. What birder’s…