Mourning Dove

By Jake BramanteFebruary 1, 2018January 29, 2018 Bird of the Month Mourning Dove

by Linda de Kort What better bird to feature in the month of St. Valentine than our native “lovebird”, the Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura. Mourning Doves will soon begin their breeding season, and their courtship behavior and devotion to each other is legendary. Some of the male Mourning Doves have been able to remain here…

Eureka Christmas Bird Count 2015 Results

By Jake BramanteJanuary 12, 2016January 15, 2016 News Black-capped Chickadee, Brown Creeper, Canada Goose, CBC2015, Christmas Bird Count, Common Raven, Gray Jay, Killdeer, Mallard, Merlin, Mourning Dove, Northern Harrier, Pine Grosbeak, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Townsend's Solitaire, Wild Turkey, Wilson's Snipe

by Lewis Young The 23nd annual Eureka Christmas bird count was held on Sunday December 20 in mild weather. We are one of about 30 counts in Montana that are part of National Audubon Society’s long running citizen science Christmas Bird Counts. Twenty people went to the field and 19 people counted at their feeders. …

Eurasian Collared Dove

By Flathead AudubonMay 31, 2014November 3, 2015 Bird of the Month Bird of the Month, Eurasian Collared-Dove, House Sparrow, Mourning Dove

By Ben Young And the winner for the North American “Bird of the Decade” award is . . . the Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto). That was my determination at the turn of the decade, and I’d make a case for it three years later. Likely no other bird species on record has stormed the North…