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Tag: Vesper Sparrow

Field Trip Report: Lost Trail NWR

By Linda WinnieJuly 24, 2016July 16, 2016 Categories: Activities and Field Trips Tags: Bald Eagle, Brewer's Blackbird, Bufflehead, Cassin's Vireo, Chipping Sparrow, Common Goldeneye, Common Yellowthroat, Eared Grebe, Killdeer, Northern Shoveler, Red-necked Grebe, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Sandhill Crane, Trumpeter Swan, Turkey Vulture, Vesper Sparrow, Warbling Vireo, Western Tanager, Western Wood-Pewee, Willow Flycatcher

By Margaret Parodi. Seventeen people participated in the Flathead Audubon field trip to the Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge (northwest of Marion) on June 19. Participants met at the refuge headquarters at 8:30 am. The day was cool, breezy, and sunny, with morning temperature in the lower 50’s, later reaching a high of 65 degrees. The…

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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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