Field Trip Report: Lost Trail NWR

By Linda WinnieJuly 24, 2016July 16, 2016 Activities and Field Trips 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…

Warbling Vireo

By Flathead AudubonJuly 8, 2014November 3, 2015 Bird of the Month Bird of the Month, Brown-headed Cowbird, Warbling Vireo

By Gail Cleveland Although vireos are persistent singers during the breeding season, these rather plain birds seem to hide among the foliage of treetops and dense thickets, proving to be difficult to see. Consequently, they are one family that beginning bird watchers often overlook. Of this strictly New World family of birds, Northwest Montana has…