Bird Notes

By John Parker This fall, there have been relatively few rare or uncommon birds to report. The primary reason is because of the fairly benign weather this year, with few […]

As mentioned last month, the first Mountain Bluebirds are expected to arrive in early March. Right on schedule the first reported bluebirds in this area were the 2 Mountain Bluebirds

Bird Notes by John Parker March is here, that exciting time when each week of spring pulls new migrants to the north. For southwest Montana the iconic “first bird of

It was an interesting year for this area’s Christmas Bird Counts. Once again, due to the continuing Covid-19 situation there were still some limitations on post count gatherings and sharing

Early winter is a quiet time of year here in the interior of the continent, with most all of the migratory birds long gone. Most years, all of the ponds

This past fall’s migration was fairly uneventful in terms of local birders finding unusual passerines. The big exception was southwest Montana’s first Golden-crowned Sparrow that Dalton Spencer found foraging with

The weather during the beginning of this fall’s migration has been quite mild with only one major front passing through the region. Without much active weather, the passage of southbound

This summer there were a number of exciting birds found in this area, ranging from large waders to warblers. Two of the most interesting are birds that breed in Montana,

As hoped, early March was mild after February’s onslaught of snow and cold. The clearing skies and warmer weather across the intermountain west, was just the signal that the bluebirds