I had a great time wracking up more FOY (first-of-year) birds and wild flowers today, birding with a group of birders comprised of folks from Deer Lodge, Missoula, and myself from Lolo. Going with a group, particulary a group comprised of knowledgeable and experienced birders, maximizes the birds seen.
I started today with 99 birds on my year list. I finished with 117. There were several species seen by others in the group that I missed (ruby-crowned kinglet, golden eagle, peregrine falcon and white-crowned sparrow). Here’s my bird list for the day. Some species were seen more than once, but I only noted the first siting of the day for each species. FOY’s are indicated with a * and Lifer’s with a (L)
| American Robin | Canyon River GC | |
| Rock Pigeon | Canyon River GC | |
| European Starling | Deer Creek | |
| * Yellow-rumped Warbler | Deer Creek | |
| Pine Siskin | Deer Creek | |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | Deer Creek | |
| Common Merganser | Deer Creek | |
| Red Crossbill | Deer Creek | |
| * (L) Orange-crowned Warbler | Deer Creek | Lifer |
| * Spotted Towhee | Deer Creek | |
| Cassin’s Finch | Deer Creek | |
| * Chipping Sparrow | Deer Creek | |
| Mountain Chickadee | Deer Creek | |
| Black-capped Chickadee | Deer Creek | |
| Western Bluebird | Deer Creek | |
| Clark’s Nutcracker | Deer Creek | |
| * Nashville Warbler | Deer Creek | |
| * Ruffed Grouse | Deer Creek | Heard |
| * (L) Winter Wren | Deer Creek | Lifer |
| * Williamson’s Sapsucker | Deer Creek | |
| Evening Grosbeak | Deer Creek | |
| Hooded Merganser | Florence Bridge | |
| Bufflehead | Florence Bridge | |
| Wild Turkey | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| American Kestrel | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| Tree Swallow | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| Northern Shoveler | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| Gadwall | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| Trumpeter Swan | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| American Coot | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| Ring-necked Duck | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| Canvasback | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| Canada Goose | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| American Wigeon | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| Redhead | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| Green-winged Teal | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| Cinnamon Teal | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| Osprey | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| * Barn Swallow | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| Mallard | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| Northern Pintail | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| Song Sparrow | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| Yellow-headed Blackbird | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| Mountain Bluebird | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| Northern Flicker | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| * Turkey Vulture | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| Bald Eagle | Lee Metcalf NWR | Immature |
| Black-billed Magpie | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| Western Meadowlark | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| * Wood Duck | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| Pileated Woodpecker | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| Downy Woodpecker | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| * White-breasted Nuthatch | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| American Goldfinch | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| Belted Kingfisher | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| * White-throated Swift | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| * Pygmy Nuthatch | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| Mourning Dove | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| Sandhill Crane | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| Northern Harrier | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| * Violet-green Swallow | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| * Bank Swallow | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| Killdeer | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| * Virginia Rail | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| * Marsh Wren | Lee Metcalf NWR | |
| American Crow | Hwy 12 | |
| * Golden-crowned Kinglet | Lolo CG |
New wildflowers of the year for me seen today were wild clematis, calypso orchid and cutleaf daisy.
It was a most satisfying day!
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