Big Hole Christmas Bird Count
12/23/11
7 people, 19 species
* indicates new to the count

Snow bunting 199
Common redpoll 105
Black-billed magpie 77
Common raven 40
Rough-legged hawk 35
Hoary redpoll 16*
American tree sparrow 13
Black-capped chickadee 6
European starling 5*
Clark's nutcracker 4
Golden eagle 3
Horned lark 3
Mountain chickadee 3
Northern shrike 2
Bald eagle 1
Gyrfalcon 1*
House sparrow 1
Red-winged blackbird 1*
Snowy owl 1*

WInter Bird Trip to the Teller
11/20/11 2 pm
Five participants walked The Teller Trail
19 species

Black-billed magpie
Common raven
Northern flicker
Downy woodpecker
Red-breasted nuthatch
White-breasted nuthatch
Pygmy nuthatch
Golden-crowned kinglet
Black-capped chickadee
Tundra swan (10)
Canada goose
Bald eagle (adult)
Red-tailed hawk
Belted kingfisher
Killdeer
Great blue heron (2)
Common merganser (2)
American dipper
Mallard
Unknown dove

10/8/11 MPG Ranch riparian exclosure field trip

12 participants
26 species

Northern harrier
Merlin
American kestrel
Red-tailed hawk
Gray partridge
Canada goose
Horned lark
European starling
Western meadowlark
American robin
Black-billed magpie
Clark's nutcracker
Cedar waxwing
White-breasted nuthatch
Red-breasted nuthatch
Pygmy nuthatch
Red crossbill
Piliated woodpecker
Hairy woodpecker
Downy woodpecker
Northern flicker
American goldfinch
Pine siskin
Black-capped chickadee
Song sparrow
White-crowned sparrow

Sula Peak Raptor field trip with Steve Hoffman and Kate Davis
19 participants

Sharp-shinned hawk (2)
Cooper's hawk (1)
Red-tailed hawk (2)
American kestrel (1)
Turkey vulture (4)
Bald eagle (2)
Peregrine falcon (1)
Unidentified raptor (5)

We also observed:
Clark's nutcracker
Western bluebird
Mountain bluebird
Yellow-rumped warbler
Chipping sparrow
Common raven
Dark-eyed junco
Hairy woodpecker
Mountain chickadee
Stellar's jay
Western meadowlark

Bird List for Chief Joseph to Big Hole and back, May 30, 2011. Alex Bitner and Sherry Ritter. 4” new snow at Lost Trail Pass, rainy and cool lower. Despite that, we got 68 species.

Western Grebe
Canada Goose
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Lesser Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Long-billed Curlew
Wilson’s Snipe
Wilson’s Phalarope
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl
Red-naped Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
Tree Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Gray Jay
Clark’s Nutcracker
Black-billed Magpie
Common Raven
Mountain Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend’s Solitaire
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Sage Thrasher
European Starling
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Townsend’s Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
MacGillivray’s Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Chipping Sparrow
Brewer’s Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Pine Grosbeak
Cassin’s Finch
House Finch
Pine Siskin
House Sparrow