April 26th sighted a pair of Eurasian Collared Doves at 5415 Teepee Dr in Florence.

Observed single Great Egret flying overhead in Lolo heading toward the Lolo Ponds/Bitterroot River to the north.

4/18/2009 Cow Creek field trip

Red-naped sapsucker 2
Spotted towhee 1
Pine grosbeak 2
Townsend's solitaire
Dark-eyed junco 5
Red-tailed hawk
American robin 2
European starling 12
Northern flicker 6
White-breasted nuthatch 2
Western bluebird 8
Song sparrow 2
Black-capped chickadee 3
Black-billed magpie 3
Western meadowlark 2

I saw my first meadowlark today, as well as 7 bald eagles, near the Stock Farm entrance on Tammany Lane.

Here are the results of the Hamilton Christmas bird count, on 12/20/2008:

GREAT BLUE HERON 19
CANADA GOOSE 2019
GREEN-WINGED TEAL 5
MALLARD 1662
NORTHERN PINTAIL 1
BLUE-WINGED TEAL 2
REDHEAD 3
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE 1
COMMON GOLDENEYE 14
BALD EAGLE TOTAL 32
NORTHERN HARRIER 10
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK 4
NORTHERN GOSHAWK 1
RED-TAILED HAWK 36
HARLAN'S HAWK 2
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK 92
GOLDEN EAGLE 1
AMERICAN KESTREL 4
MERLIN 2
PRAIRIE FALCON 1
GRAY PARTRIDGE 14
CALIFORNIA QUAIL 272
RING-NECKED PHEASANT 58
WILD TURKEY 88
KILLDEER 4
WILSON'S SNIPE 5
ROCK PIGEON 104
MOURNING DOVE 99
EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE 3
GREAT-HORNED OWL 11
BARRED OWL 1
BELTED KINGFISHER 11
DOWNY WOODPECKER 26
HAIRY WOODPECKER 18
NORTHERN FLICKER 103
PILEATED WOODPECKER 12
STELLER'S JAY 21
CLARK'S NUTCRACKER 5
BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE 397
AMERICAN CROW 10
COMMON RAVEN 127
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE 291
MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE 19
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH 51
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH 15
PYGMY NUTHATCH 49
BROWN CREEPER 5
MARSH WREN 1
AMERICAN DIPPER 9
TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE 2
AMERICAN ROBIN 1
BOHEMIAN WAXWING 8
CEDAR WAXWING 62
NORTHERN SHRIKE 3
EUROPEAN STARLING 969
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW 25
SONG SPARROW 57
DARK-EYED JUNCO 201
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD 405
BREWER'S BLACKBIRD 25
HOUSE FINCH 768
RED CROSSBILL 38
PINE SISKIN 67
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH 49
EVENING GROSBEAK 8
HOUSE SPARROW 481


Total Birds 8909
Total Species 65
Feeder Watchers 28
Observers In the field 24