- RBA
* Montana
* Montana RBA
* 06-03-2006
* MTMS0606.03
Birds Mentioned
Great Egret
Cattle Egret
SMEW (not relocated)
Snow Goose
Harlequin Duck
Long-tailed Duck
Broad-winged Duck
White-rumped Sandpiper
Common Poorwill
Purple Martin
Alder Flycatcher
Northern Mockingbird
Philadelphia Vireo
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER
CAPE MAY WARBLER
Blackpoll Warbler
BLUE-WINGED WARBLER
Indigo Bunting
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Transcript
hotline: Montana
number: 406-721-9799
to report: Terry Toppins 406-549-6027 or _tertop@aol.com_
(mailto:tertop@aol.com)
coverage: entire state
This is Terry Toppins with the Montana Birding hotline sponsored
by Birdwatcher's Country Store located at the Orange Street
Travel Center on Orange Street at the Orange Street Exit off
Interstate 90 in Missoula recorded very late Saturday June 3rd, 2006.
Today June 3rd Andrew Self from London, England who is a participant
in the Montana Audubon birding tour of Montana found a male CHESTNUT-
SIDED WARBLER in Bear Canyon about 1/3 to 1/2 mile before the camp-
ground where the last 2 track turns to the left uphill before the live
Cotton-
wood trees. Bear Canyon is south of Bridger and west of Warren.
Harriet Marble also had a male CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER in her yard
south of Chester May 22nd.
June 1st Steve Sherman in Dillon had a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK
at his feeder. They had not previously been reported in that latilong.
Ted Nordhagen in Westby saw a BROAD-WINGED HAWK and a PURPLE
MARTIN on June 1st.
John Carlson found calling POORWILLS May 31st just out of Ft. Peck and
Barb Jaquith reported that there were calling POORWILLS in Red Lodge
on June 1st - the first time she had heard them there. Barb also reported
that on May 27th there was a molting INDIGO BUNTING in Red Lodge.
Over the weekend of the 27th and 28th Steve Dinsmore found 2 singing
ALDER FLYCATCHERS below Fort Peck Dam and a singing YELLOW-
THROATED VIREO and a CATTLE EGRET along the paved road 2 miles
west of BOWDOIN NWR. At Bowdoin NWR he found a singing ALDER
FLYCATCHER and 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS.
The Montana Audubon tour group found an adult male HARLEQUIN DUCK
on the Clark Fork River in the middle of Missoula on May 29th.
When Chuck Carlson was escorting a pair of visiting birders he was
surprised to find 2 SNOW GEESE mixed in with some Canada Geese
15 miles north of Glasgow on May 29th.
John Carlson had a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD while walking along the
Missouri River at Fort Peck on May 27th.
That same day, the 27th Russ Lagasse from Sidney visited Westby and
found a female CAPE MAY WARBLER and a PHILADELPHIA VIREO.
Wayne Tree reported the 24th of May that Bob Danley had found 2 GREAT
EGRETS at Lee Metcalf NWR in the Bitterroot Valley.
May 23rd Clint and Michelle Malley and Clint's father Johann, reported
seeing a singing BLUE-WINGED WARBLER at Bowdoin NWR on the
Nature Trail near the visitor center.
May 17th Doug Chestnut found a female LONG-TAILED DUCK on the Split
Pond on North Somers Road north of Somers.
May 13 there was a field trip in Helena for beginning birders and Bob
Martinka reported the best bird was a BLACKPOLL WARBLER at the
Helena Regulating Reservoir.
And lastly, on Friday May 12th, two experienced waterfowl biologists
reported seeing a SMEW (of unknown origin) at Medicine Lake NWR.
Unfortunately it was not relocated.
The Montana Audubon Birding Festival is going on now in Glasgow and
the Bitterroot Birding and Nature Festival will be occurring June 10th and
11th centered around the Lee Metcalf NWR near Stevensville for a different
birding experience.
Larry Weeks will lead a hiking birding walk on June 10th. Meet at the
University parking lot at the base of the M in Missoula at 800 AM for this
half day hike.
I will lead a field trip from Missoula to Lolo Pass (and perhaps beyond)
Saturday June 17th. Meet in the middle of the UofM fieldhouse parking
lot at 800am carpooling for this 6 or 7 hour field trip.
If you have sightings you would like to share, please leave a message.
If you have a rare bird sighting, please call my home phone 406-549-6027.
Thanks and good birding. HL-262
- End Transcript
* Montana
* Montana RBA
* 06-03-2006
* MTMS0606.03
Birds Mentioned
Great Egret
Cattle Egret
SMEW (not relocated)
Snow Goose
Harlequin Duck
Long-tailed Duck
Broad-winged Duck
White-rumped Sandpiper
Common Poorwill
Purple Martin
Alder Flycatcher
Northern Mockingbird
Philadelphia Vireo
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER
CAPE MAY WARBLER
Blackpoll Warbler
BLUE-WINGED WARBLER
Indigo Bunting
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Transcript
hotline: Montana
number: 406-721-9799
to report: Terry Toppins 406-549-6027 or _tertop@aol.com_
(mailto:tertop@aol.com)
coverage: entire state
This is Terry Toppins with the Montana Birding hotline sponsored
by Birdwatcher's Country Store located at the Orange Street
Travel Center on Orange Street at the Orange Street Exit off
Interstate 90 in Missoula recorded very late Saturday June 3rd, 2006.
Today June 3rd Andrew Self from London, England who is a participant
in the Montana Audubon birding tour of Montana found a male CHESTNUT-
SIDED WARBLER in Bear Canyon about 1/3 to 1/2 mile before the camp-
ground where the last 2 track turns to the left uphill before the live
Cotton-
wood trees. Bear Canyon is south of Bridger and west of Warren.
Harriet Marble also had a male CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER in her yard
south of Chester May 22nd.
June 1st Steve Sherman in Dillon had a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK
at his feeder. They had not previously been reported in that latilong.
Ted Nordhagen in Westby saw a BROAD-WINGED HAWK and a PURPLE
MARTIN on June 1st.
John Carlson found calling POORWILLS May 31st just out of Ft. Peck and
Barb Jaquith reported that there were calling POORWILLS in Red Lodge
on June 1st - the first time she had heard them there. Barb also reported
that on May 27th there was a molting INDIGO BUNTING in Red Lodge.
Over the weekend of the 27th and 28th Steve Dinsmore found 2 singing
ALDER FLYCATCHERS below Fort Peck Dam and a singing YELLOW-
THROATED VIREO and a CATTLE EGRET along the paved road 2 miles
west of BOWDOIN NWR. At Bowdoin NWR he found a singing ALDER
FLYCATCHER and 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS.
The Montana Audubon tour group found an adult male HARLEQUIN DUCK
on the Clark Fork River in the middle of Missoula on May 29th.
When Chuck Carlson was escorting a pair of visiting birders he was
surprised to find 2 SNOW GEESE mixed in with some Canada Geese
15 miles north of Glasgow on May 29th.
John Carlson had a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD while walking along the
Missouri River at Fort Peck on May 27th.
That same day, the 27th Russ Lagasse from Sidney visited Westby and
found a female CAPE MAY WARBLER and a PHILADELPHIA VIREO.
Wayne Tree reported the 24th of May that Bob Danley had found 2 GREAT
EGRETS at Lee Metcalf NWR in the Bitterroot Valley.
May 23rd Clint and Michelle Malley and Clint's father Johann, reported
seeing a singing BLUE-WINGED WARBLER at Bowdoin NWR on the
Nature Trail near the visitor center.
May 17th Doug Chestnut found a female LONG-TAILED DUCK on the Split
Pond on North Somers Road north of Somers.
May 13 there was a field trip in Helena for beginning birders and Bob
Martinka reported the best bird was a BLACKPOLL WARBLER at the
Helena Regulating Reservoir.
And lastly, on Friday May 12th, two experienced waterfowl biologists
reported seeing a SMEW (of unknown origin) at Medicine Lake NWR.
Unfortunately it was not relocated.
The Montana Audubon Birding Festival is going on now in Glasgow and
the Bitterroot Birding and Nature Festival will be occurring June 10th and
11th centered around the Lee Metcalf NWR near Stevensville for a different
birding experience.
Larry Weeks will lead a hiking birding walk on June 10th. Meet at the
University parking lot at the base of the M in Missoula at 800 AM for this
half day hike.
I will lead a field trip from Missoula to Lolo Pass (and perhaps beyond)
Saturday June 17th. Meet in the middle of the UofM fieldhouse parking
lot at 800am carpooling for this 6 or 7 hour field trip.
If you have sightings you would like to share, please leave a message.
If you have a rare bird sighting, please call my home phone 406-549-6027.
Thanks and good birding. HL-262
- End Transcript