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Montour

Last week I talked to my friend Tom about the great bird there I told him it was like the elegant trogon in az.seen it photo it still want to see again finally decided to go today for the bird got there got about 1/2mile in got call from Tom to tell me he just  seen the great bird wanted to know if went to see yet told him I just got there met him main st parked across st .did not get out of car great photos went look for red polls  found them great day  
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Snow Buntings

Saw 2 Snow Buntings yesterday while snowshoeing backcountry out of Stanley. Besides 2 others seen a couple wks ago over by Driggs, only ones I’ve seen this winter. Even Horned Lark flocks seem to be rare this winter. Not worth specifics to try to relocate, just keep eyes peeled when along snow-covered, open expanses. There are a few out there. 

Also, still have several Common Redpolls coming into thistle feeder at home. Along with a curious, bull moose, who seems to like our front pasture & adjoining cottonwoods. 

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot

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Redpolls at Montour

Hi everyone,
Yesterday late afternoon, Amy & I watched at least a hundred Common Redpolls at Montour.
eBird flagged that many, apparently 50 would not have been flagged. Unfortunately, we didn’t have a camera. 
Has anyone else seen this many? It has been quite a winter for them!
The birds were all together, moving around the bushes along the Old Emmett highway, just to the west of the campground. 
At first, we thought there were Pine Siskins mixed in, but as far as we could tell, they were all Redpolls. 
They were vocalizing as they flew between the bushes, a v distinctive hard metallic & rapid twittering.
A lifer for me (in the UK, the redpolls there are called Lesser Redpolls (Acanthis cabaret), which are a little
smaller & browner). I gather there are discussions going on about making all redpolls a single species. 
I realize that these days DNA profiles are the oveiriding factor in Taxonomy, but to my mind, that runs counter to evolution. 
John Shortis     

   

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Re: GEAS winter bird challenge

All

This is my first post on this group, but thank you for the congratulations about the GEAS bird challenge.

The photo category was based on most species photographed, not quality of the shots. Many of the pictures I took were enough to capture a species identification, but they were not necessarily worthy of National Geographic. However, I did manage to get a few good photos during this month. Hope you enjoy a few of them:

Kent


Ferruginous Hawk 


Savannah Sparrow 


Bald Eagle


Common Redpoll


Rough-legged Hawk


Downy Woodpecker 


American Kestrel 


Mountain Chickadee 


Northern Shrike


Red-breasted Sapsucker 


Say’s Phoebe 


Common Loon


Short-eared Owl

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