Saturday, July 18, 2020

Great Meadows


A lot of birds at Great Meadows this morning.   Arrived at 5:30 AM in the fog.  By 6:30 the birds were all over. 

Saw almost a dozen yellow warblers and a dozen downy woodpeckers.  All at once really.

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Saw one cedar waxwing

Cedar Waxwing - Montana Field Guide

Saw a couple of male and one female common yellow throat.  It look me a while to figure out the female.  An earlier yellow throated vireo this year might have been in error.  I need to focus on the head color - it is yellow for the vireo.


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And one female grosbeak (the white lines above and below the eye were the giveaway.

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