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Spring Meadow Lake
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The Spring Meadow Top Ten: 10 most commonly observed birds at Spring Meadow Lake.
American Robin
observed at Spring Meadow Lake
Complete list of birds
Turdus migratorius
Red-winged Blackbird
Canada Goose
Tree Swallow
Osprey
Mallard
American Coot
Northern Flicker
Black-billed Magpie
Ring-billed Gull
Agelaius phoeniceus
Branta canadensis
Tachycineta bicolor
Pandion haliaetus
Anas platyrhynchos
Fulica americana
Colaptes auratus
Pica hudsonia
Larus delawarensis
CORVIDS American Crow Black-billed Magpie Common Raven RAPTORS Bald Eagle Merlin Osprey Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Sharp-shinned Hawk Turkey Vulture SONG BIRDS American Goldfinch American Pipit American Robin Eurasian Collared Dove Barn Swallow Belted Kingfisher Black-capped Chickadee Bohemian Waxwing Brewer's Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Bullock’s Oriole Cedar Waxwing Common Grackle Eastern Kingbird European Starling Gray Catbird House Finch House Sparrow Mountain Bluebird
Mountain Chickadee Mourning Dove Northern Rough-winged Swallow Northern Shrike Red-winged Blackbird Rock Dove Ruby-crowned Kinglet Song Sparrow Swainson’s ﬔrush Tree Swallow Violet-green Swallow Western Kingbird Western Meadowlark Western Tanager White-crowned Sparrow Yellow Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler WADING BIRDS Great Blue Heron Killdeer Least Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher Sandhill Crane Spotted Sandpiper WATERFOWL American Coot American White Pelican American Wigeon Barrow's Goldeneye Blue-winged Teal Bonaparte's Gull Bufflehead
Canada Goose Canvasback Caspian Tern Cinnamon Teal Common Goldeneye Common Loon Common Merganser Double-crested Cormorant Eared Grebe Franklin's Gull Green-winged Teal Hooded Merganser Horned Grebe Lesser Scaup Mallard Northern Pintail Northern Shoveler Pied-billed Grebe Red-breasted Merganser Red-necked Grebe Ring-billed Gull Ring-necked Duck Ruddy Duck Snow Goose Tundra Swan Western Grebe Wood Duck WOODPECKERS Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker
Note: this list is student-generated through avian science field investiagtions conducted by Montana school students during their visits to Montana Wild from 2012 to 2016. Inset photos by Shutterstock and Kurt Cunningham. Design by Luke Duran, Montana FWP
Create your own County Specific “Bird” Field Guide! ﬔe Montana Natural Heritage program provides this free service as a tool for citizen scientists to create their own local community field guides. Visit mtnhp.org/SpeciesSnapshot. Select “Statewide,” and then select the county you would like the search. Be sure to select “Birds” under the “All Species” tab. Now you should see the Download PDF Field Guide.