Bird Watching at Wilderness Edge Birds identified by guests and staff in the area surrounding Cliff Lake in Southwest Montana

BLACK BIRDS

Brewer's Blackbird European Starling Redwing Blackbird

CHICKADEES/NUTHATCHES/WRENS

American Dipper Black-capped Chickadee House Wren

Red-Breasted Nuthatch Rock Wren Ruby-Crowned Kinglet

FINCHES

American Gold Finch Cassin's Finch House Finch Pine Siskin

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Calliope Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird

JAYS/CROWS

American Crow Black-Billed Magpie Clark's Nutcracker

Montana State Bird

Steller's Jay Western Meadowlark

RAPTORS (HAWKS/FALCONS/KESTRELS)

American Kestrel Cooper's Hawk Northern Harrier Osprey

Peregrine Falcon Red-Tailed Hawk Sharp-Shinned Hawk RAPTORS (Eagles) RAPTORES (Owls) RAPTORS (Vultures)

Bald Eagle Golden Eagle Western Screech-Owl Turkey Vulture

SHOREBIRDS

American Avocet California Gull Great Blue Heron Killdeer

Sandhill Crane Sora Spotted Sandpiper Wilson's Phalarope

SPARROWS

Chipping Sparrow Dark-Eyed Junco Green-Tailed Towhee Lincoln’s Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrow White-Crowned Sparrow SWALLOWS

Barn Swallow Cliff Swallow Northern Rough-Winged

Tree Swallow Violet-Green Swallow

SWIFTS TANAGERS THRUSHES

Belted Kingfisher Western Tanager American Robin Mountain Bluebird

UPLAND GAME BIRDS

Mourning Dove Blue/Dusky Grouse Franklin's/Spruce Grouse

Ruffed Grouse Sharp Tailed Grouse WARBLERS

Wilson’s Warbler Yellow-Rump Warbler Yellow Warbler Yellow-Throated

WATERFOWL

American Wigeon Canada Goose Cinnamon Teal Common Loon

Common Merganser Dbl.-Crested Cormorant Gadwall Blue-Winged Teal

Mallard Ring-Necked Duck Trumpeter Swan

WOODPECKERS

Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Red-Naped Sapsucker