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Quest for Sabine's
Start Date: 9/27/2008 End Date: 9/27/2008
Start Time: End Time: Effort (in hours): 4
Leader: Radd
Notes:

On Saturday, Sam and I went for an afternoon of birding to Ennis Lake and Harrison Reservoir. With the influx of Sabine’s Gulls in Montana, we were hoping for a glimpse or two of these northern Larids as they pass through our corner of the world.
Species Counts
Birds: 27 Mammals: 2


The M pattern
Sabine's Gull
General Birding Details
Binoculars: Scope: Mist Netting:
Mileage and Time
Miles By Car: Miles By Foot: Miles By Other:
Wildlife Viewing Details
Binoculars: Scope: Captures:
Locations
Ennis Lake Harrison Lake Madison River
Sightings
Common Merganser - Mergus merganser
Ennis Lake, Montana 9/27/2008 6 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Redhead - Aythya americana
Ennis Lake, Montana 9/27/2008 100 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris
Ennis Lake, Montana 9/27/2008 10 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis
Ennis Lake, Montana 9/27/2008 10 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Gray Partridge - Perdix perdix
Ennis Lake, Montana 9/27/2008 8 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Eared Grebe / Black-necked Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis
Ennis Lake, Montana 9/27/2008 4 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Western Grebe - Aechmophorus occidentalis
Ennis Lake, Montana 9/27/2008 10 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
American Coot - Fulica americana
Ennis Lake, Montana 9/27/2008 1000 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Common Loon / Great Northern Loon - Gavia immer
Ennis Lake, Montana 9/27/2008 100 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus
Ennis Lake, Montana 9/27/2008 4 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Harrison Lake, Montana 9/27/2008 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
American White Pelican - Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Ennis Lake, Montana 9/27/2008 2 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Black-bellied Plover / Gray Plover - Pluvialis squatarola
Harrison Lake, Montana 9/27/2008 2 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus
Harrison Lake, Montana 9/27/2008 10 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Long-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus scolopaceus
Ennis Lake, Montana 9/27/2008 14 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Sabine's Gull - Xema sabini
Ennis Lake, Montana 9/27/2008 3 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis
Ennis Lake, Montana 9/27/2008 8 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Osprey - Pandion haliaetus
Madison River, Montana 9/27/2008 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Golden Eagle - Aquila chrysaetos
Ennis Lake, Montana 9/27/2008 2 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Ennis Lake, Montana 9/27/2008 2 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Ferruginous Hawk - Buteo regalis
Harrison Lake, Montana 9/27/2008 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Common Raven / Northern Raven - Corvus corax
Ennis Lake, Montana 9/27/2008 2 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Horned Lark - Eremophila alpestris
Harrison Lake, Montana 9/27/2008 3 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Marsh Wren - Cistothorus palustris
Harrison Lake, Montana 9/27/2008 6 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Mountain Bluebird - Sialia currucoides
Harrison Lake, Montana 9/27/2008 4 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Townsend's Solitaire - Myadestes townsendi
Ennis Lake, Montana 9/27/2008 3 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Western Meadowlark - Sturnella neglecta
Harrison Lake, Montana 9/27/2008 4 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Dark-eyed Junco - Junco hyemalis
Ennis Lake, Montana 9/27/2008 2 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Mule Deer - Odocoileus hemionus
Ennis Lake, Montana 9/27/2008 8 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Pronghorn - Antilocapra americana
Harrison Lake, Montana 9/27/2008 40 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Targets
Species Type Total Targets Targets Seen
Bird 5 5
= Tick = Dip
Common Loon / Great Northern Loon
Western Grebe
Black-bellied Plover / Gray Plover
Long-billed Dowitcher
Sabine's Gull
Picture Gallery

The M pattern
Sabine's Gull
Dancing on the water
Sabine's Gull
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