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Ennis Lake - Audubon Trip
Start Date: 10/25/2008 End Date: 10/25/2008
Start Time: End Time: Effort (in hours): 7
Leader: John Parker
Notes:

Every John Parker graciously leads a Sacajawea Audubon trip to Ennis Lake where the target species are scoters, loons (other than Common), and maybe a Herring Gull or two. While had a few gulls, but the waterfowl and loon numbers were way down. The lake was as empty as I have ever seen, but hey we're out birding and the weather was great for Ennis (warm and windy). We had a great group with many good birders. Young Andrew continues to develop as a birder, and Peter was giving his calls and songs as usual. how someone can actually, first, know that many vocalizations, and, second, have the ability to imitate them is absolutely beyond me. We didn't see any scoters or rare loons, but a cooperative Bonapart's Gull, two rather tame Great Horned Owls, and the first Herring Gull of the autumn.
Species Counts
Birds: 31

General Birding Details
Binoculars: Scope: Mist Netting:
Mileage and Time
Miles By Car: Miles By Foot: Miles By Other:
Locations
Norris Madison River Ennis Lake
West of 4 Corners
Sightings
Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis
Ennis Lake, Montana 10/25/2008 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Barrow's Goldeneye - Bucephala islandica
Ennis Lake, Montana 10/25/2008 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Hooded Merganser - Lophodytes cucullatus
Ennis Lake, Montana 10/25/2008 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator
Ennis Lake, Montana 10/25/2008 3 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis
Ennis Lake, Montana 10/25/2008 20 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Gadwall - Anas strepera
Ennis Lake, Montana 10/25/2008 50 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
American Wigeon - Anas americana
Ennis Lake, Montana 10/25/2008 50 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
Ennis Lake, Montana 10/25/2008 15 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps
Ennis Lake, Montana 10/25/2008 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Horned Grebe / Slavonian Grebe - Podiceps auritus
Ennis Lake, Montana 10/25/2008 3 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Western Grebe - Aechmophorus occidentalis
Ennis Lake, Montana 10/25/2008 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
American Coot - Fulica americana
Ennis Lake, Montana 10/25/2008 500 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Common Loon / Great Northern Loon - Gavia immer
Ennis Lake, Montana 10/25/2008 50 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
American White Pelican - Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Ennis Lake, Montana 10/25/2008 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Bonaparte's Gull - Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Ennis Lake, Montana 10/25/2008 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis
Ennis Lake, Montana 10/25/2008 15 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
European Herring Gull - Larus argentatus
Ennis Lake, Montana 10/25/2008 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
California Gull - Larus californicus
Madison River, Montana 10/25/2008 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Ennis Lake, Montana 10/25/2008 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Golden Eagle - Aquila chrysaetos
West of 4 Corners, Montana 10/25/2008 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Ennis Lake, Montana 10/25/2008 6 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Madison River, Montana 10/25/2008 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis
West of 4 Corners, Montana 10/25/2008 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Rough-legged Hawk / Rough-legged Buzzard - Buteo lagopus
West of 4 Corners, Montana 10/25/2008 4 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Great Horned Owl - Bubo virginianus
Ennis Lake, Montana 10/25/2008 2 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Pinyon Jay - Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Norris, Montana 10/25/2008 10 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Black-billed Magpie - Pica hudsonia
Ennis Lake, Montana 10/25/2008 25 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos
West of 4 Corners, Montana 10/25/2008 40 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Common Raven / Northern Raven - Corvus corax
Ennis Lake, Montana 10/25/2008 10 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus
Madison River, Montana 10/25/2008 2 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Red-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta canadensis
Madison River, Montana 10/25/2008 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
European Starling / Common Starling - Sturnus vulgaris
West of 4 Corners, Montana 10/25/2008 50 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia
Ennis Lake, Montana 10/25/2008 2 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Targets
Species Type Total Targets Targets Seen
Bird 8 3
= Tick = Dip
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
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