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Mission Creek Audubon Trip
Start Date: 5/30/2009 End Date: 5/30/2009
Start Time: 07:00 AM End Time: 03:00 AM Effort (in hours): 7
Leader: Robin Wolcott
Notes:

Every year, Robin and Richard Wolcott lead an Audubon field trip to the Mission Creek area southeast of Livingston. This is a great trip, and this year's outing did not disappoint either. Sam and I went with Ed Harper (an excellent birder and interesting guy).
Species Counts
Birds: 68

General Birding Details
Binoculars: Scope: Mist Netting:
Mileage and Time
Miles By Car: 80 Miles By Foot: 2 Miles By Other: 0
Butterflying Details
Binoculars: Net: Captures:
Locations
Mission Creek Bottom Mission Creek Mission Creek Cliffs
Mission Creek Pond Mission Creek Flats Mission Bench
Mission Creek Aspen Grove
Sightings
Canada Goose - Branta canadensis
Mission Creek Bottom, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Gray Partridge - Perdix perdix
Mission Creek Bottom, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura
Mission Creek Bottom, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Calliope Hummingbird - Stellula calliope
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Mission Creek Bottom, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Upland Sandpiper - Bartramia longicauda
Mission Bench, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Long-billed Curlew - Numenius americanus
Mission Bench, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Golden Eagle - Aquila chrysaetos
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Mission Bench, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis
Mission Bench, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Northern Harrier / Hen Harrier - Circus cyaneus
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Sharp-shinned Hawk - Accipiter striatus
Mission Creek Bottom, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Cooper's Hawk - Accipiter cooperii
Mission Creek Bottom, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Northern Goshawk - Accipiter gentilis
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon
Mission Creek Bottom, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Red-naped Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Downy Woodpecker - Dryobates pubescens
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
American Kestrel - Falco sparverius
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Mission Bench, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Western Kingbird - Tyrannus verticalis
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Western Wood-Pewee - Contopus sordidulus
Mission Creek Bottom, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Hammond's Flycatcher - Empidonax hammondii
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Dusky Flycatcher - Empidonax oberholseri
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Warbling Vireo - Vireo gilvus
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Black-billed Magpie - Pica hudsonia
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Mission Bench, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Clark's Nutcracker - Nucifraga columbiana
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos
Mission Bench, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Common Raven / Northern Raven - Corvus corax
Mission Bench, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Mountain Chickadee - Poecile gambeli
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Mission Creek Bottom, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Horned Lark - Eremophila alpestris
Mission Creek Bottom, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Bank Swallow / Sand Martin - Riparia riparia
Mission Bench, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor
Mission Bench, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Mission Creek Bottom, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Violet-green Swallow - Tachycineta thalassina
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Mission Creek Bottom, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Mission Bench, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica
Mission Creek Bottom, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Cliff Swallow - Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Mission Bench, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Mission Creek Bottom, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Mission Creek Bottom, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Red-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta canadensis
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Mission Creek Bottom, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Rock Wren - Salpinctes obsoletus
Mission Creek Bottom, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Northern House-Wren - Troglodytes aedon
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
European Starling / Common Starling - Sturnus vulgaris
Mission Creek Bottom, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Mountain Bluebird - Sialia currucoides
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Mission Bench, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Swainson's Thrush - Catharus ustulatus
Mission Creek Bottom, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Hermit Thrush - Catharus guttatus
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Mission Creek Bottom, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
American Robin - Turdus migratorius
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Mission Bench, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Evening Grosbeak - Coccothraustes vespertinus
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Pine Siskin - Spinus pinus
Mission Creek Bottom, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
American Goldfinch - Astragalinus tristis
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
McCown's Longspur - Rhynchophanes mccownii
Mission Bench, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Chestnut-collared Longspur - Calcarius ornatus
Mission Bench, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Wilson's Warbler - Wilsonia3 pusilla
Mission Creek Bottom, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Orange-crowned Warbler - Leiothlypis celata
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
MacGillivray's Warbler - Geothlypis tolmiei
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Mission Creek Bottom, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Yellow Warbler - Dendroica petechia
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Audubon's Warbler - Dendroica auduboni
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Mission Creek Bottom, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Western Meadowlark - Sturnella neglecta
Mission Bench, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater
Mission Bench, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Brewer's Blackbird - Euphagus cyanocephalus
Mission Bench, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Lark Sparrow - Chondestes grammacus
Mission Bench, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Dark-eyed Junco - Junco hyemalis
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
White-crowned Sparrow - Zonotrichia leucophrys
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Vesper Sparrow - Pooecetes gramineus
Mission Bench, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Savannah Sparrow - Passerculus sandwichensis
Mission Bench, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Spotted Towhee - Pipilo maculatus
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Western Tanager - Piranga ludoviciana
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Black-headed Grosbeak - Pheucticus melanocephalus
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Lazuli Bunting - Passerina amoena
Mission Creek Aspen Grove, Montana 5/30/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Targets
Species Type Total Targets Targets Seen
Bird 33 19
= Tick = Dip
Broad-winged Hawk
Upland Sandpiper
Long-billed Curlew
White-throated Swift
Western Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Myrtle Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Waterthrush
MacGillivray's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Western Tanager
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
McCown's Longspur