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The Annual Pilgrimage to the Pryor Mountains
Start Date: 6/15/2009 End Date: 6/15/2009
Start Time: 04:00 AM End Time: 07:00 PM Effort (in hours): 15
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 Every year (almost), Sam Koenen and I make a trip to the Pryor Mountains and specifically Bear Canyon for bird species that cannot be found elsewhere in the state or are very difficult to find. These include Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Canyon Wren, Blue Grosbeak, and rarities such as Black-throated Gray Warbler.
Species Counts
Birds: 88 Reptiles: 1 Amphibians: 1

General Birding Details
Binoculars: Scope: Mist Netting:
Mileage and Time
Miles By Car: 300 Miles By Foot: 6 Miles By Other: 0
Herping Details
Details
Board Flipping: Snake Hook: Snake Tongs: Captures:
Dip Netting: Headlamp: Road Cruising:
Butterflying Details
Binoculars: Net: Captures:
Wildlife Viewing Details
Binoculars: Scope: Captures:
Locations
Bear Canyon (Pryors) Blue Grosbeak Spot Itch-Kep-Pe Park
In Bozeman Barb Jaquith's House
Sightings
Canada Goose - Branta canadensis
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Common Merganser - Mergus merganser
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Wild Turkey - Meleagris gallopavo
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura
Bear Canyon (Pryors), Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Eurasian Collared-Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
White-throated Swift - Aeronautes saxatalis
Bear Canyon (Pryors), Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Broad-tailed Hummingbird - Selasphorus platycercus
Barb Jaquith's House, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Sandhill Crane - Grus canadensis
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
American White Pelican - Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Wilson's Snipe - Gallinago delicata
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura
Bear Canyon (Pryors), Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Osprey - Pandion haliaetus
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Golden Eagle - Aquila chrysaetos
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis
Bear Canyon (Pryors), Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Northern Harrier / Hen Harrier - Circus cyaneus
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Red-naped Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
American Kestrel - Falco sparverius
Bear Canyon (Pryors), Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Prairie Falcon - Falco mexicanus
Bear Canyon (Pryors), Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Western Kingbird - Tyrannus verticalis
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus
Bear Canyon (Pryors), Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Say's Phoebe - Sayornis saya
Bear Canyon (Pryors), Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Blue Grosbeak Spot, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Western Wood-Pewee - Contopus sordidulus
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Cordilleran Flycatcher - Empidonax occidentalis
Bear Canyon (Pryors), Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Least Flycatcher - Empidonax minimus
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Hammond's Flycatcher - Empidonax hammondii
Bear Canyon (Pryors), Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Dusky Flycatcher - Empidonax oberholseri
Bear Canyon (Pryors), Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Warbling Vireo - Vireo gilvus
Bear Canyon (Pryors), Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Loggerhead Shrike - Lanius ludovicianus
Bear Canyon (Pryors), Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Black-billed Magpie - Pica hudsonia
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Common Raven / Northern Raven - Corvus corax
Bear Canyon (Pryors), Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Mountain Chickadee - Poecile gambeli
Bear Canyon (Pryors), Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Horned Lark - Eremophila alpestris
Bear Canyon (Pryors), Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Bank Swallow / Sand Martin - Riparia riparia
Bear Canyon (Pryors), Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Violet-green Swallow - Tachycineta thalassina
Bear Canyon (Pryors), Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Bear Canyon (Pryors), Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica
Bear Canyon (Pryors), Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Cliff Swallow - Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Bear Canyon (Pryors), Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea
Bear Canyon (Pryors), Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Rock Wren - Salpinctes obsoletus
Bear Canyon (Pryors), Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Northern House-Wren - Troglodytes aedon
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis
Bear Canyon (Pryors), Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Blue Grosbeak Spot, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Brown Thrasher - Toxostoma rufum
Blue Grosbeak Spot, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Sage Thrasher - Oreoscoptes montanus
Bear Canyon (Pryors), Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos
Blue Grosbeak Spot, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
European Starling / Common Starling - Sturnus vulgaris
Barb Jaquith's House, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Mountain Bluebird - Sialia currucoides
Bear Canyon (Pryors), Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Townsend's Solitaire - Myadestes townsendi
Blue Grosbeak Spot, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Veery - Catharus fuscescens
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
American Robin - Turdus migratorius
Bear Canyon (Pryors), Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Blue Grosbeak Spot, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Sprague's Pipit - Anthus spragueii
Bear Canyon (Pryors), Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
House Finch - Burrica mexicana
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Barb Jaquith's House, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Cassin's Finch - Burrica cassinii
Barb Jaquith's House, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Pine Siskin - Spinus pinus
Barb Jaquith's House, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Red Crossbill - Loxia curvirostra
Barb Jaquith's House, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
American Goldfinch - Astragalinus tristis
Bear Canyon (Pryors), Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Barb Jaquith's House, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Yellow-breasted Chat - Icteria virens
Bear Canyon (Pryors), Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
MacGillivray's Warbler - Geothlypis tolmiei
Bear Canyon (Pryors), Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Northern Waterthrush - Parkesia noveboracensis
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
American Redstart - Setophaga ruticilla
Bear Canyon (Pryors), Montana 6/15/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Itch-Kep-Pe Park, Montana 6/15/2009 1