School of Forestry
"World Class in the Rockies"
Lubrecht's Avian Friends

From an elevation of 3550 feet along the beautiful Blackfoot River to elevations over 6250 feet; from farmland bottoms to wild, inaccessible rugged mountain terrain, the Forest contains a diversity of habitat which supports an assortment of birds.

DUCKS, GEESE & GREBES

___ Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
___ Gadwall (Anas strepera)
___ Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)
___ Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
___ Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
___ Ross' Goose (Chen rossii)
___ Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens caerulescens)
___ Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
___ Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
___ Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
___ Redhead (Aythrya americana)
___ Lesser Scaup (Aythrya affinis)
___ Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
___ Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)
___ Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera)
___ Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca carolinensis)
___ American Wigeon (Anas americana)

GULLS, WADERS & MARSH BIRDS

___ American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
___ American Coot (Fulica americana)
___ Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)
___ Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
___ California Gull (Larus californicus)
___ Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
___ Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
___ Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
___ Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia)
___ Common Snipe (Capella gallinago)
___ Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)

HAWKS AND THEIR ALLIES

___ Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
___ Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
___ Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus)
___ Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
___ Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
___ Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperi)
___ Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis)
___ Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
___ Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopos)
___ Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
___ Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
___ American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
___ Merlin (Falco columbarius)
___ Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
___ Flammulated Owl (Otus flammeolus)
___ Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa)
___ Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
___ Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)
___ Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium gnoma)
___ Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)
___ Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
___ Western Sreech Owl (Otus asio)
___ Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

GAME BIRDS

___ Blue Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus)
___ Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus)
___ Spruce Grouse (Canachites canadensis)
___ Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
___ Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

DOVES, NIGHTHAWK & SWIFTS

___ Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
___ Rock Dove (Columbia livia)
___ Common Nighthawk (Cordeiles minor)
___ Vaux=s Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis)
___ White-throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis)

HUMMINGBIRDS & KINGFISHER

___ Calliope Hummingbird (Stellula calliope)
___ Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
___ Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)

WOODPECKERS

___ Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus auratus)
___ Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis)
___ Williamson's Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus)
___ Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus)
___ Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
___ Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)
___ Lewis' Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis)
___ Three-Toed Woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus)
___ Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)

FLYCATCHERS

___ Dusky Flycatcher (Empidonax oberholseri)
___ Hammond's Flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii)
___ Olive-sided Flycatcher (Nuttallornis borealis)
___ Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)
___ Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
___ Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
___ Western Wood Pewee (Contopus sordidulus)

LARKS & SWALLOWS

___ Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
___ Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
___ Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
___ Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
___ Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis)
___ Tree Swallow (Iridoprocne bicolor)
___ Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)

JAYS, CROWS & THEIR ALLIES

___ Common Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
___ Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis)
___ Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
___ Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica)
___ Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)
___ Common Raven (Corvus corax)
___ Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor)

CHICKADEES & NUTHATCHES

___ Brown Creeper (Certhia familiaris)
___ Black-capped Chickadee (Parus atricapillus)
___ Mountain Chickadee (Parus gambeli)
___ Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea)
___ Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
___ White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)

WRENS & DIPPER

___ American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus)
___ House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
___ Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus)
___ Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

CATBIRD, TANAGER, WAXWINGS & THE THRUSHES

___ Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides)
___ Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana)
___ Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
___ American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
___ Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendii)
___ Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)
___ Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
___ Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
___ Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)
___ Veery (Catharus fuscescens)
___ Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
___ Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)

KINGLETS, WARBLERS & VIREOS

___ Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)
___ Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)
___ American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
___ Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
___ Solitary Vireo (Vireo solitarius)
___ Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)
___ MacGillivray's Warbler (Oporornis tolmiei)
___ Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata)
___ Townsend's Warbler (Dendroica townsendii)
___ Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla)
___ Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)
___ Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) (Audubon=s Warbler)
___ Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis)

BLACKBIRDS & ORIOLES

___ Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
___ Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
___ Yellow-hded Blckbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)
___ Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
___ Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
___ Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
___ Northern Oriole (Icterus galbula galbula)

STARLING, SPARROWS & FINCHES

___ Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena)
___ Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
___ Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
___ White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera)
___ Cassin's Finch (Carpodacus cassinii)
___ House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)
___ Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus)
___ Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus)
___ Evening Grosbeak (Hesperiphona vespertina)
___ Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)
___ Dark-eyed (Junco hyemalis) (Slate-colored, Oregon Juncos)
___ Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea)
___ Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus)
___ Brewer's Sparrow (Spizella breweri)
___ Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
___ Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
___ House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
___ Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
___ Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
___ Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
___ Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea)
___ Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
___ White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
___ European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
___ Rufous-sided Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)


This list includes species known to occur at Lubrecht and those that may occur but have not been recorded.
Your help in sightings is solicited.

(Species in bold type are known occurrences)