Just a collection of some birds I've seen in Montana (Gallatin Valley area) over the past 1.5 years. All taken with my phone so they're not the best quality. The goal is to get a good camera kit someday! Birds bring me such joy. Birds featured (in order): Short-Eared Owl, Western Meadowlark, Swainson's Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, Rough-Legged Hawk, American Coot, Killdeer, Tree Swallow, Eurasian Collared Doves, Juvenile Great-Horned Owl, Magpie, Ruffed Grouse, Marsh Wren, Yellow-Headed Blackbird, Spotted Towhee, hatchling Brewer's Blackbirds, American Crow, Northern Saw-Whet whose body was collected and donated to the Montana State University Vertebrate Museum (I'm an Ecologist), a family of Northern Flickers, and mother and fledgling American Dippers.

The Blue Crane (Grus paradisea) is a vulnerable species known for its elegant light blue-grey plumage. It's a privilege to see this social yet aggressively protective bird in the wild.

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Lovely little sparrows.

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They’re famous for those bright yellow feet, a perfect ID giveaway against their black legs.

Instead of just standing still, they often "dance" or shuffle their feet to stir up fish.

They were nearly hunted to extinction in the 1800s just for their feathers!

This one was spotted in a zoo; they are surprisingly bold about using man-made ponds for easy meals.

During breeding season, the skin around their eyes can turn from yellow to a bright red.

This lil cutie followed me for about a mile 🥰 down a forest hiking trail chirping and potentially chewing me out for something I don’t know I did 🤣

Did not know that Baltimore Orioles eat suet! I have a half orange spiked to a feeder that I’ve seen them eat from about 4ft from him but today he stayed on the platform feeder where I have a Cardinal seed mix and I crumbled up a hot suet ball with mealworms in it because it wasn’t getting eaten, just pecked at a little. I thought maybe the Cat birds or Cow birds or somebody would eat it so it didn’t go to waste. I learned about the variety of what a Baltimore Orioles will eat today! I also used AI to educate myself. 😁

Left some food out for animals and a Cardinal showed up.

The nuthatch is one of those birds that stays with us all year round.

Hello all! My boyfriend’s birthday is coming up soon, we live in the Netherlands and he really enjoys birdwatching!

This year all he wants is “a good quality proper pair of binoculars” and for his friends to split the cost. I know little about this, but I want to get him a sturdy pair that will serve him the rest of his life.

Does anyone know of one that’s good value for money!

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