https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/new-gallery daily 0.75 2017-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505525557127-MUM08SM832JSM4VVF08W/FEHA.jpg New Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505525557127-MUM08SM832JSM4VVF08W/FEHA.jpg New Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505525555859-72ZCWB6PZOCQ1D0ZVUSZ/LBCU.jpg New Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505525557944-4KF851XQBZACCYLSO76K/SEWR.jpg New Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505525579516-XS5ATOMH43QGEQWV8SFL/SNOW.jpg New Gallery https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/contact-1 daily 0.75 2017-08-04 https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/state-list daily 0.75 2025-09-02 https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/about-mbrc daily 0.75 2026-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1507760537210-9BH5JH2AO5W0NA9CJ9T2/MBRC_12.jpg About MBRC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1502495640355-CBLIAOTMG0FL8DWEMZ0D/image-asset.jpeg About MBRC Prothonotary Warbler (MBRC 2008-026) near Fort Peck, 24 May 2008 (Ed Harper photo). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/4c457706-9740-44c3-8b6a-e2a996b16538/MBRC_2022.jpg About MBRC - Make it stand out Annual meeting of the MRBC at Great Falls on 8 October 2022. Left to right: Josh Covill, Craig Hohenberger, John Parker, Dan Casey, Ed Harper, Nate Kohler, Jeff Marks, Coburn Currier, Rose Leach, Hilary Turner, Kate Stone, and Andrew Guttenberg. Missing are Tom Forwood Jr., Ted Nordhagen, and Forrest Rowland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1601241378978-UZWKKDJJLE614AM3D15S/Group+photo+from+annual+meeting_25+Sep+2020.JPG About MBRC Annual meeting of the MRBC held via Zoom on 25 September 2020. Left to right, top to bottom: Jeff Marks, John Carlson, Nate Kohler, Kate Stone, Rose Leach, Coburn Currier, Ed Harper, John Parker, Forrest Rowland, Tom Forwood Jr., Josh Covill, and Craig Hohenberger (audio only). Missing: Ted Nordhagen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1571355383361-1XOY5H1K5IT12VI40Q0J/GroupPhotoOctober112019.jpg About MBRC Annual meeting of the MRBC at Great Falls on 11 October 2019. Left to right: Craig Hohenberger, Ted Nordhagen, Coburn Currier, Tom Forwood Jr., John Parker, Jeff Marks, Rose Leach, Nate Kohler, John Carlson, Ed Harper, and Josh Covill. Missing are Kate Stone and Forrest Rowland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1507673401581-NP5P2FHV4MV3DAWZRA62/MBRC+2017-3893.jpg About MBRC Annual meeting of the MRBC at Great Falls on 6 October 2017. Left to right: Ted Nordhagen, Jeff Marks, Nate Kohler, Bob Martinka, Ed Harper, Craig Hohenberger, Rose Leach, Forrest Rowland, Josh Covill, Kate Stone, John Parker, Coburn Currier, and John Carlson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1507673534373-X472EE6IO9AIBRFVFUDJ/MBRC_Great+Falls_7+October+2016.jpg About MBRC Group photo from the annual meeting in Great Falls on 7 October 2016. Left to right: Ted Nordhagen, Jeff Marks (Secretary), Forrest Rowland, Bob Martinka, Craig Hohenberger, Chuck Carlson (retired at close of meeting), Coburn Currier, Rose Leach (Chair), Nate Kohler, Ed Harper, and John Carlson. Missing: Harriet Marble and Fritz Prellwitz, both of whom retired from the Committee in 2016. https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/overview daily 0.75 2017-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1501987084688-0WDYCDGW4AU3QF70WTTJ/FemaleBlueBird_FencePost.jpg Overview https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/home daily 1.0 2026-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1506039936036-POT68UHAMSBZ230JTW92/BUOW_Credit.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1506041337359-Z4IML5NNEGFEG5PPEVLD/WebButton_Killdeer.png Home Support https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1506041250992-W539V8393IBI8KT1EYNT/WebButton_Sandpiper.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1506042391905-RXKNSJONDPSFBAZWBB5G/WebButton_Longspur.png Home Conservation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505678873360-SKUUQ9S2HX40P206XHO5/BGGN.png Home - Conservation Field Projects https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/photo-gallery daily 0.75 2025-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1759948746592-ZENKK7CBWK8YQ8JOZH5F/2025-002+MEVI.JPG Photo Gallery - Mexican Violetear Fort Smith, 6 Sep 2024 (MBRC 2025-002; Matt Lerer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1759948754146-T5VJOKUJX8PIFJMFBHJU/2025-015+II+SNPL+%28Kohler%29.jpg Photo Gallery - Snowy Plover Warm Springs, 6 Jun 2025 (MBRC 2025-015; Nate Kohler) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1759948744351-1YLXX6I9G5L5UG4Q9T5I/2024-009+II+CRCA+%28S.+Parker%29.jpg Photo Gallery - Crested Caracara Bannack Bench, 5 May 2024 (MBRC 2024-009; Steve Parker) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1759948755156-U1SPG37MLOD50BJ0R6AJ/MBRC+2023-015+SCOR+III+%28Steve+Sherman%29.jpg Photo Gallery - Scott's Oriole Dillon, 22 May 2023 (MBRC 2023-015; Steve Sherman) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1571353788028-MFXH7OQM1HJH2NOZ3NN4/Stejneger%27s+Scoter+%28Martinka%29.jpg Photo Gallery - Stejneger’s Scoter Helena, 12 Apr 2015 (MBRC 2019-028; Bob Martinka) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1571353876499-A79AZ29MHINW158HJL3C/2019-032+III+RIHU.jpg Photo Gallery - Rivoli’s Hummingbird East Glacier Park, 13 Aug 2019 (MBRC 2019-032; Ed Harper) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505175236999-VUYRZ8ISSTUIX77GB9IS/Curlew+Sandpiper+near+Frenchtown%2C+8+Oct+2005+%28MBRC+2005-062%3B+Wayne+Tree%29.jpg Photo Gallery - Curlew Sandpiper Near Frenchtown, 8 Oct 2005 (MBRC 2005-062; Robin Wolcott) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1571353928659-AHL1431UQ4KQW9MG8QDH/2020-006+POJA.jpg Photo Gallery - Pomarine Jaeger Great Falls, 11 Oct 2019 (MBRC 2020-006; John Carlson) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1506289896879-L76MDWH3P7NWC2C2K2SV/LTJA.jpg Photo Gallery - Long-tailed Jaeger Three Forks, 15 Sep 2017 (MBRC 2017-025; Sharon Dewart-Hansen) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505175243508-A35D667T5C39R769YXE7/Ross%27s+Gull+near+Frenchtown%2C+4+May+2005+%28MBRC+2005-025%3B+Terry+Toppins%29.JPG Photo Gallery - Ross's Gull Near Frenchtown, 4 May 2005 (MBRC 2005-025; Terry Toppins) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505175242420-FVPEGAJ3QZ543P398UL3/Lesser+Black-backed+Gull+near+Helena%2C+25+Mar+2012+%28MBRC+2012-018%3B+Bob+Martinka%29.jpg Photo Gallery - Lesser Black-backed Gull Near Helena, 25 Mar 2012 (MBRC 2012-018; Bob Martinka) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1571353998857-0XPFH5RDV7QSSQV0HYFE/2016-021+GRHE.jpg Photo Gallery - Green Heron Great Falls, 1 May 2016 (MBRC 2016-021; Russell Hill) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1571354074496-UN3IZ5BZUUAFGZA1TTYR/2018-027+II+BLVU.jpg Photo Gallery - Black Vulture Choteau, 10 Oct 2018 (MBRC 2018-027; Sharon Dewart-Hansen) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505175242267-MAN35AYB5YSUZ3ME9X3M/Mississippi+Kite+near+Livingston%2C+29+Jun+2011%28MBRC+2011-038%3B+Ray+Forrest%29.jpg Photo Gallery - Mississippi Kite Near Livingston, 29 Jun 2011 (MBRC 2011-038; Ray Forrest) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505175243607-QUMIEXXNR06JYMZ8XIHW/Red-bellied+Woodpecker+at+Malta%2C+30+Oct+2013+%28MBRC+2014-007%3B+Dennis+Lingohr%29.jpg Photo Gallery - Red-bellied Woodpecker Malta, 30 Oct 2013 (MBRC 2014-007; Dennis Lingohr) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505175243711-CAEW3MMIT6ZDBUKB3SNW/Scissor-tailed+Flycatcher+near+Roscoe%2C+21+May+2017+%28MBRC+2017-015%3B+Jeff+Dunham%29.jpg Photo Gallery - Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Near Roscoe, 21 May 2017 (MBRC 2017-015; Jeff Dunham) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505175235310-VN99X0U5X16BMHGTDD75/California+Scrub-Jay+at+Thompson+Falls%2C+19+Oct+2010+%28MBRC+2011-007%3B+Jim+Greaves%29+%282%29.jpg Photo Gallery - California Scrub-Jay Thompson Falls, 19 Oct 2010 (MBRC 2011-007; Jim Greaves) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1571354189805-N6WD829M1UCLN0GVGSVV/2019-007+WIWR.jpg Photo Gallery - Winter Wren Great Falls, 17 Nov 2018 (MBRC 2019-007; Russell Hill) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505175235074-IAJHXIOT9C22JE6YQQNZ/Bewick%27s+Wren+at+Deer+Lodge%2C+4+Aug+2015+%28MBRC+2015-037%3B+Michael+Krzywicki%29.jpg Photo Gallery - Bewick's Wren Deer Lodge, 4 Aug 2015 (MBRC 2015-037; Michael Krzywicki) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505175240906-AY2NLS7R6QHM9I1C2618/Fieldfare+near+Missoula%2C+20+Dec+2015+%28MBRC+2016-014%3B+Alex+Hughes%29.jpg Photo Gallery - Fieldfare Near Missoula, 20 Dec 2015 (MBRC 2016-014; Alex Hughes) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505175241549-YU0OX610MA33ZJXUGM7H/Curve-billed+Thrasher+near+Roundup%2C+26+Nov+2006+%28MBRC+2006-049%3B+Bob+Martinka%29.jpg Photo Gallery - Curve-billed Thrasher Near Roundup, 26 Nov 2006 (MBRC 2006-049; Bob Martinka) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505175238905-C78PV3PEDKAPGPJLUHN0/Eastern+Towhee+at+Outlook%2C+12+May+2017+%28MBRC+2017-012%3B+Ryan+Williamson%29.jpg Photo Gallery - Eastern Towhee Outlook, 12 May 2017 (MBRC 2017-012; Ryan Williamson) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1506289959390-LVUG2LOP6DD9GDQ6MQ0K/HOOR-opto.jpg Photo Gallery - Hooded Oriole Somers, 29 Jul 2015 (MBRC 2015-034; Dan Casey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505175241674-CTABWSURIG82MGUK6HEE/Golden-winged+Warbler+near+Fort+Peck%2C+4+Oct+2009+%28MBRC+2009-054%3B+John++Carlson%29.jpg Photo Gallery - Golden-winged Warbler Near Fort Peck, 4 Oct 2009 (MBRC 2009-054; John Carlson) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1759948928980-UGCVJDS8LOYHXHNYJ2DE/2025-014+I+VIWA+%28Hovde%29.JPG Photo Gallery - Virginia's Warbler Bear Canyon, 30 May 2025 (MBRC 2025-014; Susan Hovde) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505175236956-KG7M0J9548YBYCKABGFO/Connecticut+Warbler+near+Choreau%2C+24+Aug+2006+%28MBRC+2006-045%3B+John+Nordrum%29.jpg Photo Gallery - Connecticut Warbler Near Choteau, 24 Aug 2006 (MBRC 2006-045; John Nordrum) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1571354306900-YLEGYIBNHI66UDGMC2EF/2020-004+PRAW.jpg Photo Gallery - Prairie Warbler Great Falls, 3 Oct 2019 (MBRC 2020-004; Elizabeth Moore) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505175242597-32NO3MG0EU1EXRXBKC86/Northern+Cardinal+at+Hinsdale%2C+24+Jun+2007+%28MBRC+2007-063%3B+Mona+Doebler%29.jpg Photo Gallery - Northern Cardinal Hinsdale, 24 Jun 2007 (MBRC 2007-063; Mona Doebler) https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/review-list daily 0.75 2024-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1632774541615-QIQZWL4C0C0JU2JO72PD/latilong_map.jpg Review List - Make it stand out Map of Montana showing latilongs and quarter-latilongs. https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/supplemental-list daily 0.75 2024-09-14 https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/mission daily 0.75 2018-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1522360968402-EZS4FFS6FWS07CQLJGVS/FemaleBlueBird_Credit.jpg Mission https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/prior-canyons daily 0.75 2017-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505431413474-MAAQX0T24L1SZIY7VUSM/2015-029+GRFL_1.jpg Pryor Canyons Gray Flycatcher in Bear Canyon (Forrest Rowland photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505431526512-S94RKY5XQCG81XQAVQ5B/gnatcatcher_nest_with_eggs_8Jun2014_1.jpg Pryor Canyons Blue-gray Gnatcatcher nest in Bear Canyon (Paul Hendricks photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505431378263-GU4I59FSMQ538HVYZSY1/Bear+Canyon_June+2015_1.jpg Pryor Canyons Bear Canyon (Jeff Marks photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505431395637-57L9WTVCDH5535LHVP4C/Water+Canyon_June+2016_1.jpg Pryor Canyons Water Canyon (Jeff Marks photo) https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/new-page-2 daily 0.75 2017-08-18 https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/solitary-sandpipers daily 0.75 2021-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505430386270-4S28PFJUNQSVOM6N6JHY/Solitary+Sandpiper+range.jpg Solitary Sandpipers Distribution of the Solitary Sandpiper (courtesy of Cornell Lab of Ornithology). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505430186525-ZKRW3KY2EHZTY6KQGV9R/Solitary+Sandpiper%2C+Howe+Lake%2C+23+June+2007+%28Chris+Peterson%29.jpg Solitary Sandpipers Territorial Solitary Sandpiper perched in tree at unnamed wetland near Howe Lake, 23 June 2007 (Chris Peterson photo). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505430219386-KF45CJBYGASGVRSPGPC9/Solitary+Sandpiper%2C+Eugene+Beckes.jpg Solitary Sandpipers Migrant Solitary Sandpiper feeding in prairie wetland (Eugene Beckes photo). https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/grassland-birds daily 0.75 2017-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1506036432141-MEH5C3PK4Z75IJ5CFPK5/Table.png Grassland Birds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1506036573539-3K476NVJ440UJ67T3PL9/CCLO+1+%28Ed+Harper%29.jpg Grassland Birds Chesnut-collared Longspur (Ed Harper photo)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1506036734837-C06MUZUSSFDY25AQ2K6Y/MCLO+range.jpg Grassland Birds More than 40% of the breeding range of McCown's Longspurs occurs in Montana (courtesy of Cornell Lab of Ornithology).     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1506036646625-BDZETETZU0PFUFKFAUNK/McCown%27s+3+%28Ed+Harper%29.jpg Grassland Birds McCown's Longspur (Ed Harper photo)   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505869732082-V55IBB2YQOOEKKDPWXP0/CCLO+range.jpg Grassland Birds Nearly one-third of the breeding range of Chesnut-collared Longspurs occurs in Montana (courtesy of Cornell Lab of Ornithology). https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/staff-board daily 0.75 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/ba29a852-004e-48ac-8b61-bbf60d8153e4/MarksBioPhoto.jpg Staff & Board Jeff (far right) with Solomon Jallow (center) near Kaolack, Senegal, in January 2023 (Whitney Mortimer photo). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/12f6526f-024c-4fc2-850a-9e6d6186cc29/Paul_Badger+Gulch_20+May+2024+%28Nate+Kohler%29.jpg Staff & Board Paul at Badger Gulch looking for Gray Flycatchers (Nate Kohler photo). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/340cb6d7-836e-4832-ab50-182599ebf75f/Nate+at+Sheep+Corral+Gulch+%28Paul+Hendricks+photo%29.jpg Staff & Board - Make it stand out Nate at Sheep Corral Gulch (Paul Hendricks photo). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/e80d4ae3-1dab-488c-8401-43b1fe1253fc/Kate+bio+image.jpg Staff & Board - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505429563519-ZSBC3F6Y9CRS114OYDOD/Dan+Casey.jpg Staff & Board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1504826419971-R3SO5GNSFKXEK38KQOE6/Jim.jpg Staff & Board https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/contact daily 0.75 2026-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1504828660752-TYV3QMIAGJ4ZU29QKJU3/PLVI.jpg Contact Plumbeous Vireo on nest in the Ekalaka Hills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1504828615049-835ZBEX5HVH6ZSPIWCW1/Jeff+w+Seychelle.jpg Contact Jeff and daughter Seychelle in Columbia River Gorge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1504828056507-J59TLSV9SETTHHCHROZ5/Paul+w+Beer.jpg Contact Paul about to enjoy a well-deserved cold one in the backcountry. https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/links daily 0.75 2021-10-29 https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/support daily 0.75 2022-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/50a3401c-91ff-4351-8f94-242e60e6bcd9/Zelle.png Support - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1506466051366-M2HTQTPP5QP8FL5NEMC4/Snipe_FencePost-opto.jpg Support https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/essay-no-1-killdeer daily 0.75 2017-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505689923645-SUST3XUNRWL3997E9CRU/Killdeer+range.jpg Essay no. 1, Killdeer Distribution of the Killdeer (courtesy of Cornell Lab of Ornithology). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505689965626-UGHYQZVNF7I0FJUMWE51/Killdeer+3+in+mud+%28E.+Beckes%29.jpg Essay no. 1, Killdeer (Eugene Beckes photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505690314543-498UUDY20IG90PO5BPAH/KilldeerGraph_Update.jpg Essay no. 1, Killdeer Figure 1. The declining population trend in Killdeer numbers, with 95% confidence intervals, derived from Breeding Bird Surveys conducted in Montana from 1968–2015 (Sauer et al. 2017). Note that the average number of Killdeers detected per BBS route in the state dropped from about 14 to 5 during the 48-year sampling period. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505690506703-PJS2PZ8WSSAVE8LN2X0D/Killdeer+5+chick+%28Eugene+Beckes%29.jpg Essay no. 1, Killdeer (Eugene Beckes photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505690526001-DV4YMKE7LEFYQDLVVCHI/Killdeer+1+%28Eugene+Beckes%29.jpg Essay no. 1, Killdeer (Eugene Beckes photo) https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/killdeers-keep-1 daily 0.75 2025-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505689673532-Z7XHYNDHLB4SKAVG25EB/Killdeer+1+%28Eugene+Beckes%29.jpg Killdeer's Keep (Eugene Beckes photo) https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/overview-1 daily 0.75 2017-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505865809011-0553453LBJWMH1O00BBL/Horned_Grebe_pair+%28Bob+Martinka%29.jpg Overview Horned Grebes (Bob Martinka photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505865875256-VSB08NO4CGMBM95NUPNP/Pinyon_Jay+%28Bob+Martinka%29.jpg Overview Pinyon Jay (Bob Martinka photo) https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/bird-of-montana daily 0.75 2026-03-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1506037209145-QVC4ALKEAFNJRPFJYD77/BOM+jacket+final+opto.jpg Birds of Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1506037783087-3AAU5YR6T2CI4HP3GRSJ/Jeff%2C+Dan+%26+Paul_Bear+Canyon_June-opto.jpg Birds of Montana Jeff, Dan, and Paul birding in Bear Canyon, June 2015 (Ron Martin photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1506037803304-7UBBXX53V30RCH1ZD93F/Dan%2C+Paul%2C+%26+Jeff+at+book+signing-opto.jpg Birds of Montana Dan, Paul, and Jeff at book signing in Missoula, June 2016 https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/overview-2 daily 0.75 2017-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505866150141-1L4MT3S4USE90MG44QQQ/Valley+Co.+prairie+%28John+Carlson%29.jpg Overview Valley County native prairie (John Carlson photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1505866131306-YW9QUTEG329FN0O6ACVN/Baird%27s_Sparrow+1+%28Bob+Martinka%29.jpg Overview Baird’s Sparrow (Bob Martinka photo) https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/essay-no-2-killdeer-1 daily 0.75 2025-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1513126673402-U52CK3K1HGM6BJX66H26/GrebeNest.png Essay no. 2, Horned Grebe Adult on nest near Dutton, June 1917 (A. DuBois photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1513126765969-2NYVLBXVG016PPRUREDG/Horned+Grebe+range.jpg Essay no. 2, Horned Grebe North American distribution of the Horned Grebe (courtesy of Cornell Lab of Ornithology) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1513127529522-7MZGNJ1LXQEKW8MDYYIL/Horned+Grebe+%28Bob+Martinka%29.jpg Essay no. 2, Horned Grebe (Bob Martinka photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1513127412846-WSD5W4I7PRDN33ICV130/HornedGrebeGraph.jpg Essay no. 2, Horned Grebe Figure 1. Population trend for Horned Grebes in North America, with 95% confidence intervals, derived from Breeding Bird Surveys conducted from 1966–2015 (Sauer et al. 2017). Estimated numbers fluctuated widely during this period, in part because the BBS is poorly suited for monitoring the species owing to low detection rates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1513127595628-UZ12PRCC2PCPPIT0TLJD/Horned+Grebe+portrait+%28Bob+Martinka%29.jpg Essay no. 2, Horned Grebe (Bob Martinka photo) https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/mba-publications daily 0.75 2026-02-05 https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/essay-no-3-horned-lark daily 0.75 2025-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1520877593060-4UDRB6K413VWHNKYZHGT/Horned+Lark+sage.jpg Essay no. 3, Horned Lark (Bob Martinka photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1520877682023-8IRTRR4D03NGZHC1AXG1/HornedLarkGraph.jpg Essay no. 3, Horned Lark Figure 1. Population trend for Horned Larks in Montana, with 95% confidence intervals, derived from Breeding Birds Surveys conducted from 1966 to 2015 (Sauer et al. 2017). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1520877864988-DHS5WVCUHMIE69CRZUBM/CBCGraph.jpg Essay no. 3, Horned Lark Figure 2. Winter population trend for Horned Larks in Montana, derived from Christmas Bird Counts conducted from 1966 to 2014. CBC data are provided by the National Audubon Society and through the generous efforts of Bird Studies Canada and countless volunteers across the Western Hemisphere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1520877952051-L4GD43CEDQJD9VPNXKOO/Horned+Lark_2.jpg Essay no. 3, Horned Lark (Bob Martinka photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1520878003689-RTTHVEHS16ADXZZ1AILD/Horned+Lark+ad.jpg Essay no. 3, Horned Lark (Bob Martinka photo) https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/ghana2018 daily 0.75 2022-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1522368313134-2W0DGCWE8MV4QACZB0TK/elephant+with+group.jpg Ghana 2018 Birding with elephant, Mole National Park, January 2018 (Jeff Marks photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1522368355456-E7WMLBJGYLWEAGVYJJA3/Chocolate-backed+Kingfisher+%28Tom+Franzen%29.jpg Ghana 2018 Chocolate-backed Kingfisher, Abrafo Forest, November 2016 (Tom Franzen photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1522368394902-MVFA8I9PYZ9J22HL5HSK/Kakum+NP+canopy+walkway+II+%28D.+Casey%29.jpg Ghana 2018 Canopy walkway at Kakum National Park, January 2018 (Dan Casey photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1522368429865-DTTYROUWT89JFE0GMKI9/Vieillot%27s+Black+Weaver+%28D.+Casey%29.jpg Ghana 2018 Vieillot's Black Weaver, somewhere in Ghana, January 2018 (Dan Casey photo) https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/birdingtours daily 0.75 2022-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1543610878218-RBBCUCDUNK02W7Q9AUJL/Huascaran.jpg Birding Tours Huascaran, the highest peak in Peru, at 22,199 feet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1583199324342-0CN47TWYDFXDMZMU6FLS/Happy+group+at+Keur+Baye+Naar%2C+January+2020.JPG Birding Tours A happy group on our Senegal tour, January 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1543610926286-AOBF9YCG1GFXT17VITOC/Humboldt-Penguins-Jeff+Marks-photo.JPG Birding Tours Humboldt Penguins off the coast of Peru (Jeff Marks photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1583199364513-IGK4MK76V73I7QS5IRNN/Abyssinian+Ground+Hornbill+%28Jenna+McCullough%29.jpeg Birding Tours Abyssinian Ground Hornbill in Senegal, January 2020 (Jenna McCullough photo) https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/record-dates-migrants daily 0.75 2026-03-25 https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/peru2019 daily 0.75 2022-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1543608525156-46HZXWYTPOM27UL2DBLC/Diademed-Sandpiper-Plover-Dubi+Shapiro.jpg Peru 2019 Diademed Sandpiper-Plover (Dubi Shapiro, photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1543608623339-TTNZ5EWGWYYMF5B6RIP9/Yellow-scarfed+Tanager-Dubi-Shapiro.jpg Peru 2019 Yellow-scarfed Tanager (Dubi Shapiro, photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1543608567089-929LC51DPAAW0UX8EPJF/White-bellied-Cinclodes-Dubi+Shapiro.jpg Peru 2019 White-bellied Cinclodes (Dubi Shapiro, photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1543608655377-MG3NVYVEOJ7KLE2EUKL8/Great+Inca-Finch+%28Dubi+Shapiro%29.jpg Peru 2019 Great Inca-Finch (Dubi Shapiro, photo) https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/senegal-2020 daily 0.75 2022-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1549580683112-HY8LHSERZQD84Z0D367H/Little-Green-Bee-eater%2C-Senegal%2C-Dec-2018-1_2.jpg Senegal 2020 African Green Bee-eater (Jeff Marks, photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1549580776859-4ZVZIDYJCFXJY87TTZKL/Scissor-tailed+Kites+near+Kaolack+%28unknown%29-1.jpg Senegal 2020 Scissor-tailed Kites (photographer unknown) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1549580715280-24UTGX1JMSBHM9AVFVRL/Egyptian+Plover+%28Dubi+Shapiro%29.jpg Senegal 2020 Egyptian Plover (Dubi Shapiro, photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1549580816615-UPFO7YSYKEVAROX3N773/Cricket+Warbler+IV%2C+Senegal%2C+Dec+2018.JPG Senegal 2020 Cricket Longtail (Jeff Marks, photo) https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/essay-no-4-american-kestrel daily 0.75 2025-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1560211948178-7WTTJNXTWZC0XE3AQXQ7/American+Kestral++%28Patrick+O%27Connor%29.jpg Essay no. 4, American Kestrel (Patrick O’Connor photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1560211854574-4K8SZ8TDB33Y2GQV9JPN/AmericanKestralGraph.jpg Essay no. 4, American Kestrel Figure 1. The declining population trend for American Kestrels in the U.S. and Canada, with 95% confidence intervals, derived from Breeding Bird Surveys conducted from 1966–2017 (Sauer et al. 2017). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1560211281132-FJR4IB5RRVJ8JFX8U5K9/American+Kestrel+range.jpg Essay no. 4, American Kestrel North American distribution of the American Kestrel (courtesy of Cornell Lab of Ornithology) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1560212077616-2GURGNHC51LJ4T1ZB6OB/Kestrel+2+%28Patrick+O%27Connor%29.jpg Essay no. 4, American Kestrel (Patrick O’Connor photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1560212131800-PYS2E6VLETZZ67BY6KBV/Kestrel+3+%28Patrick+O%27Connor%29.jpg Essay no. 4, American Kestrel (Patrick O’Connor photo) https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/vagrants daily 0.75 2026-01-04 https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/vagrants_example daily 0.75 2019-10-17 https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/peru-2020 daily 0.75 2023-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/77086d81-eaed-4f94-a1b9-443324852352/MarvelousSpatuletail.jpg Peru 2020 Marvelous Spatuletail (Dubi Shapiro photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/88db57c9-c031-4efb-a539-5822c1359fcd/LongWhiskeredOwlet.jpg Peru 2020 Long-whiskered Owlet (Dubi Shapiro photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/cc03fe32-f904-41df-bf84-41f7914a8658/RufousCrestedCoquette.jpg Peru 2020 Rufous-crested Coquette (Jenn Meguyesi photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/05dc8451-f960-4db1-9f25-ddf356c994cb/Crescentschest.jpg Peru 2020 Marañon Crescentchest (Dubi Shapiro photo) https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/minutes-and-reports daily 0.75 2025-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1603403636433-THI1WU8ZHUW708C88RZB/IVGU.jpg Minutes and Reports Ivory Gull (Craig Barfoot photo) https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/bylaws daily 0.75 2024-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1603403892487-9IRWRMJAD3HYNOEMR4KS/HEEG.jpg Bylaws Heermann’s Gull (Dan Casey photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1603403858077-2EKHC368NXIS7PDD5H1A/PRAW.jpg Bylaws Prairie Warbler (Elizabeth Moore photo) https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/senegal2023 daily 0.75 2022-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1549580683112-HY8LHSERZQD84Z0D367H/Little-Green-Bee-eater%2C-Senegal%2C-Dec-2018-1_2.jpg senegal-2023 African Green Bee-eater (Jeff Marks, photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1549580776859-4ZVZIDYJCFXJY87TTZKL/Scissor-tailed+Kites+near+Kaolack+%28unknown%29-1.jpg senegal-2023 Scissor-tailed Kites (photographer unknown) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1549580715280-24UTGX1JMSBHM9AVFVRL/Egyptian+Plover+%28Dubi+Shapiro%29.jpg senegal-2023 Egyptian Plover (Dubi Shapiro, photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/1549580816615-UPFO7YSYKEVAROX3N773/Cricket+Warbler+IV%2C+Senegal%2C+Dec+2018.JPG senegal-2023 Cricket Longtail (Jeff Marks, photo) https://www.montanabirdadvocacy.org/peru-iquitos-area2023 daily 0.75 2023-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/b2663ba7-677e-4472-a3ce-ff789e90e6b7/Screenshot+2022-11-22+at+6.03.15+PM.png Peru Iquitos Area-2023 - 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Continental BBS trend, with 95% confidence intervals, for Evening Grosbeaks from 1966 to 2019. Y axis is relative abundance per route. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/c7db58bc-262d-4424-9abf-62c13aee31bd/Evening+Grosbeak+male+II+%28Bob+Martinka%29.jpg Essay no. 5, Evening Grosbeak (Bob Martinka photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/589cc87c414fb5c38d37a4ee/962b1206-3a7e-4043-834c-9ea4a9d6d57d/Figure+2.+EVGR+trends+in+breeding+season-2007+to+2021.png Essay no. 5, Evening Grosbeak - Make it stand out Figure 2. Change in relative abundance of Evening Grosbeaks for 2007-2021 during the breeding season, based on eBird data.