Synopsis
Go Birding with Montana’s Best-Selling Bird Guide!
Learn to identify birds in Montana, and make bird-watching even more enjoyable. With Stan Tekiela’s famous field guide, bird identification is simple and informative. There’s no need to look through dozens of photos of birds that don’t live in your area. This book features 136 species of Montana birds organized by color for ease of use. Do you see a yellow bird and don’t know what it is? Go to the yellow section to find out.
Book Features:
- 136 species: Only Montana birds
- Simple color guide: See a yellow bird? Go to the yellow section
- Compare feature: Decide between look-alikes
- Stan’s Notes: Naturalist tidbits and facts
- Professional photos: Crisp, stunning full-page images
This field guide includes the most common and important species to know, professional photographs and range maps, relevant information, and plenty of Stan’s expert insights. So grab Birds of Montana Field Guide for your next birding adventure―to help ensure that you positively identify the birds that you see.
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About the Author
Naturalist, wildlife photographer and writer Stan Tekiela is the originator of the popular state-specific field guide series. Stan has authored more than 190 educational books, including field guides, quick guides, nature books, children’s books, playing cards and more, presenting many species of animals and plants. With a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural History from the University of Minnesota and as an active professional naturalist for more than 30 years, Stan studies and photographs wildlife throughout the United States and Canada. He has received various national and regional awards for his books and photographs. Also a well-known columnist and radio personality, his syndicated column appears in more than 25 newspapers, and his wildlife programs are broadcast on a number of Midwest radio stations. Stan can be followed on Facebook and Twitter.
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Mountain Bluebird
Sialia currucoides
Size: 7" (18 cm)
Male: An overall sky blue bird with a darker blue head, back, wings and tail and white lower belly. Thin black bill.
Female: similar to male, but paler with a nearly gray head and chest and a whitish belly
Juvenile: similar to adult of the same sex
Nest: cavity, old woodpecker cavity, wooden nest box; female builds; 1-2 broods per year
Eggs: 4-6; pale blue without markings
Incubation: 13-14 days; female incubates
Fledging: 22-23 days; female and male feed young
Migration: complete, to Arizona, California, New Mexico and parts of Texas
Food: insects, fruit
Compare: Similar to Western Bluebird (pg. 67), but lacks the rusty red chest.
Stan’s Notes: This bird is common in open mountainous country. Feeds mainly on insects, but it will also eat fruit. Often hovers just before diving to the ground to grab an insect. Hovers at the entrance of nesting cavity. Due to conservation of suitable nest sites (dead trees with cavities and man-made nest boxes), populations have increased over the last 30 years. Like other bluebirds, Mountain Bluebirds take well to nest boxes and tolerate close contact with humans. Female will continue to sit on baby birds (brood) for up to six days after the eggs hatch. Young will imprint on their first nest box or cavity, then choose a similar type of box or cavity throughout the rest of life.
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