A few more from Glacier National Park, MT, USA (1 Viewer)

OhioHick

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• Sep 9, 2017

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I spotted these birds along the Highline Trail in Glacier National Park, MT, USA, in early August. Elevation is around 7K feet above sea level.

Is the first one a Townsend's Solitaire?

The second two photos were taken from a distance (sorry for the poor quality) but there were several birds flitting about in the flowers on the slope below the trail.

 

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RJP

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• Sep 9, 2017

• #2

Townsend's Solitaire and Pine Siskins.

 

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birdmeister

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• Sep 9, 2017

• #3

RJP said:

Townsend's Solitaire and Pine Siskins.

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Agreed. I would have liked to see a Townsend's Solitaire in Glacier National Park! I was on the Highline Trail several years ago and didn't see much at all.

 

KC Foggin

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• Sep 9, 2017

• #4

Having never seen one I could't figure out the first one but Siskins rang true for me in the other two.

 

Nutcracker

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• Sep 9, 2017

• #5

Ditto to Townsend's Solitaire and Pine Siskins; if of interest, the Solitaire is in a Rocky Mts Subalpine Fir Abies lasiocarpa subsp. bifolia.