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(25 June cont.)
English Sparrow Black Junco
Dark Rail Horned Lark
We also saw a ground squirrel (best 13-6)
Two miles after we got back on US 2 we
saw what must have been a prairie chicken
fly off a mile away. Continued on to
Williston where we spent the night (Rustler Inn
Motel). Rain on & off during day, especially
afternoon.
June 26
After leaving Williston we went S on US
85 to see the Missouri R. : : : our bird
list next saw was Lark Sparrow; then getting
to US 2 & cont. westward. 9 miles before the
Montana state line, we encountered a
colony of Chestnut-colored Longspurs. A
& longspur was seen feeding a full grown egg.
Just W of Poplar, Montana, we saw an Upland
Plover. Made a lunch stop in a short-grass
prairie area (101 miles from the state line,
58 mi. E & N Hinsdell)
& 101 miles from Malta). Here we saw:
Brewer's blackbird - feeding egg. (carrying food
to nest)
Red-wing
Rock Sparrow Dark Countrey
E. mealybird Vesper Sparrow - 2
Horned Lark Clay-colored Sp. - 1