Bird Forecast—SUMMER 2026 Re-Cap
Summer is quickly fading as the songsters have gone quiet and fall migrants are slipping thorough Montana. Suddenly all the birds that were waking us up an hour before sunrise are silent. During the day the sound of the young Black-headed Grosbeaks has gone as well, although one is stll slipping into the feeder area for a snack of sunflower seeds. The Northern House Wrens are stll around but surprisingly quiet. The singing of the Vesper, Savannah and Clay-colored Sparrows has been reduced to a “chip”. If I’m lucky I see one now and then. The young Red-tail Hawks, Merlins have all spread out rarely to be seen or heard. The Cooper’s Hawk family that we watched from the final nest building to the 2 surviving fledglings catching their own meals are also tough to find now. What a summer. Although we didn’t have American Kestrels nestng in the box
