Many-Storied Mountains: The Life of Glacier National Park

Waxwings

Bohemian Waxwing E, W, ab

Cedar Waxwing E, W, ab

Shrikes

Loggerhead Shrike E, W, r

Northern Shrike E, W, r

Starlings

Starling E, W, c, i

Vireos

Solitary Vireo E, W, ab

Red-eyed Vireo E, W, ab

Warbling Vireo E, W, ab

Warblers

Black and White Warbler W, r

Tennessee Warbler E, W, r

Orange-crowned Warbler E, W, r

Nashville Warbler E, W, r

Yellow Warbler E, W, ab

Yellow-rumped Warbler E, W, ab

Townsend’s Warbler E, W, ab

Northern Waterthrush E, W, ab

MacGillivray’s Warbler E, W, ab

Common Yellowthroat E, W, ab

Wilson’s Warbler E, W, ab

American Redstart E, W, ab

Yellow-breasted Chat ?

Weaver Finches

House Sparrow E, W, r, i

Blackbirds, Orioles

Bobolink E, r

Western Meadowlark E, W, u

Red-winged Blackbird E, W, ab

Northern Oriole E, W, r

Brewer’s Blackbird E, W, u

Rusty Blackbird E, W, r

Yellow-headed Blackbird E, r

Common Grackle E, r

Brown-headed Cowbird E, W, c

Tanagers, Grosbeaks

Western Tanager E, W, ab

Evening Grosbeak E, W, ab

Pine Grosbeak E, W, ab

Black-headed Grosbeak E, W, r

Finches, Sparrows, Buntings

Lazuli Bunting E, W, c

Lark Bunting E, W, r

Snow Bunting E, W, c

Cassin’s Finch E, W, A, ab

Gray-crowned Rosy Finch E, W, A, ab

American Goldfinch E, W, u

Common Redpoll E, W, c

Pine Siskin E, W, A, ab

Red Crossbill E, W, ab

White-winged Crossbill E, W, u

Rufous-sided Towhee E, W, u

Green-tailed Towhee E, W, r

Savannah Sparrow E, W, c

LeConte’s Sparrow E, W, u

Vesper Sparrow E, W, ab

Tree Sparrow E, W, r

Chipping Sparrow E, W, A, ab

Brewer’s Sparrow E, W, r

Harris’ Sparrow E, W, r

White-crowned Sparrow E, W, A, ab

Fox Sparrow E, W, A, ab

Lincoln’s Sparrow E, W, A, c

Song Sparrow E, W, ab

Dark-eyed Junco E, W, c

McCown’s Longspur E, c

Lapland Longspur E, W, c

Chestnut-collared Longspur E, c

Suggested Reading

Alexander, Taylor R. and George S. Fichter, Ecology (a Golden guide). Western Publishing Co., Inc., Racine, Wis. 1973.

Alt, David D. and Donald W. Hyndman, Rocks, Ice and Water, the Geology of Waterton-Glacier Park. Mountain Press Publishing Co., Missoula, Mont. 1973.

Baker, William, et. al., Wildlife of the Northern Rocky Mountains. Naturegraph Co., Healdsburg, Calif. 1961.

Borland, Hal, The History of Wildlife in America. National Wildlife Federation, Washington, D.C. 1975.

Brooks, Maurice, The Life of The Mountains. McGraw-Hill, New York. 1967.

Costello, David F., The Mountain World. Thomas Y. Crowell Co., New York. 1975.

Craighead, John J., et. al., A Field Guide to Rocky Mountain Wildflowers. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston. 1963.

Dobie, J. Frank, The Voice of the Coyote. Little, Brown and Co., Boston. 1950.

Farb, Peter, Face of North America. Harper and Row, New York. 1963.

Gildart, Robert C., Meet the Mammals of Waterton-Glacier. Glacier Natural History Association, Inc. Thomas Printing, Inc., Kalispell, Mont. 1975.

McCormick, Jack, The Life of the Forest. McGraw-Hill, New York. 1966.

Milne, Lorus and Margery Milne, The Balance of Nature. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. 1960.

Nelson, Alan G., Wildflowers of Glacier National Park. Nelson, Great Falls, Mont. 1970.

Peattie, Donald Culross, A Natural History of Western Trees. Bonanza Books, New York. 1953.

Ruhle, George C., Roads and Trails of Waterton-Glacier Parks. John W. Forney, Minneapolis, Minn. 1972.

Shea, David S., Animal Tracks of Glacier National Park. Special Bulletin No. 11, Glacier Natural History Association, Inc., West Glacier, Mont., 1969.

Storer, John H., The Web of Life. Devin-Adair Co., Old Greenwich, Conn. 1953.

Zwinger, Ann H. and Beatrice E. Willard, Land Above the Trees. Harper and Row, New York. 1972.

Using Metrics

As we go to press with this book, the United States is in the early stages of conversion to the metric system of measurement, and though we urge you to think metric—for most of the world does—we provide this table to help you understand the measurements given in the book.

Drawings from David S. Shea, Animal Tracks of Glacier National Park

About the Author

Greg Beaumont’s interest in Glacier National Park dates from 1963, when he was a summer employee at Lake McDonald Lodge. In 1966 he and his wife were fire-control lookouts on Numa Ridge in the Bowman Valley. Now a free-lance writer-photographer, he lives with his family in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Transcriber’s Notes

• Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook is public-domain in the country of publication.
• Corrected a few palpable typos.
• Included a transcription of the text within some images.
• In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by _underscores_.