Sometimes it's mountain birds and hares, other times its snakes and rabbits. You’d be very lucky to spot a Bald Eagle in your backyard. But if you’re in Canada and Alaska, it wouldn’t be ...

Chickadees are plump, sparrow-sized birds with tiny beaks. Mountain chickadees are a bit larger and stockier than the black-capped chickadee. Both species have a black cap and throat with a white ...

Altitudinal migrants: These are birds who change altitude, not location, generally up or down a mountain. Think of the Rocky Mountains and birds such as Clark's nutcracker, the mountain ...

Osceolas are also said to be a bit harder to call in than Eastern birds. The Merriam's wild turkey is a true mountain bird. Named for the prolific taxonomist and zoologist C. Hart Merriam ...

The report finds that about one-third of species, including many in the Mountain West, are at high or moderate concern from a conservation perspective.