Hi Montana Birders, Bob Martinka and I checked the river in Great Falls about midday Wed. There was an excellent variety of waterfowl near and downriver from ...
1-31-07 I was birding in the Bass Creek area near Stevensville when I came upon a rather large flock of Brewers Blackbirds. Approx. 50 to 150 mixed with some...
Birders, Arla Eckert and I were birding below Blacktail Dam last week looking for the Long-tailed Duck. A reporter for the Great Falls Tribune was filming in...
The following MOB-Montana poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: The January 2007 Photo of the Month Contest is now open. We have 12...
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Dear Patrick, I'd like to vote on this, but I think you need a few more choices? While the rarity of the bird is always a factor, the winning rail photo, for...
Patrick I guess my decision depends on what photos are in the running. For the most part it would be the last criteria you listed, but the first one is a part...
Took a swing by Giant Springs late this morning, but it was too steamy yet for decent photos. Then went by Highland Cemetery and saw some of the Pine...
Greetings Barb Pitman observed a House Wren about 3 miles up the trail from the trailhead south of The Stillwater Mine which is south of Absarokee. Like so...
Barb et al.: Birds like meadowlarks, bluebirds, vultures and House Wrens seen in late January or early Feb. are almost certainly overwintering, not early...
Dan For "W" recording purposes, the wren would still need multiple sightings, right? Barb ... From: Dan Casey To: MOB-Montana@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday,...
Barb: You are, of course, right. From the standpoint of submitting records to MBD, a single record in Feb. would be a "w", not a "W". But my point was that...
what details are available about this sighting? for example, was it singing? did Barb have a good and prolonged look at the bird? winter House Wrens are not...
This is a quick posting to let those interested, I had 4 longtailed, 3 male including a beautiful plumaged one all between the two dams, Black Eagle and...
Hi Birders: Boy it was a lot more work than I figured from the start, and this will probably be where it ends for this years results. Follow the link to see ...
Richard: You could save yourself some trouble by not doing this, since the counts have not yet been officially reviewed, and since once they are they will be...
Richard and All, Your tabulation is indeed very interesting and certainly a lot of work. One gets a good sense, reviewing the table, how valuable the CBC's can...
Richard, I don't see the Bigfork, Kalispell or Glacier Park CBCs in your tabulations. Linda Winnie ... From: RICHARD MOUSEL To: MOB ; umbreaks Sent: Sunday,...
Hello Birders: OPPS, the data is only as good as the weakest link, and this weakest link goofed in his haste to get this posted, will get the data corrected...
Dan and others: You are absolutely right regarding the recent "early migrants" seen and reported here. I helped start and compiled the Missoula Christmas Bird...
Hi Birders: It was brought to my attention I was missing 3 counts, including Bigfork, Kalispell and Glacier. I thought I had them all, so I looked and sure ...
While fishing at Ninepipe on 02.04.07 I observed a very accomidating Snowy Owl. He sat nearby me for over an hour while I fished. Have a great day! Mike ... ...
Mobsters For those interested and not aware of the availability of information on CBCs, you can view the preliminary results of individual CBC counts on the...
Birders, I went to Dillon yesterday to get the Burrowing Owl that Steve Sherman found north of Dillon. I had to sit by the hole for nearly two hours for a...
MOBsters, I Drove a few Choteau neighborhoods this morning looking for Eurasian Collared Doves. During our recent cold snap they were hard to find (one or...
... Gary: FWP planted some wild birds from Idaho - I think north of Dillon - maybe 10 years ago or more in an attempt to get a wild population established....
Greetings We have had great numbers of Rough-legged Hawks this winter. However over the past 4 or 5 days many seem to have left. Saturday we drove from Red...
Mobbers, This evening Radd Icenoggle and I went owling in the Bridgers and were treated to diagnostic calls of Great Horned Owls, Great Grays, and at least one...
Sam/Radd, Please go into the database area of our site and add the Boreal Owl Patrick ... diagnostic calls of Great Horned Owls, Great Grays, and at least one...
Greetings The Rough-legged Hawk Mystery is solved.......well, partially. We went to The Dry Creek Area for about 3 hours this afternoon. All in all, we counted...