Birders: For the past 5-6 weeks, I have had both Clark's nutcrackers and a Steller's Jay using my feeders regularly. The nutcrackers relish the unshelled...
Birders and Bob, Learned behavior is fun to watch. I always wonder what else we are missing.......... while doing such things as home improvement projects !! I...
Well. Hubris. On Wednesday (11-28-2007), the alleged Fox sparrow we thought we saw turned out to be a rather larger-than-expected and duskier SONG SPARROW (see...
Birders: Most gulls have seem to have vacated the Helena Valley with the cold weather but there were still maybe 150-200 at the landfill this afternoon. They...
Bob et al: Nice variety in Helena! I also made a trek to our local landfill today, where there were at least 250 gulls. But interestingly, the imm. Thayer's I...
Mob-sters: I have posted two of my best (still not great) shots of the adult Thayer's Gull I found today. In the full body shot, note that the mantle is just a...
Mobsters: A Snowy Owl has been seen on the road to Sanford Park next to Lake Elwell south of Chester. It along with the Snowshoe Hares are very obvious for...
Bob - We have a place in Island Park, ID where we get a lot of Steller's Jays. They get fed unshelled peanuts in the winter, along with other seed and suet....
Last week, I also saw a huge flock of mallards, gleaning in the fields off Clark road just east of West Valley road. I scanned and didn't see any other ducks,...
MOB - This past Friday I had a small invasion of red bresated nuthatches at home in Helena. We generally have one or two around, but had 15 or so for one day,...
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Hi MOB: Yesterday, Mo and I took a little tour around the valley; the first real outing I have had since a total knee replacement on November 5th. Feels good....
Mobsters: My son-in-law photographed a funny looking mallard near Dillon the other day. He thought it was a mallard-pintail hybrid but it looks more like a...
Jim, I don't know what a "sport" is in this context, but the duck in question is a phenotype that I've seen often in widely separated areas and always passed...
Hi folks, It's that time of year to begin making plans for the 29th Annual Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge Christmas Count. I wish to pre-assign the areas to...
This spectacular windstorm has brought in a first-year Harris's sparrow, for the entire winter, I hope. A poll of redpolls shows eight at the thistle feeder...
Jim et al: There are a wide variety of cross-bred domestic mallard types, and many have this "bibbed" appearance, including one type called a "Swedish Blue",...
Hi folks, It's that time of year to begin making plans for the 29th Annual Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge Christmas Count. I wish to pre-assign the areas to...
Mobsters: Yesterday a group from Five Valleys Audubon birded the Ninepipes area and on up to Polson on the back roads. For raptors we saw a moderate number--of...
Thanks Dan. The duck certainly appears to have a strong dose of Swedish Blue traits in its genes. Jim ... From: Dan Casey To: MOB-Montana@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Birders: I uploaded a couple of files to MOB, it's a handout that I did for the GF CBC to be held Sat, Dec 15th. You're welcome to use any of the info for your...
Mob-sters: I found the season's first Glaucous Gull at the Flathead landfill today, during a brief afternoon visit. Did not see any Thayer's. As I left, a...
Mobsters, It would appear that our resident population of Eurasian Collared-Doves on the East side of Deer Lodge more than doubled this season. My count today...
Nate, I had never seen a Eurasian dove until this past summer, but my daughter in Bozeman has been getting them in her yard regularly all summer and still is...
Richard: We have had a snag in our yard for several years (it blew down this summer) that had multiple cavities, one of which was used for two years by Pygmy...
One might have thought I could have gotten an R in at least one of my strings! My brain does work on occasion, I think? ;) On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:50:57 -0700 ...
Hi All, If you click on the following website, an article about the critter malformations (birds are similarly affected) in the Star last week will come up. It...
Hi MOB: Yesterday I made a short trip to Polson to see if I could find a bird or two. It was a great 15 minute birding trip. I had only seen 4 crows and 2...
Hi MOB, Checking the database, I see that we are a few birds behind 2006. Some "common" ones have not been entered. Somebody must have observed a Chipping...
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