Hi Richard, Arla, and others, Chuck is right on with his response. Russian olive has been declared a noxious weed in several areas, including Utah and Colorado...
They took a lot of other small trees, and understory out along with some Russian Olive. We have a mess on our hands and I could use some help! They used heavy...
Hi Arla, If Service Berry will grow there it would be good. If it can be watered a little, Chokecherry and wild Hawthorne are good. Some native willows can...
Found some new birds this am for this year at West Bank Park. 2 Eurasian Collared-Doves sitting in a tree with a bird house, 1 California Gull who had just...
Hi Mobsters: 3/1/07, there were a large number of birds in Ducharme Access Site on East Bay, Flathead Lake, east of Polson MT. I counted 178 +/- Tundra Swans....
Hi Arla, I obviously missunderstood which shelterbelt had been removed, and which species were involved. Let us know what we can do to help with this ...
Mob-sters: Although there have been noticeable numbers of Lesser Canada Geese in the migrant flocks lately, one much smaller goose flew in with a flock of...
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Folks, I cannot quietly stand by and watch while this roomer gets out of hand. No shelterbelt has been removed. Yes, one hedge has been thinned out, and a...
Mobsters I have posted five photos of Cackling Geese in my MOB photo album. These are all different individuals. I am writing my thoughts on these geese and...
Hello to All, I did my first count at Freezout Lake WMA since 26 Feb. There have been some significant moves toward spring migration. The number of Canada...
The gulls are coming in. Saw 5 California Gulls off West Bank park and then about 25 of them just upriver from the Lewis and Clark Center. The Long-tailed Duck...
Nature Hi Fellow Birders, We went down to Giant Springs and the River's Edge trail this morning. Saw many of the usual culprits which appear to pairing off...
March 1: Had a great day afield. Saw some waxwings playing in the wind, in Columbia Falls. Right near Somers, I saw a NORTHERN PYGMY OWL(#77). THat was cool....
Mobsters In my album photo #1 shows a Cackling Goose in the center foreground. Behind it is a Canada Goose and to the right is a goose of intermediate size. I...
Chuck and All, I believe you have correctly identified the small white-cheeked geese--"Richardson's" Cackling Geese, Branta hutchinsii hutchinsii. It is the...
65 or so Evening Grosbeaks flying around Thompson Falls (calling and moving past Ogden and Clay streets, westerly into town) @0930 03 March 2008. Male Hairy...
Mike and all Just to clarify a point - these geese have been here all winter, they did not migrate in.The first 4 photos were taken on Jan. 3rd. The last was...
Hi Birders: I started at Pablo Reservoir but there is hardly any open water. It will be some time before it is open. The Polson sewage lagoons were some...
There is more open water on the West Bank Park stretch of the Missouri River this week. Canada Geese, Mallards, a few Bufflehead and Common Goldeneyes were...
Hello, I took several photos a couple of weeks ago of Brown Creepers at Lee Metcalf Wildlife Refuge in Stevensville. Jeanne Elliott, Lolo _____ From:...
Mob, This afternoon, I had a dark colored Merlin flying very high and heading northwest. Watching it disappear from sight, I was reminded that I've rarely, if...
Mob-sters: As one of the co-moderators of this site, let me remind people that it is NEVER appropriate to respond to, or to forward, personal off-list e- mail...
Mob-sters: A check of Church Slough this morning found fewer geese (although many hundreds were in the surrounding fields), but a bit more diversity: Times,...
Well a few days ago I saw 3 Robins which fit in with the number I knew to be over wintering here in Great Falls. Just saw a group of about 6 birds go over the...
This is for the ones out there who are interested in odd ball House Sparrows. I just had one show up who was larger over all, and was sooty gray on the...
Lark and I have seen a combined 65 bird species in Sanders Co this year (since mid Jan) through Feb 29 2008 (64 each); plus a "possible" list of 10 species...
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