MOB-sters: Our Harris's Sparrow continues. He was joined at the feeders yesterday by 3 Cassin's Finches, our first this winter. The Tundra Swans were feeding...
All, About 50,000 white geese at Freezout Lake WMA this morning. Many went as far east as 10-11 miles to feed. They have been spending the day on Pond 5 and...
I just posted a message about seeing Turkey vulture near Eddy (Sanders Co) around noon today, noted that it was posted, then went to another folder within MOB,...
Don't know for dates of arrival/departure, but we saw a lone TURKEY VULTURE [FOY] drifting above Clark Fork River near Eddy (Sanders Co) around noon today (01...
Howdy Mobsters! Thought you all might be interested in a video I made at Freezout last year with Mike Schwitters (hi Mike!). If you haven't gotten a chance...
MOB, I found a pair of Wood Ducks at the lake this morning...very rare visitors to my part of Montana. 55,000 white geese. 3,600 Tundra Swans. Good birding, ...
Lark saw 3 TURKEY VULTURES soaring above Thompson Falls island this afternoon (02 April 2008). A TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE (likely the one seen off and on all...
Thanks mike, that must have been exciting to see a wood duck at freezout!? I was there yesterday but did not see them.? I was surprised at how few ducks I...
MOB and Mike S. Today, on the way into Kalispell from Columbia Falls, I saw a Canada Goose with a white radio call, at McWenneger Slough, off of 35. Does ...
Tony, and MOB Many of the ducks (especially pintails) have moved on north tho the variety is still good and the numbers are not too bad...the thaw results in...
Hi all, This morning, before sunrise, we saw a pair of wood ducks down at the barn where we scatter a bit of grain. Their arrival is a week later than last...
Hi All, Goose numbers this morning were about 30,000, producing a spectacular flyout to the east a little before sunrise. They traveled 11 miles east, moving...
Things are slowly picking up out here - had a FOY Osprey sitting on a utility pole between Wolf Point and Poplar yesterday. Had 4 Sandhill Cranes today, the...
I just posted a photo of this swan that I found today at Benton Lake. I think it is a Bewick's Swan. The yellow when all the way across the bill. It was the...
Arla and MOB, That swan is indeed a Bewick's. Good find. There always seems to be a few of this Eurasian subspecies of Tundra Swan in the Pacific Flyway's ...
Hello everyone- I work with a conservation non-profit out of Bozeman, and I am looking for input from the general birding crowd about critical avian habitats...
Hi Mobsters: On April 4th, I saw a very accommodating Common Loon on Pablo Reservoir. The new plumage is so elegant and pure. It just fits the wild,...
After noon, 05 April 2008, an OSPREY was picking at sticks in an old nest near Thompson Falls, a TURKEY VULTURE circled over TF, and on Thompson River, the...
All, Heavy snow kept me in this morning but it had stopped by early afternoon and the afternoon warmth quickly cleared and dried the hard-surfaced roads. I...
My yard this morning was full over birds. I think it might be that is snowed lightly last night, but the field and yard was full of birds. There were 3...
The following MOB-Montana poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: Here are the entries for the "March Photo of the Month Contest!"...
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We've been hearing what to us sounds like PURPLE FINCH singing in the neighbors' trees (0NLY one bird, among the many Siskin, Robins, and House and Cassin's...
Saw my first of the year Double-crested Cormorants this am. Flying over the Giant Springs area. Last Monday thought I had a Flicker at Giant Springs with more...
I see by streaks under tail, and general sharpness of streaks all over in the images I posted, that the birds I've seen are Cassin's, but we are still not...
MOBsters, At Freezout Lake this afternoon I refound the Greater Yellowlegs first found at Pond 1 back on 22 March by Nate Kohler. I saw the bird the next day...
Hello, While on the shore of the Yellowstone yesterday (Sunday) found the first GW Teal of the season. Alas, they were in North Dakota. But, the Sandhill...
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