Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the MOB-Montana group: The March 'Photo of the Month' poll has a record number of entries, 17. I hope...
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Birders, A group of Montana Audubon birders here in SW Montana has for more than a year been working on a Birding Trail Brochure for the Gold West area of...
Valley, that is, south of Livingston. Yesterday so everything here is factual! Turned right on Old Yellowstone Trail just south of Carter Bridge. Primitive...
On a short ride this afternoon north of Great Falls, we found a male Ring-necked Pheasant with strange coloring. Either he was really old or partly leucistic,...
Dave, That could be a pen raised bird released for hunting or dog training. I've seen them that color when we use them to train our dogs. The spurs on it look...
Montana Birders, 71,000 white geese estimated at Freezout Lake this morning and more this afternoon. Large numbers were on Pond 1 and Pond 5 and the west side...
Hi All, Today as I made my rounds I found the Burrowing Owl occupying the old badger hole that produced 4 young last year. Hopefully they will nest there this ...
I am curious to learn what Montana birders consider to be the top ten most sought after birds in the State, and I would like to hear from others. What are the...
Hi All: Today at the junction of Carbine and Stasso Roads, west of Pablo, I found a couple of buzzards being harassed by a raven. They contrast nicely with...
We haven't been birding here as long as many in the state, so, while knowing what are some endangered and rare, we don't travel to areas where one might see...
All, Another interesting day at Freezout Lake. At least 43,000 white geese went out to feed this morning, going 14 miles east. Again this afternoon I found...
Hi Byron, Glad to have met you at Freezout the White Geese are going back up in numbers. I was there yesterday with a estimated 80,000 birds but Mike...
Byron et al.: Well, I'll bite. Hard to break it down to just ten, but after 29 years of Montana birding, these are the 10 rarities that I am always on the...
Birders, Today was sunny so I went to the south valley for birds. I saw 42 species. Birds of interest were first of the year Osprey (1) and Ruddy Duck (1)....
Dan, Thanks for biting! I am going for Black Rosy-Finch tomorrow, or Sunday if the weather is too bad tomorrow. There are 200+ Black Rosy Finches in Silver ...
Birders, I was going to stay out of this discussion, but Dan's list was interesting. I have 5 species that our on his list, so in part it depends on where you...
Had a great return trip to Freezout 4/1 an 4/2, this time with George Kelly (who I am coaxing out of the lurker catagory). Got to Pond 5 and only found ONE...
Moblers Not sure what happened to Byron's email, but, I did respond to him the same day he sent a request for information. No matter! Yes, the Black Rosy...
I uploaded a photo of a banded tundra swan. Perhaps, Jeff, Dan, et al. could help with some history. We've had a pretty darn nice invasion of swans, pintails,...
All, Not too exciting at Freezout Lake this morning. I estimated about 30,000 left the lake at 6:50 AM to go feed. I followed till it appeared they were...
I saw a flock of Black Rosy Finches in Yellowstone National Park at the confluence of the Lamar River and Soda Butte Creek the other day. They were very tame...
Hi Byron et al. I agree with Dan in that it was hard to limit it to 10 birds, even after deciding to limit it lto breeding birds. Some of these are species...
Chris: I'll defer to Mike on the swan question. But thank you for opening the door on the spelling of wigeon. Yes, wigeon. Not widgeon. Microsoft is wrong...
Chris and MOB, Blue collar U511 on the Tundra Swan was deployed at Kotzebue Sound in northwestern Alaska, probably this past summer. Most of the collars were...
MOBsters, I've enjoyed hearing your thoughts on the most sought birds for Montana, BUT how about we veer this into a declining habitat-ish discussion. Here is...
MOB & Steve, Thanks for the report. It will save me a trip until spring arrives again here in the high country. Still one A Tree Sparrow at the Cattail...
Mike, Dailey Lake has been open for a couple of weeks. Haven't seen much out there yet. Mostly distant Goldeneyes and one swan. Saw a few Mallards the last...
hey Kristi, i am pretty sure i saw a passenger pigeon just yesterday; however a red-tailed hawk was hot on its tail! they passed behind the pine trees before...
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