Must have been a day for three-toed woodpeckers. I enjoyed watching a nest cavity this afternoon at the Cache Creek Trailhead. There are a few pictures in my...
Hi MOB, About noon on the 4th of July I was hiking back down the Wallace Pass trail - TR #58 in QQLL 39D3- after observing a single male 3-toed Woodpecker in...
MOBsters, A couple hours at Freezout Lake found some interesting birds. An American Bittern was seen flying near Pond 4. Five White-faced Ibis were in the...
Birders, In my continued quest for 300 species, we went for Flammulated Owls in the Darby area at Sula Peak Lookout. Nate Kohler, Wayne Tree, my grandson Caleb...
Hello, I want to go bird freezout and Benton Lake NWR this summer to see many of the areas summer residents, but money and time(my parents are really busy!) is...
Mobsters There is a site that shows arrival dates of Chimney Swifts all over the U.S. If you have any arrival dates for Chimney Swifts you can post them at: ...
Hello Fellow Birders, We would like to thank Mike L & Richard M for their report of the YBC. My husband & I went down on Sunday; and after a bit we found the...
Hi All, Checked Freezout Lake this mid morning after a week of motor tripping. The most unusual thing were Marbled Godwits, flocks of them, apparently ...
Hello Mobsters, John Parker and Erick Hendrickson reported that there is a Northern Mockingbird 9.4 miles North of Gardner that has been there since at least...
Hi Mobsters Richard and I spent the day exploring some new turf for us. In so doing, we ultimately ended up at Dailey Lake - not far north of the Gardiner...
Hi MOB, Late Saturday evening and early Sunday morning the backroads of the Judith Basin (Geyser, Cascade, Denton areas) was good for several observations of...
mobsters, this is a bit of old news but still relevant in that the birds might still be found in the areas noted. the information is courtesy of George Mowat,...
Hi Birders: Just got off the phone with Mike Lesnik, he called to report a pair of nesting YBC in the Hardy Creek area, they are in Prewet Creek Campground ...
Good morning all, Woods are getting a bit more silent. Hummingbirds have returned with gusto. Seems to be alot of Western Tanagers this year. Still working...
My husband and I were surprised to see a colorful male House Finch feeding at a Hummingbird feeder hanging in our garden Friday evening. A female Housefinch...
It looks like the river level has gone down now which means the mud/sand bar here in Great Falls is now good to great birding. There are young California Gulls...
Hello, For those of you who don't know, I am 14 years old, but, I am a very good birder and enjoy birds a lot. I accompanied am man named Dwight on a point...
Birders, Nate Kohler and I just finished a week of birding in Eastern Montana. In six days we traveled 2,001 miles. We started birding in Fort Peck, then...
MOBsters, For those entering the monthly contest, PLEASE be sure to complete all aspects of the form so that we can properly start the contest. In the...
Mobsters, During a horseback ride this morning near Leverich Canyon, south of Bozeman, I heard a singing OVENBIRD. Since this is a new bird for me, and I...
Hi Birders: Much to my delight I had a new bird watching me as I filled my feeders this morning, and I could hear an unfamiliar call from some near by trees. ...
Hi all... Photographer Greg Lasley was just here at Medicine Lake and took some great Baird's sparrow (also grasshopper sparrow and others) photos..he has ...
Hi Birders: Just posted a couple images of the Rose-Breasted Grosbeak that visited my yard yesterday. They are in my Mousel's Album which is on the last page...
Mob-sters: Having done some follow-up with one of the observers in Kalispell, I'm fairly certain that the multiple birds reported as potential Summer Tanagers...
I'm reporting for Gary and Nate Kohler who are making a state run this week to add birds to their state lists. Gary has added the black-billed cuckoo, Le...
There was a gray flycatcher in the west parking lot at Bannack SP yesterday - in the tall sagebrush bordering the north perimeter. Another birder commented to...
This morning I pulled into the driveway at my son's preschool/daycare and opened up the back of my suburban to get Bridger's toy bald eagle out of his...
Good Morning: Had a strange bird with red on it clinging to a thistle sock this morning, then it flew to the platform feeder. A male Rose-Breasted Grosbeak,...