The following MOB-Montana poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: MOBsters, Okay here it is, the MOB 2007 "Photo of the Year"...
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Patrick Toomey
ptoomeyjr
Jan 1, 2008 12:37 pm
The '08 January Photo of the Month album is posted and awaiting new entries. Patrick Toomey Owner/Moderator...
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Arla Eckert
ferretimp
Jan 1, 2008 3:09 pm
8:03 this am my first bird of the New Year showed up in my yard. Arla Eckert Great Falls...
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Bob & Mo Rost
bob.rost
Jan 1, 2008 3:15 pm
Hi MOB: A friend of mine near Victor has had a Varied Thrush hanging around in brush around his feeders for some weeks now. Anyone interested in seeing this...
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Judy Hoy
jah.starling66
Jan 1, 2008 3:29 pm
Hi, My second bird for 2008 were 7 of the 21 California Quail that live on our land. They aren't on the state list yet are they? They had lots of babies last...
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Joshua Covill
birdbrainjwc
Jan 1, 2008 4:01 pm
My first bird of the new year was a little group of Pygmy Nuthatches at my suet feeder. Happy Birding Josh...
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Patrick Toomey
ptoomeyjr
Jan 1, 2008 5:28 pm
The suggestion has been made that for the January Photo Contest that photos be from EITHER December OR January, since we utilized the December contest for the...
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Judy Hoy
jah.starling66
Jan 1, 2008 5:30 pm
Hi Again, I can now add the following to my 2008 bird list, a good start for the new year. 2 Clark's Nutcracker 1 White-breasted Nuthatch a bunch of House...
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Patrick Toomey
ptoomeyjr
Jan 1, 2008 5:43 pm
MOBsters, For those interested, I have posted a new database table in which we can accumulate this year's sighting information As of this moment there are no...
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Chuck Carlson
chuckcmt
Jan 1, 2008 5:48 pm
Mobsters As of 10:30 this morning our list here in Ft. Peck stands at nine species. They include 11 Eurasian Collared-Doves, a Downy Woodpecker, a Northern...
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Charles Carlson
chuckcmt
Jan 1, 2008 5:51 pm
Patrick You may want to delete 3 of the database tables for 2008. Chuck ... which we can accumulate this ... entries, but I am certain that ... populating it...
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Lou Ann Harris
birdsmontana
Jan 1, 2008 6:09 pm
Hi Mobsters, I was just entering my 2008 sightings onto the new Big List database, and noticed there are 4 lists for 2008. The bottom one has the correct...
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Michael Schwitters
mikeschwitters
Jan 1, 2008 8:18 pm
MOB, I'll add my first of year sightings from this morning. First bird of 2008 was EC Dove. Freezout is frozen solid so no waterfowl, but a single Bohemian...
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Patrick Toomey
ptoomeyjr
Jan 1, 2008 11:12 pm
MOBsters, Sorry about the extra database tables. Not sure what happened, there was one there when I left this morning but two more appeared out of the nether...
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Sharon Dewart-Hansen
smdewart
Jan 1, 2008 11:19 pm
Hi Mobsters, Went down to Giant Springs this afternoon and picked up a few birds for 2008. Common Goldeneye Canada Goose American Widgeon Mallard Bufflehead ...
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Bob & Mo Rost
bob.rost
Jan 1, 2008 11:21 pm
Hi MOB: Today, January 1st, I found a Ferruginous Hawk on Back Road, west of Pablo MT. There is a dead cow in the field that is swarming with ravens and...
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Joshua Covill
birdbrainjwc
Jan 2, 2008 12:52 am
Today, Dan Casey and I birded the lower valley and somers area to kick off the new year. we found some exceptional birds. The highlights were Red-breasted...
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Gary Swant
garyswant
Jan 2, 2008 1:14 am
Birders, Here are the results from this year's Warm Springs CBC count. Eighteen people helped in the count today. We had 34 species and 2,616 individuals...
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Mike Lesnik
vagapaddler
Jan 2, 2008 1:54 am
Hi Mob, Just got in from some cold, calm and clear all day birding. 39 species. Bird of the day was a repeat apperance of the Three Forks CBC Virginia Rail at...
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Mike Lesnik
vagapaddler
Jan 2, 2008 3:01 am
Hi MOB, Had a snack and a drink and read all of todays posts and checked the BIG LIST. I see a lot of birds mentioned by posters - neither of which are in the ...
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tertop@...
tertop2006
Jan 2, 2008 4:40 am
Mobbers, I got to add Green-winged Teal and Gadwall to the list today - seen at Ersking FAS west of Frenchtown. Terry Toppins tertop@... ...
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Patrick Toomey
ptoomeyjr
Jan 2, 2008 6:07 am
Mobsters, PLEASE do not post new sightings into the database unless you have verified that it is not a duplicate. I have had to spend about 30 minutes...
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Dan Casey
danbcr10
Jan 2, 2008 1:52 pm
MOB-sters: Yesterday afternoon I found another adult Harris's Sparrow at a distant (~0.5 mi) neighbor's feeder here in Somers, while our own bird was in...
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Patrick Toomey
ptoomeyjr
Jan 2, 2008 2:54 pm
Mike, Thanks for volunteering the extra time to us, but I really do not think that it needs to be that complex. There is no practical reason why our list...
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Connie
c_froke_akers
Jan 2, 2008 6:50 pm
Creepers like suet-- we used Peanut Treat. They were nearly as frequent at the feeders as the woodpeckers. ~Connie Akers Richard Mousel <rmousel@...>...
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Mike Lesnik
vagapaddler
Jan 2, 2008 11:51 pm
Richard, Nice shot. Maybe add a Brown Creeper next time? Mike...
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Mike Lesnik
vagapaddler
Jan 3, 2008 12:03 am
Hi MOB, Today's birding hike was a nice change after the road work of yesterday. Warmed up nicely with little wind as I trudged up the steep portion and onto...
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Joshua Covill
birdbrainjwc
Jan 3, 2008 12:20 am
I had just got my 43rd and 44th bird today. The Northern Shrike, number 43, was in the top of a dead tree along highway 93 just south of the W Reserve and...
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Mike Lesnik
vagapaddler
Jan 3, 2008 11:41 pm
Too nice a day to get too serious; but half casual and half searching came up with 17 species. Of note: N. Pygmy Owl, Red Breasted Nuthatch, 50 B. Waxwing, juv...
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Chuck Carlson
chuckcmt
Jan 4, 2008 5:39 am
Mobsters Yesterday ( Thursday) I spent about 20 minutes watching a dark morph Rough-legged Hawk hunting along the face of the hills just below the power plants...
