Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the MOB-Montana group: The 'October Photo of the Month' contest has ten entries. Please select your...
5080
Michael Schwitters
mikeschwitters
Nov 1, 2008 12:37 pm
MOBsters, The following is a posting that I found on the Alaska equivalent to our list serve. Mike Schwitters Choteau MT *Subject: AK/Montana Goldens?* From:...
5081
John Carlson
mccownii
Nov 1, 2008 5:03 pm
Mike and others, A number of years ago I was trapping eagles near Ennis for a project and we captured a Golden Eagle that had been banded by Carol McIntyre in...
5082
Jim Greaves
lbvireo
Nov 1, 2008 5:19 pm
I added 4 images of the planter-box-condo I made from scraps this past summer. 6 holes were occupied, most simultaneously, during the summer by Tree (2) and...
5083
Sharon Dewart-Hansen
smdewart
Nov 1, 2008 8:50 pm
Went to Benton Lake this morning. Was greeted by a coyote. Bird-wise, some of the same faces. The Swan numbers have lessen but the Snow Geese have taken over a...
5084
Chad Adams
candjbirds
Nov 2, 2008 3:45 am
Spent a few hours this morning walking around Helena regulating reservoir. Found great horned owl, two bald eagles, 20 or so loons, several ring billed ducks,...
5085
Dan Casey
danbcr10
Nov 2, 2008 3:48 am
MOB-sters: Our Anna's Hummingbird was here again today; we saw it at 08:05 this morning and again at 17:00 this evening. Josh Covill and I checked over the 500...
5086
Gary Swant
garyswant
Nov 2, 2008 2:50 pm
Birders, I had an interesting observation yesterday. While out trying to find a Great Horned Owl for my 2008 list, (can you believe that I have not seen one)...
5087
Sharon Dewart-Hansen
smdewart
Nov 2, 2008 10:10 pm
Hello Fellow Birders, Our trip north got canceled due to illness of other parties, so we decided to take a trip down to Helena to look for the Parasitic Jaeger...
5088
Patrick A. Toomey Jr.
ptoomeyjr
Nov 3, 2008 12:25 am
MOBsters, Can we as a group get slightly socialistic? Got your attention yet? Many people may want to participate in one or more than one Christmas bird...
5089
Sharon Dewart-Hansen
smdewart
Nov 3, 2008 1:36 am
I was going through some of my photos from earlier today and found 2 Gulls that were not Ring-bills. They are larger the Ring-bills nearby. Does anyone know...
5090
elizabeth_madden@...
lunarruna2
Nov 3, 2008 4:34 pm
There have been two snowy owls stationed along the Refuge tour route the past week. On Sat. they were even sharing the same fence brace at one point. Several...
5091
Jim Greaves
lbvireo
Nov 3, 2008 7:54 pm
Sharon -- Your birds look like California gulls to me -- primaries blackish rather than brown -- though hard to tell in the images you posted, due to distance...
5092
Jim Greaves
lbvireo
Nov 3, 2008 8:03 pm
Did NOT mean to imply Dan's gull was not Thayer's! I ALWAYS have a bit of trouble with bill size, and had originally learned to look at each feather pattern...
5093
John Carlson
mccownii
Nov 3, 2008 8:13 pm
Hello all, I thought I would pass along this post from our neighbor bird forum to the north concerning Snowy Owls, in light of Beth's recent report from Med....
5094
Jeff Marks
bristle.thigh
Nov 3, 2008 8:44 pm
Sharon, These photos are not the easiest to evaluate, but the birds look like juvenile Herring Gulls to me: large body relative to nearby Ring-bills; overall...
I agree with Jeff, esp relative to size, and most of time, paleness of CAGU over-all; bill seems too hard to tell if bi-colored at the distance, though...
5097
Bob Martinka
birder_bob
Nov 3, 2008 10:56 pm
MOB: Thanks to Sharon's post about sighting the jaeger at The Helena Reg. Res.on Sunday, I headed out that way this morning to meet Gary Swant and Nate Kohler...
5098
Nate Kohler
nskohler
Nov 4, 2008 12:31 am
MOB-sters, I've posted a few digiscoped photos of some gulls that Bob Martinka, Gary Swant and I observed at the Helena landfill today. There are two photos of...
5099
Sharon Dewart-Hansen
smdewart
Nov 4, 2008 2:19 am
You're welcome Bob. Now you're gonna have to tell us where this landfill is with the "Good" Gulls. By the way, the Gull pictures I posted looked a lot like the...
5100
Cliff and Lisa Weisse
cliffweisse
Nov 4, 2008 2:53 am
Nate, I just looked at your photos - can't resist gulls. The Glaucous-winged candidate looks a bit too dark to be a "pure" Glaucous-winged. Although the...
5101
Nate Kohler
nskohler
Nov 4, 2008 3:20 am
Cliff, Thanks for your input. We had a first winter Glaucous-winged in the same location last year, and in comparing the photos, I noticed this years bird was...
5102
Nate Kohler
nskohler
Nov 4, 2008 4:07 am
Cliff, I forgot to mention - If you like a good " Gull Mystery ", you should check out the five " unknown gull " photos in Bob Martinka's album ( Bob's Bird...
5103
Dan Casey
danbcr10
Nov 4, 2008 4:34 am
Nate et al: I agree that the three birds are Glaucous, GWGUxWEGU, and Thayer's. The hybrid appears to be the same bird that Bob photogaphed a week or so ago,...
5104
Dan Casey
danbcr10
Nov 4, 2008 4:39 am
MOB-sters: Yesterday (2 Nov.) we had our Anna's Hummingbird still in the yard, a Harris's Sparrow, and a small flock of Bohemian Waxwings. Susannah did not see...
5105
Larry Carter
birder43
Nov 4, 2008 5:59 am
Coming back from Great Falls near Vaugn I saw 2 Rough-legged Hawks. At home in Fairfield saw one adult male Merlin in the town park near me today. At Freezout...
5106
Byron Butler
borealbirder
Nov 4, 2008 6:01 am
Saturday, 11/01, my wife, Maggie and I drove from Bozeman to Lemhi Pass to explore the Jefferson River valley, trace Lewis and Clark, and, of course, to find...
5107
Byron Butler
borealbirder
Nov 4, 2008 6:17 am
Recent Northern Shrike sightings: Nov 2: 1, north end of Ennis Lake, Madison Co. Nov 1: 2, Twin Bridges, Madison Co.-- west of town, first right after...
5108
Nate Kohler
nskohler
Nov 4, 2008 6:26 am
Dan, Thanks for your thoughts on the Helena gull photos. I find myself struggling with the first year " Montana Thayer's ", always finding them a little bit...
