Mobsters While there is not a lot of new birds to report we did add a new bird to the yard list on Monday when a Rough-legged Hawk flew over a corner of the...
A drake Eurasian Wigeon was present at the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge on Pond 6 (image in my album, Radd's Album). There was also an influx of Tundra...
for those of you who might be interested in a spectacle, there were 26,000 snow geese at Freezeout Lake this morning; that number will probably double by the...
All, Numbers at Freezout Lake WMA this (Wed) morning: Snow Geese, >26,000 Tundra Swans, 806 Ducks (mostly Northern Pintails), several thousands, maybe more...
The ice is melting at Benton Lake refuge and we have >2,000 northern pintails along with mallards, American wigeon, canvasbacks, redheads, ring-necked ducks,...
MOB-sters: The number and variety of migrant waterfowl at Church Sough (between Kalispell and Somers) remain high. Numbers of Northern Pintails declined since...
Mobsters, I've gotten a small flurry of interest from people wanting to bird in The Gambia. Thus, I am looking for participants for a two-week tour to run...
Rumor has it that this owl's been there for a week... I went to see it this morning. It's sitting right on the bird feeder this morning, completely unfazed by...
Hi all, I had a small flock of a dozen cedar waxwings feeding on berries along the Clark Fork in downtown Missoula this morning. Curiously, one had a fairly...
I posted a picture of a weird junco that showed up in our yard in Missoula today. It appears to be an Oregon Dark-eyed Junco with confused DNA. Jim Brown...
Hi all: At long last I saw a Gyrfalcon on Olsen Road between Ninepipes Road and Logan Road (near Charlo) near the hunter parking area. That was a very...
Paul's bird is not a pure Red-shafted. various forms of intergrades abound in Montana. a pure male Yellow-shafted has a brownish face, black malar stripe,...
Yesterday I did a tour of the landscape north and west of Billings looking for spring waterfowl. It was a bust. I first stopped at Spidel Waterfowl Management...
Spotted a beautiful male Eurasian Wigeon Friday March 8 in the big pond, swimming among the American Wigeons. 8-10 Trumpeter Swans there as well, along with...
MOB, On a drive around the Gallatin Valley on Saturday, saw my first Red-winged Black Bird (NW of Belgrade) and American Robin (Central Park Pond). Reese Creek...
We saw a single sandhill crane silently fly over and land in a field near the Cobblestone Fishing Access along the Madison River today. A sure sign of spring.....
All, The bird numbers (except for the Canada Geese) continue to build at Freezout. More than 4,000 Snow Geese were feeding in fields south and east of the...
I was very delighted to hear the song of a Western Meadowlark yesterday - March 9th - just over my head in a tree at the Helena Regulating Reservoir. I took...
Have seen a handful of Mountain Bluebirds on the north side of the Little Belts yesterday and today, so they are moving upstate. Put one shot from today in my...
Mobsters: Wayne Tree found a Gr. White-fronted Goose on Pond 6 at about 2 pm this afternoon. The male Eurasian Wigeon continues (since 3/6) on Pond 5 mixed in...
Mobsters: Off of Riverside in Creston (near my house), there were 3 SNOW GEESE in a flock of about 175 Canada Geese. Craig Hohenberger Mobsters: Off of...
Hello All, I found one adult Greater White-fronted Goose at the ARCO Ponds this afternoon. It was located near the Rainbow Bridge on East Pond. I viewed it...
I just added a new bird to my 18-month old yard list, a beautiful male Lark Sparrow. He was walking down the gravel driveway, picking up grit (or ants)....
