This week we have had Evening Grosbeaks, Blackhead Grosbeaks and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks in our yard! We have never had a Rose-breasted before. See many of...
I went up Bear Canyon, south of Bridger, east of Warren. I have been up numerous times, but this was the first time this year. I saw a Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher...
MOB, Yesterdays Orange-crowned Warbler & Lincoln's Sparrow along with today's Chipping and Clay-colored Sparrow put the town list at fifty. Bonus was the...
Mobbers, Diane Gresham and I re-located the Rose-breasted Grosbeak this morning along the Sourdough Nature Trail, south of Bozeman. It's been around since May...
MOB-sters: I am putting together a gull talk for this coming weekend's birding festival in Missoula. I would like to include a few photos of the Montana Lesser...
Hi, I just posted 2 photos of a duck bill that we found at Freezout yesterday. I am thinking it was a Canvasback. Any thoughts? Photos will be found under A....
Hi all, we just did our Bird-A-Thon. This year we did it in 2 parts. Sunday night we started at 6 pm at Giant Springs and birded that area until just before...
We've just heard and seen our first of the year Nighthawks flying over our house. We're also enjoying a pair of Western Bluebirds who have set up residence in...
With all the recent rain in the Polson area, I expected dead birds in the boxes, but at one box with 3 dead and 2 looking pretty soggy, I decided to do...
Greetings, It was a great day on the bird trails yesterday, possibly a personal best for me at Canyon Ferry. 60 species, with FOY western tanager, greater...
Thanks to all who post their sightings of Montana birds. However, as a new resident to the state, I would like to remind people to add the location to every...
We were the other birders at Metcalf who spoke to Will and saw the black swift. We did not have time for the river walk to see the Vaux but did see 3 swifts...
Mobsters, Thanks for all the ID help, sometimes the obvious evades one. I was trying to put it in the flycatcher category. The part I did not tell everyone is ...
Woke up to a singing Western Tanager in my yard this morning...it's great to see them back in Bozeman again. Good birdin' Radd Sent from my Verizon Wireless...
The action in our yard has been lively the past couple of weeks. Besides the usual spring onslaught of Cassin's finches and pine siskins, for the last several...
Hello, Montana. I would be grateful for any help pinpointing good spots for these 5 species in late June in Glacier along the GTTS Rd and Many Glacier: Black...
Thanks to Bob for tip on looking for swifts. Found at least one black swift this afternoon high above Lee Metcalf Refuge in Stevensville during cloudy, drizzly...
Hi All, Well it has started again. Every spring when it is cold outside, I get calls from people who have perches on their feeders, who find hypothermic...
Hi MOB, Back on the Lewistown trail system after a two week absence I was greeted by 20 new species; best of which was a Western Tanager pair and a female...
Hi Mobsters, I have a new yard bird that I would like to have ID conformation on. It is attached to this message, hopefully site moderators will put it in the...
We observed a blue grosbeak out Pryor Mountain Rd south of Bridger -- just three miles from the highway. We will put photo in the "year" album although it is...
Today, I found two Western Kingbirds on a nest in Broadus, QLL 44D. I do not see a breeding code for this species in QLL 44D in Skaar's 6th. Byron K. Butler ...
Jeff and all, Dr. Calder wrote a long letter in his own hand to me, which I quoted some parts exactly in my post. He sounded concerned about the issue in his...
Despite a persistent drizzle all morning, 16 people participated in the Flathead Audubon field trip to Glacier Park on Saturday May 29th. Fifty-three species...
Though tomorrow is a holiday it will ALSO be the deadline for our May Photo of the Month Contest. Only four photos have been entered thus far. Entries must...
Our Butte backyard hosted a dozen Cassin's finches and 20 pine siskins -- in addition to the usual house finches and both black-capped and mountain chickadees....
Hi MOB, I wanted to add a few other Westby sighting that Ed Harper did not mention in his posts. I was in the park from Thursday afternoon (5/27) until...
