Chad: Also, thanks for reminding us to take kids birding! Dan...
9920
linda.rebich
Jan 24, 2011 11:46 pm
Here in Dillon I have about 25 Eurasian Collored-Doves at my feeder. I had morning dove during migation but the EUCD stayed. One thing is they will eat out of...
9921
vireoman2004
Jan 25, 2011 12:29 am
Without starting an argument, more to make us aware of a contradictory tendency some of us seem to have (myself included), I wonder why we consider it...
9922
Dan Casey
danbcr10
Jan 25, 2011 1:31 am
Jim: I think many would agree that there are ethical questions involved in our decisions to feed birds. I know many people who choose not to, for some of the...
9923
candjbirds
Jan 25, 2011 2:44 am
Jim: There are plenty of ethical debates over baiting wild owls on the internet already, and I'm not sure any are particularly useful. In the end, folks will...
9924
Beth Hill
bt1girl
Jan 25, 2011 3:29 pm
There has been limited birding along the Missouri River between Garden Home Park and the Rainbow Dam the past 6 or 8 weeks due to the 95% frozen condition. If...
9925
Nate Kohler
nskohler
Jan 25, 2011 6:35 pm
Am I to assume, as was the case in years past, that any photos taken in December of 2010 are also eligible for the January 2011 photo contest? Nate Kohler Deer...
9926
John Carlson
mccownii
Jan 25, 2011 7:07 pm
Yes. John Carlson Fort Peck, MT jccarlson@... www.prairieice.blogspot.com http://www.pbase.com/mccownii --- nskohler@... wrote: From: "Nate...
9928
Arla Eckert
ferretimp
Jan 26, 2011 7:10 pm
Great Falls update Jan. 26, 2011 1 Northern Pintail seen from rail cars Great Falls 1 male Ruddy Duck and I think 2 F. Greater Scaup Redheads Good number of...
9929
rmr605
Jan 27, 2011 4:16 pm
Heard a male Great Horned Owl at 11:00pm last night in town!...
9930
rmr605
Jan 27, 2011 4:20 pm
Whoops! I forgot add that a Saw-whet Owl has been heard in Sedan in the North Bridgers. Has anyone else been hearing these around Bozeman?...
9931
vireoman2004
Jan 27, 2011 9:20 pm
Following the photo theme developed lately, I got a poor photo of Merlin with a House finch it had caught across the street this moring. Foggy, dull light and...
9932
Jeff Marks
bristle.thigh
Jan 28, 2011 9:08 pm
Mobsters, Although there can be little question that collared-doves breed all across Montana, you would never know it from examining records in Tracker. There...
9933
candjbirds
Jan 28, 2011 9:36 pm
Went home (near St. Peters hospital) at lunch today, and had a Cooper's Hawk sitting on a tree watching for feeder birds at the neighbor's place. It stuck...
9934
Bob and Mo Rost
bob.rost
Jan 29, 2011 3:07 pm
Hi All: Since all the MOB members I know are ethical people, I'm going to report seeing an adult male and a young female Snowy Owl along North Reservoir Road...
9935
vireoman2004
Jan 29, 2011 5:15 pm
Four Western scrub-jays in Idaho and Montana: ID (3) and MT (1). All present thru about 27 January 2011, for anyone traveling two-state area in search of birds...
9936
Bob and Mo Rost
bob.rost
Jan 29, 2011 5:28 pm
Hi Again: I have been seeing and hearing Red-winged Blackbirds on territory. They are not very enthusiastic yet, but they sure are proceeding with their...
9937
jparkerll38
Jan 29, 2011 6:21 pm
I spent a little time at Central Park Pond yesterday afternoon, with Mark Donahue. We saw 14 species of waterfowl and a single coot on the pond. Notable were...
9938
Arla Eckert
ferretimp
Jan 29, 2011 6:26 pm
Where is Central Park Pond? What city or town? Arla Eckert Great Falls...
9939
Hendricks, Paul
rosyfinch...
Jan 29, 2011 7:27 pm
A perched Barred Owl was getting mobbed by four Clark's Nutcrackers and one Steller's Jay at 10:40 today in Pattee Canyon outside Missoula. The vocalizations...
9940
Gary Swant
garyswant
Jan 29, 2011 11:55 pm
Eighteen of our Deer Lodge Birding Group went to Georgetown Lake birding today. In all we saw 28 species. We observed two Great Gray Owls. These were the...
9941
Nate Kohler
nskohler
Jan 30, 2011 12:05 am
The Central Park Pond is locatated about 3 miles southeast of Manhattan (midway between Three Forks and Belgrade). The pond is just south of I-90 along Heeb...
9942
linda.rebich
Jan 30, 2011 1:47 am
I have collared dove year round. I watch them court in the spring and they bring their young to the feed mid August. I'll try to find where they are nesting...
9943
eveinmontana
Jan 30, 2011 2:23 pm
Hello, yesterday we drove north from Dillon to Twin Bridges where we birded along the Jefferson to Whitehall. We started counting birds near Beaverhead Rock....
9944
Arla Eckert
ferretimp
Jan 30, 2011 7:34 pm
Back to winter or maybe I should say still winter here in Great Falls. The river has been frozen since early Nov. in some areas where most winters it has been...
9945
Dan
harbour1956
Jan 31, 2011 6:03 am
I made the long trip to Kalispell to see the Hawk Owl. I was able to observe the owl on Thursday, and watched it catch 2 voles or mice in the snow. I had never...
9946
vireoman2004
Jan 31, 2011 8:04 pm
This morning a female-looking Yellow-rumped warbler (photo in "Chadwick-Greaves" folder) visited our heated water bowl for a pose or two and long drinks of...
9947
stanaheath
Jan 31, 2011 10:17 pm
In Carbon County the doves seem to be present anywhere that large spruce trees (possibly other conifers) are present. That includes all the towns, but also...
9948
Kristi DuBois
eudermamontana
Feb 1, 2011 4:25 am
Hi Dan, What a shame! Thanks for letting everyone know. Was the dead bird in otherwise good shape? It would be nice if someone in the Kalispell area could...
9949
Jeff Marks
bristle.thigh
Feb 1, 2011 5:17 am
Mobsters, I completed the draft account for Eurasian Collared-Dove (for Birds of Montana) yesterday and have started the Mourning Dove account. If the former...
