First of all: SWALLOWS. I have been watching for their arrival all week. Yesterday, there...
						
				Specialization is not always aesthetically appealing to the generalist scavenging creatures who have so effectively...
						
				Around thirty miles from Missoula in the Bitterroot Valley lies the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife...
						
				1. The votes are in, and Red-naped Sapsucker is the winner and my proud new...
						
				Ah, nemesis birds. We crave you. We hunt for you. We make up elaborate theories...
						
				Things you may not know, but should: 1.) There is an International Festival of Owls....
						
				Late winter, or second winter, or whatever you want to call it, continues its slow...
						
				It’s been an indoorsy kind of week here in Montana, so I’m sharing a bit...
						
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