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My favorite photo - a newly fledged Bald Eagle has a feisty American Kestrel take a ride for a second, taken at the river behind the house. Quick Links About Us Contact Us Education Programs News Articles Our Expenses Program Schedule Program Statistics Raptor Backers Raptor Books Raptor Gear Raptor Links Raptor Newsletter Raptor Ranch Raptor Videos Teaching Team Wildlife Art Traveling Trunks are ready to rent! Pileated Woodpecker pair in the front yard. New photos nearly every day on our Blog page!

Things are always hopping at the Raptors of the Rockies organization. We're taking care of the birds and maintaining their enclosures, we're conducting raptor programs at local schools and organizations across Western Montana, art is flying out of the studio, we're taking photos and shooting video, we're out in the field birding and/or doing research, and much, much more. To help you keep up with the flurry of activities happening at Raptors of the Rockies, we're blogging on a more-or-less daily basis and our most recent posts are listed below. Enjoy! Visit our blog Gotta Love a Muskrat Posted: Fri, 12 Dec 2025   Just Now! Posted: Thu, 11 Dec 2025  Okay, a few hours ago. Here's Another Old Favorite Posted: Mon, 08 Dec 2025   Next One Posted: Sun, 07 Dec 2025 The next etching is an Osprey, probably this bird at Flathead Lake but a different pose. Love reviewing these old "shots." New Etching Posted: Thu, 04 Dec 2025 After days of experiments, and the new etching, "Pacific Peale's Peregrine" from a much-loved bird on the Washington Coast. This falcon was banded in 2007 by Dan Varland of Coastal Raptors as a first-year male. Wearing visual ID band W/Z, he was exceptionally approachable which, for years, made him a favorite falcon of the Coastal Raptors research group and photographers alike. Sadly, W/Z died at age eight after striking a powerline on the beach. (To the relief of those of us who knew him, several years after the tragedy the line was removed.).   Drypoint etching with gouache, 12" x 16" Just One This Day Posted: Tue, 02 Dec 2025 "Get Back Here, You Big Baby" Posted: Sun, 30 Nov 2025   Happy Turkey Day! Posted: Thu, 27 Nov 2025   MAM Auction Piece Posted: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 This is my etching in the Missoula Art Museum Auction in February, Yay! And on Friday afternoon I had a Raptors program for Clark Fork School, 60 little kids. I had my etching in the car to drop off at MAM afterward. We thought to bring it inside and at the very end I held it up, asked the kids what these animals were, flipped it over and they all shouted:   “Pelicans!"    Junior Zoologists, all. So proud. On and On! Posted: Mon, 24 Nov 2025   Visit our blog Top

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