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.
Pileated Woodpecker pair in the front yard. New photos nearly every day on our Blog page!
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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!
Labor Day PuppyPosted: Tue, 02 Sep 2025 Mookie wasn't too pleased for a week or two, seven years ago with Nico!
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Sorry For the Silence!Posted: Sat, 30 Aug 2025Yep. Had to buy a new computer (Mac mini) and monitor (Samsung Odessy OLED) after a terrifying day thinking I had lost everything on the 8 year-old iMac. We have TimeMachine, but whatever. So thanks to these suggestions of new systems and installation help from Fletcher at The Computer Guys in Missoula, back at it...mostly. Hopefully good for another 8 years now. And young Common Mergansers just now, a flotilla in all. They must fly upstream to float this stretch every day, 15 of them.
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Brand Brand NewPosted: Wed, 20 Aug 2025Just finished this one, a drypoint etching and this time decided to paint the whole thing rather than roll in printing inks for the background. Instead used water soluble pastels, pencils and gouache paint. 12 x 16"
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Mose Can FlyPosted: Mon, 18 Aug 2025
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Couple MorePosted: Sun, 17 Aug 2025These young Common Mergansers were feeding in the shallows, quite fun to watch and a dozen in all. Then they made a break for the deep water swimming right toward the perched eagle, who flew when they approached for some reason. I doubt he could catch these diving birds anyway, disappearing underwater.
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TodayPosted: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 Wish the eagle was in focus!
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Program TodayPosted: Tue, 12 Aug 2025Spirit At Play Early Childhood Program in Missoula, our first visit in 15 years or so! We talked about what a raptor eats and decided meat, and when I asked the kids what a falcon like Sibley here would fly down out of the sky to grab, they told me meat! Great kids and wait till you see the thank-you cards tomorrow -OWLS
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TodayPosted: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 Thanks, Brown's Greenhouse, Florence |
Nest-MatesPosted: Sun, 10 Aug 2025Non-native Eastern Fox Squirrels lived and raised young in the Bald Eagle Nest as well, lower right. They would dive for cover when an adult showed up, quite often bringing in a fox or Columbian Ground Squirrel. Other prey included birds from starlings and pigeons to ducks and geese, deer (roadkill or prey as I saw the female kill a fawn) and, oh yea, fish.
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Old TimesPosted: Sat, 09 Aug 2025Here's a fun one, four Bald Eagle chicks in the nest on the Clark Fork River, topic of my book in 2013. At that point only 12 eagle nests ever had that many, and the siblings all got along like pals, parents bringing in everything from pigeons to deer. Do you see the fox squirrel just above the "D" ? They lived in the nest as well, with young!
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