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!
Miller Barns to the RescuePosted: Sat, 22 Mar 2025I knew we had to move a bunch of birds with the neighbor's new warehouse, and thought of the buildings by Miller Barns! I was standing front of a gorgeous greenhouse talking to owner Tim Schrock on the phone. "Can you make it 16 feet long, slanted roof, divided in half, doors on either end?" SURE and two weeks later, the new Falconhouse delivered/installed south of the driveway. Awesome, new pals!
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Before/After 2Posted: Thu, 20 Mar 2025
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RelocationPosted: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 In o In our 25th year at the Raptor Ranch in the Bitterroot Valley, we have undergone a huge facelift this month. Changes in the neighborhood have required us to relocate half our birds, two to the southern side of the property in a new building after the quiet solitude they enjoyed their entire lives. We have new neighbors and their 80 foot warehouse built by the enclosures.There is a solution thanks to an awesome local business and news on the way. Before/After
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Big DayPosted: Wed, 19 Mar 2025We started the afternoon with a visit from our favorite high school science teacher, Vanessa Haflich and her senior class. It was our 6th year in a row we guessed (bet I could look that up) and lucked out between snow squalls. Then a trip to Missoula for a Board Meeting that we decided was the opposite of a Bored Meeting. Big news on the way.
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Quail, Too!Posted: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 I keep hearing the name of a place I lived as a kid, "Chicago! Chicago!" and it's all the California Quail in the yard. Beginning of breeding season for these non-native, introduced, everywhere-birds. That's what their call sounds like, but actually we lived in Glenview, Illinois - 1965 or so.
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Song Sparrows Singing!Posted: Fri, 14 Mar 2025
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AnotherPosted: Mon, 10 Mar 2025Here's another shot from the program last week for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, or MOLLI, U of M. They gave me a little round of applause when I announced I just got my Medicare card - they are all over 50!
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MOLLI ProgramPosted: Fri, 07 Mar 2025Two hours at the University of Montana Tuesday, Nigel the Golden Eagle and Sibley the Peregrine there 10 years ago. Also Portia and Little Billie our great owls!
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Just NowPosted: Sat, 01 Mar 2025
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GBHeronPosted: Sat, 22 Feb 2025Our friendly neighborhood Great Blue Heron at the slough yesterday for the dog walk.
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