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Updated 4/28/2017 7:39:45 AM

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 Goslings Posted: Wed, 24 Jun 2026   Roof Weekend Posted: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 Dave Plummer built all the bird enclosures here 25 years ago with Mike Hupe, and he just spent two days on top of our new Falconhouse with a product designed to cut the summertime heat inside. His idea and temperature gauges were installed. On Saturday he scrubbed and one coat with a roller, Sunday a thick brush coat and fingers crossed. I had to bring Sibley inside every day last summer despite insulation, shade cloth and a fan. No shade and 102 degrees. This white reflective product should do the trick, we hope. Look at how white Dave looks up there as he finishes up! Heron Time Posted: Sat, 20 Jun 2026   Kids And Sculptures! Posted: Fri, 19 Jun 2026   Bird Sculptures Today! Posted: Fri, 19 Jun 2026   MAM Camp Posted: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 That time of year, Missoula Art Museum Raptors And Art Camp, our 23rd year in a row. Bev Beck Glueckert and I started this in 2003, had a few more camps for the Montana Natural History Center before that. Day 1: Falcons, Day 2: Owls. Now paper mache birds and photos tomorrow, can hardly wait Heron Today Posted: Tue, 16 Jun 2026   Red-tail In the Wilderness Posted: Sat, 13 Jun 2026 Top of an irrigation set-up, actually.  Heron Pal Posted: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 Beth the Great Blue Heron here for years and back on a favorite perch today. So recognizable with the missing back toe and split in her upper beak, surviver and Friend! Backyard Rainbow Posted: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 Visit our blog Top

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