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! Today! ScratchboardPosted: Mon, 18 Mar 2024
| Our BoysPosted: Sat, 16 Mar 2024Eagles Sonny the Bald and Nigel the Golden who is 28 years old now! Sonny came to us with adult plumage 13 years ago so age unknown, Nigel was shot when he was 2. They get along just fine when no one is around.
| Winter PintailsPosted: Wed, 13 Mar 2024Just finished this drypoint etching tonight and another experiment, might still need some touches. These Pintails will be friends forever now. 12" x 9" with lots of colors added to the print. Whew, and now a scratchboard tomorrow, just got a bunch from Blick.
| 2012Posted: Sun, 10 Mar 2024A photo from the first year the near-by nest produced chicks, three fledged, and three times since! She's still sitting tight as viewing from the house and beach is clear of pesky cottonwood leaves, not a problem in the "olden days." Those surrounding trees are growing like weeds...HA!
| Eagle-LandPosted: Wed, 06 Mar 2024A couple photos from yesterday, fish delivery and female feasting. And I mistakenly reported 4 months since the total knee replacement surgery- actually 10 months and was told in a second-opinion surgeon's visit: "It could take a year. Could take two. Might never heal." Let's hope it does, eventually.
| Eagle Incubation!Posted: Mon, 04 Mar 2024Today the female was nestled in the nest for hours, her mate perched above (later on about how I can tell them apart.) Anyway, this is the earliest start by one day, so add 35 days for hatching, then three months and voila! Fledging on the 4th of July, usually. This photo is ten years ago in April 2014, the only year that they had one chick. However they did skip breeding for three years from 2018-2020. I watch them through a scope in the living room mornings, then on the beach afternoons. My therapy, and 10 months today since the disastrous knee surgery, the pain keeping me awake at night. Bummer.
| Eagle TimePosted: Sun, 03 Mar 2024Our view from the yard and that's the nest just above my name. Painting some etchings then heading down with the dogs, and camera of course. I missed a couple great shots this winter when I opted to just bring the "little" camera. One when "batteries exhausted." It haunts me, those images, oh well.
| Porcupine PaintingPosted: Sun, 03 Mar 2024 My one-day art piece, and thought I would throw it away about 5 times. Hence the fast scratching through the paint on the Claybord to make a Porcupine. I tried colored pencils, photo coloring pencils, every kind of pastel, oil paint, acrylic, and every magic marker in the house, plus plain old Crayola crayons to color the thing. Nope. So this will be my image to try on scratchboard next.
| Eagle NeighborPosted: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 | New Etching!Posted: Tue, 27 Feb 2024Our Long-eared Owl, Degas, an image I have had in my head for years. Now on Rives BFK paper and painted with gouache and Arteza Brush Pens and tons of printing inks! Next a Porcupine painting on Claybord.
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