Red Squirrel and Firewood

Sussex School Assembly

Yesterday we were delighted to present a big PowerPoint and three birds to the kids at Sussex. This was at the invitation of our buddy Kim Peterson, 1st-2nd grade and she shares her teaching duties with a man that saw a Raptors program when he was a kid - at Sussex School, probably in that very same room. Pretty cool and thanks Sibley, iPod and Jillian, pros.

Doug Fir Firewood Galore

Thanks to pal Pat Johnson, we are well on the way to stocking up and filling the firewood shed. Splitting and stacking next!

Lenticulars To the North

Flying Sib at One Horse Creek yesterday, we enjoyed these "lens" clouds - lenticular!

My Clay Sculptures

And Sonora the Aplomado in the house today. Sure hope to make another little one with my clay from last weekend - in the kiln soon.

Clay Studio of Missoula Gig

A first yesterday, and definitely not last - we spent the afternoon with clay creators and lots of fun. We started with a big PowerPoint showing our Raptors program and my art over the ages, then had models Sibley, Simon and Owen, the stars. We'll be back and I even took home some clay of my own!

 

Today

Merlin in Colorado

A falcon photo taken with Rob Palmer's mirrorless Sony camera last Wednesday as she was hunting sparrows over thousands of cattle in a stockyard in Colorado. I had no idea what I was doing with that 22-frames-a-second outfit, but noticed the moon. Thanks, Rob!      (oops, forgot to include the photo!)

Got Firewood?

We do! Thanks pal John for delivery, Mom as a Christmas present - out by the pigeon loft and sawed up, split and stacked soon...gradually, and thanks Pat.

Conference and Sib Today

Nick and Michelle Dunlop with Dan Varland at the RRF Conference. Plus - after languishing in her building for a week with no flights, poor Sib today....HA!

HOME From the Conference

Raptor Research Foundation Conference in Fort Collins, Colorado. Home safe and sound after a 4 hour workshop Wednesday on Raptor Photography with Nick Dunlop and Rob Palmer. Now we work on our New! and Revised! Falcons of North America book. Great fun!

November Two

Flying Sib today and a little break as I head to the Raptor Research Foundation Conference in Fort Collins, Colorado next week. And what it takes to line out the food for that time I'm gone, Tom taking good care of the birds. Mice, quail, meat.