Saturday, July 19, 2025

Friday, July 18, 2025

Thursday, July 17, 2025

Today At the Beach

 The other Bald Eagle fledgling waiting for some nice nutrition to float by, scavenger-fashion. Not very spooky with me and the swimming dogs.



Wednesday, July 16, 2025

MCAT Camp

Missoula Community Access Television Kids, and started this Filmmaking Camp with the International Wildlife Film Festival in 1989, today the kids on the beach and at the van, major fun. Thanks MCAT and Scott Ranf! Our birds filmed for fun, all afternoon.
    

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Monday, July 14, 2025

Eagle Time This Afternoon

Bald Eagle Beach today, two weeks of fledging and begging.

 

Sunday, July 13, 2025

All In the Family

 Sandhill Cranes today strolling through some near-by agriculture.



Friday, July 11, 2025

Olden Days Favorite

"There was a fifth dog but the stick was too short"


 

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Tree Swallows

 A kestrel has been making the rounds at all of the swallow boxes and have seen him score. This box is right in the yard, a snapshot just now when I was hanging the laundry on the line.



Sunday, July 6, 2025

Eager Beavers

The resident beavers are building another dam under our bridge across the slough, several attempts over the years. One time our dogs ripped the branches out with great relish every trip to the river, for some reason. This is just three days (nights) work! Before Tom built the bridge 23 or so years ago, a beaver dam was our access to the other side, washed out repeatedly.



Saturday, July 5, 2025

Holy Pelicans!

Right over the Raptor Ranch.

 

Thursday, July 3, 2025

Some Fun

New one today, drypoint etching called "Red-tail and her Stick" inspired by a hawk I saw last summer, flying high, dropping a little stick and catching it over and over. Playful fun. 12" x 16" with printing inks, gouache and pencils. 


Wednesday, July 2, 2025

"We're Outa Here!"

No eagles in the nest Tuesday afternoon and one flew over to the pine trees by the pigeon building at 5 pm. So the earliest fledging since I started watching that nest by the house, 2011. This is my favorite shot of the youngsters, taken in 2017!