Every year, Montana birders descend upon on Freezout Lake, between Fairfield and Choteau, during the last weekend of March or first weekend of April. Why do we show up in the out of the way part of the state? White geese…10,000′s of Snow Geese. It is a scene that is only experience of few times …
Monthly Archive: March 2009
Mar
15
2009
What the hell is wrong with people?
A California Condor was found to be suffering from lead poisoning (that’s an entirely different rant), but it had been shot by some ignorant hillbilly. What the hell would possess a person to take aim and pull the trigger at a creature on the brink of extinction. What purpose does it serve? Does it make …
Mar
09
2009
Daylight Savings Time = Birding Time
Today on Facebook and Twitter, I posted a status, “Daylight Savings Time = Birding Time”. Upon reflecting on this statement and the responses from friends, I would like to examine this premise a little further. With the springing forward of the clock, we birders have a couple of uniquely useful resulting circumstances that benefit most …
Mar
03
2009
Some teeth restored to the ESA
Reversing a monumentally ridiculous ruling from the departed Bush administration, the current Obama administration restore the provision of the Endangered Species Act that requires review of government projects by biologists to determine what, if any, impacts would be caused. This is a great day for the ESA and conservation in general. Read full article

