Monthly Archive: August 2009

Aug
16
2009

Summer 2009 Top 25

I awoke this morning to a fall snap in the air, and I was reminded that the summer of 2009 is drawing to an end. Maybe it is a memorial to the warm weather, but I have selected my favorite 25 images from the summer.          

Aug
15
2009

Sometimes things are slow

With the passing of a storm that dumped rain in the Gallatin Valley and laid a layer of fresh snow in the Hyalites, Sam and I headed out to Cottonwood Reservoir for a little shorebirding. The reservoir was full of Eared Grebes, American Coots and a assortment of waterfowl – all with young. It was …

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Aug
12
2009

A Band-tailed Chase

As I heard the news of a Band-tailed Pigeon that had taken up residence in Elliston near Helena, I was hoping beyond hope that the bird would stay for the couple of days it would take for me to clear up my business in Plains and head out there. How many times I have chase …

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