Posts made in November, 2012

Northern dilemma..seems that winter as arrived

Posted on Nov 8, 2012 in Activities, Birding, Featured | 0 comments

Heavy, snow-ladened clouds pressed down on the invisible Bitterroot Range. The light was dampened to levels similar to twilight. As I entered the Lee Metcalf National Refuge near Stevensville, the first bird I spotted was my first Rough-legged Hawk perched atop an utility pole (the usual spot). It was a typical plumaged individual with a whitish cowl. The diminutive nature of the Rough-legged Hawk’s features belay the predatory nature of the bird as it is the terror of the field’s voles and deer mouse. With passing truck underneath, it burst into flight and glided across...