I’ve been working quite a bit over the past few days and definitely not getting outside enough. This afternoon after a meeting, I went for little birding at the East Gallatin Recreation Area and the Cherry River Fishing Access. The East Gallatin was loaded with mosquitoes – they ran me out of there in a …
Tag Archive: Northern Shoveler
May
03
2009
Arrival Saturday
Woke up this morning and headed with Sam to Cottonwood Reservoir for little birding and photography. The morning started off chilly with hoar frost clinging to every dry grass stalk left over from last summer. It was a day of many firsts of the year, including Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Marbled Godwit, Willet, and many others. Full …
Apr
30
2009
A grebey kind of day
Montana has been hit with massive amounts of snow over the last few days. Almost 5 feet of winter’s vengeance in East Glacier. Down in the Gallatin Valley, we got only ~6 inches. Regardless of the weather, the birds keep coming. It seems like there is a new first of year for me almost every …



