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The Why of Ferrets

10,000 Birds

Then, in Meeteese, Wyoming, the Hogg family’s ranch dog Shep found something. The way Randy figures it, a desperate or curious ferret discovered a bowl of dog chow, and set to eating kibbles; then Shep discovered the ferret. It was the taxidermist who realized what the dog had stumbled upon and alerted the wider world.

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The Amazing Exploding Dove Meets Montana

10,000 Birds

And of Wyoming. My ears perk up with every new song, my tail wags (ok, not literally, but darn close) every time I see or hear about a newly-returned migrant. They appear regularly on our Christmas Bird Counts and number in the hundreds. Whatever they used to be, they are now a bird of Montana. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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