10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2012

One of the admirable things about Montana is how it contains prime examples of not one, but two iconic North American landscapes. But eastern Montana contains the equally though differently stunning high plains, a world unto itself with very different wildlife meeting very different challenges.

Wildlife 192

Wildlife Ferrets Montana Prairie Dogs 192

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2012

If we get close enough we might see a pink maw and slivers of white teeth, ready to take a prairie dog by the throat and choke the life out but also rather perversely adorable. Ferret 492 — a black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes — raises her head from a black-tailed prairie dog’s burrow, sniffs the April night.

Ferrets 174

Ferrets Prairie Dogs Coyotes Kittens 174

10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2013

When you move on to Montana, you discover that there are worse things that one species of tiny screaming mammal tricking you each year as you try to cope with an influx of songbirds and a winterized memory bank that contains only Black-capped Chickadees and Dark-eyed Juncos (and only about half their calls at that.) You sigh and move on.

Chipmunks 186

Chipmunks Squirrels Rodents Montana 186

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

Ruddy Quail-Dove – Geotrygon montana. Marathon Prairie Dog Town. CR-Heredia-Sarapiqui (10.4553,-84.0011). 02 Jan 2018. Blue Ground-Dove – Claravis pretiosa. Cano Negro Refuge (10.8838,-84.7915). 07 Feb 2018. 20 Feb 2018. Violaceous Quail-Dove – Geotrygon violacea. Hostel Casa Sarapiqui. 22 Oct 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113