My favorite photo - a newly fledged Bald Eagle has a feisty American Kestrel take a ride for a second, taken at the river behind the house.
Pileated Woodpecker pair in the front yard. New photos nearly every day on our Blog page!
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Things are always hopping at the Raptors of the Rockies organization. We're taking care of the birds and maintaining their enclosures, we're conducting raptor programs at local schools and organizations across Western Montana, art is flying out of the studio, we're taking photos and shooting video, we're out in the field birding and/or doing research, and much, much more. To help you keep up with the flurry of activities happening at Raptors of the Rockies, we're blogging on a more-or-less daily basis and our most recent posts are listed below. Enjoy!
Eager BeaversPosted: Sun, 06 Jul 2025The resident beavers are building another dam under our bridge across the slough, several attempts over the years. One time our dogs ripped the branches out with great relish every trip to the river, for some reason. This is just three days (nights) work! Before Tom built the bridge 23 or so years ago, a beaver dam was our access to the other side, washed out repeatedly.
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Holy Pelicans!Posted: Sat, 05 Jul 2025Right over the Raptor Ranch.
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Some FunPosted: Fri, 04 Jul 2025New one today, drypoint etching called "Red-tail and her Stick" inspired by a hawk I saw last summer, flying high, dropping a little stick and catching it over and over. Playful fun. 12" x 16" with printing inks, gouache and pencils.
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"We're Outa Here!"Posted: Wed, 02 Jul 2025No eagles in the nest Tuesday afternoon and one flew over to the pine trees by the pigeon building at 5 pm. So the earliest fledging since I started watching that nest by the house, 2011. This is my favorite shot of the youngsters, taken in 2017!
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The Little Babies...Posted: Tue, 01 Jul 2025...at the nest today, ready to fledge in July. Hey, that's coming up!
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GBHPosted: Sat, 28 Jun 2025I love herons, and this one was hunting mammals right next to the road at Metcalf NWRefuge, lucked out. But she didn't and no mice/voles/gophers/ground squirrels for breakfast.
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Battle of the StickPosted: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 Mose almost always beats Nico, our daily walk to the river.
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So Flattering!Posted: Wed, 25 Jun 2025What a nice eagle flight portrait, just kidding. Over the river today and I must say I would much rather butcher chickens for two hours than transplant little trees from the yard to the front of the Falconhouse for shade. Some shade that might work in 10 or 20 years. So unnecessary, neighbor.
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Summer-izingPosted: Tue, 24 Jun 2025With the new neighbor's 80-foot warehouse built up against our fence/enclosures we were forced to move half the birds, including the two Peregrines. The new Falconhouse is cooking in these summer temperatures so forced to make some modifications. First, thermometers, shade cloth, then insulation across the inner roof, fans running all day and even planting relocated trees in the front for shade. Shade? So difficult.
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Painting AwayPosted: Sun, 22 Jun 2025It is always a treat trying to figure out how to color that first run print, and what you can't hear here is the jazz on the stereo!
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