Prairie Ice

A collection of thoughts and photos of my life and work in the northern Great Plains of North America (and occasionally other places in the world).

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Friday, May 30, 2008

Bird License Plates

I got my new personalized plates (Montana has front and back license plates) today. They used to be my friend Jeff Marks license plates on h...

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Blue Emergence

This Lazuli Bunting has taken up residence in the neighborhood. The drab grayish g reen tips of his feathers are slowly wearing off reveal...

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Mourning Warbler

Like Bill of the Birds , I am hosting a male Mourning Warbler in my backyard. He showed up about a week ago and I am assuming that the bird ...

New Kids in the Neighborhood

After watching the adults trade incubation shifts for a while it appears that we have some new baby Hairy Woodpeckers in the backyard. This ...

Monday, May 26, 2008

Bird Songs of the North American Prairie

Last year about this time John Neville and his wife Heather ( Neville Recording ) came to Valley County. John was working on a new CD, recor...

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Warblers

Memorial Day weekend usually is the high time for spring migration in Northeastern Montana. This year the weekend was shaping up to be a goo...

Saturday, May 17, 2008

Marsh Wren

This morning I went down along the river to a small drainage where I found a Marsh Wren building a nest yesterday. Yesterday my assistant de...

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