10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2012

I just chalked this up to my friends being weird, until I took the Master Naturalist Class at the Montana Natural History this fall. Way, way back, during our inuagural game of Gone Birding , my friend Molly developed a theory of birds. There were, in her book, three kinds: Owls, Pigeons, and Ducks. water birds (ducks!)

Montana 169

Montana Bald Eagle Owls Ducks 169

Animal Person

APRIL 7, 2009

" Surge in Abandoned Horses Renews Debate Over Slaughterhouses " in today's New York Times begs a lot of questions that I wonder how you would answer. Abandoned horses tied to telephone poles. If you want to address the problem, you do something about the people abandoning and neglecting horses. Financially).

Horses 100

Horses Horse Slaughter Unwanted Horses Slaughtered 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

It has snowed in Montana, it has snowed at the Olde Homestead, and I have commenced my annual Andy Rooney-like wails of anguish about the earlier and earlier appearance of holiday decorations in stores. So, winter is very nearly upon us, and no, I never did find a Yellow-headed Blackbird.

Badgers 198

Badgers Montana North America Abandon 198