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July 1, 2025

Birds in the wheat: industrial agriculture and declining birds

June 5, 2025, Chouteau County, Montana. Horned larks (Eremophila alpestris) tinkle in the pre-dawn sky. The indigo night cedes to pink over the distant blue […]

June 1, 2025

Pileated woodpeckers and reciprocity

This story is the third and final in a series about a pair of pileated woodpeckers (Dryocopus pileatus) along the Clark Fork River near Missoula, […]

May 1, 2025

Immersed in the spring forest: watching a pileated woodpecker nest

This story is the second in a series about a pair of pileated woodpeckers (Dryocopus pileatus) along the Clark Fork River near Missoula, Montana, USA. […]

April 1, 2025

Journey to the pileated woodpeckers: earth connection in a critical time

This was going to be a story about pileated woodpeckers. But then historical events intervened, and I couldn’t ignore them. We’ll get to the woodpeckers, […]

March 1, 2025

The song of the tall dogbane: fibers at the riverbank

It’s an afternoon in late April along the Clark Fork River near Missoula, Montana, USA. The song of the tall dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum) isn’t obvious, […]

February 1, 2025

A soft-winged world: why moths matter

What do moths have to do with owls? Just ask Mat Seidensticker. After nearly a decade spent studying owls across Montana and Alaska, Seidensticker focused his research […]

January 1, 2025

Mystery of the twilight: birds at dusk and sustainable agriculture

A simple whistle, ascending at the end, easy to imitate. It’s the hour when the light departs, converting the trees into silhouettes, and the evening […]

December 1, 2024

Bridging the distance: two countries and a Cassin’s kingbird

I recognized it right away, that emphatic kiBURR call from the ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) on the hill. I was in Rosebud County, Montana with […]

November 1, 2024

Among the redcedars: finding stillness in the rain-drenched forest

It’s a cool, misty morning in late May at the Ross Creek Cedars, a remnant patch of old-growth forest in the rain-blessed northwestern corner of […]

October 1, 2024

Waiting for rain: making it through climate change

It’s a dry September morning and the sun rises orange through a thick mass of wildfire smoke. The smell of it is the first thing […]

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