Jeff picked me up at 7:30 a.m. and we spent the day zig-zagging county roads between Loveland and Prewitt Reservoir. He does the driving, which frees me to search the ground and sky and all the ...

In late autumn, cold air masses come barreling down from the Canadian Arctic like an atmospheric avalanche, bringing with them a visitor from the North: the rough-legged hawk (Buteo lagopus). Its ...

Each year when the first snow flies many species head south for their annual migration. Arizona is a favorite destination for Montanans. Some prefer Florida, California or the Caribbean. But, what ...

GLASGOW - Winter is just around the corner and the rough-legged hawk (Buteo lagopus) has returned to its wintering grounds across the open areas of the state. As unlikely as it seems, rough-leggeds ...

As soon as it is light, birds descend upon the feeders. The conclave of cardinals — always the first to arrive in the dim dawn, and last to leave, as dusk turns into the dark of night — grows into a ...

Well, we finally had some real winter and we are right in the middle of the winter season. Now when we have 30-degree highs it doesn’t seem so bad compared to single digit temps along with brutal wind ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Driving on Vermont’s Interstate highways in winter, I often notice large hawks perched in trees on woodland edges at regular intervals along the road.

In late autumn, cold air masses come barreling down from the Canadian Arctic like an atmospheric avalanche, bringing with them a visitor from the North: the rough-legged hawk (Buteo lagopus). Its ...