The Western Meadowlark, Thunderchunk of the Montana Grasslands by Lauren Smith Broadcast 5.2016, 4.2023, and 4.16 & 4.19.2025 Listen: If you have been in open country anywhere in Montana, you have heard, and probably seen, thunderchunks. These birds are...
The Scent of Home By Victoria Yee Broadcast 4.9 & 4.12.2025 Listen: In my first job out west, I worked and lived in the wilderness of Utah as a youth field guide. To escape the scorching desert in the summertime we relocated to the Uinta Mountains, a...
Spring Phenology By Josh Boling Broadcast 4.2 & 4.5.2025 Listen: Spring is not my favorite season—that is, unless you’re talking about phenological spring in the mountains. That one’s my favorite. The equinox is fine, but it’s fleeting, more of an...
Close Encounter with a Red-Winged Blackbird by Mary Larson Broadcast 4.2022 and 3.26 & 3.29.2025 Listen: I have the great good fortune to live along the banks of a boulder-cobbled river. From my fifth floor balcony vantage point, a flurry of...
Blackbird Flocks by Danielle Lattuga Broadcast 3.2017 and 3.19 & 3.22.2025 Listen: Red-winged blackbirds are a common species in Montana and I’d seen plenty of them together, particularly near ponds and lakes. But in winter, they can flock in congregations...
