Oriole Nests: Relics of Summer

Oriole Nests: Relics of Summer By Joyce Bateman Broadcast 2.28 & 3.2.2024   Listen:   Mid-March brought another dull gray sky to the Helena Valley of Montana. The leaden clouds threatened a snow squall, the latest in a succession of storms. My birder...

Reveling in Hot Springs in Winter

Reveling in Hot Springs in Winter By Briana Wentworth Broadcast 2.2022 and 2.21 & 2.24.2024   Listen:   On a recent trip to Chico Hot Springs, my husband and I put on our bathing suits in the chilly concrete dressing rooms and walked barefoot and exposed...

Trumpeter Swan Restoration: A Montana Love Story

Trumpeter Swan Restoration: A Montana Love Story By Patti Bartlett Broadcast 1.2023 and 2.14 & 2.17.2024   Listen:   Montana is a love story, with life and death, heroes and villains. Right here in my own Blackfoot Watershed is one such chapter in that...

Montana’s Other Aquatic Engineer

Montana’s Other Aquatic Engineer By Zola Kell Broadcast 2.2022 and 2.7 & 2.10.2024   Listen:   Spring and summer mornings, on my way to an early fitness class, I often end up taking a few extra minutes on my walk to admire the pond in the park. As...

Everywhere You Look, Birds Are Dropping Clues

Why is Bird Poop White? by Eva-Maria Maggi Broadcast 3.2021 and 1.31 & 2.3.2024   Listen:   With the joy of birding comes the fear of getting dropped on. Recently, my seven-year-old daughter carefully watched a pair of Canada geese sitting on an old...