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Jan 22, 20121 min read
On owl medicine
Came out to close in the birds and found myself standing in the dark below the great horned owl perched up on the chicken coop. She was...
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Apr 15, 20111 min read
On baby dinosaurs!
And some will be flying for you. #breeding #loft #whitedoves
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Feb 23, 20111 min read
Babies are coming!
#homingpigeons #winter #Smetana #whitedoves #breeding #loft #doves
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Jan 19, 20111 min read
Night walk
A few mornings ago a champion racing pigeon, a 700 mile flyer, simply didn’t come home from a morning spin. HeadsUp left a quiet grey...
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Oct 20, 20101 min read
Bozeman Library Presentation and Release
The birds are loving these late October sunny days, but we’ve gotten out the warmers to keep the waterers from freezing at night. The...
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Sep 4, 20101 min read
Pigeons and family
A couple of years ago the videographer Mike Gurnett with Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks came and put together a little gem of a piece...
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Aug 28, 20102 min read
Belgrade Senior Center Visit
Home into the aviary! Free loft for the afternoon This Wednesday I took a basket of birds to talk at the Senior Center in Belgrade. I...
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Aug 21, 20101 min read
Spotless loft
Weaning, white dove, breeding and racing lofts Yesterday I cleaned all four sections of the white bird loft — scraped, wiped, vacuumed...
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