Author Archives: Dottie Moon

A few days ago, we went to Tower Street Open-space Park to band Osprey chicks. I went with Papa, Lucy, Dalit, Rob, Adam, and Erim. When we arrived, we saw one of the Ospreys. I used my binos to take a look at it (Papa had forgotten his binos). I saw a blue band butContinue reading “We Banded Osprey Chicks”

For the last two days, I have been sketching birds from my new Sibley’s Guide to Birds. I sketched the Blue-and yellow Macaw, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Baltimore Oriole, Wood Duck, American Kestrel, Great-gray Owl, Varied Thrush and California Quail. I chose these birds because they are detailed and difficult. They are difficult because IContinue reading “My Bird Sketches”

Mom and I took a nature journaling class from the Montana Natural History Center in Missoula. In this nature journal entry, I combined three of our homework assignments into one entry. They were called Zoom in, Zoom out, Species Account, and Palette of Place. A few weeks ago, Lucy, Mom and I went down toContinue reading “Salmon Flies : A Food Source For Birds”

Last week we got a surprise phone call from Erick Greene, an expert in behavior ecology who teaches at the University of Montana. Erick asked us if we wanted to go rescue a gosling with fishing line stuck around its leg at McCormick Park. Bird Emergency Rescue Mission! We drove to McCormick Park and spottedContinue reading “The Good and Bad of Fishing Line”

This morning I heard a song of a large finch called an Evening Grosbeak. I learned that gros means big and all grosbeaks have a pretty big beak. There were 21 Evening Grosbeaks in our tree singing like crazy. Evening Grosbeaks make me joyful because of their sun-shinny yellow feathers. I get ecstatic when IContinue reading “This Yellow, Black and White Bird is Worth Seeing”

The Global Big Day is tomorrow! The GBD is when the world goes birding and people record the birds they see or hear on Saturday, May 8th. The GBD is called the GBD because it’s global and for birders it really is a big day! The GBD is on May 8th and really anyone canContinue reading “I’m a Citizen Scientist And You Can Be One Too!”

Ospreys are on every continent except Antarctica. They are awesome fishers, nearly their whole diet is made up of fish and they catch fish by hovering then diving. In most places Ospreys migrate, the Ospreys in Florida and Mexico stay year-round and most of them migrate to those places. They build large nests like eaglesContinue reading “Ospreys”

Yesterday me and Lucy sketched some birds and mom said I’m really good at cross-hatching. 

A few weeks ago I made a blog about what I wanted for my birthday. For my birthday wish I asked people to go birding and make a checklist. I also had prizes for the list with the most birds seen and one for the list with a rare bird for your area. Thank youContinue reading “Birthday Checklist Update”

My birthday is in a couple days on March 23rd and I will be 8! For my birthday could you go birding, make a list of birds you see, and share them with me? I have 3 reasons I would like you to go birding, first it would make me happy, second you get freshContinue reading “My Birthday”