WHITEFISH - Meow. Actually, make that, me-OW! The next time you hook into a lunker, and the rod tip bends as line spools out, the folks at PETA want you to look that fishy face square in the eye and think of it not as dinner, but rather as a “sea ...

9 Jan 2009

I have had a hummingbird feeder for many years, and there has always been "competition" between the hummers to get to the feeder. Late this summer I had TWO come to the feeder together from a neighbor's olive tree. A first for me. Then later THREE. I ...

9 Jan 2009

BARRINGTON — Chesley Norman Nickerson is headed to jail after being sentenced Thursday for his role in a dispute with his country neighbours, the Sweet Pea Gang. Mr. Nickerson told his Barrington provincial court trial in November that he thought ...

9 Jan 2009

Birders tend to worry about birds when there's a long run of bitter cold days. Anna's hummingbirds, especially, are in danger. Most birds survive but it's often a bittersweet story. Carol Strickland read the last column about feeding wintering Anna's ...

6 Jan 2009

After nearly a decade at 126 S. Main St., an Uptown Butte alternative organization is moving. Sacred Ground, which had been located at its Main Street spot since 1999, will take up residence next spring at 601 W. Park St., next to the Hummingbird ...

4 Jan 2009

Cathie Rowand is writing The Dirt as a guest columnist this week.  The Audubon Christmas Bird Count is in progress around the United States until Monday. People who don’t want to hike into woods searching for birds can participate in the Great ...

3 Jan 2009