Getting to Know You Through Music What a delight to know Charla Bauman and have her presence at Dunrovin Ranch. She has graced many a ranch event with her music, poetry, and wonderful Montana stories. You no doubt remember her from participating in …
The Herd’s Winter Rest
The Herd's Winter Rest Several years ago I wrote the article that I repeat below: A Kind of Hush. Every year at this time, I experience the same mixture of sadness, relief, and joy as the herd leaves the nearby barnyard and pastures for their winter …
Dunrovin Key Quest
Dunrovin Key Quest What a treat it has been for Dunrovin Ranch to work with the clever, friendly, and, frankly, devious couple who own Big Sky Breakout of Missoula, to devise some guessing games to play with D@D community members. In our first …
Remembering Chief and Romeo
Remembering Chief. Saying Goodbye to Romeo. Chief No one was prepared for Chief’s departure. While he had been having significant difficulties with his feet, we had made great progress towards making his life pain-free when we encountered a new …
Celebrating Labor Day 2018
Work is a defining feature of our lives. We all perform some sort of work to support ourselves and our families. And all of us do untold amounts of unpaid work to make improve our own lives, our families’ lives, our community, our country, and …
Get Your Mind Around This
Well, let the gaming begin once again. And this time, let's put some professional in charge instead of the DIVAS. Yes, they can participate and certain demand top billing, but the BRAINS behind the outfit will now rest in the heads of two very smart …
Member Cam Ops Find All
Over the past several years, DaysAtDunrovin has worked with three of our online community members to install software on their home computers, enabling them to operate Dunrovin Ranch's two web cameras: the Nest Cam over the osprey nest, and the Ranch …
Dogs Rule at Dunrovin
While Jewel and Kola are certainly the Queen and King canines at Dunrovin, they are not the only ones who call Dunrovin home—for at least part of the time. It has long been Dunrovin’s policy that our workers are welcome to bring their dogs to work as …
Osprey Chicks – What’s In a Name?
Harriet's and Hal's three lovely little chicks broke through their respective eggs on June 1, 2, and 4, 2017. In the following days, the chicks have proven themselves to be healthy and voraciously hungry. Luckily, Hal is up to the task. In spite of …
Naming Oggy
Lady Lonza’s first two foals had been born during the night within 48 hours of her “waxing,” which is the term used to describe the first drips of a mare’s rich initial milk—colostrum—that begins to drip from her teats. So, when Lonza began …