The raccoon, with its eyes cloaked in a bandit-style mask and its unique ring-patterned tail, is a regular part of our ecosystem at Dunrovin. We see them on the bench cam at night, often right alongside the deer cleaning up seeds and suet. Even so, …
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Ranch Notes 5/24/20
Spring is in full flow at Dunrovin Ranch. The river pulls the weight of logs and other flotsam as they speed by, flooding the riparian, not uncommon for this time of year. With more rain in the forecast, Kate is going to have to be content for now …
Ranch Notes 5/17/2020
Twelve years in Montana has taught me many things, and the significance and nuance of color is one of them. How brief it lasts, this green! I remind myself of that hard fact every time I step outside these days. Soak it in, drink it up, breathe it …
Ranch Notes 5-10-20
Ducks must have exceptionally good hearing. No matter how stealthy Kate was on her great stalk, off they’d go with a quick flap and a whisper of wind. But Kate will not be deterred. SERIES: Ranch Notes; STORY: Ducks at Dunrovin humbled by …
The Rhythm of Spring
While the ospreys take center stage at Dunrovin, there's this little transformation afoot on the ranch below called spring. Waters rise. We're seeing the earth awaken in its soft, gentle colors and sprigs of growth as plants and animals begin their …
The Perennial Miracle of Spring
STORY: April in Montana is full of tweets and twitters. Our feathery friends bear all of the radical spring elements while wooing, mating, establishing nests, defending nests, and raising their first clutches of chicks. The perennial …
Celebrating Winter 12-10-2019
Naturalist Hobie Hare and SuzAnne welcome winter to Dunrovin around a campfire on a sunny December day. …
Ranch Talk 11-19-2019
SuzAnne demonstrates the feeding portions and describes Dunrovin's winter feeding protocol. …
Ranch Talk 11-12-2019
SuzAnne introduces Dunrovin's winter ranch hands and provides a little history about the guest accommodations at the ranch. …
Ranch Talk 11-05-2019
SuzAnne hosts a send-off interview with Kelli as she prepares to depart on her vacation and trip south for the winter. We'll see her again in mid-January! …