<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>Family farm in northwest Montana – Feathered Photography</title> <atom:link href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/category/favorite-locations/family-farm-in-northwest-montana/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2024 21:03:43 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2</generator> <site xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">23255163</site> <item> <title>Why I Don’t Live In Cut Bank, Montana Any More</title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2024/01/12/why-i-dont-live-in-cut-bank-montana-any-more/</link> <comments>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2024/01/12/why-i-dont-live-in-cut-bank-montana-any-more/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2024 13:38:29 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Family farm in northwest Montana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Montana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[brutal montana winters]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cut Bank]]></category> <category><![CDATA[glacier national park]]></category> <category><![CDATA[international falls minnesota]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lake blaine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[montana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[montana farming]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=150086</guid> <description><![CDATA[I had an almost idyllic childhood growing up on the family farm 17 miles northwest of Cut Bank, Montana. (2 images)<p> <a class="continue-reading-link" href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2024/01/12/why-i-dont-live-in-cut-bank-montana-any-more/"><span>Continue reading</span><i class="crycon-right-dir"></i></a> </p>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2024/01/12/why-i-dont-live-in-cut-bank-montana-any-more/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>49</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">150086</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Immature Black-billed Magpie Taking Off</title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/07/29/immature-black-billed-magpie-taking-off/</link> <comments>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/07/29/immature-black-billed-magpie-taking-off/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2022 11:06:07 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Black-billed Magpies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ecology and Environment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Family farm in northwest Montana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Feeding]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ground squirrels (gophers)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[attitudes toward roadkill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[black billed magpie]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cut bank montana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gophers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[immature]]></category> <category><![CDATA[juvenile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pica hudsonia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[richardson's ground squirrel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[utah]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=115322</guid> <description><![CDATA[And some thoughts on roadkill, of all things.<p> <a class="continue-reading-link" href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/07/29/immature-black-billed-magpie-taking-off/"><span>Continue reading</span><i class="crycon-right-dir"></i></a> </p>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/07/29/immature-black-billed-magpie-taking-off/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>26</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">115322</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Cousin Jim Dudley And The Saga Of The Cat Impersonaters On The Montana Family Farm</title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/</link> <comments>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2022 12:12:29 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ecology and Environment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Family farm in northwest Montana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Montana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[muskrat]]></category> <category><![CDATA[striped skunks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[creek]]></category> <category><![CDATA[feral cat]]></category> <category><![CDATA[great horned owl]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jim dudley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[montana family farm where I grew up]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rodent teeth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[striped skunk]]></category> <category><![CDATA[swimming hole]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=113118</guid> <description><![CDATA[A change of pace for Feathered Photography today. (6 photos and one video clip)<p> <a class="continue-reading-link" href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/"><span>Continue reading</span><i class="crycon-right-dir"></i></a> </p>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/06/26/cousin-jim-dudley-and-the-saga-of-the-cat-impersonaters-on-the-montana-family-farm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>42</slash:comments> <enclosure url="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/video-1655822156.mp4" length="2974081" type="video/mp4" /> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">113118</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Great Horned Owl – Two Contrasting Types Of Settings</title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/02/18/great-horned-owl-two-contrasting-types-of-settings/</link> <comments>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/02/18/great-horned-owl-two-contrasting-types-of-settings/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2022 12:21:24 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Bird Photography Methods]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ecology and Environment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Family farm in northwest Montana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Great Horned Owls]]></category> <category><![CDATA[adult]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bubo virginianus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[farm setting]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fledgling]]></category> <category><![CDATA[great horned owl]]></category> <category><![CDATA[natural setting]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sunrise and warm light]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sunrise in cut bank montana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[trivia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[usefulness of google]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=107705</guid> <description><![CDATA[Natural setting versus farm setting. (two photos)<p> <a class="continue-reading-link" href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/02/18/great-horned-owl-two-contrasting-types-of-settings/"><span>Continue reading</span><i class="crycon-right-dir"></i></a> </p>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2022/02/18/great-horned-owl-two-contrasting-types-of-settings/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>43</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">107705</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Loggerhead Shrike Attempting (Learning?) To Impale A Grasshopper</title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/10/19/loggerhead-shrike-attempting-learning-to-impale-a-grasshopper/</link> <comments>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/10/19/loggerhead-shrike-attempting-learning-to-impale-a-grasshopper/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2021 11:24:54 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Bird Oddities]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Family farm in northwest Montana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Feeding]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Loggerhead Shrikes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[butcher bird]]></category> <category><![CDATA[grasshopper]]></category> <category><![CDATA[impaling prey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lanius ludovicianus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[loggerhead shrike]]></category> <category><![CDATA[montana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[practice or learning]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=103468</guid> <description><![CDATA[I'm not sure if this shrike was learning the impaling process or practicing it. If it was for practice he needed it. <p> <a class="continue-reading-link" href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/10/19/loggerhead-shrike-attempting-learning-to-impale-a-grasshopper/"><span>Continue reading</span><i class="crycon-right-dir"></i></a> </p>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/10/19/loggerhead-shrike-attempting-learning-to-impale-a-grasshopper/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>35</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">103468</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Great Horned Owls And Bittersweet Memories</title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/09/07/great-horned-owls-and-bittersweet-memories/</link> <comments>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/09/07/great-horned-owls-and-bittersweet-memories/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2021 12:22:31 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Bird Photography Methods]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Family farm in northwest Montana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Great Horned Owls]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Montana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bubo virginianus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[great horned owl]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ken dudley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[montana farm]]></category> <category><![CDATA[spreading ashes]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=102087</guid> <description><![CDATA[I have a huge soft spot for owls and old wood but these photos carry some bittersweet baggage. <p> <a class="continue-reading-link" href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/09/07/great-horned-owls-and-bittersweet-memories/"><span>Continue reading</span><i class="crycon-right-dir"></i></a> </p>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/09/07/great-horned-owls-and-bittersweet-memories/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>38</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">102087</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Gray Partridge Running</title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/08/07/gray-partridge-running/</link> <comments>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/08/07/gray-partridge-running/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2021 12:08:09 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Family farm in northwest Montana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gray Partridges]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Montana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nesting and Mating]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gray partridge]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hun]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hungarian partridge]]></category> <category><![CDATA[large clutch size]]></category> <category><![CDATA[montana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[perdix perdix]]></category> <category><![CDATA[running]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the worst air in the world]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=101097</guid> <description><![CDATA[It isn't easy to get a running bird sharp.<p> <a class="continue-reading-link" href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/08/07/gray-partridge-running/"><span>Continue reading</span><i class="crycon-right-dir"></i></a> </p>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/08/07/gray-partridge-running/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>23</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">101097</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Great Horned Owls And Montana Farm Memories</title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/06/17/great-horned-owls-and-montana-farm-memories/</link> <comments>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/06/17/great-horned-owls-and-montana-farm-memories/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2021 11:57:57 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Family farm in northwest Montana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Great Horned Owls]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nesting and Mating]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bubo virginianus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chicks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[great horned owl]]></category> <category><![CDATA[montana family farm]]></category> <category><![CDATA[old grain truck]]></category> <category><![CDATA[owlets]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=99329</guid> <description><![CDATA[Partly for sentimental reasons I've wanted to post this first photo to my blog for a long time.<p> <a class="continue-reading-link" href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/06/17/great-horned-owls-and-montana-farm-memories/"><span>Continue reading</span><i class="crycon-right-dir"></i></a> </p>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/06/17/great-horned-owls-and-montana-farm-memories/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>40</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">99329</post-id> </item> <item> <title>One Of The First Great Horned Owls I Photographed With ‘Ken’s Lens’</title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/01/09/one-of-the-first-great-horned-owls-i-photographed-with-kens-lens/</link> <comments>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/01/09/one-of-the-first-great-horned-owls-i-photographed-with-kens-lens/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2021 13:13:37 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Bird Photography Methods]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Family farm in northwest Montana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Great Horned Owls]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bubo virginianus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[choice of composition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[great horned owl]]></category> <category><![CDATA[honda 750 motorcycle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[montana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[origin of catch lights]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=93553</guid> <description><![CDATA[Yesterday's post has me wandering down memory lane again.<p> <a class="continue-reading-link" href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/01/09/one-of-the-first-great-horned-owls-i-photographed-with-kens-lens/"><span>Continue reading</span><i class="crycon-right-dir"></i></a> </p>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/01/09/one-of-the-first-great-horned-owls-i-photographed-with-kens-lens/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>28</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">93553</post-id> </item> <item> <title>A Print Request Like No Other I’ve Received</title> <link>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/01/08/a-print-request-like-no-other-ive-received/</link> <comments>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/01/08/a-print-request-like-no-other-ive-received/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Dudley]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2021 12:53:39 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Family farm in northwest Montana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Red-tailed Hawks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chris collins foundation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[great horned owls]]></category> <category><![CDATA[losing a child]]></category> <category><![CDATA[montana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[polycystic kidney disease]]></category> <category><![CDATA[print requests and sales]]></category> <category><![CDATA[red tailed hawk]]></category> <category><![CDATA[spreading ashes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[suicide prevention]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sunflowers]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/?p=93461</guid> <description><![CDATA[This one put print requests in a different light for me.<p> <a class="continue-reading-link" href="https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/01/08/a-print-request-like-no-other-ive-received/"><span>Continue reading</span><i class="crycon-right-dir"></i></a> </p>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>https://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2021/01/08/a-print-request-like-no-other-ive-received/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>77</slash:comments> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">93461</post-id> </item> </channel> 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