Mark Ratledge @markratledge.com · 18/09/2026No too many "front porch" days left for the rabbit (or us) this fall. 000
Mark Ratledge @markratledge.com · 06/09/202626 seconds of Long-billed Curlews (Numenius americanus) calling as an evening storm moves in. 010
Mark Ratledge @markratledge.com · 20/06/2026The malware also masquerades as a Cloudflare captcha When trying to access an infected web site 414154
Mark Ratledge @markratledge.com · 01/01/2026It's less than 3 months until the spring bird migration on the Central flyway. 020
Mark Ratledge @markratledge.com · 27/11/2025I followed these griz tracks for a mile or so on a trail going up canyon—the bear must have been headed to hibernation. As it started to get dark, my primal survival-level brain told me to turn around :) 010
Mark Ratledge @markratledge.com · 19/08/2025It's a very good wild berry crop this year in Montana - huckleberries, buffaloberries, chokecherries, currants, etc. - and the grizzlies are chowing down :) 010
Mark Ratledge @markratledge.com · 12/08/2025Brutal. I guess Grok has no qualms of being a traitor :) 010
Mark Ratledge @markratledge.com · 18/07/2025I'm not a lepidopterist until they stay still long enough to get a snap :) Rocky Mountain Parnassian (Parnassius smintheus) at ~7000' 030
Mark Ratledge @markratledge.com · 10/07/2025Good Trouble Lives On - National Day of Nonviolent Action Anniversary of Congressman John Lewis’s passing 13 Locations in Montana Thursday July 17th 000
Mark Ratledge @markratledge.com · 20/06/2025Some Northern Rockies wildflowers last Monday evening at ~7000' which will be under a foot of predicted and much needed snow this weekend. 2436
Mark Ratledge @markratledge.com · 24/04/2025The first Rocky Mountain Douglasia (Dwarf Primrose) of the spring, on Lonesome Ridge at ~6000' 000
Mark Ratledge @markratledge.com · 14/01/2025Montana back road report for January 13th, 2025 (with some Miles Davis) 000