Natural history, field stories, and misfit adventures from the Northern Rockies
Explore the natural world with sharper eyes, better questions, and a lot more wonder.
Mountain Misfits is field-based natural history, outdoor adventure, and science storytelling for curious people who want birds, bugs, rocks, rivers, plants, weather, wildlife, and wild places to make more sense.
What this is
Natural history for people who still know how to be astonished.
Mountain Misfits is a field-based natural history and adventure brand rooted in the Northern Rockies and curious far beyond them. It follows birds, bugs, plants, rocks, rivers, weather, wildlife, strange field moments, and the bigger stories hiding in plain sight.
The goal is simple: help more people notice what the natural world is doing, understand why it matters, and feel a little more alive when they step outside.
Field-Based
Real observations, real places, real mud, weather, light, tracks, feathers, rocks, plants, and weird little clues.
Science-Grounded
Ecology, geology, behavior, evolution, conservation, and field experience โ explained without academic stiffness.
Misfit-Friendly
For bird nerds, plant weirdos, rock lickers, bug people, river rats, trail wanderers, and the naturally curious.
Recent dispatches from outside
Latest Field Notes.
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In the heart of Montanaโs rugged landscapes lies a hidden gem: Petroglyph Canyon. It’s a place where natural beauty and ancient art converge in a mesmerizing display, but itโs far more than just a hiking destination. This canyon serves as a silent storyteller of times long past. Embarking on its scenic trails, every step takes…
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What a treat it was to explore the Napali Coast Trail with Vida, and we were primed for an adventure along Kauaiโs rugged northwest shore. Towering cliffs, lush valleys, and hidden beaches beckoned, and our destination was Hanakapiโai Beach. This journey was not just a physical escapade; it was an exploration of the untouched beauty…
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In the blink of an eye, I was jumping in Sam Koenenโs โBirdvanโ and we were off to chase a Black-throated Blue Warbler that lost its way during migration, and it ended up in an apple tree in small, old Lolo, Montana. Soon after arriving the rarity popped into view as it flitted about the…
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Two shotsโฆI got just two shots of an Oสปahu สปAmakihi (Chlorodrepanis flava), and two photos were enough to scratch my Hawaiian endemic itch. Endemic to the island of Oahu (particularly, the wetter southern area of Oสปahu. Endemism refers to the phenomenon where a species is found exclusively in a particular geographic location, and this isolation…
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Wear your field nerdiness
Gear for people who notice things outside.
Mountain Misfits apparel is built around birds, bugs, bones, rocks, rivers, plants, strange field moments, Northern Rockies grit, and the kind of naturalist humor that makes normal people slowly back away at parties.
Most items are made to order, which helps reduce overproduction and keeps the designs weird, specific, and worth wearing.
Why trust this?
Built by someone who actually goes outside.
Mountain Misfits is created by Radd Icenoggle โ a Montana-based naturalist, photographer, writer, science communicator, and author of Birds in Place: A Habitat-based Field Guide to the Birds of the Northern Rockies. His background includes biology, field work with the U.S. Forest Service, bird tour leadership with WINGS, and years of watching birds, bugs, rocks, plants, water, weather, and wild places closely enough to become a little bit unreasonable about it.