Author: Flathead Audubon

Education Trunks for Birds

Jul 27, 2015

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in Lifelong Learning

Bird ID and Costume Trunk – for pre-school to middle school ages. What’s a great way to learn about birds? By becoming one of course! This trunk provides a costume […]
Ruddy Duck

Mar 15, 2015

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in Bird of the Month

THE DUCK WITH THE SKY BLUE BILL by Linda de Kort “Why did the artist paint that duck with a bright blue bill?” That is a question posed by those […]
Gray-crowned Rosy-finch

Dec 6, 2014

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in Bird of the Month

By Dennis Olson In the early autumn I lunched above timberline in Glacier National Park with a small group of hikers, overlooking the vast prairie lands to the west. The […]
Downy & Hairy Woodpecker

Nov 12, 2014

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in Bird of the Month

HAIRY OR DOWNY? By Jeannie Marcure This month’s feature birds are two of my favorites—partly I suspect, because like many of us, they are yearlong residents in the Flathead. Their […]
Bohemian & Cedar Waxwings

Nov 12, 2014

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in Bird of the Month

By Gail Cleveland There is a chill in the air, the flowers are fading and the Mountain Ash berries, snowberries, rose hips and ornamental crab apples will soon be the […]
Black-backed Woodpecker

Nov 12, 2014

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in Bird of the Month

BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS DEPEND ON BURNED FORESTS By Jeannie Marcure As I write this article, the summer fires in our area have consumed more than 120,000 acres of timber in the […]