Flathead Audubon’s annual Warbler Days at Tally Lake will be held this year from Friday, May 17, through Sunday, May 19. Join us at the Tally Lake Campground for an extraordinary 3 days of birding and relaxing. This is an ideal time of year to find a wide variety of migrant and resident birds. Most…
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The warm and sunny days of Spring bring us the familiar “cur-leeee” of the Long-Billed Curlew, an icon of America’s prairies. The Long-Billed Curlew depends on Montana’s grasslands for breeding, and continues to decline across its range due to loss of this habitat to development of agriculture and infrastructure. With this decline, more research is…
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By Dan Casey Rare and Notables – MAR/APR 2024 In typical fashion, late March and early April provided a variety of migrant waterfowl at Flathead Valley hotspots. Eurasian Wigeon were seen at multiple sites, and a hybrid wigeon was photographed at Church Slough. Greater White-fronted Goose and the Siberian form of Tundra Swan made appearances…
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By Darcy Thomas Early June last year in Dupuyer a man approached to ask about Glacier National Park as he was excited about driving over Going to the Sun Road from the east. I informed him the road was not yet fully open. As he expressed his disappointment I sighted three gigantic, gorgeous white birds…
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Our May potluck and silent auction are some of our favorite events of the year. We enjoy seeing everyone, eating together, and having time to visit before the summer break. Join us on Monday, May 13th, for our celebration of the Owen Sowerwine Conservation Easement. First nominated as a State Natural Area in 1974, and…
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