Highlights from March 2017 Board Meeting Heard that the $10,000 fundraising goal has been exceeded for the West Valley Wetlands Project. Heard request from Flathead River Commission for financial support for flood modelling and mapping on the Flathead River. Board decided not to contribute money. Heard that the 2018 calendar project is progressing well and…
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What do you mean it’s not a Thrush? by Gail Cleveland Ornithologist E. H. Forbush’s observation about the Northern Waterthrush, made more than half a century ago, still applies: “It is a large wood-warbler disguised as a thrush and exhibiting an extreme fondness for water,” according to the Boreal Songbird Initiative. The Northern Waterthrush is…
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Swan Valley Carnivores by Adam Lieberg Adam Lieberg with Swan Valley Connections will provide an update on the Southwestern Crown Collaborative Carnivore Project at the monthly Flathead Audubon Society meeting. His team has been monitoring rare carnivores since 2012 by obtaining more concrete data on their distribution, abundance and genetics. The project combined and developed…
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What is Merlin Bird ID? From Cornell Lab of Ornithology, it’s a free app for your phone designed for beginning and intermediate birders that helps identify birds based on your observed details or a photo. Answer five simple questions about a bird you are trying to identify and Merlin will come up with a list…
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Secrets Under the Snow by Denny Olson It happens with regularity every year. In the early winter, before the winter rains can crust that early puffy snow, I stop to listen to the incredible silence, and then spot something that makes me remember. The snow under my snowshoes is alive. This year it was an…
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by Gael Bissell and Cory Davis We are excited to present our first 2017 Conservation Achievement Recognition to Steve Gniadek who is clearly one of the most dedicated conservation-minded people in the Flathead. Steve, who has assimilated extensive and diverse wildlife experiences throughout his career, is now a happily retired wildlife biologist living in the…
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