by Darcy Thomas The first day of November brought overcast skies to the Flathead Valley making the 30 degree outside temperature feel even colder. But that was not daunting enough to stop 11 birders intent on looking for raptors around Creston. And we were well rewarded. The first bird seen was a Sharp-shinned Hawk flying…
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Birds and Glass: Reducing Avian Window Strikes by Grant Pegram On the nights of October 4th and 5th 2023, thousands of migrating warblers, thrushes, grosbeaks – and a host of other songbirds died due to window strikes in Chicago and all around the Midwest. Bird migration monitoring program BirdCast, run by the Cornell Lab of…
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by Dan Casey, JBHW Coordinator The 2023 migration season at the Jewel Basin Hawk Watch concluded on November 1, when Jake Bramante counted 26 birds during our 47th survey of the season. We finished the season with a total of 3,131 birds counted (10.5/hr) our fourth highest. It was also a season of diversity; we…
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by Kay Mitchell The Montana Chapter of The Wildlife Society, professional association of wildlife biologists, has established the Lewis Young Memorial Fund. Lewis was a longtime Flathead Audubon Society (FAS) member and conservation chair. Income from the fund will provide travel expenses to the annual convention for students who are currently enrolled in a wildlife…
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by Dan Casey via Team EBird People in 191 countries joined together to celebrate birds on October 14th, 2023, during the “October Big Day” sponsored by Cornell’s eBird program. More than 36,000 people contributed 83,735 checklists for the single biggest day in October birding history. The 7,525 species reported was a 72-species increase over the…
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By Jill Carlberg Sometimes seemingly small steps lead to big things. When Michele, already an active member at Hawk Watch and at Owen Somerwine work days, was asked if she would take on the simple task of picking up the Flathead Audubon Society’s (FAS) mail once a week, she agreed. Luckily for Flathead Audubon, Michele…
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