As 2016 comes to an end, Flathead Audubon volunteers and our funding partners have conducted nine years of season-long hawk migration surveys at the Jewel Basin Hawk Watch. After recording 60 birds over four surveys during the last week of August, we conducted 22 surveys in September, including a six-day stretch (Sept 25-30) where 1,129…
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by Denny Olson One of the unfortunate curiosities of Western Neo-European culture is that pesky illusion we have of disconnection from nature (when we are in reality totally comprised of nature, and nature is partially comprised of us). The natural outgrowth of that illusion is two-fold: (1) we assume that we can stand apart from…
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Highlights from December 2016 Board Meeting The December Board Meeting was cancelled due to the snowstorm but some business was conducted by email afterward. Voted to approve the minutes from the November Board Meeting. Agreed to send out an appeal letter for donations to the West Valley Wetlands Project. West Valley Naturalists Did you know…
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by Kay Mitchell, Flathead Audubon President We are off and running toward our goal of $10,000 to support the West Valley Wetlands project! As you can see by the thermometer, we are over half-way there! To all of you who have donated so far, THANK YOU! Whether you have sent a large donation or put…
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Time to celebrate! Flathead Audubon turns 40 this month. It was in January 1977 that a group of Flathead Valley birders decided to form the Flathead Audubon Society. Our parent organization was the Bigfork Bird Club, which traces its roots to the first Bigfork Bird Count – held in December, 1974. The enthusiasm generated by…
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