by Darcy Thomas A small group of four birders spent a lovely Indian Summer Day at the Bison Range. Our bird count was not large (23 taxa) but was varied as we saw both resident birds and migrators. The list included Red Crossbills, Evening Grosbeak, Townsend Solitaire, eagles, hawks, harriers, kestrel, kinglets, siskins, nuthatches, chickadees…
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by Darcy Thomas At dawn on September 29 a group of six early risers braved stormy skies to meet field trip leader Darcy Thomas to watch Sandhill Cranes as they lifted off the West Valley Ponds to forage and refuel in nearby agricultural fields before continuing their southward migration. There were close to 500 cranes…
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by Rod Wallette Flathead Audubon is always looking to the future in securing our ongoing operations and promoting sustainability. To this end we have recently established a permanent endowment fund. This endowment is a permanent special account, held and invested by Whitefish Community Foundation. This endowment grows over time allowing Flathead Audubon to be able…
Read Moreby Jake Bramante, Membership Chair Last year we updated our membership database system. One of the big changes we made was that your membership is good for one year from the time that you renew instead of rigid dates on the calendar. This means that your membership is now good for a full 12 months….
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by Pam Willison It’s always a good feeling to have a “to-do list” and to be able to cross off every item. On Saturday, October 1, 18 volunteers made that happen in Owen Sowerwine. They volunteered a total of 54 hours and enjoyed some camaraderie, some sunshine and beautiful fall colors, and the satisfaction of…
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by Sneed B. Collard III Scientific Name Picus is Latin for woodpecker, from a legend in which the enchantress Circe turned Picus, the son of Saturn, into a woodpecker; -oides is Greek for “resembling,” so Picoides means “woodpecker-like”. The word arcticusis Latin for northern or arctic. At first glance the newly burned forest looked devoid…
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