Audubon members, neighbors, and friends of Owen Sowerwine are very excited about the possibility of Flathead Land Trust purchasing a perpetual conservation easement on Owen Sowerwine, a State School Trust parcel administered by Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC). This unique and highly diverse riparian wetland parcel lies just east of Kalispell off…
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by Denny Olson Finally, after two years of pandemic cancellations, we had our 14th Annual Festival at Lone Pine State Park. The ever-energetic and humorous Kate Davis headlined our presenters with her falcons, Kurt Lindsay showed his gorgeous owl photos, Dan Casey expanded our abilities to ID raptors in flight, and showings of our bird…
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by Denny Olson We are now in the middle of the Jewel Basin Hawk Watch season, and things have begun to heat up — but the numbers of migrant raptors are slightly lower than recent years. Like true geeks, a number of us have been pulling up multiple weather forecasting websites every day, looking for…
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by Kay Mitchell The 2022 Great Fish Community Challenge came to a close on September 16. Flathead Audubon was an active player this year. For the first year since we have been involved, it was finally possible to hold all of the Great Fish events live and in person. Seventy nonprofit organizations participated in the…
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a little upside-down bird by Darcy Thomas Once called the Canada Nuthatch, the Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis is a common bird throughout North America. The name nuthatch is likely from the word “nuthack”, referring to the nuthatches habit of hacking away at a seed with its bill to open it. For such a tiny bird…
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Highlights from the September 6, 2022 Board of Directors Meeting The Birds of Prey Festival is on track to be held on 9/17, Jewel Basin Hawk Watch is currently being conducted, and our participation in the Great Fish Community Challenge is in full swing. It’s a busy time of year!! Darcy Thomas is interested in…
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