by Joshua Covill Rare and Notables – September 2020 08/22 – the YELLOW-BILLED LOON (immature) found on Dickey Lake by Nikki M. on July 5th was last reported August 22nd. 08/22 – 3 Sanderling at the Creston Wetland pond (Craig H.) 08/31 – American Golden-Plover around the ponds in the West Valley…
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Lesser Scaup
October 2020 Program
Flight of Hummingbirds presented by Bret Tobalske (watch a replay of the presentation over here) Flathead Audubon will present an online program on Monday, October 12 at 7 PM. Dr. Bret Tobalske, Professor of Organismal Biology, Ecology and Evolution in the Division of Biological Sciences at the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana and he…
Read MoreOSNA Weed Work – Fall 2020
By Pam Willison In addition to the work done by our two weed spraying contractors, Todd Butts and Jon Hesselwood, a number of people worked as volunteers to help control invasive plant species in Owen Sowerwine this spring and summer. A big THANK-YOU to: Denny Olson, Pam Willison, Sally Cameron-Russell, Derrick Rathe, Will Beyer, and…
Read MoreConservation Corner – September 2020
by Carole Jorgensen The Great American Outdoors Act was signed into law in August 2020. It provides the promised money to implement the 1965 Land and Water Conservation Act. The LWCA was designed to fund conservation and recreation as partial mitigation for off-shore oil and gas development, but was fully funded only two years in…
Read MoreSeptember 2020 Chirps and Squawks
Highlights from the May, July, and August 2020 Board meetings May 4, 2020 Input was provided for Denny to create a final version of the Birds Rock! video, and ideas were offered about how best to publicize it and make it available to people. A draft of the 2020-21 budget was reviewed, and there was…
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