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Author: Linda Winnie

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Online Auction to Benefit Birds and Conservation

By Linda WinnieNovember 10, 2020November 10, 2020 Categories: News

By Constanza von der Pahlen, Flathead River to Lake Initiative and Flathead Lakers. A beautiful wooden boat restored by Greg McCormick, Polson, is for sale through an online auction to benefit the Bad Rock Canyon Conservation Project. The 1953 Century Resorter, an 18′ boat, is ready to float Flathead Lake! The Bad Rock Canyon Conservation Project…

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Help Sustain Flathead Audubon on Day of Giving May 5-6

By Linda WinnieMay 1, 2020May 3, 2020 Categories: News

Please consider donating to Flathead Audubon through this fundraising campaign. If the donations directed to FAS total more $2000 or more, the Foundations will add another $1000. If we all pitch in , we can reach that goal! During this time of Covid19 restrictions some of our traditional fund raising activities have had to be…

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FAS 2019 Birdathon

By Linda WinnieJuly 6, 2019July 6, 2019 Categories: News

Saturday, June 15th started with a beautiful morning of partly cloudy skies and ideal summer temperatures, resulting in a wonderful birding day for Flathead Audubon’s seventh annual Bird-a-thon.  Members of the two Birdathon teams, the Jays and the Tanagers, searched mostly close to home this year to see and hear as many species as possible…

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March 9 OSNA Winter Work Party

By Linda WinnieMarch 22, 2019March 23, 2019 Categories: News

By Linda Winnie, Photos by Devvi Morgan.                10 volunteer workers gathered at 9 am on the cold Saturday morning of March 9 in the Montessori Elementary School parking lot to prepare for a morning of weed work at the Owen Sowerwine Natural Area. After Denny Olson, FAS Conservation Educator gave them a quick lesson…

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New West Valley Bird Viewing Area is Open!

By Linda WinnieOctober 16, 2018October 18, 2018 Categories: News Tags: Sandhill Crane

About 150 people gathered Saturday evening, October 6, to celebrate the completion of Flathead Land Trust’s West Valley Wetlands Conservation Project, and the Grand Opening of the Project’s new West Valley Bird Viewing Area. The Project has placed conservation easements on 400 acres in the West Valley Ponds Complex, which is a critical staging area…

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Golden Eagle Photo Credit: Jan Wassink

Public Invited to Participate in Glacier Raptor Migration Study

By Linda WinnieAugust 17, 2018 Categories: News

Training Session on August 23 In celebration of the Year of the Bird, Glacier National Park is launching a new Hawk Watch Program where park biologists will teach volunteers how to count migrating raptors. A training will be held at the Apgar Education Center in Apgar Village on Thursday, August 23, 2018 from 9 am…

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Our Bird of the Month

A Study of Harlequin Ducks in Glacier National Park

by Nora Kehoe Sitting on the shore of Lower McDonald Creek, sun beating on our faces, and a cool breeze blowing off the fast-running water, I see movement in the rapids. A dark head with a signifying white dot on its face appears. I immediately radio, “Lancaster 181, I think I see one.” Prior to…

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