Flathead Audubon’s past Presidents and past Newsletter Editors were honored at the chapter’s end-of-the-year potluck meeting in May, as part of the chapter’s celebration this year of its 40th birthday. Click here to see their names and when they served. Over its 40 year history, FAS has had 17 volunteer Presidents. Under their leadership, the…
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Field Trip Report: Jewel Basin Hawk Watch Trip
By Cory Davis & Linda Winnie. Six intrepid raptor enthusiasts climbed to the top of Mount Aeneas in the Jewel Basin on September 17, to the site of the Jewel Basin Hawk Watch. There they joined primary Hawk Watch observer Dan Casey to help count migrating hawks as they pass by the high Aeneas ridge….
Read MoreField Trip Report: Exploring the Island Portions of OSNA
By Jeanette Oliver. On the morning of Saturday August 2016, fourteen of us met at the home of Jeanette Oliver. After a brief discussion about birds of the area, we walked along a narrow strip of OSNA that lies on Leisure Island. Our emphasis was on lowland and floodplain vegetation. The lowland forest is…
Read MoreField Trip Report: Alvord Lake Community Forest Celebration
By Linda Winnie. Neighbors, supporters, and partners of the Alvord Lake Community Forest Project gathered July 8 at Alvord Lake’s Outdoor Classroom near Troy, MT, to celebrate the Vital Ground Foundation’s completion of the project and the establishment of this unique Community Forest. FAS had organized a carpool from Kalispell for those travelling to the…
Read MoreJewel Basin Hawk Watch Volunteers Needed – Volunteer Orientation Sept 10
By Gael Bissell. This fall’s Jewel Basin Hawk Watch kicks off the last week in August and will continue through October (as long as weather permits). We need volunteer bird watchers to sign up and help monitor raptor migration almost every day. This is the 9th year of the raptor count on the Swan Ridge…
Read MoreField Trip Report: Going Batty
By Lewis Young. Thirty-three people, including local hosts Leslie Kehoe and Bob Lee, gathered on August 12 at Kehoe’s Agate Shop, which once again was a wonderful setting for the bat trip. Before the bats began to fly at dusk, bat researchers discussed general bat biology and ecology and demonstrated bat radio transmitters and tracking….
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