By Craig Hohenberger
I am assuming all regional (local) leaders will be doing the Bigfork CBC once again. If you were a regional (local) leader last year, and are not participating in the Bigfork CBC this year, please let me know. I will be sending out the Bigfork CBC packets with bird checklists and maps of your respective sub-regions during the first week of December. If there are multiple people in your regions, you can organize your plan of coverage, or just caravan. All volunteers are welcome. I will meet any interested birders in the parking lot at Flathead Lake Brewing Co., 116 Holt Dr. Bigfork, at 8am on Saturday, December 14(day of the Bigfork CBC).
After the count, we will meet at Dave Manuwal’s house between 5-5:30pm for a potluck dinner and unofficial bird countdown. Please return your packets with the map and bird checklists ASAP after the count, so I can tally the results. You can either return them by mail (asap), email, or text them to me (but return the maps), or drop the bird lists in my mailbox on Riverside Rd. (95 Hash Mtn. View). It’s about one mile south of Creston on Riverside Rd. at the corner of Obryan Lane.
Please let Dave know what you are bringing to the potluck.
Directions to David Manuwal’s house:
David and his wife are located about five miles north of Bigfork and two and a half miles south of Creston. Turn off Highway 35 at Lupine Ridge Rd. which is near a curve in the highway. Go down Lupine Ridge until you encounter Meadowlark Ridge Rd. on the right. Turn and drive to the last house (yellow) on the left. That will be: 85 Meadowlark Ridge Rd., (406) 257-1471.
Email: manuwal2@centurylink.net
Good birding,
Craig Hohenberger (Compiler)
(406) 890-1629
Email: asoleado2003@yahoo.com
Mailing address: PO Box 5021, Bigfork, 59911