by Mike and Jill Fanning June 15-17 – Thursday afternoon through Saturday 11 AM Come join FAS at the Tally Lake Campground for an extraordinary two days of birding and relaxing. The pavilion campsite at the campground has been reserved for us. We will be focusing on bird identification, birding by ear, and photography. This…
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For the fifth consecutive year, the Tanagers and the Jays will face off, searching mountains, meadows, streams and backyard bird feeders to see which team can find the most bird species on June 3, 2017. For three consecutive years, the Tannehill Tanagers won the contest. Last year the Jays pulled off a startling win. The…
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Twenty-one participants, including 7 young birders, joined Kathy Ross for a bird-filled, GBBC day, 2/19/17, in the Bigfork/Swan river area. Spectacular blue-sky views of the Swan River and snow-capped mountains served as a perfect background for waterfowl and Pine Siskins alike. A couple of rain showers, did not dampen anyone’s resolve to ID and count…
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It’s that time of year for the largest citizen science project, the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count. All around the world, people are getting together to get outside and count birds in their areas. Here in Northwest Montana, we’ve got quite a few Christmas Bird Counts. Check below for locations and dates. To participate in…
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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 MoreSaturday, June 18th started with a beautiful sunrise, periodic rain showers and blue skies that resulted in a wonderful birding day for Flathead Audubon’s fourth annual Birdathon. Members of Jake’s Jays and Tannehill’s Tanagers searched the countryside from the Mission Valley to Freezout Lake and East Glacier to Tally Lake. All had a good time…
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by Steve Gniadek Despite low clouds, poor visibility and intermittent rain, over 25 people showed up for the Flathead Audubon field trip to observe migrating golden eagles from the Lake McDonald Lodge parking lot in Glacier NP on Sunday afternoon October 9. No migrants were seen due to the cloud cover. Since this was near the peak…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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