Category: Birding
Flathead Valley Bird Report – April 2025
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in BirdingBy Dan Casey Late February highlights included continuing Yellow-headed Blackbird and Common Grackle in Creston (Craig H.). Waterfowl and gulls often provide the best birding opportunities in March, and this […]
Flathead Valley Bird Report – March 2025
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in BirdingBy Dan Casey Rare and Notables – Mid-winter 2025 Open water lasted well into the winter period, and several waterfowl and other waterbird species followed suit. Northern Pygmy-Owls were widely […]
Summary Reports of Local 2024 Audubon Christmas Bird Counts (CBC)
By Craig Hohenberg & Shannon Donaldson Bigfork CBC – December 14th The 51st annual Bigfork Christmas Bird Count was held Saturday, December 14th, under foggy and cloudy skies, with calm […]
Freezout Lake and the Snow Geese Migration 2025
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in BirdingBy Bob Lee Snow Geese and other waterfowl will soon move from the wintering grounds to their arctic breeding grounds. Many stop over at Freezout Lake Wildlife Management Area (WMA) […]
Flathead Valley Bird Report – January 2025
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in BirdingBy Dan Casey Rare and Notables – November/December 2024 Real winter weather had yet to make an appearance by December 15, and a few of the notables were lingering species […]
Seventeenth Jewel Basin Hawk Watch Season Completed
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in BirdingBy Dan Casey, JBHW Coordinator Jake Bramante counted 30 birds, including 20 Golden Eagles, to end the 17th Jewel Basin Hawk Watch season on a frosty October 30. With snow […]