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Category: Conservation

Citizen Scientists Needed for Rosy-Finch Feeder Surveys!

By Jake BramanteJanuary 3, 2023December 27, 2022 Categories: Conservation

Do you feed birds during the cold winter months, or know of a friend or family member that does? If so, we at Montana Audubon encourage you to join us and contribute to a large Rosy-Finch study spanning at least eight western states!  This coming winter Montana Audubon is once again partnering with Utah’s Sageland…

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Owen Sowerwine, The Man

By Jake BramanteDecember 29, 2022January 6, 2023 Categories: Conservation

by Lynda Saul Who Was Owen Sowerwine? Ever wonder about the person behind a named landmark, national forest, or natural area?  How about our local Owen Sowerwine Natural Area?  A look at the headstone mounted on an erratic boulder in the back row of the Columbia Falls Fairview Cemetery reveals Owen Evan Sowerwine. Aug 1,…

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Report documents wolf attacks around the world

By Jake BramanteDecember 12, 2022November 26, 2022 Categories: Conservation

“The overall message is that most people in North American and Europe can live very close to wolves and be perfectly OK in 99.99999% of cases,” said John Linnell, senior research scientist with the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research and the lead author on the recent report. “But it’s never 100%. Things can happen. We need…

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Conservation Corner – December 2022

By Jake BramanteDecember 7, 2022November 26, 2022 Categories: Conservation

by Bridger Donaldson Birds and Glass: Preventing Avian Window Collisions Many of us have at some point come across a deceased bird underneath a window or investigated after hearing the startling noise of a bird hitting a glass pane. One of the largest anthropogenic causes of avian death in the US, along with habitat destruction…

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Using Radar and Saving Birds at the 9/11 Tribute in Light

By Jake BramanteNovember 17, 2022October 21, 2022 Categories: Conservation

As bright beams illuminate the New York City skies above the National 9/11 Museum & Memorial’s Tribute in Light, thousands of migratory birds circle and call, disoriented by the lights. As the swirl intensifies, Cornell Lab of Ornithology scientist Andrew Farnsworth gives the signal, the lights turn off, and the birds disperse into the night….

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Pika Patrol

By Jake BramanteNovember 13, 2022October 21, 2022 Categories: Conservation

Rocky Mountain Wild has developed a new Pika Patrol mobile app.This new app will help the community and scientists alike to track observations and monitor populations of the climate-sensitive American pika. By making it easier for hikers, community members, and visitors to record pika observations, we can gather even more data on this charismatic mountain…

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What a Beautiful Fall Work Day!

By Jake BramanteNovember 3, 2022October 21, 2022 Categories: Conservation

by Pam Willison It’s always a good feeling to have a “to-do list” and to be able to cross off every item.  On Saturday, October 1, 18 volunteers made that happen in Owen Sowerwine.  They volunteered a total of 54 hours and enjoyed some camaraderie, some sunshine and beautiful fall colors, and the satisfaction of…

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Getting to Know Owen Sowerwine Natural Area – Part 6

By Jake BramanteOctober 15, 2022September 23, 2022 Categories: Conservation

by Pat Jaquith Finding Treasures in the Mud of Owen Sowerwine Natural Area Making a list of plant species in Owen Sowerwine seemed like an easy enough task in September when the trails were dry, vegetation was senescing, and the deciduous trees still had leaves and fruit, so I accepted the challenge and started out….

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Lead Bullets and Wildlife in 2022

By Jake BramanteOctober 13, 2022September 23, 2022 Categories: Conservation

by Lewis Young and Kate Stone With big game rifle hunting season approaching you can help wildlife by switching to non-lead bullets if you are hunter using lead bullets . Lead bullets, even copper jacketed lead bullets, fired from high velocity guns fragment on impact losing 20-40% of their mass when they hit an object….

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Conservation Corner – September 2022

By Jake BramanteSeptember 16, 2022September 2, 2022 Categories: Conservation Tags: Bald Eagle

by Carole Jorgensen Conservation Short Notes Avian Flu According to APHIS, there have been 51 cases of wild bird mortality associated with avian flu in Montana, including one bald eagle in Flathead County, as of Aug 2022. Wild birds are apparently more resistant to avian flu than domestic fowl. Feeding birds (once the bears go…

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Our Bird of the Month

Golden-crowned Kinglets

Hardly a Life of Royalty by Karen Nichols Golden-crowned Kinglets are a mystery and a marvel of wintertime survival in the north woods. These grey and olive birds weigh only the mass of two pennies — just bigger than a Rufous Hummingbird. This species is Montana’s smallest permanent resident passerine and it eats insects all…

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