Highlights from the April 3, 2023 Board of Directors Meeting Cash Rewards for Loon Sightings The Montana Loon Society and the Montana Common Loon Working Group (CLWG) are once again offering cash prizes for observations of banded loons or confirmed unbanded breeding loons. Two, $100 awards will be decided by a random drawing from all…
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by Cory Davis Our May potluck and silent auction are one of our favorite events of the year. We enjoy seeing everyone, eating together, and having time to visit before the summer break. This year, silent auction proceeds will go toward the Owen Sowerwine Conservation Easement. We’ll meet in Room 26 of the Gateway Mall…
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Presented By Rob Domenech Rob Domenech, executive director of Raptor View Research Institute (RVRI), will be the featured speaker at the Monday, May 8 meeting of the Flathead Audubon Society at 7 p.m. (There won’t be a virtual component to this meeting). His presentation will include a brief history of the Montana Osprey Project (when…
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At our April 2023 General Meeting, Dr. Victoria Dreitz, Director of the Avian Science Center and Professor in Wildlife Biology, shared with us her work both through the University of Montana and with the Avian Science Center. She, along with her university students and other conservation professionals, have been doing on-the-ground research of birds to…
Read MoreBy Darcy Thomas Spring migration is not far off. You can help birds on their journey by turning out the lights. Audubon’s Lights Out program is a nationwide effort to convince cities to turn their lights out for migrating birds, providing them safe passage between their wintering and nesting grounds. Every year, as billions…
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by Darcy Thomas On a blustery winter day in March with dark, turbulent clouds and crepuscular rays brightening the countryside, eight delighted birders joined Margaret and I on a tour of the Mission Valley in a quest to view birds of prey. We saw many wonderful birds including Merlin and American Kestrel, Red-tailed and Rough-legged…
Read MoreHighlights from the March 6, 2023 Board of Directors Meeting Silent Auction It’s back! The annual Silent Auction at the Flathead Audubon May Potluck. Now’s the perfect time to gather all of the valuable “stuff” that you might be able to live without. We’re looking for bird books, outdoor gear, art work, live bedding plants,…
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Presented by Victoria Dreitz Dr. Victoria Dreitz, Director of the Avian Science Center and Professor in Wildlife Biology, will be the featured speaker at the Monday, April 10 meeting of the Flathead Audubon Society at 7 p.m. (See below on how to join in person and online via Zoom). Her presentation will cover her research…
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At our March 2023 General Meeting, Holli Holmes, University of Montana Masters student and wildlife technician at Glacier National Park shared her project to detect Harlequin Ducks. Historically, detection of Harlequin Ducks has been primarily done with boots on the ground surveys that are expensive, time consuming, and almost impossible with many whitewater creeks. Using…
Read MoreHighlights from the February 6, 2023 Board of Directors Meeting Sign up for Montana Audubon’s Action Alert Network The 68th Montana Legislature is in session, and the Montana Audubon team of legislative lobbyists are busy working for all of us to defend Montana’s wildlife, wildlife habitat, and bedrock environmental laws. But they need your help….
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