Highlights of the 4/1/24 Board Meeting Helping Hands Make Light Work The Osprey and Baling Twine Project got off to a good start this spring with the help of Michell Tyler, Patty Archibald, Ann Halter, Dee Baginski, Ann Rhodes, Nancy Gresham, and Darcy Thomas. We printed brochures which we placed in various locations throughout the…
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May 2024 Meeting & Potluck – Celebrating the Owen Sowerwine Conservation Easement
Our May potluck and silent auction are some of our favorite events of the year. We enjoy seeing everyone, eating together, and having time to visit before the summer break. Join us on Monday, May 13th, for our celebration of the Owen Sowerwine Conservation Easement. First nominated as a State Natural Area in 1974, and…
Read MoreEarth Day EXPO 2024
“Uniting Nature and Technology”, sponsored by Citizen’s Climate Lobby Saturday, April 20, 9am-4pm, Arts and Technology building, FVCC Kids’ Activities (including birding!), panel discussions, workshops and 25 booths representing local organizations. Don’t miss Flathead Audubon’s workshop, “Canaries in the Coal Mine: Birds & Climate” presented by Denny Olson, Flathead Audubon Conservation Educator. Watch a 28-minute…
Read MoreApril 2024 Chirps and Squawks
Highlights from the March 4, 2024 Board of Directors Meeting Get ready for the Annual May Silent Auction and Potluck Dinner A CELEBRATION OF OWEN SOWERWINE The annual Silent Auction is the perfect time to gather all the valuable “stuff” that you’ve squirreled away. Gather up bird books, outdoor gear, artwork, live bedding plants, homemade pies…
Read More2024 Wings Across the Big Sky Birding Festival is now open
by Lauren Smith, MT Audubon Communications Specialist It’s finally here – registration for the 2024 Wings Across the Big Sky Birding Festival is NOW OPEN! Visit the Montana Audubon website to learn more and to register online. Along with Last Chance Audubon, we’ve put together a fantastic lineup of trips, speakers, and more – you…
Read MoreApril 2024 Program – The Life and Science Behind Arctic Shorebird Nest Monitoring
March 2024 presentation on adding native plants to your backyard now available for replay!
At our March 2024 General Meeting, longtime landscaper, Kathy Ross, along with Jessie Walthers of the Flathead Conservation District and Mackenzie Dey of the MSU Extension office discussed the importance of native plants and how you can incorporate them into your own backyards to improve habitat for our native animals and environment. The added bonus…
Read MoreFlathead Audubon Merch/Swag news!
Want to display your love for birds and bird conservation? Think that our Pileated Woodpecker logo would look great on a hat, on your head? We’ve got great news! Flathead Audubon swag is here! Baseball caps, warm thermal beanies, and visors will be available for purchase at the March 11 general meeting. We are also…
Read MoreMarch 2024 Program – Natives Rule! Converting your space into a bird sanctuary
Presented by Mackenzie Dey, Kathy Ross and Jessie Walthers Join three native landscaping experts and view a Flathead Audubon produced video about how plants and animals become “native”, and how intricately woven the millions of relationships between natives form the balance of nature – especially those relationships between plants, insects, and birds. Popcorn optional! Learn…
Read MoreFebruary 2024 presentation on Antarctica, South Georgia, and the Falkland Islands now available for replay!
At our February 2024 General Meeting, Lou Bruno regaled his tales aboard the National Geographic Explorer has he visited Antarctica, South Georgia, and the Falkland Islands. Far from a land of sea and ice, this rich ecosystem features seals, whales, albatrosses, petrels, and a variety of penguins in a varied landscape of rock, ice, grass,…
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