Trumpeter Swan Ecology and Reintroduction presented by Franz Ingelfinger The Trumpeter Swan has made a remarkable recovery throughout Northwest Montana, thanks to a multiple-decade’s long re-introductory effort involving several cooperators. Today, swans breeding throughout the Flathead are the direct decedents of those efforts. Franz will discuss Trumpeter Swan ecology, reintroduction, and current efforts to utilize…
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by Lisa Bate Glacier National Park (GNP) held its annual Christmas Bird Count on Sunday, December 20, 2020. Twenty-nine participants contributed to this event by covering 10 different routes in Glacier, and 2 bird feeders in West Glacier. Participants spent the day counting all bird species and individuals detected. The weather started dismally with rain,…
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Our January meeting featured the fantastically knowledgable Beth Gardner. She used her expertise as a fisheries biologist coupled with her sense of humor to show us the fun insights of our native fish. If you thought that wonderful, mysterious fish only existed in coral reefs or in the extreme depths of the ocean, you have…
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Our February meeting featured Doug Bonham who has a long history of creating tracking and monitoring devices for animals from owls to tree kangaroos. At our online meeting in February, he gave a wonderful history of tracking technologies as well as his new project that he’s very excited about, bird nest box instrumentation. This recent…
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Highlights from the December 7, 2020 Board of Directors Meeting Treasurer Rod Wallette will complete the Montana Audubon Wildlife Grant application, which would be used to help fund Jewel Basin Hawk Watch 2021. Larry Berrin, Executive Director for Montana Audubon, joined the meeting to update on the status of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The…
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Instrumented Bird Nest Boxes and Wildlife Tracking Technologies presented by Doug Bonham (watch a replay of the presentation over here) Doug Bonham started birding in Maryland in 1966 with a guy named Chandler Robbins who had the audacity to publish a bird field guide to compete with what was then the only bird field guide…
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by Amy Seaman, Montana Audubon The 67th Montana Legislature is setting up to be like no other. Major changes in the legislature’s make up make it hard to know what to expect. And Covid precautions will mean that our physical presence in the Capitol halls will be limited. But we are not backing down from…
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Montana’s Amazing Native Fish: where truth is stranger than fiction presented by Beth Gardner (watch a replay of the presentation over here) Have you ever heard of fish that doesn’t like to swim? Or how about the one so primitive and bizarre that it is surely a ghost from very ancient times? Beth has picked…
Read MoreHighlights from the November 2nd, 2020 Board of Directors Meeting Gael Bissell will submit comments for Flathead Audubon related to the proposal to make modifications in Lawrence Park. She will also submit comments to FWP for the proposed purchase by Flathead Land Trust, for a Conservation Easement in Bad Rock Canyon. Joe Batts noted that…
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Our October meeting featured the knowledgable Bret Tobalske, Professor of Organismal Biology, Ecology and Evolution in the Division of Biological Sciences at the University of Montana, is now available online! His excellent presentation on hummingbird flight was captivating as Bret navigated the technicalities of his research in an easy to understand and fascinating talk. His…
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