Highlights from February 2017 Board Meeting The February Board Meeting was cancelled due to the major snow storm. Two items were circulated via email for discussion after the cancellation. What action if any should be taken to get the landfill reopened to birders? To what extent should meeting notices for other non-profits be included in…
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Denny’s Favorite Oddball Bird Stories Presented by Denny Olson Denny Olson, Flathead Audubon Conservation Educator, will present the Monday, March 13 program. Using “bet you didn’t know this!” stories about his distant feathered relatives, Denny will “edutain” us with audience participation, surprise, humor and some very interesting lore about birds. He will also attempt to…
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by Linda de Kort At our last general meeting, our president Kay Mitchell led us in a moment of silence for a dear friend to Flathead Audubon, Tom Ulrich. Tom died of a very aggressive form of leukemia on Friday, February 10th at the Siteman Cancer Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The love of his life, Linda Martin, was by his side….
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by Lewis Young, compiler The 24nd annual Eureka Christmas bird count was held on Saturday December 17 in bitter cold weather that ranged from -17F to +3F. Twelve hardy people went to the field and 16 people counted at their feeders. Fifty-two species and 2206 individual birds were recorded. There were record high counts for…
Read Moreby Don Jones Troy held its Christmas Bird count on Saturday December 31st 2016. Weather started off clear and cold (6 degrees) and ended with mostly cloudy (26 degrees). We had 23 Field participants and 5 feeder watchers. Species count matched last year at 48 species for count day and 3 for count week (Cedar…
Read Moreby Gene Rekin The 47th Libby Christmas bird count took place December 17 with 10 field observers and 4 feeder watchers. The day was partly cloudy to clear with a low in the morning of -9 degrees and an afternoon high of +6, a trying day for man and feathered friends alike. Thankfully there…
Read Moreby Brian Williams The Ninepipes Christmas Bird Count was held on Sunday, 18 December 2016. Sixteen observers braved the single-digit weather and treacherous roads to count birds. The deep cold made open water scarce and held our total species down a bit from 5 and 10 year averages, but we found some excellent birds. Short-eared…
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by Lisa Bate This year’s Christmas Bird Count in Glacier was fantastic! We had a number of rare birds, first-time birds, unusual birds for this time of the year, and some new high counts for species. It was also 25 degrees warmer than the morning before (minus 15° F) and we had light, fluffy snow,…
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At our February 13 meeting, as part of our ongoing celebration of Flathead Audubon’s 40th birthday, the chapter honored its original members – those who were members in February 1977. Pictured here are the original members who were present at the meeting. From left to right, Bob Lopp, Ely Jones, Barbara Boorman, Jack Potter, Rick…
Read Moreby Craig Hohenberger The 43rd annual Bigfork Christmas Bird Count was held Saturday, December 17th, under cloudy skies with very cold conditions; temperatures ranged from -16 to 7 above. There was a limited amount of open water (less than 10%), and much of Flathead Lake was plagued by surface fog. Thirty-three volunteer participants counted 12,459…
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