Recalling Birds: A Photography Exhibit

Join us at the general meeting on March 9; photographer and naturalist Daniel Lombardi will present a mix of art and science featuring his photographs of birds at banding stations. His images capture the moment after a bird is weighed, measured, and banded, when researchers hold the bird reverently in cupped hands before releasing it. The photos, taken between 2021 and 2025, are unstaged, meaning the subjects were not posing for photographs but were simply holding the animals as part of a prescribed process. All animals were handled in accordance with official regulations and permits.

Daniel Lombardi began volunteering at the bird banding station in Glacier National Park in 2021. He quickly became captivated by the process of aging individual birds and delved into the study of bird molt. Soon after, he began volunteering at other banding stations throughout the northern Rockies. 

Daniel’s upcoming photography exhibit, “Recalling Birds,” will be featured at the Good Luck Gallery in Kalispell from March 6 to April 17, 2026, with an opening reception on Friday, March 6, from 5 to 7pm. The show explores how his images might be interpreted a thousand years from now and what they convey about birds and our relationship with them. Prints will be available for sale, and profits will be donated to Flathead Audubon.