Celebrate the Solstice by joining Shannon and Bridger Donaldson for a morning of birding along Flathead Lake’s North Shore. Encompassing over 1,800 acres, the Flathead WPA is a wonderful mix of habitats with many opportunities to see a variety of birds. The group will likely see eagles as well as both Rough-legged and Red-tailed Hawks. Song...
The 2023 Troy Christmas Bird Count will be held on Saturday, December 30th. For more information or to get involved contact Don Jones at don@donaldmjones.com or 406-546-3832.
The 25th annual Kalispell CBC will take place on New Year's Eve, Sunday, December 31. The Kalispell count area is a large circle, 15-miles in diameter, centered at the junction of Highway 93 and Reserve Drive by Home Depot. From Happy Valley to the north and Herron Park to the south, Fairview Marsh to the east...
Dan Casey will lead us on a tour of the open country favored by winter raptors in the West Valley, Creston and/or Lower Valley area near Somers. Our route will be finalized based on local raptor surveys, and we will focus on the roadside identification of the varied forms and plumages of Red-tailed and Rough-legged Hawks....
Meet at Kalispell Montessori Elementary School parking lot (weather permitting) and join FAS Conservation Educator and long-time teaching naturalist Denny Olson on a winter hike through Owen Sowerwine. Winter birds, bird songs, tracking, botanizing, and seat-of-the-pants interpretation will be the unstructured itinerary. This is one of the best spots in the area to see Pileated...
Join Laura Katzman of Flathead Land Trust and Jess Garby on Saturday, February 3, 9am-3pm for a tour of the Mission Valley to look for wintering birds of prey. Jess Garby has worked extensively studying migrating raptors in the west, and Laura Katzman has been working to protect farmland in the Mission Valley that is...
Join Darcy Thomas will for a field trip to view returning waterfowl in the Lower Valley and Somersarea wetlands. Mid to late March is the prime time to see large flocks of incoming migrants,including seasonal specialties such as Greater Scaup and Eurasian Wigeon. If the conditions areright, it is possible to see thousands of waterfowl...
On Tuesday and Wednesday, April 2nd and 3rd, join Darcy Thomas to see the annual Snow Geese migration at Freezout Lake. Watch the geese on their journey from their wintering grounds to their arctic nesting areas. They stop over at Freezout Lake Wildlife Management Area (WMA) near Choteau to rest and feed for a few...
Thursday, April 11, 3-5pm and Saturday, April 13, 8am-approx. 11am. Join Erin Braaten (Dancing Aspens Photography) and Jake Bramante to learn how to take better photos of birds. We will have an initial, indoor instructional meeting on Thursday, April 11 from 3 to about 5pm in the Kalispell Library meeting room (in the basement). An...
Thursday, April 11, 3-5pm and Saturday, April 13, 8am-approx. 11am. Join Erin Braaten (Dancing Aspens Photography) and Jake Bramante to learn how to take better photos of birds. We will have an initial, indoor instructional meeting on Thursday, April 11 from 3 to about 5pm in the Kalispell Library meeting room (in the basement). An...
Join Jake Bramante as he takes us on a hike (approximately four miles) through Herron Park. We will keep our eyes (and ears) peeled for forest birds and look for some early spring migrants such as Spotted Towhees and Williamson’s Sapsuckers. The hike will include an elevation gain of 750 feet. There will be sweeping...
Saturday, April 27, 8am-12pm join Denny Olson, Flathead Audubon Conservation Educator (and “Bird Whistler”) for a birding tour in Owen Sowerwine Area, part of the migration superhighway of the great Rocky Mountain Trench. Over 160 species have been seen there, and the “regulars” include Pileated Woodpeckers, Bald Eagles in all age classes, Ospreys, Pygmy, White...
