Field Trip

Long time Flathead Audubon member Dan Casey will be the guest speaker at the Monday, May 13 meeting at the Whitefish Community Center  from 7-9 pm.  Dan joined seven other folks from Montana and Oregon on a 15-day tour of Ghana with Ashanti African Tours in January 2018. The trip was organized and co-lead by...

Help Flathead Land Trust and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service celebrate adding 257 acres with valuable wetlands to the Smith Lake Waterfowl Production Area on Saturday, May 18, from 9am-noon. Bike and bird about 8.5 miles around the Smith Lake Waterfowl Production Area and view its new addition. We will be biking on both...

Join wildlife biologist Steve Gniadek for a spring birding expedition in Glacier National Park on Saturday, May 25, 2019, 7AM-noon. Expect to see our resident chickadee species as well as recent migrant arrivals like warblers, flycatchers and so many more avian friends. Loons and Harlequin Ducks are sometimes special visitors in this area. For directions...

Flathead Audubon and the Montana Native Plant Society are hosting walks with Anne Morley every Thursday in May at 10am. Meet Anne in downtown Bigfork by the bench between the Playhouse and Showthyme Restaurant. It is a fun morning adventure filled with native plant information and many opportunities to ID birds, so be sure to...

Join local birders Bruce Tannehill and Gail Cleveland on Saturday, June 8 from 8 am until noon when they visit some of the best songbird areas on Whitefish Lake. The group will car pool to the site at head of the lake. The trip is limited to 15 people. To sign up and get more...

Join local expert birder Paul Rossi  Saturday, June 22, 7 AM to 1 PM.as we explore a variety of habitats along Hwy 2 toward East Glacier, including the great bird diversity of the Lubec Lake and Coonsa Creek area. We’ll be doing a short walk (<1/2mile) on a well-developed trail. There will be an option...

Join refuge wildlife biologist Beverly Skinner on Sunday, June 23, 8:30 AM-2:00 PM.to tour the incredible wetlands and grasslands of this hidden jewel west of Kalispell. See nesting Trumpeter Swans and an abundance of shorebirds and waterfowl species associated with Palouse prairie, riparian/wetland, and larch/pine forest habitats of the 9000 acre Refuge, northwest of Marion,...

Join FAS on Saturday, June 29 from 8 AM-noon as we explore the Swan refuge wetlands and forests nearby. We’ll see some great birds (maybe bitterns, snipe, and redstarts). We’ll be walking out on to the wet refuge so knee-high boots are highly recommended! For more information call Cory Davis (406) 257-3166 or piranga99@gmail.com. Trip...

Join Flathead Land Trust on Saturday, July 20 from 9am-noon to kayak the lower Flathead River to view existing conservation and conservation projects in progress. Kayak either 4 or 8 miles. View existing conservation and the Flathead River Conservation Project in the first 4 miles and as an option extend the trip by 4 miles...

THE FIELD TRIP HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS.   This is a wonderful opportunity to join retired Biology Professor Jeanette Oliver on Saturday, August 3, from 9 AM-noon for an information- packed stroll in the portion of OSNA near her property on Leisure Island.   The group will go on an easy walk across the...

Flathead Audubon will offer an informational program featuring local bird expert Joshua Covill on Monday, September 9 from 7- 9 PM in the Gateway West Community Meeting Room in Kalispell.  He and his wife spent 5 months in South America exploring their passion for birds. They hiked volcanoes, trekked the stone paths laid by the...