Snow Geese will soon move from the wintering grounds to their arctic nesting areas. They stop over at Freezout Lake WMA near Choteau to rest and feed for a few days before continuing their northward journey. Flathead Audubon should go visit them! We will meet on Sunday, March 26 at 10 AM at the parking...
Join FAS field trip leader Darcy Thomas for a morning of birdwatching in Kila on Thursday, April 13 from 8 am until noon. The group will walk a portion of the paved Great Northern Historical Trail along Smith Lake before driving around the lake, stopping at the boat launch and other pull outs along the...
Join Jake Bramante on Saturday, April 15 from 8 AM until 1 PM as he takes us on a hike (approximately 4 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...
Please join FAS field trip leader Darcy Thomas on Friday, April 21 from 8 AM until Noon. The group will hike the trails and view Jessup Mill Pond from a birding blind while we look for waterfowl. Expect to walk up to two miles on easy trails. The Creston National Fish Hatchery grounds provide a...
Dan Casey spottwill be leading three Sunday morning bird walks along the Sonny Boon Memorial Trail in Somers during this springmigration season. The paved trail follows a portion of the old railroad bed along Somers Slough and offers excellentviews of waterfowl as well as a wide variety of land-birds reliant on the diverse riparian habitat....
Join Karen Nichols on this birding walk through the riparian habitat and open areas of Kalispell’s Lawrence Park. We will walk approximately two to three leisurely miles through forest and paved trails near the Stillwater River and sloughs. We hope to see and hear a variety of resident birds and recent spring migrants. Highlights might...
Join Steve Gniadek and Kathy Ross (Flathead Audubon and Montana Native Plant Society) for birding along the Fish Hatchery trails where native spring ephemerals will brighten the walk on an easy trail. An abundance of migratory (as well as local) birds will be returning. Dippers, swans, osprey nesting, eagles and warblers are a few of...
Dan Casey will be leading three Sunday morning bird walks along the Sonny Boon Memorial Trail in Somers during this springmigration season. The paved trail follows a portion of the old railroad bed along Somers Slough and offers excellentviews of waterfowl as well as a wide variety of land-birds reliant on the diverse riparian habitat....
Join Darcy Thomas at Yellow Bay on Flathead Lake to learn about the Flathead Lake Biological Station (FLBS). The station, part of the University of Montana, does research on the limnology and ecology of lakes and rivers, environmental monitoring of Flathead Lake and its watershed, and education. We will meet in Bigfork before driving the...
Join Steve Gniadek and Kathy Ross for a birding field trip in the West Glacier-Apgar area. We will explore the shore of Lake McDonald near Apgar, a short walk to the famed "Warbler Heaven" wetlands of Lower McDonald Creek and the forests around Fish Creek, McGee Meadows and Quarter Circle Bridge for songbirds, waterfowl, and...
Dan Casey will be leading three Sunday morning bird walks along the Sonny Boon Memorial Trail in Somers during this springmigration season. The paved trail follows a portion of the old railroad bed along Somers Slough and offers excellentviews of waterfowl as well as a wide variety of land-birds reliant on the diverse riparian habitat....
Join Darcy Thomas to savor the beauties of the Bison Range in Moiese. The Bison Range is home to many birds such as Bald and Golden Eagles, Lewis’s Woodpeckers, Red-naped Sapsuckers, Willow Flycatchers, Lazuli Buntings, and Grasshopper Sparrows. There is also wonderful native vegetation and many animals including Bison, White-tail and Mule deer, Elk,...
