In August of 2007, local birder Dan Casey was joined by Steve Hoffman (formerly Montana Audubon Director) to scout a potential raptor migration survey site in the Jewel Basin. Dan had a hunch, based in part on opportunistic sightings on fall hikes to Mt. Aeneas, that there was potential for this to be an important...
Join Flathead Audubon and the Flathead Land Trust on Thursday September 24 and Thursday, October 1 to view Sandhill Cranes as they stage in the West Valley on their fall migration. See these magnificent birds as they fly in from feeding in agricultural fields to roost for the night in pothole wetland ponds around sunset....
The fall work day will be held on Saturday, October 3 starting at 9 am. Meet at the Montessori School parking lot on Willow Glen Drive. Be prepared to pull weeds! Bring your masks, work gloves and wear appropriate clothing. For more information, call Bob Lee at 270-0371
When weather and migration conditions are favorable, join us for a viewing of the Glacier Park raptor migration in the parking lot of Jammer Joes at Lake McDonald Lodge in Glacier National Park. Because the migration is very dependent on weather conditions and other variables, we are planning to be spontaneous. If interested, your name...
Flathead Audubon will present an online program on Monday, October 12 at 7 PM. Dr. Bret Tobalske, Professor of Organismal Biology, Ecology and Evolution in the Division of Biological Sciences at the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana an is Director of the Field Research Station at Fort Missoula. He will explore the diverse aspects...
Dave Manual will be the speaker at the November 9 meeting. Did you know there are 271 bird species breeding in Montana? An additional 169 species are non-breeding transients. There are 14 non-native breeding species, of which five are game species. Our program for November will be given on Zoom by FAS Board member, Dave...
Due to pandemic restrictions on safely gathering, this year's local Flathead Audubon CBCs will not be taking volunteers. The coordinators will be relying on individuals who have conducted the counts in the past to conduct them this year. They will reach out to those individuals for assistance. There will also not be a gathering at...
Unfortunately, the monthly December 14 meeting Zoom experienced difficulties and has been rescheduled for Monday, December 21 at 7 pm. The program will feature Cory Davis, a Research Associate at the University of Montana who spent many years studying birds throughout the western US and occasionally abroad. He will share stories and photos from a...
Flathead Audubon will feature Fisheries Biologist, Beth Gardner for the online Zoom presentation on Monday, January 11, 2021 at 7 PM. Have you ever heard of fish that doesn’t like to swim? Or how about the one so primitive and bizarre that it is surely a ghost from very ancient times? Beth has picked out...
Join FAS Conservation Educator and long-time teaching naturalist Denny Olson on Saturday, January 16 from 1-4 PM on a winter hike in Kalispell. Winter birds, bird songs, tracking, botanizing, and seat-of-the-pants interpretation will be the unstructured itinerary. We will visit one of the best spots in the area to see Pileated and other woodpeckers, many...
Flathead Audubon will offer a special ZOOM presentation on Monday, February 8 at 7 pm featuring Doug Bonham. Doug started birding in Maryland in 1966 with a guy named Chandler Robbins who had the audacity to publish a bird field guide to compete with what was then the only bird field guide - Roger Tory...
Join FAS on Wednesday, March 3 at 11:00AM-1:00PM and Saturday March 6 from 1:00PM – 3:00PM. We will take a winter trek along the Flathead River near the Steel Bridge and are likely to see Bald Eagles, Canada Geese, Ring-billed Gulls, woodpeckers, flickers, Blue Jays, waxwings, and other small passerines. We might see a Belted...