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...
Join FAS on Wednesday, March 3 from 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...
Flathead Audubon is offering a special Zoom presentation by Franz Ingelfinger on the Trumpeter Swan, Monday, March 8 at 7 pm. The Trumpeter Swan has made a remarkable recovery throughout Northwest Montana, thanks to a multiple-decade’s long re-introductory effort involving several cooperators. Today, swans breeding throughout the Flathead are the direct decedents of those efforts....
Join FAS on Sunday, March 21, from 8:00 am until noon. Dan Casey will lead a socially-distanced small group to visit Church Slough and other Somers area wetlands. Mid-to late March is the prime time to see large flocks of incoming migrants, including such seasonal specialties as Greater Scaup and Eurasian Wigeon. If the conditions...
Once again FAS will be hosting a trip to view the snow geese migration on Friday and Saturday, March 26-27, 2021. The Snow Geese are moving north from their California wintering grounds to their arctic nesting areas along with thousands of other waterfowl. They stop over at Freezout Lake WMA near Choteau to rest and...
Join FAS on Wednesday April 7 from 5pm-dark. We’ll visit several ponds in the West Valley area and see lots of migrating waterfowl, and look for shorebirds, raptors, and early passerines. Roads will be both paved and gravel and dirt. This trip will be primarily driving. To sign-up and learn the meeting location contact Cory...
Flathead Audubon will offer a special ZOOM presentation on Monday, April 12 at 7:00 PM featuring wildlife biologist John Marzluff, who will present a program on Ravens. Ravens are known to scavenge from wolves and people, but the degree to which they exploit these and other sources of food has not been studied in detail....
Join FAS Tuesday, April 20, from 9-11am. We will look for spring birds. Expect to see song birds, ducks, jays and woodpeckers. Bring binoculars and be prepared for an easy walk of up to 2.75 miles. Trails could be muddy so wear good shoes or boots. Restrooms and park benches are available. Trip leader: Darcy...
Join FAS on Thursday, April 22 from 8-11am and Wednesday April 28 from 8 am-11am. Please join Darcy and Kathy for a morning of birding and identifying native plants. You are likely to see ducks, geese, eagles, herons, Belted Kingfisher and hopefully American Dipper. As we walk an easy trail of about two miles, we...
Join FAS on Saturday, April 24th, from 8:00am -11:30 am, with Flathead Audubon Conservation Educator Denny Olson for an educational and entertaining walk. With the early songbird migrants arriving, and the river and slough waterfowl well into mating season, this should be a birdsong-heavy field trip. As a bonus, Denny can usually repeat the songs...
Join Flathead Audubon Conservation Educator Denny Olson for an early spring hike through the Owen Sowerwine Natural Area (OSNA) on Sunday, April 24th from 9 am until noon. The group will be searching for early river bottom and waterfowl migrants. Along the trails, Denny will explain the unusual hydrology and plant succession dynamics that have...
Join FAS on THREE Sunday mornings, April 25, May 9, and May 23 from 8am-10am. Dan Casey will be leading three Sunday morning bird walks along the Sonny Boone Memorial Trail in Somers during the spring migration season. This paved trail follows a portion of the old railroad bed along Somers Slough and offers excellent...
