See shorebirds, ducks, grebes, cranes, pipits and raptors on this field trip to see fall migrators on Sunday, October 9 from 9 AM until noon. The group will view the West Valley Ponds from the roadside. Bring binoculars and scopes, if you can. Carpooling is best due to limited number of pullouts. To register and...
The October 10 meeting will feature Josh Covill in Room 26 of the Gateway West Mall building at 7 PM. Josh will take us through what birding in Costa Rica is like, touching on the amazing biodiversity, where to go, what to look for and how to plan your own visit. Costa Rica is home...
Join FAS educator Denny Olson on a fallwalk at OSNA on Sunday, October 16 from 9 AM until noon. Learn about birds and wildlife as they prepare for the coming winter. Expect to see our year-round resident birds including woodpeckers, nuthatches, chickadees, waxwings, juncos, jays and hopefully the unexpected bird or wildlife sighting. Dress for...
Join Bridger and Shannon Donaldson on Thursday, November 3, from noon-2 PM for an afternoon of birding the fields and wetlands in West Valley before winter sets in. We are likely to see a variety of waterfowl including swans, Snow Geese, Buffleheads and more. Raptors such as Redtailed and Rough-legged Hawks are very likely, along...
Join FAS field trip co-leaders Darcy Thomas and Margaret Parodi on Friday, November 4, from 9:30 AM-Noon for an Autumn walk by the Old Steel Bridge Fishing Access along the Flathead River near Kalispell. Belted Kingfisher, Hairy Woodpecker, Ring-billed Gulls, Northern Flickers, chickadees, nuthatches, and kinglets are among some of the birds we hope to...
Conservation Education Director Denny Olson will be the guest speaker at the FAS November 14, 2022 monthly meeting at 7 PM in the Gateway West Meeting Room. In Denny's checkered past, he has performed alter-egos Critterman, Doc Wild, Professor Avian Guano, The Lost Voyageur, Dr. Loonacy and the Mad Herbalist well over 3000 times in...
Erick Greene will be the program at the Monday, December 12 meeting. He is a Professor Emeritus in the Division of Biological Sciences and the wildlife Biology Program at the University of Montana. Erick grew up in Quebec, Canada with twin passions for music and nature. After dropping out of high school, he lived in...
Celebrate the Solstice by joining Shannon and Bridger Donaldson for an afternoon of birding along Flathead Lake's North Shore. Encompassing over 1,800 acres, the 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...
Join Darcy Thomas for a morning walk at Woodland Park on Saturday, January 7 from 10:30- noon. The Park is along Woodland Park Drive and across from Woodland Qwik Stop. Please leave your dogs at home. The terrain is level and accessible for most but be prepared for icy walkways (think YakTracks). We will look...
Join FAS Conservation Educator and long-time teaching naturalist Denny Olson on a winter hike in the Owen Sowerwine Natural Area on Sunday, January 8 from 9 AM until Noon. 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...
The Flathead Audubon General Meeting will be held on Monday, Janurary 9 at 7 PM and will feature our very own Dan Casey. Dan, a long-time eBird user and regional reviewer, will give us an overview of how eBird works, the many ways it can be used, and some of the amazing outputs Cornell has...
Dan Casey will lead a tour of the open country favored by winter raptors in the West Valley on Sunday, January 15 from 10 AM until 3 PM in, Creston and/or Lower Valley area near Somers. The route will be finalized based on local raptor surveys, and will focus on the roadside identification of the...
