LOST TRAIL NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge 6295 Pleasant Vly Rd, Marion, MT

Join refuge wildlife biologist Beverly Skinner and 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, MT. We will drive and walk along […]

Free

SPRUNGER-WHITNEY NATURE TRAIL

Sprunger-Whitney Nature Trail 30263 MT-83, Bigfork, Montana, United States

Lace up your boots and join Friends of the Wild Swan for a guided naturalist hike on the Sprunger-Whitney Nature Trail. The forest will be carpeted with wildflowers and the air filled with the warbles of songbirds. Anne Morley, naturalist and botanist, will be your guide. She is well-versed in the ecology of the Swan Valley […]

Free

RAPTOR ID at Lone Pine State Park

Lonepine Visitor Center 300 Lone Pine Road, Kalispell, MT

Get Ready for the Migration!Join Flathead Audubon Conservation Educator Denny Olson at the Lone Pine State Park Visitor Center for a workshop on the nuances of identifying raptors perching and in flight. Flathead Audubon has 30+ full-sized colored silhouettes of hawks, falcons, eagles and vultures, in various plumages, with a written key to identifying them (that […]

A Father-Son Big Year of Birding

Gateway West Community Room 26 1203 U.S. Rte 2, Kalispell, MT

Presented By Sneed Collard IIISneed B. Collard III, acclaimed author of more than 90 books for young people, will be the featured speaker at the Monday, Sept. 11 meeting of the Flathead Audubon Society at 7 p.m. (There won’t be a virtual component to this meeting).Sneed is a popular award-winning speaker and has spoken at […]

Birds of Prey Workshop

Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center 37 Panoramic Drive, Kalispell, MT, United States

Join veteran Wild Wing volunteers for exciting close views and discussions of raptors and their identifying characteristics. This will help with identifying migrating raptors at the Jewel Basin Hawk Watch or enhance any birding experience. The volunteers will be assisted by the Wild Wings educational birds of prey, of which 10 represent raptor species migrating […]

Birding at Smith Lake

Smith Lake 2700-2756 Smith Lake Rd, Kila, MT, United States

Join FAS field trip leader Darcy Thomas for a morning of birdwatching. We 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 pullouts along the way to view birds. Smith Lake is a complex of large, shallow wetlands […]

Jewel Basin Hawk Watch

Jewel Basin Jewel Basin Rd, Kalispell, MT, United States

Dan Casey will lead a trip to the Jewel Basin Hawk Watch site on Sunday, September 24th.  The second half of September offers peak numbers and diversity of passing raptors. We expect to see well over 100 hawks of 10 or more species if conditions are right; our peak daily counts usually fall between September […]

Sandhill Crane Viewing at West Valley

West Valley Ponds 1855 West Valley Dr, Kalispell, MT, United States

View Sandhill Cranes as they stage in the West Valley on their fall migration. See these magnificent birds as they fly out at sunrise to nearby agricultural fields where they feed during the day or in from their daily feeding in the fields to roost overnight in pothole wetland ponds around sunset.Join Denny Olson for […]

Sandhill Crane Viewing at West Valley

West Valley Ponds 1855 West Valley Dr, Kalispell, MT, United States

View Sandhill Cranes as they stage in the West Valley on their fall migration. See these magnificent birds as they fly out at sunrise to nearby agricultural fields where they feed during the day after a night of roosting in pothole wetland ponds.Join Darcy Thomas and Margaret Parodi for an early morning crane viewing on […]

Birding the Seven Continents

Gateway West Community Room 26 1203 U.S. Rte 2, Kalispell, MT

Gary Swant will be the featured speaker at the Monday, Oct. 9 meeting of the Flathead Audubon Society at 7pm. In 1993, Gary set a goal of birding all seven continents. In 2022, he achieved that goal while visiting 37 countries and territories. His presentation features his favorite birds on each continent, and his favorite […]

Glacier National Park (GNP) will host its annual Mount Brown Hawk Watch Program on October 14 from 11am to 3pm near Lake McDonald Lodge. Meet at the Golden Eagle interpretive sign near Jammer Joe’s Restaurant parking lot in the Lake McDonald Lodge area. Snacks and hot beverages will be provided. Park biologists and volunteers will […]

Creston Raptor Quest

Join Darcy Thomas in a quest to find winter-resident raptors as we travel the roads around Creston. Migration with its’ huge numbers of raptors passing through on their way south is nearing an end, but many raptors winter over in the Flathead Valley. We will focus on roadside identification of Red-tailed and Rough-legged Hawks in […]