On Tuesday and Wednesday, April 2nd and 3rd, join Darcy Thomas to see the annual Snow Geese migration at Freezout Lake. Watch the geese on their journey from their wintering grounds to their arctic nesting areas. They stop over at Freezout Lake Wildlife Management Area (WMA) near Choteau to rest and feed for a few...
The Arctic takes up a massive part of our globe yet remains an area that seems foreign and mysterious, with a landscape that is hard to comprehend. Unless from a place in the Arctic, most people will not get a chance to visit it, especially in a way that allows us to interact intimately with...
Thursday, April 11, 3-5pm and Saturday, April 13, 8am-approx. 11am. Join Erin Braaten (Dancing Aspens Photography) and Jake Bramante to learn how to take better photos of birds. We will have an initial, indoor instructional meeting on Thursday, April 11 from 3 to about 5pm in the Kalispell Library meeting room (in the basement). An...
Thursday, April 11, 3-5pm and Saturday, April 13, 8am-approx. 11am. Join Erin Braaten (Dancing Aspens Photography) and Jake Bramante to learn how to take better photos of birds. We will have an initial, indoor instructional meeting on Thursday, April 11 from 3 to about 5pm in the Kalispell Library meeting room (in the basement). An...
Join Jake Bramante as he takes us on a hike (approximately four 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 elevation gain of 750 feet. There will be sweeping...
Saturday, April 27, 8am-12pm join Denny Olson, Flathead Audubon Conservation Educator (and “Bird Whistler”) for a birding tour in Owen Sowerwine Area, part of the migration superhighway of the great Rocky Mountain Trench. Over 160 species have been seen there, and the “regulars” include Pileated Woodpeckers, Bald Eagles in all age classes, Ospreys, Pygmy, White...
Dan Casey will be leading a Sunday morning bird walk along the Sonny Boon Memorial Trail in Somers during this spring migration season. The paved trail follows a portion of the old railroad bed along Somers Slough and offers excellent views of waterfowl as well as a wide variety of land birds reliant on the...
Join Margaret Parodi and Darcy Thomas for a relatively easy walk (two-three miles) on a path along the Whitefish River. We can expect to see ducks, (including Mallards, Wood Ducks, mergansers, goldeneye, Bufflehead), warblers (including Yellow, Orange-crowned, Common Yellowthroat), flycatchers, songbirds, eagles, and other year-round residents. Other wildlife such as foxes or turtles may be...
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...
Join Karen Nichols and Kathy Ross exploring the easily accessible Hatchery trails, for our returning avian migrants--warblers, vireos, thrush, osprey and so many others as they return to breed in our beautiful valley. Along with our favorite “locals” including dippers and chickadees. Also learn about the native flora—nature’s own bird feeders, especially for parent birds...
Dan Casey will be leading a Sunday morning bird walk along the Sonny Boon Memorial Trail in Somers during this spring migration season. The paved trail follows a portion of the old railroad bed along Somers Slough and offers excellent views of waterfowl as well as a wide variety of land birds reliant on the...
Join us on Monday, May 13th, for our celebration of the Owen Sowerwine Conservation Easement. First nominated as a State Natural Area in 1974, and passing through a variety of lease and license holders through 2024, the natural values of this important 442-acre piece of river corridor and wildlife habitat have been protected for 50...
