Dan Casey spottwill be leading three Sunday morning bird walks along the Sonny Boon Memorial Trail in Somers during this springmigration season. The paved trail follows a portion of the old railroad bed along Somers Slough and offers excellentviews of waterfowl as well as a wide variety of land-birds reliant on the diverse riparian habitat....
Join Karen Nichols on this birding walk through the riparian habitat and open areas of Kalispell’s Lawrence Park. We will walk approximately two to three leisurely miles through forest and paved trails near the Stillwater River and sloughs. We hope to see and hear a variety of resident birds and recent spring migrants. Highlights might...
Rob Domenech, executive director of Raptor View Research Institute (RVRI), will be the featured speaker at the Monday, May 8 meeting of the Flathead Audubon Society at 7 p.m. (There won’t be a virtual component to this meeting). His presentation will include a brief history of the Montana Osprey Project (when it started and why),...
Join Steve Gniadek and Kathy Ross (Flathead Audubon and Montana Native Plant Society) for birding along the Fish Hatchery trails where native spring ephemerals will brighten the walk on an easy trail. An abundance of migratory (as well as local) birds will be returning. Dippers, swans, osprey nesting, eagles and warblers are a few of...
Dan Casey will be leading three Sunday morning bird walks along the Sonny Boon Memorial Trail in Somers during this springmigration season. The paved trail follows a portion of the old railroad bed along Somers Slough and offers excellentviews of waterfowl as well as a wide variety of land-birds reliant on the diverse riparian habitat....
Join Darcy Thomas at Yellow Bay on Flathead Lake to learn about the Flathead Lake Biological Station (FLBS). The station, part of the University of Montana, does research on the limnology and ecology of lakes and rivers, environmental monitoring of Flathead Lake and its watershed, and education. We will meet in Bigfork before driving the...
Join Steve Gniadek and Kathy Ross for a birding field trip in the West Glacier-Apgar area. We will explore the shore of Lake McDonald near Apgar, a short walk to the famed "Warbler Heaven" wetlands of Lower McDonald Creek and the forests around Fish Creek, McGee Meadows and Quarter Circle Bridge for songbirds, waterfowl, and...
Dan Casey will be leading three Sunday morning bird walks along the Sonny Boon Memorial Trail in Somers during this springmigration season. The paved trail follows a portion of the old railroad bed along Somers Slough and offers excellentviews of waterfowl as well as a wide variety of land-birds reliant on the diverse riparian habitat....
Join Darcy Thomas to savor the beauties of the Bison Range in Moiese. The Bison Range is home to many birds such as Bald and Golden Eagles, Lewis’s Woodpeckers, Red-naped Sapsuckers, Willow Flycatchers, Lazuli Buntings, and Grasshopper Sparrows. There is also wonderful native vegetation and many animals including Bison, White-tail and Mule deer, Elk,...
Join FAS at the Tally Lake Campground for an extraordinary time of birding and relaxing from Friday afternoon until Sunday morning. Come for a day trip or spend the whole weekend! This is an ideal time of year to find a wide variety of migrant and resident birds; most notable is that virtually all the...
