At our May 2022 General Meeting, we had special guest Asher Stanfield, a bright seventh grader, come in and give a presentation on his science fair project. His science fair project caught the eye of our education committee as well as those at the state science fair level where he won the first-place Grand Award…
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At our May 2022 General Meeting, Tom Bansak of the Flathead Lake Biological Station discussed the role of the biological station in monitoring Flathead Lake as well as the history of native and non-native species in the Flathead, how that’s changed over time, and what they see as the biggest challenges moving forward. Click on…
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Looking Back, To See How Far We’ve Come! Compiled by: Pam Willison and Linda Winnie (quotes are from Pileated Post articles) The annual Owen Sowerwine Natural Area Work Day began in the fall of 2003, and has been held each fall since. The OSNA Work Day began as part of the Prudential Global Volunteer Day…
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by Denny Olson Sometimes those of us in Audubon might get a bit complacent about why we are here. Birding is fun, our programs are entertaining and very informative and our social get-togethers for events or a field trip give us a sense of comradery. But because we live in a place where natural beauty…
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by Mike Fanning Come and join us at The Tally Lake Campground for an extraordinary two days of birding and relaxing. The Pavilion Campsite at the campground has been reserved for us Sunday afternoon, 2 PM June 12 through Tuesday morning 11 AM June 14. There is space for RV’s and tents for those who…
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by Darcy Thomas Our Bird of the Month authors deserve a wonderful word of praise for their contributions to the newsletter this year. Once again, we had a couple of new authors including Alex Crowley who is a 12-year-old bird lover who wrote about the American Coot and even included his own drawings for the…
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by Jake Bramante If you want to know how complicated keeping track of local and national memberships, Great Fish donations, grant applications, etc have gotten, feel free to ask Mike Fanning (see article thanking the Fannings). We realized that, in order to manage all of these complexities and spread the workload amongst Flathead Audubon, we…
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by David Manuwal In the early evening of September 24, 1962 near South Bend, northern Indiana, there was a brief thunder shower with some wind gusts from the northwest. During the following two days, I found 77 dead birds under a 1100 foot tall television transmitter that were killed during that single storm event. The…
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by Darcy Thomas Eleven hardy birders braved the cold, windy morning on April 10th to go bird watching around Smith Lake. We were rewarded for our discomfort by spending a morning in great company and seeing many beautiful birds. We saw a total of 31 species. Our highlights included Sandhill Cranes which we saw at…
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