Highlights of the 4/1/24 Board Meeting Helping Hands Make Light Work The Osprey and Baling Twine Project got off to a good start this spring with the help of Michell Tyler, Patty Archibald, Ann Halter, Dee Baginski, Ann Rhodes, Nancy Gresham, and Darcy Thomas. We printed brochures which we placed in various locations throughout the…
Read MoreFamily Friendly Events from Flathead Audubon
By Shannon Donaldson Flathead Audubon is hosting a series of four Family Friendly Events for kids this summer. All events will be held the third Saturday of the month, May through August, beginning at 9 AM and wrapping up between 11 AM and noon. Geared toward children who are interested in birds and nature, these outdoor…
Read More2024 Flathead Audubon Society Elections – May 13
Each spring, FAS elects officers and board directors. Officers are elected for a two-year term, alternating between president and vice-president one year, and secretary and treasurer the next. This is the year for secretary and treasurer. Board directors are usually elected for a three-year term, and occasionally for shorter terms by choice of the candidate. …
Read MoreWarbler Days at Tally Lake – 2024
Flathead Audubon’s annual Warbler Days at Tally Lake will be held this year from Friday, May 17, through Sunday, May 19. Join us at the Tally Lake Campground for an extraordinary 3 days of birding and relaxing. This is an ideal time of year to find a wide variety of migrant and resident birds. Most…
Read MorePeeps from the President – May 2024
2024 Long-billed Curlew Surveys part 2
The warm and sunny days of Spring bring us the familiar “cur-leeee” of the Long-Billed Curlew, an icon of America’s prairies. The Long-Billed Curlew depends on Montana’s grasslands for breeding, and continues to decline across its range due to loss of this habitat to development of agriculture and infrastructure. With this decline, more research is…
Read MoreFlathead Valley Bird Report – May 2024
By Dan Casey Rare and Notables – MAR/APR 2024 In typical fashion, late March and early April provided a variety of migrant waterfowl at Flathead Valley hotspots. Eurasian Wigeon were seen at multiple sites, and a hybrid wigeon was photographed at Church Slough. Greater White-fronted Goose and the Siberian form of Tundra Swan made appearances…
Read MoreAmerican White Pelican – Magnificence in Montana
By Darcy Thomas Early June last year in Dupuyer a man approached to ask about Glacier National Park as he was excited about driving over Going to the Sun Road from the east. I informed him the road was not yet fully open. As he expressed his disappointment I sighted three gigantic, gorgeous white birds…
Read MoreMay 2024 Meeting & Potluck – Celebrating the Owen Sowerwine Conservation Easement
Our May potluck and silent auction are some of our favorite events of the year. We enjoy seeing everyone, eating together, and having time to visit before the summer break. 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…
Read MoreConservation Educator’s Niche – April 2024
by Denny Olson “The Nature of Cities” In 1900, 14 percent of the U.S. population lived in cities. Now, more than 70 percent (240 million) of the U.S. population live in urban and urbanizing areas (U.S. Census Bureau 2021). Improving the sustainability and livability of cities is a long-term challenge that many cities are beginning…
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