by Charles B. van Rees Have you got some long drives ahead for spring birding trips? Consider adding the Nature Guys podcast to your on-the-road listening. Podcasts, which can easily be streamed or downloaded on your mobile phone or via an internet browser are like radio shows you can listen to anytime, anywhere. Mobile Apps…
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by Danielle Dowden, MT Audubon Join Montana Audubon for a unique field trip in your area on Saturday June 5th, 2021! The health and safety of our supporters is of utmost importance. As such, the Lewistown 2021 Festival will be postponed to 2022. In lieu of this annual gathering, Montana Audubon is hosting Regional Field…
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Highlights from the March 1, 2021 Board of Directors Meeting Treasurer Rod Wallette reported: memberships are still coming in, our tax return will be completed by a CPA, and some procedural changes will be made to improve our checks-and-balances for financial matters. Cory Davis said the membership committee has selected new data base management software,…
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LBCU Citizen Science Survey 2021 Are you ready to hear the ‘currlleeee’ of the Long-billed Curlew? Well, grab your binoculars and get ready, because it’s almost curlew season! These charismatic shorebirds will be trickling back into the state in less than two months and we need your help finding as many as possible in and…
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March at the 67th Legislature As we move through March and into the last six weeks of the 67th session, the Montana Legislature continues to pass bills that negatively affect our wildlife and their habitats. While we are working hard to push back, the diverse issues we have faced have kept us bouncing between committees…
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Climate Smart Glacier Country has created a virtual Earth Month Calendar that lists opportunities for celebrating Earth Day in the Flathead throughout the month of April. It is filled with celebratory events sponsored by a variety of organizations in Flathead County (including FAS). Click here to view this Earth Month Calendar. Columbia Falls and Kalispell…
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by Lewis Young One look at an individual of this species and it’s easy to see where part of the name comes from. The ears are nearly 1 ½ inches long. Townsend’s comes from being named in honor of naturalist Charles H. Townsend even though it was first described in 1837 by William Cooper. Besides…
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by Dan Casey Rare and Notables – March 2021 2/19 – Gyrfalcon hunting large flocks of Mallards, N. Shore WMA (Dick W.) 2/24 – Snowy Owl in Lower Valley off Farm and Manning Roads through 2/24 (m. ob.) 3/03 – Mountain Bluebird (first of year) in Lower Valley (Craig H.) 3/06 – Western Bluebirds (first…
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Nature provides it all with NATIVE SHRUBS IN YOUR GARDEN by Kathy Ross Tanagers, grosbeak, solitaires, chickadees, vireos, woodpeckers, robins. In a small dense patch of native serviceberry, chokecherry, dogwood, mountain maple, and juniper I have watched with delight on a late summer afternoon, song birds feeding on the berries and the insects of these…
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Lewis Young, a Lifetime of Conservation Work by Kay Mitchell At the FAS General meeting on March 8, we honored and presented a Lifetime Conservation Achievement Recognition to Lewis Young. Conservationists from all over the state of Montana who have worked with Lewis on projects sent photos and testimonials about Lewis’s hard work, knowledge and…
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