by Rod Wallette Flathead Audubon is always looking to the future in securing our ongoing operations and promoting sustainability. To this end we have recently established a permanent endowment fund. This endowment is a permanent special account, held and invested by Whitefish Community Foundation. This endowment grows over time allowing Flathead Audubon to be able…
Read Moreby Jake Bramante, Membership Chair Last year we updated our membership database system. One of the big changes we made was that your membership is good for one year from the time that you renew instead of rigid dates on the calendar. This means that your membership is now good for a full 12 months….
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by Pam Willison It’s always a good feeling to have a “to-do list” and to be able to cross off every item. On Saturday, October 1, 18 volunteers made that happen in Owen Sowerwine. They volunteered a total of 54 hours and enjoyed some camaraderie, some sunshine and beautiful fall colors, and the satisfaction of…
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by Sneed B. Collard III Scientific Name Picus is Latin for woodpecker, from a legend in which the enchantress Circe turned Picus, the son of Saturn, into a woodpecker; -oides is Greek for “resembling,” so Picoides means “woodpecker-like”. The word arcticusis Latin for northern or arctic. At first glance the newly burned forest looked devoid…
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by Denny Olson The Sandhill Cranes in West Valley put on a show for students from Evergreen Middle school (2 days), West Valley School (2 days), Cayuse Prairie School, Fairmont Egan School and two adult morning and evening field trips led by Darcy and Denny and assisted by Tom and Cindy Roberts. Bald Eagles in…
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Highlights from the October 3, 2022 Board of Directors Meeting The Great Fish Challenge and the Birds of Prey Festival were both considered to be successful this year. However, with an eye toward improvement, a list of feedback and suggestions was made for each event. Hawk Watch began August 25, and although the total numbers…
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Put up a Feeder, Count Birds, Enter your Data What is FeederWatch? Project FeederWatch turns your love of feeding birds into scientific discoveries. FeederWatch is a November-April survey of birds that visit backyards, nature centers, community areas, and other locales in North America. You don’t even need a feeder! All you need is an area with…
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by Dan Casey Rare and Notables – Sept/Oct 2022 Unseasonably warm weather continued to dominate, and perhaps made some bird linger, and slowed the passage and arrival of such winter visitors as Rough-legged Hawks (which did show up in low numbers at the Jewel Basin). Broad-winged Hawks made a good showing in the Jewel, with…
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by Dan Casey, JBHW Coordinator The 2022 migration season at the Jewel Basin Hawk Watch has been characterized by sunny skies, consistent coverage, and above average numbers across almost all species. As of October 18th, we had conducted 47 surveys averaging 6.6 hours each, and had tallied 2,776 raptors of 17 species. Along the way…
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presented by Denny Olson In Denny’s checkered past, he has performed alter-egos Critterman, Doc Wild, Professor Avian Guano, The Lost Voyageur, Dr. Loonacy and the Mad Herbalist well over 3000 times in 49 states, has trained hundreds of teachers and nature interpreters in storytelling, published 5 books on the relationships between humans and the rest…
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