by Kathy Ross To kick off activities for Flathead Audubon Birds of Prey week, workshops were held at Montana Wild Wings Raptor Recovery Center on September. 11 and 14. The enthusiastic participants enjoyed a wealth of information about the most abundant migrating raptors of Jewel Basin Hawkwatch site. A beautiful Sharp-shinned and a Coopers hawk,…
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by Darcy Thomas and Pam Willison Darcy Thomas represented Flathead Audubon at the Forestry Fair in Riverfront Park in Libby on September 24. The fair was sponsored by the Kootenai Forest Stakeholders Coalition. Darcy set up an educational table and provided information about forestry birds. Many people stopped to talk about birds and forest conservation,…
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by Gael Bissell Recent cool episode about student research on the historic list of the Birds of Bougainville Island in the South Pacific, go to NPR’s science Short Wave podcast at: https://pca.st/episode/79f108db-5a14-4c07-bc4d-d9f2f1a8c98e To support important bird conservation south of our border, Shika Shika developed this incredibly unique album “A Guide to the Birdsong of Mexico,…
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by Darcy Thomas Do you like to watch birds? Are you looking for a classroom or nature club project? How about participating in a project that contributes to scientific understanding of changes in wintering areas of birds? Project FeederWatch may be just for you. This year will be my fourth year for this important project….
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by Denny Olson Despite the disappointment of once again cancelling our Birds of Prey Festival this fall due to health concerns, Flathead Audubon once again made some lemonade from the situation, pivoting smoothly to a more limited number of remote and socially distanced activities called Birds of Prey Week. One of those was a Friday…
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by Gael Bissell A friend sent me this photo in late September after she heard this unfortunate juvenile sharpie, chasing finches, hit their window with a loud bang. We all have heard the crack at the window and then gone looking for a bird just hoping it flew away. Whether a bird is clearly injured…
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by Dan Kotter Growing up as a very curious young scientist in Southern Indiana, I always held the migration as a magical event. I knew nothing about it. However, there it was. Every year, coming and going. I had no education to guide my way in the “why,” it just happened. Education programs were rare…
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by Lewis Young Leonard Howke, a 2010 recipient of the Flathead Audubon Conservation Achievement Award, recently passed away shortly after losing his home to a fire. The award certificate was destroyed in the fire so FAS reprinted the certificate and presented it to the family. Leonard received the award for his decades of contributions to…
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Treasurer’s Report for dates 7/01/2020 – 6/30/2021 Rodney Wallette treasurer Last year, Flathead Audubon Society (FAS) was accepted to participate in the Great Fish Challenge hosted by the Whitefish Community Foundation for the first time and as a result we raised enough funds to qualify for a percentage of the Great Fish matching funds. We…
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by Gael Bissell This year’s Great Fish Community Challenge, sponsored and organized by the Whitefish Community Foundation, set a new record in its 6th year of the Great Fish, raising a grand total of $3.6 million donated to 61 Flathead Valley nonprofit organizations between Aug. 5 and Sept. 17, 2021. You, our members and many…
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