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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by Darcy Thomas There are some birds we expect to see in certain locations and the Black Scoter (Melanitta americana) is one of those birds. It is, after all, a sea duck so one would expect to see them in open salt water. I viewed scoters many times along the Washington Coast and Puget Sound…
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presented by David Manuwal David Manuwal will be the featured speaker at the Monday, November 8 virtual meeting of the Flathead Audubon Society at 7 PM. (See below for how to join the Zoom meeting.) He received his undergraduate degree from Purdue University and graduate degrees from the University of Montana and the University of…
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At our October 2021 meeting, Mark Ruby shared methods and results of an ongoing forest carnivore study happening in the Swan, Clearwater, and Blackfoot Valleys. Bait stations and a lot of winter tracking have led to some interesting results of monitoring specifically Canada Lynx, Wolverine, and Fishers. Mark tells a great story and showed some…
Read Moreby Dan Kotter I have lived in the Flathead / Glacier area for roughly 10 years while working for the NPS, USGS, Glacier Park Boat Co, and Univ. of Montana. Most of my work is related to Ecology, especially the abiotic role in ecosystem processes. I value avian ecology through the lens of the migratory…
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by Pam Willison It’s the time of year when common sneezeweed is blooming in Owen Sowerwine, and a person might assume it gets its name because it causes itchy eyes and sneezing in allergy sufferers. However, this native aster acquired the name sneezeweed because it was dried and used as a “snuff”, resulting in sneezes…
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