STATE and NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES IN FULL SWING by FAS Conservation Committee Stay Informed, Sign Up For Alerts, Send In Your Comments! The Montana and U.S. legislative bodies are very busy now and wildlife and habitat related decisions are being made very very rapidly. That’s a good sign for you to be busy as well! …
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by Margaret Parodi and Kathy Ross You Can Be Part Of The Team—Every Bird Counts The 24th annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) will take place February 12-15, 2021. The GBBC is a free, fun and easy nationwide event that engages bird appreciators of all ages in counting birds to create a real time snapshot…
Read Moreby Carmen Borchelt The 2021 legislative session has begun! Montana Audubon will lobby in our efforts to protect birds, other wildlife, and their habitats. As you may expect, the 2021 session is going to be very different by allowing Montanans the ability to testify without traveling to Helena. MT Audubon is ready. We just delivered…
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Highlights from the December 7, 2020 Board of Directors Meeting Treasurer Rod Wallette will complete the Montana Audubon Wildlife Grant application, which would be used to help fund Jewel Basin Hawk Watch 2021. Larry Berrin, Executive Director for Montana Audubon, joined the meeting to update on the status of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The…
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by Kat Peterson As birders, we search out extraordinary birds, whether that be a quick glimpse at a rare and elusive bird or to visually dissect beautiful plumage. The latter is just what is in store for us who are lucky enough to view a striking male Wood Duck (Aix sponsa). This small dabbling duck…
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Instrumented Bird Nest Boxes and Wildlife Tracking Technologies presented by Doug Bonham (watch a replay of the presentation over here) Doug Bonham started birding in Maryland in 1966 with a guy named Chandler Robbins who had the audacity to publish a bird field guide to compete with what was then the only bird field guide…
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by Denny Olson At my house, during this tumultuous year, unlike anything any of us has seen before, prompted a good-natured by-word that has been used for a lot of laughs at bizarre and sometimes semi-tragic times. “What NOW?” There have been many adaptations to life in general, and with most everyone sequestered, we at…
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Glass recycling in the Flathead Valley has been difficult in recent years for many reasons, but one local company has been trying to change that. Using as their business mantra “Divert good materials from the landfill”, Flathead Recon is northwest Montana’s only glass pulverizing resource. Owner Dave Fischlowitz believes recycling should be done locally. After…
Read Moreby Amy Seaman, Montana Audubon The 67th Montana Legislature is setting up to be like no other. Major changes in the legislature’s make up make it hard to know what to expect. And Covid precautions will mean that our physical presence in the Capitol halls will be limited. But we are not backing down from…
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by Anthony Nelson Starting my career as an animal keeper, penguins were the last animal I wanted to work with. As fate would have it, the African Penguins were the only species needing a “primary” keeper at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, and so began my connection to these ridiculous birds. There are around 18 species…
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