Gael Bissell, Flathead Audubon President BIRDS ROCK! and BIRD TROUBLE! and BIRD HELP! As 2020 closes out, it is my sincerest hope that the new Covid-19 vaccines gradually take the vise grips off society and we get back to some type of normalcy…like in-person Flathead Audubon meetings, field trips, and many other group birding activities!…
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Montana’s Amazing Native Fish: where truth is stranger than fiction presented by Beth Gardner (watch a replay of the presentation over here) Have you ever heard of fish that doesn’t like to swim? Or how about the one so primitive and bizarre that it is surely a ghost from very ancient times? Beth has picked…
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by Denny Olson In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we decided to take our Conservation Education Program in a “virtually” entertaining direction, with a both light-hearted and serious video series, with our primary bird education messages front and center. Professor Avian Guano, Bir.D. is our eccentric, slightly off-the-wall narrator — doing his own brand of “edu-tainment”…
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by Carole Jorgensen DEAD WOOD Before you remove or burn those dead trees or brush piles, think about the critters that live there. Dead wood (standing and down dead trees and logs, bark, stumps and roots) creates a complex community storing carbon, moisture, invertebrates and fungi. Primary excavators such as woodpeckers, create cavities for nesting…
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Highlights from the November 2nd, 2020 Board of Directors Meeting Gael Bissell will submit comments for Flathead Audubon related to the proposal to make modifications in Lawrence Park. She will also submit comments to FWP for the proposed purchase by Flathead Land Trust, for a Conservation Easement in Bad Rock Canyon. Joe Batts noted that…
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by Taryn Bushey 2020 was a devastating year for California wildfires. This year summer I had the privilege of getting to help out on one of these fires for three weeks working as an equipment driver for the Forest Service on the Sequoia Complex fires. When I heard about the California Condors that were killed…
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Due to pandemic restrictions on safely gathering, this year’s local Kalispell and Bigfork Christmas Bird Counts will not be taking volunteers. The coordinators will be relying on individuals who have conducted the counts in the past to conduct them this year. They will reach out to those individuals for assistance. If you’re a regular contributor…
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Rare and Notables – November 2020 Incredibly, the YELLOW-BILLED LOON (immature) found on Dickey Lake by Nikki M. on July 5th was present until Oct. 21st at the latest (Lewis Y.) Unsure if it is still around. 10/19 – Surf Scoter found at the Creston wetland (Craig H.) 10/23 – Mew Gull spotted at the…
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