Our April program will be about the 9,225 acre Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge. Lost Trail is a breathtakingly beautiful area nestled in Pleasant Valley in Northwestern Montana. The refuge was established in 1999 as the 519th refuge in the National Wildlife Refuge System of the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Established for migratory birds, the refuge’s…
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Are you ready to hear the ‘currlleeee’ of the Long-billed Curlew? Well, grab your binoculars and get ready, because this charismatic shorebird needs you. Montana’s curlews will be trickling back into the state in less than two months and we need your help finding as many as possible in and around the Mission Valley! We…
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By Marylane Pannell, Flathead Audubon Secretary Recently I’ve read several articles about “Spark Birds”, the birds that spark your interest in birding. The ones that make you want to see more birds. Many people have a spark bird but I could not narrow it down to one. I’ve had a number of experiences seeing birds…
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by Linda Winnie, Co-Chair, Owen Sowerwine Committee 2016 Owen Sowerwine Natural Area Volunteer Monitoring Season Starts this Month Flathead Audubon’s OSNA Volunteer Monitoring Program begins its 10th year in March. This Program provides on-site information that is fundamental to our management of the Owen Sowerwine Natural Area (OSNA). Reports from Volunteer Monitors keep our OSNA…
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by Lisa B. Flowers, FAS Conservation Educator Fostering and increasing knowledge and appreciation of birds, wildlife habitat, and ecosystem diversity is the purpose of the Flathead Audubon Society’s conservation education program and indeed is a team effort. The volunteers that have stepped forth from the FAS membership to work and help organize the educational trunks…
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Highlights from February 2016 Board Meeting: The February Board Meeting was cancelled due to lack of a quorum. Nongame Wildlife Tax Check-off When filling out your Montana tax form this year, think “wildlife” by donating to the Nongame Wildlife Program, found on line 18a (short EZ form) or 69a (long form). If your taxes are prepared,…
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Emblem of the American West By Mary Nelesen I have been interested in this iconic bird of the western sagebrush grasslands for many years but was unable to see one until last April, when my husband, Tom, and I, along with two friends, had an opportunity to view Greater Sage-Grouse on their lek outside of…
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Our March 14 meeting is an opportunity to learn about the American Prairie Reserve from its spokesman Michael Wainwright. Wainwright is APR’s Annual Giving and Foundations Manager. He lives in Bozeman where APR headquarters are located. APR was privately created in 2004 for the purpose of conserving surviving mixed grass prairie of the Great Plains…
Read MoreMay 20-22, 2016 Update: the trip is now fully booked Flathead Audubon is offering a weekend filled with the breathtaking beauty and wide open spaces of eastern Montana grasslands and the American Prairie Reserve (APR). The Reserve is working to link together thousands of acres of private and public land on Montana’s legendary Northern Great…
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Flathead Audubon proudly presents our first 2016 Conservation Achievement Recognition to our most dedicated Jewel Basin Hawk Watch Observers. These individuals have given thousands of hours over the last eight years identifying and counting migrating raptors at the Jewel Basin Hawk Watch site. This incredible group of experienced “Jeweler’s”, as they like to be called,…
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