By Director Jim Rychwalski One of my passions in life is to travel. Recently we took a trip to the Idaho panhandle and Lake Pend Oreille in late October staying in Hope. It is the largest lake in Idaho and the 38th largest lake by area in the United States at 1,150 feet (350 m)…
Read MoreThree Levels of Audubon
By David Cronenwett Development Specialist with Montana Audubon When I tell people I work for Montana Audubon, I often get a response like, “That’s great, I’m a member of the Audubon Society.” I then ask if they are also a member of Montana Audubon, and they come back with a quizzical, “Isn’t that the same…
Read MoreJanuary 2016 Chirps and Squawks
Highlights from December 2015 Board Meeting: Heard that 2 grants have been received for the Conservation Education program. Agreed to update the signatories on Flathead Audubon financial accounts. Approved an addition of a Jewel Basin Hawkwatch item to the Education Strategic Plan. Approved offering the Conservation Educator contract for the remainder of the fiscal year…
Read MoreLisa Flowers – New Conservation Educator
By Denny Olson, FAS Education Committee Chair Flathead Audubon is pleased to announce that Lisa Blood Flowers has been contracted to be our Conservation Educator starting January 1, 2016. Lisa was born in Richmond, Virginia, and moved to Golden, Colorado at the age of five where her father attended the Colorado School of Mines. She…
Read MorePeregrine Falcon
Speeding from the Brink by Denny Olson My first experience with a Peregrine Falcon was on a 35-day canoe trip through Arctic tundra. I was on the lip of a tall cliff, armed with a telephoto lens, and a Peregrine was repeatedly passing my vantage point at eye-level, with deep wing beats and incredible speed….
Read MoreJanuary 2016 Program
Wildlife biologist Lisa Bate will discuss recent and ongoing wildlife research projects in Glacier National Park at our January 11 meeting. She will place a special emphasis on birds and bats. Lisa oversees the wildlife and compliance monitoring program along the Going- to- the- Sun Road in Glacier National Park during its reconstruction phase. This focuses mainly on preventing detrimental effects on the grizzly bear. She also manages several research,…
Read MoreBigfork CBC Totals 2015
by Craig Hohenberger The 42nd annual Bigfork Christmas Bird Count was held Saturday, December 19th, under cloudy skies with snow late in the day, and temperatures of 27-35º. Thirty volunteer participants counted 12,911 individual birds of 83 species, plus another three species seen count week but not on count day. While we found no species…
Read MoreNew species at Owen-Sowerwine
15 new species have been added to the bird list for Owen Sowerwine Natural Area! Twelve of the added species are the result of some detective work by our new Keeper of the OSNA List, Shawn Richmond. When Shawn took on this new job in November, she began digging into the ebird records for observation…
Read MoreFlathead Valley Ospreys 2015
This month’s From the Board piece comes from one of our new Board Members Doug MacCarter. FAS wishes to thank Doug for his work with the ospreys of the Flathead Valley. We are proud to have him join the FAS Board. By Doug MacCarter This summer with the help of Shawn Richmond, I surveyed the…
Read MorePine Grosbeak
By Lisa Bate It is the middle of winter, long after the breeding songbirds have left. The forest emits silence more than sounds of any birds. It seems so empty, and then we hear the call and smile. It is the Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) calling, as if to say, “Look at me, I’m still…
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