By Linda WinnieAugust 29, 2016November 30, 2016

Field Trip Report: Exploring the Island Portions of OSNA

By Jeanette Oliver. On the morning of Saturday August 2016, fourteen of us met at the home of Jeanette Oliver. After a brief discussion about birds of the area, we walked along a narrow strip of OSNA that lies on Leisure Island. Our emphasis was on lowland and floodplain vegetation. The lowland forest is…

By Linda WinnieAugust 26, 2016August 25, 2016

Field Trip Report: Alvord Lake Community Forest Celebration

By Linda Winnie. Neighbors, supporters, and partners of the Alvord Lake Community Forest Project gathered July 8 at Alvord Lake’s Outdoor Classroom near Troy, MT, to celebrate the Vital Ground Foundation’s completion of the project and the establishment of this unique Community Forest. FAS had organized a carpool from Kalispell for those travelling to the…

By Linda WinnieAugust 20, 2016August 20, 2016

Field Trip Report: Going Batty

Activities and Field Trips

By Lewis Young. Thirty-three people, including local hosts Leslie Kehoe and Bob Lee, gathered on August 12 at Kehoe’s Agate Shop, which once again was a wonderful setting for the bat trip. Before the bats began to fly at dusk, bat researchers discussed general bat biology and ecology and demonstrated bat radio transmitters and tracking….

By Linda WinnieJuly 24, 2016July 16, 2016

Field Trip Report: Lost Trail NWR

Activities and Field Trips Bald Eagle, Brewer's Blackbird, Bufflehead, Cassin's Vireo, Chipping Sparrow, Common Goldeneye, Common Yellowthroat, Eared Grebe, Killdeer, Northern Shoveler, Red-necked Grebe, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Sandhill Crane, Trumpeter Swan, Turkey Vulture, Vesper Sparrow, Warbling Vireo, Western Tanager, Western Wood-Pewee, Willow Flycatcher

By Margaret Parodi. Seventeen people participated in the Flathead Audubon field trip to the Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge (northwest of Marion) on June 19. Participants met at the refuge headquarters at 8:30 am. The day was cool, breezy, and sunny, with morning temperature in the lower 50’s, later reaching a high of 65 degrees. The…

By Jake BramanteJuly 14, 2016July 7, 2016

Field Trip Report: Birdathon 2016

Activities and Field Trips

by Bruce Tannehill Saturday, June 18th started with a beautiful sunrise, periodic rain showers and blue skies that resulted in a wonderful birding day for Flathead Audubon’s fourth annual bird-a-thon. Members of Jake’s Jays and Tannehill’s Tanagers searched the countryside from the Mission Valley to Freezout Lake and East Glacier to Tally Lake. All…

By Jake BramanteJuly 7, 2016

Field Trip Report: Wild Horse Island

Activities and Field Trips American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, Clark's Nutcracker, Northern Flicker, Osprey, Western Meadowlark

by Laura Katzman Ten lucky participants enjoyed an amazing tour of spectacular Wild Horse Island led by Doug MacCarter of Flathead Audubon on June 22. We boated to the island and started the tour at Doug’s family cabin on the south central shore of the island. We then hiked to Skeeko Bay learning about the history of…