Tag: American Wigeon
Flathead Valley Bird Report – March 2025
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in BirdingBy Dan Casey Rare and Notables – Mid-winter 2025 Open water lasted well into the winter period, and several waterfowl and other waterbird species followed suit. Northern Pygmy-Owls were widely […]
Summary Reports of Local 2024 Audubon Christmas Bird Counts (CBC)
By Craig Hohenberg & Shannon Donaldson Bigfork CBC – December 14th The 51st annual Bigfork Christmas Bird Count was held Saturday, December 14th, under foggy and cloudy skies, with calm […]
Flathead Valley Bird Report – May 2024
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in BirdingBy Dan Casey Rare and Notables – MAR/APR 2024 In typical fashion, late March and early April provided a variety of migrant waterfowl at Flathead Valley hotspots. Eurasian Wigeon were […]
Spring 2024 Waterfowl at Church Slough and Lower Valley Wetlands
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in Birdingby Darcy Thomas 15 enthusiastic birders met at Church Slough on March 21 for a wonderful morning of watching waterfowl of all sorts. After an hour at the slough we […]
Flathead Valley Bird Report – March 2024
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in BirdingRare and Notables – January/February 2024 Generally mild and relatively dry since the deep cold spell early in the period, this was a month with few rarities. People continued to […]
Flathead Valley Bird Report – May 2023
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in Birdingby Dan Casey Rare and Notables – MAR/APR 2023 Mid-March offered its usual diversity and abundance of waterfowl, with great numbers of geese and ducks throughout the valley (despite the […]