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Tag: Black Tern

Flathead Valley Bird Report – October 2020

By Jake BramanteOctober 3, 2020October 3, 2020 Categories: Birding Tags: Black Tern

by Joshua Covill Rare and Notables – September 2020   08/22 – the YELLOW-BILLED LOON (immature) found on Dickey Lake by Nikki M. on July 5th was last reported August 22nd.   08/22 – 3 Sanderling at the Creston Wetland pond (Craig H.)   08/31 – American Golden-Plover around the ponds in the West Valley…

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Black Tern

By Flathead AudubonJuly 8, 2014November 3, 2015 Categories: Bird of the Month Tags: Bird of the Month, Black Tern

By Kathy Ross Scanning the marshy flats of the Swan River Refuge in June, an ephemeral flash of luminous, sunlit wings catches the eye and intrigues the sense of wonder. Yes, it is live and it is a bird with a buoyant unique flight pattern of graceful swoops and aerial dives. As the light-colored wings…

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Upcoming Events

  1. WINTER BIRDING AT STEEL BRIDGE TRAILS

    March 3 @ 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  2. WINTER BIRDING AT STEEL BRIDGE TRAILS

    March 6 @ 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  3. TRUMPETER SWAN ECOLOGY AND REINTRODUCTION

    March 8 @ 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  4. SPRING WATERFOWL- CHURCH SLOUGH AND LOWER VALLEY WETLANDS

    March 21 @ 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  5. FREEZEOUT LAKE AND THE SNOW GEESE MIGRATION

    March 26 - March 27

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Our Bird of the Month

Clark’s Nutcracker

by Margaret Parodi A recent sighting of a flock of Clark’s Nutcrackers in my neighborhood in Bigfork sparked my renewed interest in this bird; the flash of the white and black tail feathers caught my eye. They were feeding in trees and on the ground in a stand of Ponderosa Pines and were going after…

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