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Tag: Common Nighthawk

First International Common Nighthawk Detection

By Jake BramanteFebruary 15, 2021 Categories: Conservation Tags: Common Nighthawk

by William Blake, MPG Ranch The MPG Ranch in the Bitterroot Valley just found out that one of our Common Nighthawks was detected some 3400+ miles away in Colombia during fall migration! Kate Stone banded this adult male (see picture) on 8/21 in the shrubby draws of MPG Ranch (in an area we commonly call…

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Common Nighthawk

By Flathead AudubonJuly 10, 2014November 11, 2019 Categories: Bird of the Month Tags: Bird of the Month, Common Nighthawk

By Jeannie Marcure When I moved to a new neighborhood five years ago, I was fairly confident in my ability to identify the birds that frequent the Flathead Valley. However, that confidence was soon shaken when I met my new neighbors who were camping and building a house on the hill above us. Once I’d…

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    March 3 @ 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
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    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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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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