Field Trip Report: Lost Trail NWR

By Linda WinnieJuly 24, 2016July 16, 2016 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…

Turkey Vulture

By Flathead AudubonJuly 10, 2014November 14, 2015 Bird of the Month Bird of the Month, Turkey Vulture

By Jeannie Marcure Observing a group of Turkey Vultures cleaning up a deer carcass last fall tweaked my interest in these carrion eaters. I have to admit that before my research, I found these big black birds to be a little repulsive. After all, they eat dead and decaying things and I’d also heard a…