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FEBRUARY 2012
A SPONTANEOUS WINTER SKI ACROSS THE SWAN LAKE NWR |
A SPONTANEOUS AND AWESOME WINTER SKI ACROSS THE SWAN LAKE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE with local naturalist, Kathy Ross.
Join Flathead Audubon on one or more spontaneous cross-country skiing and/or snowshoe field trips exploring the Swan River Wildlife Refuge. Send your email address to Kathy Ross at mtkat@montanaport.net. Kathy will email you as soon as the conditions are right for tracking and birding about 1-2 days before the field trip. The trip may be on a week day or weekend. The Refuge is an exciting landscape of many stories written on the snow by the mammals and birds that winter there. These trips would be 1-3 hours of easy skiing (when conditions are good). Dress warm and prepare for all kinds of winter conditions; bring some food and water along with binoculars. Details for meeting time and place will be announced. Remember the Refuge closes on March 1 to protect nesting birds. Access is still available after March 1 to the viewing area but not beyond signed areas.
American Goldfinch photo by Dan Casey |
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FEBRUARY 17 - 20, 2012
THE GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNT |
Join Kathy Ross on a field trip to identify and count birds in the Swan River/Echo Lake area. Meet at the north end of Swan River School parking lot at 9:00 until noon. We will carpool from there, exploring the winter landscape along the Swan River for waterfowl. We’ll check out a few feeders along the way, as well as wooded areas for pygmy owls, golden-crowned kinglets, Townsend’s solitaries, several chickadee species and, hopefully, flocks of crossbills and common redpolls. Bring binoculars, spotting scopes, warm clothing and your enthusiasm to experience our local winter feathered residents. Please contact Kathy at 837-3837 if you wish to join the field trip or have questions.
Common Redpoll photo by Dan Casey |
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JUNE 8-10, 2012
WINGS OVER THE BIG SKY |
Now is the perfect time to plan your schedule and to notify your birding friends that Montana Audubon and the Flathead Audubon Society will be hosting Montana Audubon’s Annual Wings Over the Big Sky Bird Festival this coming June 8th through the 10th in Kalispell. Invite your special out-of-state birding friends to visit the Flathead Valley and to participate with you in Festival activities, programs and field trips.
This year’s theme "Birding the Crown of the Continent" will feature presentations, workshops, speakers, and guided field trips into nearby Glacier National Park searching for Harlequin Ducks, American Dippers, Northern Hawk Owls and the Park’s fast disappearing glaciers. We will also explore the Flathead Valley’s wetlands and riparian areas with their large variety of migrating waterfowl and neotropical visitors. Pre-festival activities and post-festival trips beyond the Valley are being planned.
Headquarters for the Festival will be The Hilton Garden Inn located on the south edge of Kalispell on US Highway 93. It will provide excellent conference facilities and service and is centrally located for convenient access to all field trip destinations and is a short 15 minutes from Flathead Lake, the largest natural freshwater lake west of the Mississippi in the lower 48 states.
Short-eared Owl photo by Jeannie Marcure |
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 Flathead Audubon Society is a non-profit organization dedicated
to helping our members and others learn more about birds and
their natural history; to promoting the appreciation and
enjoyment of birds and other wildlife, and the natural processes
that support them; to working cooperatively with other groups
and agencies to conserve these creatures and the natural
habitats crucial to their survival –
and ours.
Our
activities include:
 General meetings September thru May, on the 2nd
Monday, at 7:00 p.m. at the Summit Athletic Club,
Conference Room #3, Kalispell. The general public is
encouraged to attend.
An hour-long, visual media program at each monthly
meeting, on a topic related to birds, natural history,
or conservation. The program topics are designed to be of interest to the
general public.
A potluck at the May meeting, held at a location decided
each spring.
Birding field trips throughout the year.
Christmas Bird Counts in Bigfork & Kalispell. |
Flathead Audubon
provides a variety of education
programs for both children and adults, manages the
Owen Sowerwine Natural Area
cooperatively with Montana Audubon, and actively promotes the
conservation of bird and wildlife habitat in the Flathead
Valley.
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JANUARY 2, 2012
FLATHEAD AUDUBON BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING |
Regular monthly meeting in the Conference Room at Jane Lopp & Associates, 295 Third Avenue. E.N., Kalispell, MT 59901. Potluck at 5:30 p.m. and meeting at 6 p.m. All are welcome.
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