Join Margaret Parodi and Darcy Thomas for a relatively easy walk (two-three miles) on a path along the Whitefish River. We can expect to see ducks, (including Mallards, Wood Ducks, mergansers, goldeneye, Bufflehead), warblers (including Yellow, Orange-crowned, Common Yellowthroat), flycatchers, songbirds, eagles, and other year-round residents. Other wildlife such as foxes or turtles may be...

Join FAS field trip leader Darcy Thomas for a morning of birdwatching. We will walk a portion of the paved Great Northern Historical Trail along Smith Lake before driving around the lake stopping at the boat launch and other pullouts along the way to view birds. Smith Lake is a complex of large, shallow wetlands...

Join Karen Nichols and Kathy Ross exploring the easily accessible Hatchery trails, for our returning avian migrants--warblers, vireos, thrush, osprey and so many others as they return to breed in our beautiful valley. Along with our favorite “locals” including dippers and chickadees.  Also learn about the native flora—nature’s own bird feeders, especially for parent birds...

Dan Casey will be leading a Sunday morning bird walk along the Sonny Boon Memorial Trail in Somers during this spring migration season. The paved trail follows a portion of the old railroad bed along Somers Slough and offers excellent views of waterfowl as well as a wide variety of land birds reliant on the...

Join Darcy Thomas to savor the beauties of the Bison Range in Moiese. The Bison Range is home to many birds such as Bald and Golden Eagles, Lewis’s Woodpeckers, Red-naped Sapsuckers, Willow Flycatchers, Lazuli Buntings, and Grasshopper Sparrows. There is also wonderful native vegetation and many animals including Bison, White-tail and Mule deer, Elk, pronghorn,...