by Lauren Smith, MT Audubon Communications Specialist It’s finally here – registration for the 2024 Wings Across the Big Sky Birding Festival is NOW OPEN! Visit the Montana Audubon website to learn more and to register online. Along with Last Chance Audubon, we’ve put together a fantastic lineup of trips, speakers, and more – you…
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by Darcy Thomas Our Executive Committee, Board of Directors, and many volunteers have been busy putting our shoulder to the wheel on important chapter work and conservation issues that affect birds. I’d like to give a personal thank you to everyone for making Flathead Audubon a great chapter. Recently we signed on as an organization…
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By Dan Casey Rare and Notables – February/March 2024 In typical fashion, early March was a time for waterfowl migration to begin in earnest, with good numbers of Northern Pintails present by the end of the period, and multiple sightings of Eurasian Wigeon, Greater White-fronted and Snow Geese. First-of-year (FOY) arrivals included Varied Thrushes, Western…
Read Moreby Connie Marmet Did you know that the Cinnamon Teal is not only a small, rust colored dabbling duck but also a protagonist in the Disney movie series, “DuckTales”? Disney’s Cinnamon Teal has white feathers, a black pixie haircut, and a mole on her cheek, looking more like Daisy Duck than a Teal. The…
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