Highlights from the September 6, 2022 Board of Directors Meeting The Birds of Prey Festival is on track to be held on 9/17, Jewel Basin Hawk Watch is currently being conducted, and our participation in the Great Fish Community Challenge is in full swing. It’s a busy time of year!! Darcy Thomas is interested in…
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by Dan Casey Rare and Notables – Summer Hot conditions early in the period, and smoky conditions later may have contributed to a relatively lackluster migration period; many shorebird locations had dried up, and birders were perhaps staying at home a bit more! Nevertheless, some good finds included the season’s first Herring Gulls, Anna’s Hummingbirds,…
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presented by Joshua Covill From lush lowland rainforests to high misty mountains, Costa Rica is home to over 800 bird species, making it a birder’s paradise! Josh Covill’s presentation will take us through what birding in Costa Rica is like, touching on the amazing biodiversity, where to go, what to look for, and how to…
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by Linda deKort West Valley Naturalists are back with presentations at West Valley School (2290 Farm to Market Road, Kalispell). Laura Katzman, Land Protection Specialist with Flathead Land Trust, will talk about the Sandhill Cranes which grace our valley each fall when hundreds of them refuel at a staging area in the West Valley on…
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by Dan Casey We have counted 660 raptors of 16 species during our first 21 surveys (through Sept 17th). Migration has been relatively slow to pick up, perhaps due to stable high pressure and smoke. This has been only the second time we have gone this deep into the migration season without recording a daily…
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At our September 2022 General Meeting, our very own David Manuwal regaled his adventures as a young scientist studying birds in the virtually unexplored and very wild Noatak River drainage in northern Alaska in the early ’70s. His research, as well as that of other scientists on the expedition from a variety of disciplines, helped…
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