Presented by Lou Bruno Join Lou Bruno on an incredible epic journey aboard the National Geographic Explorer to the Antarctic, South Georgia and the Falkland Islands. This is the world of snow-capped peaks, icebergs, pristine endless seas, and an unbelievable diversity of marine mammals and pelagic birds. Lou will offer a naturalist’s perspective on the…
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At our January 2024 General Meeting, Jami Belt, Dee Baginski, and Jess Garby of Glacier National Park discussed what they’ve learned in years of monitoring Common Loons and Golden Eagles through their citizen science programs. From loon nest monitoring and banding for Common Loons as well as fall hawk watch migration counts for Golden Eagles,…
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by Linda Winnie The first Bigfork Christmas Bird Count (CBC) took place in December 1974. This means that the birders who combed the Bigfork Count Circle for birds on December 16 of this past year were engaged in an historic task. They were carrying out the 50th Bigfork CBC! Ron Lang, then pastor of the…
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by Pam Willison, Owen Sowerwine Chairperson A big THANK YOU to Sliters Lumber & Building Supply for awarding Flathead Audubon a grant to fund the purchase of an EZ-Ject Lance system, for use on the invasive buckthorn in Owen Sowerwine. This year Sliters celebrated their 90th anniversary by offering grants to 90 nonprofits and groups in the Flathead…
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Co-presented by Jami Belt and Jess Garby Glacier National Park (GNP) hosts a large diversity of birds, and few are as charismatic as two of our top level predators – the Common Loon and Golden Eagle. While these birds inhabit very different haunts, both come to GNP as summer breeding residents and exist in very…
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At our December 2023 General Meeting, Sara Lamar, Education Director of Swan Valley Connections, shared lessons learned from over a decade of monitoring elusive forest carnivores such as the Canada Lynx and Wolverine. Using bait stations to collect hair and tracking, they have learned a lot more on these species where little was known before….
Read MoreHighlights from the November 6, 2023, Board of Directors Meeting Great Fish Community Challenge Donor Thank You It’s cold outside, but inside, we’re feeling warmth toward all of you who donated so generously to Flathead Audubon through the Great Fish Community Challenge! These gifts allow us to provide the Flathead with field trips, programs, this…
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Presented By Sara Lamar The Southwestern Crown of the Continent (SW Crown) is a 1.5 million acre, mostly forested landscape in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana. Swan Valley Connections (SVC) has been collaborating annually with various partners to monitor rare carnivores. This monitoring project was designed to provide a baseline of the current distribution…
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At our November 2023 General Meeting, Denver Holt, Founder and President of Owl Research Institute, shared the amazing work that they are doing. They pride themselves on boots-on-the-ground field work and long term studies to get as accurate a picture as they possibly can of the health and trends of a population as well as…
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