by Joshua Covill Rare and Notables – September 2020 08/22 – the YELLOW-BILLED LOON (immature) found on Dickey Lake by Nikki M. on July 5th was last reported August 22nd. 08/22 – 3 Sanderling at the Creston Wetland pond (Craig H.) 08/31 – American Golden-Plover around the ponds in the West Valley…
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Flight of Hummingbirds presented by Bret Tobalske (watch a replay of the presentation over here) Flathead Audubon will present an online program on Monday, October 12 at 7 PM. Dr. Bret Tobalske, Professor of Organismal Biology, Ecology and Evolution in the Division of Biological Sciences at the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana and he…
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By Pam Willison In addition to the work done by our two weed spraying contractors, Todd Butts and Jon Hesselwood, a number of people worked as volunteers to help control invasive plant species in Owen Sowerwine this spring and summer. A big THANK-YOU to: Denny Olson, Pam Willison, Sally Cameron-Russell, Derrick Rathe, Will Beyer, and…
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by Carole Jorgensen The Great American Outdoors Act was signed into law in August 2020. It provides the promised money to implement the 1965 Land and Water Conservation Act. The LWCA was designed to fund conservation and recreation as partial mitigation for off-shore oil and gas development, but was fully funded only two years in…
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Highlights from the May, July, and August 2020 Board meetings May 4, 2020 Input was provided for Denny to create a final version of the Birds Rock! video, and ideas were offered about how best to publicize it and make it available to people. A draft of the 2020-21 budget was reviewed, and there was…
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by Denny Olson None of us had a playbook called COVID 2020. Hunkering down at home with only the closest ones to you (or completely alone), internet TV subscriptions and binge-watching, too-easy access to recreational beverages, adults/kids/pets all sick of each other, and when you go out in masked anonymity, no hugs, shaking hands, or…
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by Gael Bissell In place of our traditional September one-day Birds of Prey Festival at Lone Pine, we will offer a week-long celebration of birds of prey with cool opportunities for you and your family to see and learn more about these incredible flying predators. We actually begin focusing on birds of prey in late August,…
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Mini-course September 18 & 19, 2020 Take a socially distanced Birds of Prey in Flight mini-course taught by Flathead Audubon Conservation Educator Denny Olson September 18 and 19 at Lone Pine State Park. On Friday afternoon, September 18, 2 – 4 PM, we will get some practice and tips on in-flight ID of raptors with…
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by Amy Seaman Join Montana Audubon’s Director of Policy & Science, Amy Seaman, for a series of online Raptor Identification Workshops! There is no question that learning how to identify raptors takes time. That is why we are going to help Flathead Audubon Society celebrate raptor week with a three-part raptor identification series and fundraiser….
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