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To conserve birds, wildlife habitat, and ecosystem diversity in northwest Montana, through education and conservation programs.
Annual May Potluck and Celebration of Owen Sowerwine
Our May meeting is always such a fun time. We have our potluck and silent auction as always, but this one is special as we get to celebrate the permanent Conservation Easement for Owen Sowerwine! Find out more about this fun event here and see you on May 13th!
Native plants are for all of us!
We had a great time at our March meeting hearing from our own Denny Olson and Kathy Ross, as well as from Jessie Walthers from the Flathead Conservation District and Mackenzie Dey from the MSU Extension Office discussing native plants. If you missed it, we have the recording now online. Click here to view it and be prepared to take notes!
A new chapter of management for Owen Sowerwine
If you head down to Owen Sowerwine, not much has changed… and that’s by design. While the new Conservation Easement gets finalized, the whole point of the easement was to preserve the irreplaceable habitat for birds. Learn more about Owen Sowerwine before you come down and visit. We have resources including trail maps, appropriate behavior, new rules for group use and more! Click here to learn more out our beloved Owen Sowerwine.
Get your Flathead Audubon Swag here!
We’re excited to announce the availability of hats to show your Flathead Audubon pride! Trucker hats, thermal beanies, and visors can be purchased online or at our general meetings and are available for pickup at the meetings. Find all of the apparel in our Shop.
Love birds? Lend a hand! (or wing?)
If you are new to Flathead Audubon (or have been around for a bit) and want to get involved there are many ways you can become active in the chapter. Here is a quick list of some of those ways:
- Help with our education events for kids and families
- Help with environmental issues that impact birds, wildlife, and habitat
- Write a Bird of the Month or other piece for the newsletter
- Help with the broadcasting of our monthly meeting on Zoom
- Lead a field trip to your favorite birding hotspot
- Join the board of directors in our important work
Contact Darcy Thomas at darcy@flatheadaudubon.org
Natives Rule!
Native insects feed on native plants which provide food for native birds… and their offspring! We’ve put this all together in a great video called Natives Rule! This video gives you a deep dive of why all of these “natives” are important and how you can help support this critical system. This video joins our growing catalog of Educational Videos that you can watch any time, anywhere, on any device!
Past meeting presentations available online
Speaking of videos, we have been recording our general meetings on Zoom and have them available for replay! Want to learn about the natural history of Trumpeter Swans? How wolves and ravens interact in Yellowstone? Head on over to our Videos page to see all of the past presentations.
Stay updated with the Flathead Audubon Fly-by!
In addition to our monthly Pileated Post, we also have a short email we send out called the Flathead Audubon Fly-by. It contains a brief reminder of events, any last minute announcements, and a splash of birdiness to your inbox. It’s even more important over the summer when our meetings take a break and we have a slew of field trips!
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- Peeps from the President – May 2024
by Darcy Thomas – President What a year! What a year! I remember beginning the year as your new Flathead Audubon President with such trepidation, feeling I was not ready and not up to the task. I was so afraid of making a fool of myself – which I probably did from time to time…. - 2024 Long-billed Curlew Surveys part 2
The warm and sunny days of Spring bring us the familiar “cur-leeee” of the Long-Billed Curlew, an icon of America’s prairies. The Long-Billed Curlew depends on Montana’s grasslands for breeding, and continues to decline across its range due to loss of this habitat to development of agriculture and infrastructure. With this decline, more research is… - Flathead Valley Bird Report – May 2024
By Dan Casey Rare and Notables – MAR/APR 2024 In typical fashion, late March and early April provided a variety of migrant waterfowl at Flathead Valley hotspots. Eurasian Wigeon were seen at multiple sites, and a hybrid wigeon was photographed at Church Slough. Greater White-fronted Goose and the Siberian form of Tundra Swan made appearances… - American White Pelican – Magnificence in Montana
By Darcy Thomas Early June last year in Dupuyer a man approached to ask about Glacier National Park as he was excited about driving over Going to the Sun Road from the east. I informed him the road was not yet fully open. As he expressed his disappointment I sighted three gigantic, gorgeous white birds… - May 2024 Meeting & Potluck – Celebrating the Owen Sowerwine Conservation Easement
Our May potluck and silent auction are some of our favorite events of the year. We enjoy seeing everyone, eating together, and having time to visit before the summer break. Join us on Monday, May 13th, for our celebration of the Owen Sowerwine Conservation Easement. First nominated as a State Natural Area in 1974, and… - Conservation Educator’s Niche – April 2024
by Denny Olson “The Nature of Cities” In 1900, 14 percent of the U.S. population lived in cities. Now, more than 70 percent (240 million) of the U.S. population live in urban and urbanizing areas (U.S. Census Bureau 2021). Improving the sustainability and livability of cities is a long-term challenge that many cities are beginning…
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