Missoula Birding

COVID-19 response

Owing to the pandemic COVID-19 we have canceled all chapter-sponsored events thru the end of August. Specifically:

All Chapter-sponsored meetings at the University are cancelled. We will try to reschedule our planned speakers for a future program.
The Board Meetings will also be cancelled, and we will conduct business via our email google group or other online venue.
Chapter-sponsored field trips are cancelled.
If you want to go birding individually, great! Feel free to contact Larry or your other birding pals to see if he or they will be going birding—without carpooling—during this period.

We tallied 233,758 individual birds from 33 circles; a cumulative 141 species on count day and 4 more during count week. Rare birds counted were the Western Tanager, Brown Thrasher, Green-tailed Towhee, Black-headed Grosbeak, and Lesser Goldfinch. Two species were added to the cumulative list for Montana CBCs – Western Tanager and Chukar. Continue reading →

The Original Social Network

Professor Erick Greene and his students in the Wildlife Biology Program at the University of Montana are continuing a multi-year study into how birds communicate, using the latest tools to decipher not only alerts, but an amazing array of very specific messages. Continue reading →

2020 Field Trip Schedule

Here’s the field trip schedule for 2020 Continue reading →

Five Valleys Audubon in the news

One of the local TV stations, KPAX, ran a nice article about Five Valleys Audubon Society recently. Bird watchers search for raptors in Ronan … Continue reading →

Five Valleys Audubon Society hosts birdwatching trip

Missoulian article by Cameron Evans, March 23, 2019 STEVENSVILLE — Trumpeter swans and tundra swans are difficult to tell apart. Trumpeter swans are larger than tundra swans and the area where the bill meets the head is V-shaped on trumpeter swans but … Continue reading →

Free birding software

Pete Thayer offers free bird ID and life history software for Birds of North America for young birders As of September 21, 2018 any young birder in pre-K, grade school, middle school or high school will be able to download the new version … Continue reading →

Gadwall natural history

Duck enthusiasts, if you want to know a bunch about the Gadwall the you may be interested in a new e-book on the Natural History of the Gadwall by Tom Reaune. Happy reading!

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