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2020 Field Trip Schedule

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

Posted on January 1, 2020 by FVASOctober 17, 2020
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Five Valleys Audubon Society hosts birdwatching trip

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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 →

Posted on March 23, 2019 by FVASMarch 12, 2020
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2019 Field Trip Schedule

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Preliminary field trip schedule for 2019 – see our calendar for up-to-date details Feb 2   Deer Lodge Valley Feb 23   Mission Valley Mar 23   Metcalf NWR Apr 6   Ninepipes (Short-eared Owls) Apr 27   Brown’s Lake May 19 (Sun)   Bandy Ranch … Continue reading →

Posted on January 14, 2019 by FVASMarch 12, 2020
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Fieldfare!

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On our 2015 Christmas Bird Count, on December 19th, Jim Brown found a Fieldfare a few miles west of Missoula. This is the first record of the species in Montana. This picture of the bird is from Forrest Rowland’s facebook … Continue reading →

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Pat LittleNovember 2, 2017
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Great Gray Owl at Maclay Flat

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Sixteen hardy bird-seekers navigated the icy trails and the trees at Maclay Flat today in wet weather but not the heavy rain and high winds forecast – they arrived about an hour after we were done. The highlight of the … Continue reading →

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Pat LittleNovember 17, 2016
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Lee Metcalf NWR Field Trip

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by Terry McEneaney… On March 30, 2013, a group of over two dozen participants traveling in two waves descended on Lee Metcalf Refuge to shake off the winter cobwebs. Collectively we tallied slightly over or near 66 species of birds. … Continue reading →

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Pat LittleNovember 17, 2016
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Freezout Lake Field Trip

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by Terry McEneaney… The year 2013 marks my 45th year of going to Freezout Lake to view the spring migration of Snow Geese. Interestingly enough, 2013 marks the 20 year anniversary of my book Birding Montana. My how time flies. … Continue reading →

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Pat LittleNovember 17, 2016
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Mission Valley field trip

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On the morning of Sunday, December 2nd, when I drove into the UM Field House parking lot, I wondered whether anyone would show up. It was a rainy, windy day and the forecast was to remain that way all day. … Continue reading →

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Pat LittleNovember 17, 2016
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Northern Saw-whet Owl Banding

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We had a great field trip today with Denver Holt of Owl Research Institute. Denver and his crew were banding saw-whet owls at Maclay Flat and we got to watch them do the measurements and put the bands on the … Continue reading →

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Pat LittleNovember 17, 2016
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Jewel Basin field trip report

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Dan Casey has been conducting a hawk watch from a ridge overlooking Jewel Basin in the Swan Range, NE of Bigfork, since 2008. Every year, his team has counted over 2,000 migrating hawks of up to 17 species, so  it … Continue reading →

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Pat LittleNovember 17, 2016
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