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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
About 200 people attended the Missoula Bird Migration Celebration, held on Saturday September 15th 2012. Highlights of the day’s events: Birders’ Breakfast children’s activities beginner bird walk native plant presentation Twitchers’ Tea and backyard habitat tour with David Schmetterling & Marilyn … Continue reading
Twenty birders participated in the field trip to the Ninepipes area on Saturday, September 8th. Two birders from Polson, MT, two from Plains, MT, and three from Ottawa, Canada joined the Missoula birders. Except for the crisp early morning, the day … Continue reading
