124th Christmas Bird Count!

The Missoula Christmas Bird Count (CBC) will take place on Saturday, December 16, 2023.

View the count on our events calendar here, visit our Christmas Bird Count page to see a map of the count circle and some background on this tradition here.

Five Valleys Audubon Society Requests Proposals
Philip L. Wright Memorial Research Award 2024

Philip L. Wright

Each spring, to encourage student-initiated research in wildlife-related subjects, we advertise for proposals and then award small grants to university and high school students for research projects that can be completed in a few months. Grant recipients present their findings to the public at chapter meetings.

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Historic Fort Missoula Coalition

Five Valleys Audubon has joined 29 other local, national and international organizations to oppose the impending development of the area surrounding the Fort Missoula Post Hospital by a consortium of out of state investors.

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Fort Missoula Birding Facts
John James Audubon

The Audubon Legacy, or What’s in a Name

His legacy is preserved in the National Audubon Society, and in the birds that bear his name –

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Ring-necked Duck

Fort Missoula Ponds

The Missoula community faces a new challenge and an exciting opportunity at Fort Missoula.

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Fort Missoula Ponds Aerial East

Fort Missoula Ponds Survey Results

View the results of Five Valleys Audubon’s efforts to survey bird populations at the ponds.

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Northern Pintails

Join or Renew

Show your support and receive an electronic issue of our monthly newsletter, The Birding Observer, for only $15.00 per year.

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Garganey

What’s that Bird?

Did you see a bird and want to know what it was? Check here for information on finding out.

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Least Sandpiper on the Clark Fork

Habitat Protection

The Missoula valley in western Montana is a place where native plants and animals are a vital part of the living landscape.

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