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Feb
14
Sunday
Feb
14
Sun
Education :: Environment
Great Backyard Bird Count
10:00 AM
Flathead Audubon Society
Description:
GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNT FIELD TRIP IN BIGFORK, SWAN RIVER

AND SURROUNDING AREA

Join Flathead Audubon on Sunday, February 14 in the annual Great Backyard

Bird Count. Treat your Valentines, young and adult, to a morning field trip in the

Bigfork and Swan River area. Birders will experience our local avian residents in

their winter world. Birders will learn about our winter songbirds, count winter

birds at feeders, and also explore other local areas for wintering residents, such

as, Trumpeter Swans and Pygmy Owls.

The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual event that engages bird watchers of

all ages in counting birds to create real-time snapshots of where birds are. It is

led by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society.

Meet at 10 a.m. at the east end of the Swan River School main parking area, off

MT Highway 83, near Bigfork. Birders will return about 1:30 p.m. Dress for the

weather and bring binoculars and/or spotting scopes. To sign up, email trip

leader Kathy Ross at mtkat67@gmail.com or call (406) 837-3837. Birders of all

ages, especially families with children, are welcome, free of charge.

The Flathead Audubon Society is a local chapter of the National Audubon Society. Our mission is to:

*work with diverse groups and agencies to achieve sound decisions on natural resource issues;

While our efforts focus on northwest Montana, we believe in the protection of the earth and all its inhabitants.

*conserve birds, wildlife habitat and ecosystem diversity;

*promote awareness and appreciation of the natural world through education and advocacy;

*provide community services, such as, school programs, work projects and field trips.
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Age Group: All Ages
Venue: Flathead Audubon Society
Address: Swan River School main parking area, off MT Highway 83 Bigfork, MT 59911
Phone: (406) 837-3837

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