We invite you to become a member of the local Upper Missouri Breaks Audubon. Members enjoy mutual support and an increased awareness of birds and habitat.
Join the world in connecting to birds – February 17-20. Each February, for four days, the world comes together for the love of birds. Over these four days we invite people to spend time in their favorite places watching and counting as many birds as they can find and reporting them to us.
Mark your calendars for June 9-11, 2023. Montana’s premier birding festival is coming to Great Falls next summer! Wings Across the Big Sky sponsored by Montana Audubon and co-hosted by our own Upper Missouri Breaks Audubon group is a 3-day festival that includes dozens of field trips, a kid-friendly family event, and a keynote presentation.
We (Beth Hill, Marge Wilson and Jan Wilson) drove a total of 176 miles on a day that went from partly cloudy to partly sunny to mostly sunny. It was 30-40 degrees (mostly 30-32 degrees) with wind that wasn’t noticeable.
Photo from Christmas Bird Count Day: Sharp-tailed Grouse in top of TALL tree, Black Eagle Dam —Beth Hill
Most bird-friendly yard websites only urge homeowners to add native plants to increase songbird survival. Of course, this site does also. But the other sites do not show homeowners how to make their yard safe for birds. This website does.
By Jim Cubie
A real-time, online checklist program, eBird and Montana Audubon have set up a unique page just for Montana bird sightings.
Our March issue is now available to read online. Visit the Newsletter page to read it and past issues.
Upper Missouri Breaks Audubon
Post Office Box 2362
Great Falls MT 59403