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SUMMARY:Beginning Bird Walk at Lee Metcalf
DESCRIPTION:Join Larry Weeks and Five Valleys Audubon for a beginning bird walk at Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge from 10:00 am-1:00 pm. Meet the field trip leader at the Refuge Visitor’s Center. This field trip involves walking on level paved and unpaved paths.\n\nThe group will observe and identify birds on the Visitor Center Ponds\, Kenai Trail and in the Wildlife Viewing Area.\n\nDue to the ongoing pandemic\, please wear a mask if you carpool with people other than your household members and practice social distancing in the field.\n\n\nThere are outdoor toilets at the Visitor’s Center and the Wildlife Viewing Area.
URL:https://bitterrootbirdalliance.org/event/beginning-bird-walk-at-lee-metcalf-2/
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SUMMARY:Monthly Program: Black Swifts in Montana
DESCRIPTION:Black Swifts in Montana: One of Our Most Fascinating and Mysterious Species  \nMontana Audubon Avian Specialist Bo Crees has studied Black Swifts in Montana and Idaho for the past 6 years. Bo will share the unique life history of this remarkable species along with interesting highlights\, joys\, and challenges of searching for one of Montana’s most elusive and vulnerable species in remote\, hard-to-access areas. \nDid you know that some of our Black Swifts fly continuously\, without EVER landing\, for more than 9 months?  \nOr\, that even though adults weigh about the same as a golf ball\, their incubation period is longer than that of Red-tailed Hawks\, and that Black Swift nestlings take longer to fledge than some Golden Eagles? \nPlease join us on November 17 to learn more about these fascinating\, unusual birds! \nPlease register by 3 pm on the day of the meeting:  \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/PFRETOGwTXCoS4edPxXcsw  \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. \nBoaz (Bo) Crees discovered the wonders of birds and birding in his early 20s and was hired as a biological technician on his first bird research project in 2005\, while studying wildlife biology at the University of Montana. Bo has been involved in many bird and wildlife research projects over the past 20 years\, and has studied birds in Mexico\, Canada\, and all but two western U.S. states. In 2016 Bo and his wife\, Alexis\, moved to Helena after living in northern British Columbia for several years\, and have lived in Montana ever since. Bo is an Avian Specialist for Montana Audubon and the Montana Natural Heritage Program\, working in the field in spring and summer\, and processing data the rest of the year. In his free time Bo enjoys birding\, hiking\, creating wildlife art\, and collecting and processing rocks and minerals.
URL:https://bitterrootbirdalliance.org/event/monthly-program-black-swifts-in-montana/
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SUMMARY:Poets in the 'Root
DESCRIPTION:Proudly hosted by Teller Wildlife Refuge 1180 Chaffin Lane\, Corvallis\, MT \nNovember 22 1:00-3:00 \nFree and Open to the Public \nNature has always inspired poets! And\, poetry seeks to both instruct and delight. Poets in the ‘Root combines the magic and biology of nature. One person reads a poem or part of a poem that uses an element of nature to convey its message. Then the same or another person gives an explanation (5 minutes max) of some aspect of that nature element. The explanation focuses on the scientific interpretation of the nature element within the poem. \nListeners get a bit of poetry and a bit of natural history. \nAnyone can volunteer to read a poem and/or offer nature interpretation. Some read poems by others\, but if you’re a poet\, we’d love to hear your own work. \nWe’ll have snacks\, tea\, and wine. \n  \nPlease send your poems and natural history interpretation (or let us know if you need someone else to do the interpretation) to Helen Atthowe at hatthowe@gmail.com \nSupported by: BITTERROOT BIRD ALLIANCE & CHAPTER ONE BOOKSTORE. Art by Deb Goslin. \n—  \nHelen Atthowe \nhatthowe@gmail.com
URL:https://bitterrootbirdalliance.org/event/poets-in-the-root-2/
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