Bird-Friendly Landscaping
Invite birds to your backyard! One of the biggest threats birds face is habitat loss. Urban growth and new subdivisions are altering and destroying natural habitats, often resulting in sterile […]
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Articles to educate readers on bird and conservation issues.
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NestWatch
What is NestWatch? NestWatch is a nationwide monitoring program from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, designed to track status and trends in the reproductive biology of birds, including when nesting
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Invite Pollinators To Your Yard
When you hear the term “pollinator”, generally you think of hummingbirds, bees and butterflies. Pollinators also include beetles, moths, flies, and bats. Pollinators are extremely important. They are responsible for
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7 Simple Ways to Help Birds
7 Simple Ways to Help Birds 1. Make Windows Safer, Day and Night Simple adjustments to your windows can save birds’ lives. 2. Keep Cats Indoors Indoor cats live longer,
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Recipe Cards for Inviting Birds & Pollinators to Your Yard
Sacajawea Audubon Society has a great new resource to help you attract birds and pollinators to your yard. We have created four downloadable “recipe cards”: 1. Invite Finches To Your
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Avian Flu and your Bird Feeders
Avian Flu and your Bird Feeders: The Long and the Short by Mikaela Howie Avian influenza, or avian flu, has been in the news a lot lately! What is the
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New Study on Window Strike Mortality
By Lou Ann Harris & Beth Madden A recent study by the American Bird Conservancy, Fordham University, NYC Bird Alliance, and Stony Brook University, has uncovered new evidence that building
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Help Reduce Plastic in Our Environment
Help to Reduce Plastic in Our Environment, Our Birds and Our Bodies! By Anne Ready, Gallatin Valley Earth Day More and more evidence is emerging that microplastics are causing great
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Bears and Bird Feeders
By Ben Goodheart and Mikaela Howie It’s a hard truth, but birdfeeders in the Gallatin Valley are one of the two main attractants, along with unsecured garbage, for bears seeking
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Garden Buzz – Invite Hummingbirds To Your Yard
By Lou Ann Harris We can all agree on how magical and beautiful hummingbirds are. Southwest Montana hosts several species including Calliope, Rufous and Broad-tailed. Hummingbirds require perches, flowers, water