Mark your Calendar for these upcoming events

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June 20-22, 2008

Bluebird Trails Bluebird (MBT)

Annual Convention in Missoula, Montana

Quality Inn 3803 Brooks Street

Call 1-800-272-9500 or 406-251-2665

(Be sure to tell them "MTB" for special room rate)

Click here to print your Registration Form

2008 Mountain Bluebird Trails Convention Speakers

 

*Gary Burnett , – “Blackfoot Challenge” a citizen – initiated land conservation effort.

 

*Kathy Heffernan & Leo Dougherty, will showcase Sentinel High School students efforts to support bluebird population near Missoula .

 

*Dr.Harry Power III , PhD, – Professor Emeritus of Behavioral Ecology from Rutgers University on “Mountain and Western Bluebirds”

 

*Kristi DuBois , Native Species Coordinator, MT FWP, – “The Bats of Montana ”

 

*Amy Cilemberg , – “The Flammulated Owls” Amy works for the Avian Sciences Center at the University of Montana .

 

* Vince Yannone – retired MT FWP biologist and educator on “Montana Wildlife”.

 

For more information call:

Bob Niebuhr (406) 453-5143 or Kathy Heffernan (406) 543-4097

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March 2008

NABS Annual Convention - Kearney, Nebraska  -- March 6-9

Click here for more information

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Need nestbox plans?

We have three of them

free for your uses

click here for more information

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WHAT'S NEW

Mountain Bluebird Trails has received a $5,000. Grant from the Liz Claiborne/Art Gothenberg Foundation.  Our request was for $5,000 a year for five years.  The Foundation approves the request one year at a time.  The time frame for the first year is April 1, 2005 until March 31, 2006.  In March of 2006, MBT submit a written report to the Foundation on what we have accomplished based on our proposal and a written request for the following year's funding and the grant was nenewed. In March 2007 we will be submitting a request to renew it for the third year.

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Mountain Bluebird Trails has received an $2,500.00 grant from the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks .

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Montana Bird Distribution Sixth Edition 2003

Latilongs Map

This map can be printed off as two pages, which can be put together to form an 11" x 17" detailed map. Click on here for Left and/or here for the Right sides of the map to view a larger version or to print.

 

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"Birding Hotspots in the Flathead Basin"

which (in spite of the Flathead Basin name) includes Northwest Montana.   It mentions bluebirds and other species. It also contains a good list of birds to be found and season and abundance.  Click here for the document .

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"Field Checklist of Montana Birds"

is coming soon.  The free checklist will be available by early May at all FWP regional offices and the Helena  headquarters. Those who can't wait for the printed copies you can download the checklist by clicking here to view the 2004 bird list as an Acrobat pdf file. For best results in  printing your own copy, use legal size paper (8 ½ x 14 inches) and change your printer settings to print it in landscape view.

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•  The Mountain Bluebird Trails areas are now being defined by county rather than number. The board made this decision at the September board to clarify it for the members. See Regional Coordinators listing under contacts on this website and/or the December 2003 issue of Bluebird Tales.

 

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* MBT has created a speakers bureau to put on programs in Montana and southern Idaho . If you would like a program in your area contact one of the volunteers on the Speakers Bureau .