Evening Winged Adventure at Skalkaho Bend

Bitter Root Land Trust and Bitterroot Audubon welcome you to explore the winged creatures making their home in the *future* Skalkaho Bend Park. 

Bitterroot Audubon board member Kate Stone will guide participants on a short walk through riparian habitat, noting the birds seen and heard along the way. We'll discuss the Bitterroot River Important Bird Area and how properties like the Skalkaho Bend provide the riparian habitat so important to birds and other wildlife. Once the light fades, we'll put our binoculars and field guides down and watch the skies for the emergence of bats. Kate will bring an ultrasonic microphone and iPad to allow us to see and hear the echolocation noises of bats as they fly overhead. Special software will help us identify the bats- perhaps more than 10 species! To close the evening, we'll circle back to birding by performing callback surveys for several owl species. 

Bitterroot Audubon will provide light refreshments, binoculars, and field guides. 

Directions:

1. At the Golf Course Rd and Hwy 93 intersection in Hamilton turn West at the light onto Hope Ave. 

2.Turn Left on S 2^nd St (your first left).

3.Turn Right onto Bailey Ave (your second right).

4.Turn Left through the gate at the corner of Bailey Ave. and 5^th St. (there will be a Bitter Root Land Trust sign).

5. Drive through the field on the mowed driveway until you reach the other vehicles.