Community events on tap

Meals on wheels

The North Valley Senior Center is looking for volunteers to deliver Meals on Wheels. The meals are delivered to housebound seniors. Call the North Valley Senior Center at 892-4087 to apply. Application, background check, drivers license and insurance required.

Nature photogs

The Northwest Montana Nature Photographers meet March 8 at 7 p.m., in the United Way building room 26 in Kalispell. Denise Silva, Of Road Runner Photo tours, will be the featured speaker. She will be presenting her African photo tour pictures.

Bird walk

Join Flathead Audubon for a winter hike March 6, from 10 a.m. – noon. Darcy Thomas will lead a winter trek through Lawrence Park in Kalispell. This is a mostly flat walk with varied terrain of up to three miles. Restrooms and park benches are available. Space is limited to 10 birders, Contact Darcy to sign up at 406-407-8263 or darcy@flatheadaudubon.org.

Olson talk

The regular Flathead Audubon monthly meeting will feature its own Conservation Educator, Denny Olson, at the Gateway West Community Room on Monday, March 14 at 7 p.m. Birds have often been described in disparaging terms as “dodos” -- incapable of anything but instinctive behaviors, and having tiny brains with limited learning capacity. Even though bird brain parts are arranged differently than ours, and our ways of gauging intelligence are much different than theirs, they operate at many times the speed of humans, have complex language-learning capabilities, show memories that dwarf our abilities, do complex trigonometry with sound and light, “see” magnetic lines of force during migrations, make an array of specialized tools, and even have those “human” qualities of altruism and empathy. Join Denny for a humorous examination of the avian brain and dozens of mind-boggling and fun examples of bird intelligence. Fair warning: if you are a human, it could be a humbling experience. The meeting will be held at the Gateway Community meeting room in Kalispell or you can ZOOM in.  Email info@flatheadaudubon.org for information on how to join the group. The program is free and open to the public.

Hunter ed

Hunter education courses are open to registration in Kalispell, Polson, Eureka, and Plains.

Registration is free and available at https://fwp.mt.gov/education/hunter-education.

Dates, locations and specific instructions for each class, as well as contact information for the instructors, are available in the class descriptions online.

Additional courses will become available this spring in other communities across the state, and information will be posted online at https://fwp.mt.gov/education/hunter-education.

In-person, instructor-led hunter education courses are available free to anyone aged 10 and older and are led by trained volunteer instructors who are passionate about preserving Montana’s hunting tradition, teaching firearm safety, ethics, and outdoor skills. Instructor-led courses provide new hunters with a hands-on learning experience and can be particularly beneficial for people who have minimal experience in the field or handling firearms.