Photograph of White-breasted Nuthatch, copyright Dave Kreft

Chickadees and Nuthatches of the Little Pend Oreille NWR

Presented by Mike Munts, Wildlife Biologist, Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge

Chickadees and nuthatches are some of the most familiar backyard birds throughout northeast Washington. But what do you really know about them?

Mike Munts, Wildlife Biologist at the Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge in Stevens and Pend Oreille counties, will share information about the life cycles of three species of chickadees – Black-capped, Mountain, and Chestnut-backed – and three species of nuthatches – Red-breasted, White-breasted, and Pygmy – that inhabit the refuge.

Mike is originally from Sandpoint, Idaho, and has spent most of his life in the Pacific/Inland Northwest. He earned his wildlife biology degree with an emphasis in ornithology as he studied the Great Gray Owl and Western Screech Owl in Idaho and songbirds in Western Montana. He worked for the National Park Service for 14 years at Olympic in Washington, Craters of the Moon in Idaho, and Klondike Gold Rush in Alaska. He came to Colville and the Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge in 2011. His primary specialty has been non-game birds, with much of his experience being with owls, coniferous forest passerines and woodpeckers.

This meeting will be a “hybrid” – you can attend in-person at the Finch Arboretum, 3404 W. Woodland Blvd. (off Sunset Hwy., just west of downtown Spokane), in the Willow Room of the Woodland Center, or you can attend virtually on-line via this Zoom link. Meeting ID: 812 2240 2423 Passcode: 87330

Our speaker, Mike Munts, will be giving his presentation in-person at our meeting.