MISSOULA, Mont. — The migration of snow geese and swans through the Freezout Lake Wildlife Management Area near Choteau has likely peaked for spring 2025, bird counters note. Last week, 53,000 geese ...

Snow geese fly above Freezout Lake in Choteau, Montana during their yearly migration north. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake) Leah Guttman, a Whitefish resident, holds a snow geese feather at Freezout ...

Experience one of nature’s most breathtaking spectacles as thousands of snow geese take flight during the annual Delta Snow Goose Festival, happening Feb. 21-22. Hosted by the Delta Chamber of ...

During the past two weeks or so you may have witnessed migrating flocks of Canada geese and wondered what was happening. Have you noticed the V-shaped flocks of Canada geese heading north in the past ...

Each spring, hundreds of thousands of swans, geese, cranes and other waterfowl descend on a Montana lake on their way to the Arctic. A small town festival draws thousands of bird fans. The sky above ...

This story has been updated with information from a Wednesday social media post from the GFP and interview with South Dakota state veterinarian Dr. Beth Thompson. SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — While ...

This film explores the migration patterns of Canada Geese, detailing their journey from wintering grounds in the Gulf of Mexico to breeding areas in southern Canada. It explains the concept of ...

EXPLAINS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. IT’S THE ONES THAT I CAN GET CLOSE TO THAT CAN BARELY MOVE OR GET UP SLOWLY AND WALK AWAY. THAT I KNOW HAVE SOMETHING GOING ON. LESLIE ACKERMAN WITH CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE ...

Mar. 30—I pulled onto a gravel road just before 7 a.m., making my way to the shore of one of Freezout Lake's many nearby ponds. Just south of Choteau, the area sits among north central Montana's ...