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 ...

“Traditionally, what dictates the light goose migration in the spring is a couple of things, it’s photoperiod, snow cover, and moisture on the landscape along with temperatures,” said Szymanski.

The 2025 Snow Goose Festival is set for April 26 to 27, and it promises to recapture the magic of past events. Attendees can look forward to naturalist-led bus tours, guided hikes, and a bustling ...

Lonner recalled one spring around 20 years ago ... Two Canada geese fly near Freezout Lake during the snow goose migration. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake) Tundra swans glide across the skies ...

(Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake) Two Canada geese fly near Freezout Lake during the snow goose migraton ... Lake has to offer, is the spring waterfowl migration, when tens of thousands of birds ...

The snow goose is an amazing bird, annually traversing the continent in an epic, 6,000-mile round trip migration that leads ... Service has implemented liberal spring hunting seasons.