Flathead Audubon offering snow geese field trip

Flathead Audubon will be hosting a trip to the Freezout Lake Wildlife Management Area on Friday and Saturday to view the snow geese migration. The snow geese, along with thousands of other waterfowl, are moving north from their California wintering grounds to their arctic nesting areas. They stop over at Freezout Lake near Choteau to rest and feed.

The group will meet at 10 a.m. Friday at the old K-Mart parking lot in Evergreen and will caravan to Choteau and arrive in time for the afternoon “fly-out.” After spending a night in Choteau, the group will head back out to the Freezout Lake area just before daybreak to watch the “mass ascension” of geese from the ponds. After the morning’s birding, the group will head north to Kalispell in the early afternoon and arrive home around 5 p.m. Saturday.

Group leader Bob Lee will provide a suggested schedule and route, and will be in the front of the group. COVID-19 precautions, such as masking and social distancing, will be in place and there will be no gathering for dinner. Participants may pursue the geese on their own as much or as little as they like.

Attendees should make their own arrangements for lodging. Primitive camping is available at the Freezout Lake area.

For more information, visit the Flathead Audubon website: www.flatheadaudubon.org.