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Freezout 2009
Start Date: 3/28/2009 End Date: 3/28/2009
Start Time: 07:00 AM End Time: 02:00 PM Effort (in hours): 7
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Every year, Montana birders descend upon on Freezout Lake, between Fairfield and Choteau, during the last weekend of March or first weekend of April. Why do we show up in the out of the way part of the state? White geese...10,000's of Snow Geese. It is a scene that is only experience of few times in a full life, the simultaneous lift-off of a 100,000 or more Snow Geese at once and the incoming waves of returning geese.

This year, Sam Koenen (partner in crime) and I left Bozeman at 5 in the morning headed up the highway to Freezout. The following is photo essay of our incredible day and experience we had at this unique place.
Species Counts
Birds: 36 Mammals: 6


Northern Pintails
Northern Pintail
General Birding Details
Binoculars: Scope: Mist Netting:
Mileage and Time
Miles By Car: 400 Miles By Foot: 0 Miles By Other: 0
Wildlife Viewing Details
Binoculars: Scope: Captures:
Locations
Bowmans Corners Freezout Lake Sams House
Between Choteau and Fairfield
Sightings
Tundra Swan - Cygnus columbianus
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Canada Goose - Branta canadensis
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Snow Goose - Chen caerulescens
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Between Choteau and Fairfield, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Ross's Goose - Chen rossii
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Common Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Canvasback - Aythya valisineria
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Redhead - Aythya americana
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Northern Shoveler - Spatula clypeata
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Gadwall - Anas strepera
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Eurasian Wigeon - Anas penelope
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
American Wigeon - Anas americana
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Northern Pintail - Anas acuta
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Green-winged/Eurasian Teal - Anas crecca
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Ring-necked Pheasant / Common Pheasant - Phasianus colchicus
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Eurasian Collared-Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Sandhill Crane - Grus canadensis
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
American Coot - Fulica americana
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
American White Pelican - Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Baird's Sandpiper - Ereunetes bairdii
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Northern Harrier / Hen Harrier - Circus cyaneus
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Great Horned Owl - Bubo virginianus
Sams House, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Black-billed Magpie - Pica hudsonia
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Common Raven / Northern Raven - Corvus corax
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Horned Lark - Eremophila alpestris
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Western Meadowlark - Sturnella neglecta
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
American Tree Sparrow - Passerella arborea
Freezout Lake, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Coyote - Canis latrans
Bowmans Corners, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Red Fox - Vulpes vulpes
Bowmans Corners, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Mule Deer - Odocoileus hemionus
Bowmans Corners, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
White-tailed Deer - Odocoileus virginianus
Bowmans Corners, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Elk - Cervus elaphus
Bowmans Corners, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Pronghorn - Antilocapra americana
Bowmans Corners, Montana 3/28/2009 1 Lifer Rare bird sighting Rare bird alert sighting Documented sighting Special sighting ID Challenge
Targets
Species Type Total Targets Targets Seen
Bird 22 17
= Tick = Dip
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged/Eurasian Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Picture Gallery

Northern Pintails
Northern Pintail
Trio of Tundra Swans
Tundra Swan

Morning on the Highway

First Snow Geese of 2009!
Snow Goose

Way the Front Range rocks!
Snow Goose
Snow Geese in the Rockies
Snow Goose

Spring Reflections
Canada Goose
First Pulse
Snow Goose



















Geese-orama
Snow Goose

Singing Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Birding Peeps

More birders than I've ever seen

Notice the bird dog
Maps
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