About this episode
This episode explores the annual migration of waterfowl in Montana and features insights from wildlife biologists.
For a few short weeks starting in late February, there is a window of opportunity to see an enormous congregation of geese, swans, ducks and other birds at a wildlife management area in Montana during their annual migration to northern breeding grounds. In this episode of “Our Wild Lives,” Brent Lonner, a wildlife biologist with Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks and Ali Marschner, a farm bill biologist with Pheasants Forever, dive into the annual staging of hundreds of thousands waterfowl...
People in this episode
Guests: Brent Lonner, Ali Marschner
Topics covered
- migration
- waterfowl
- wildlife management
- birdwatching
- Montana
Keywords
- geese
- swans
- ducks
- migration
- wildlife management
- Montana
- breeding grounds
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks, Pheasants Forever
Places: Montana
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