Get outside, have fun, while helping protect birds & wildlife Join the fun for the annual Sacajawea Audubon Society Birdathon! Gather your team and spend a day outdoors identifying as many bird species as possible within a 24-hour period—all while raising funds for local conservation and education programs. Collect pledges per species or bird seen as
Leader: Travis Kidd (989-820-0078, travis.w.kidd@gmail.com) Please sign-up by calling or emailing. There are several habitat types that come together in this relatively compact area, including the riparian areas along Bridger Creek, the conifer slopes of Drinking Horse Mountain, and the drier slopes of the M Trail. Many of the breeding birds should already be on
Deepen your connections with birds this season with a class or two with our local educator, Ashley Martens. Contact her at truenatureed@gmail.com with questions. Beginning Birding - Love birds? Curious about learning to identify them without having to use another app? Learn basic identification skills you can use anywhere you go to connect with the
Leader: Josiah Kiehl 406-539-6832 josiah.kiehl@gmail.com (Until early to midafternoon; 2 miles of easy walking on gravel roads) This trip begins with a walk through the arid limestone cliffs of Milligan Canyon. Canyon Wrens, Rock Wrens, and Spotted Towhees frequent this dry landscape. Golden Eagles and Pinyon Jays are also a possibility along this portion of
Leader: Woody Martyn, 406-224-1476, woodymartyn@hotmail.com Please sign-up by calling or emailing trip leader. (3–4 hour trip; easy walking; at most two miles) There are many possibilities at this local birding hotspot. Over 180 bird species have been seen in the recreation area. With a pond, riparian habitat, limited grassland, and mature cottonwoods we hope to see good
Leader: Travis Kidd 989-820-0078 travis.w.kidd@gmail.com. Please sign up by calling or emailing the trip leader. (3-4 hours; easy walking) Enjoy a weekday morning stroll following Sourdough Creek during the peak of migration and early breeding season. We should see and hear a wide variety of flycatchers, thrushes and warblers. During this time of the migration
Deepen your connections with birds this season with a class or two with our local educator, Ashley Martens. Contact her at truenatureed@gmail.com with questions. Warblers - Learn about and delight in these wonderfully colorful little birds by focusing on plumage, habitat, songs and calls. One classroom session and one field trip included. Register HERE
Leader: Beth Madden 406-224-1012 • bethmadden64@gmail.com Full day tour, with option for early departure. Enjoy a day on the spectacular high prairie east of the Crazy Mountains. We will follow an approximately 45-mile driving route through prairie and agricultural landscapes north of Big Timber, with an hour-long walk on some prairie lands. In addition to migrants,
Leader: Tim Preso 406-600-3302 presofamily@msn.com Until mid-afternoon; moderate walking on forest trail, with several hundred foot elevation gain This trip follows Spanish Creek through the Flying D Ranch, to the edge of the Lee Metcalf Wilderness. We will spend most of the morning birding along the road focusing on the grasslands and forest edges. Once at
Leader: Andrew Guttenberg 406-451-5427 • afgutte@hotmail.com 1/2-day; hike of moderate difficulty, 4 miles out and back This trail climbs the north slopes of Chestnut Mountain, from Rocky Creek to the back side of Frog Rock. A wide diversity of birds breed here including several species of woodpeckers, flycatchers, and finches including Olive-sided Flycatcher and Cassin’s Finch.
