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Beyond the Slopes, a World-Class Birding Event is Hiding in Montana this March –  Wild Wings Festival on March 20–22, 2026.

March 12, 2026/

At Freezout Lake, roughly 300,000 snow geese and around 10,000 tundra swans descend on the wetlands during March, turning a quiet stretch of prairie between Great Falls and Choteau into a “snowstorm of wings.”

The nearby town of Choteau celebrates the migration through its annual Wild Wings Festival on March 20–22, 2026.

 

  • Emese Maczko

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