Birding Montana

Montana Birdwatching  Hotspots

Montana Audubon’s Chapters have put out “birding hotspots” maps for certain locations in the state. Below you can access the current hotspots publications or websites:

• Bozeman Area
  Birding Hotspots of the Gallatin Valley (2014 edition)

• Helena Area
  Birding in the Helena Area
  Birds of the Canyon Ferry Wildlife Management Area

• Flathead Valley
  Birding in the Flathead Basin

• Bitterroot-Missoula Area
  Missoula and Bitterroot Valleys Hotspots

• Great Falls – Upper Missouri Breaks
  Field Checklist of Missouri River Corridor Birds – Great Falls River’s Edge Trail – (2014 edition)

State Bird Checklist

This April 2012 edition of the Checklist of Montana Birds is based on the 7th edition of Montana Bird Distribution. The state bird list is a cooperative project between the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks; Montana Audubon; the Montana Natural Heritage Program; and the Montana Bird Records Committee. Hard copies will be available free of charge at all FWP regional offices and the Helena headquarters, or you can download a copy below.

For best results, use legal-sized paper (8 ½ x 14 inches) and change your printer settings to landscape.

Checklist of Montana Birds, April 2012 version

Bird Sightings – Rare and Otherwise

Birders in Montana who want to report or learn about rare bird sightings in the state may easily do so on Montana eBird.