Birdathon 2025- Results Are In!

July 18, 2025

In the days following our whirlwind 24-hour birding marathon, we tallied bird lists from 13 Montana Audubon staff  and one board member spread across the state.

Collectively, we visited locations spread across the state, birding on public, state, and private land. We ranged from the Mission Valley down through Missoula to the Bitterroot Valley, from the Great Falls area to the Elkhorn Mountains, Canyon Ferry, and other Helena-area locations over to the Shields Valley and all across the Billings area.

And now, for the grand total (drumroll please….):

156 bird species detected, including 23 Species of Concern!

Some 2025 highlights:

• Common Poorwill lullabies- one staff member who lives outside of Billings falls asleep every evening to the poor-willip song of the Common Poorwill!
• Common Tern spotted on the Missouri River near Giant Springs State Park
• Yellow-breasted Chats in two locations: Near the National Bison Range, as well as in Billings.

For the rest of our highlights, see the 2025 Birdathon report.

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