Montana eBird
In 2025, Montana Audubon organized three statewide citizen science projects focused on screech-owls, Long-billed Curlews, and nightjars. Read about these projects on Montana eBird.
The trip lists are in! 🐦⬛📝
Our partners at Five Valleys Audubon have compiled all of the eBird lists from every field trip at the Wings Across the Big Sky Birding Festival, which was held May 30 – June 1 in Missoula, Montana.
In 2024, Montana Audubon organized statewide citizen science surveys for Western and Eastern Screech-Owls. This was the pilot year of these surveys, and 19 volunteers participated.
Learn more about the University of Montana Bird Ecology Lab and their research on grassland birds in the latest post on Montana eBird.
Visit Montana eBird to listen to the podcast episode and learn more about Lake Helena IBA: Sandhill Cranes and Baird’s Sandpipers: Lake Helena part 3.
Immerse yourself in the sounds (and sights!) of Lake Helena Important Bird Area (IBA), joining field biologist and naturalist Shane Sater as he continues his explorations of local marshes and shorelines in his latest podcast episode.
New on Montana eBird from our partners at the University of Montana Bird Ecology Lab (UMBEL)- Research in Action: Studying the effects of mine-waste contamination on riparian songbirds in Montana
Shane Sater, a bilingual field biologist and naturalist, shares the sights and sounds of bird life at Lake Helena in a recent episode of his podcast, Wild With Nature.
New on Montana eBird from our partners at the University of Montana Bird Ecology Lab (UMBEL): Learning the Secretes of the Secretive Black-billed Cuckoo!

