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Long-term conservation of birds and their habitats is a major goal of Montana Audubon. Central to this goal is the Important Bird Areas (IBA) Program which is a global initiative to identify, monitor, and protect a network of sites critical for the conservation of birds.
Over 30 Christmas Bird Counts (CBC) will take place in Montana this winter. The CBC is the longest running citizen science program on earth and is coordinated by National Audubon.
Intermittent autumn storms have battered the GEMS observation site recently, stalling monitoring efforts for a few days with each passing front. Despite challenging conditions, we continued surveying through the end of October in hopes of capturing the peak of the Golden Eagle migration.
