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The Glacier Reporter
Browning, Glacier County, Montana
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Around 2,000 snow geese arrived at Alkali Lake south of Cut Bank, Montana, this week, heralding the migration of hundreds of thousands of waterfowl including Canada geese and whistling swans through the state to southern winter grounds.
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Snow geese, some 2,000 in all, made their first stop in Montana this week at Alkali lake, just south of Cut Bank, on their way south for the winter. The geese are forerunners of hundreds of thousands of waterfowl, including the Canada goose, whistling swans and other migratory birds, which rest at sites in Montana enroute to their winter headquarters in southern states.
Montana is a focal point for migratory waterfowl in that birds from three flyways pass through the state on their way to the wintering grounds in the south.
Canada geese, or honkers, predominate in Montana's wild goose population.
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Alkali Lake, Just South Of Cut Bank, Montana
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Snow geese, some 2,000 in all, made their first stop in Montana this week at Alkali lake, just south of Cut Bank, on their way south for the winter. The geese are forerunners of hundreds of thousands of waterfowl, including the Canada goose, whistling swans and other migratory birds, which rest at sites in Montana enroute to their winter headquarters in southern states. Montana is a focal point for migratory waterfowl in that birds from three flyways pass through the state on their way to the wintering grounds in the south. Canada geese, or honkers, predominate in Montana's wild goose population.