montana audubon - birds & science
Citizen Scientists are a vital part of our conservation efforts, and Montana Audubon welcomes your help in our ongoing studies of birds around the state. We also invite you to suggest new projects you would like to see us undertake. Currently, we are gathering data that will be used to nominate new Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in cottonwood forests along the Madison and Clark Fork rivers, surveying for nesting Black Swifts in western Montana, and studying nesting Brewer’s Sparrows in the Blackfoot Valley. In addition, we are gearing up for new IBA projects in riparian habitat along the Powder and Tongue rivers in southeastern Montana. You can help in these efforts, gaining valuable ornithological experience while at the same time contributing to the conservation of our state’s birds. We also work on bird conservation and monitoring projects, such as our work on Brewer's Sparrows or Black Swifts.
We also invite you to go on one of our birding tours. Our trips are safe, relatively inexpensive, and are guaranteed to produce wonderful looks at interesting birds in spectacular locales. We will be returning to The Gambia and Belize this fall and winter, and we are developing new tours to Oaxaca, Mexico, and right here in Montana. Our tours help support local conservation efforts and serve as fundraisers for the IBA Program, and a portion of your cost is tax deductible!