MPG Fall Bird Banding

We will venture onto the MPG Ranch to visit the University of Montana’s Bird Ecology Lab (UMBEL) fall bird banding station. The biologists there will share their discoveries and participants will learn how a bird banding station operates and what it can reveal about the natural world. We’ll also walk through some of the MPG private riparian lands in search of fall migrants. Before leaving MPG, we’ll visit with the RaptorView biologists to learn about fall raptor migration. Participants must fill out an online waiver before admission to MPG’s private property.

We’ll be on the MPG property from 8:30 am to about 12:30 pm. The trail from the parking area to the bird banding station is about 150 yards down a path. We may walk up to a mile in the area if there is interest among the group. There are no formal bathrooms but lots of natural cover.

Please text me (208-471-8297) with questions several days ahead of the field trip so we are sure to take care of the waiver in time for the trip. I will provide specifics for where to meet, etc.