Freezout Lake

These are are photos of and around Freezout Lake Wildlife Management Area near Choteau, Montana, along the Rocky Mountain Front. This is a a staging area for hundreds of thousands of snow geese and thousands of tundra swans as they migrate to their breeding grounds on Canada's arctic coast.

We also have a gallery of the birds of Freezout Lake.

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A late March (2007) sunrise lights the local hills west of Freezout Lake near Chotea, Montana.

Sunset creates a golden glow on Freezout Lake and a lone American avocet near Chotea, Montana.

Near sunset on Freezout Lake. There was still plenty of ice on the lake in mid-March 2008.

Another icy sunset on Freezout Lake, with a hazy sky diffusing the light. It was much colder than it looks!

Late afternoon light casts a warm glow on the ice edging Freezout Lake in mid-March 2008.

A storm approaches Freezout Lake near Choteau, MT.