Freezout Lake (2)

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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Dramatic afternoon sky reflects in clear water around the ice on Freezout Lake.

Morning light reflects in clear water around the ice on Freezout Lake.

A small flock of tundra swans flies over Freezout Lake at sunset.

Sunset over icy Freezout Lake near Choteau, MT, with the Rocky Mountain Front in the distance.

Sunrise lights the Rocky Mountain Front across icy Freezout Lake, while local hills remain in shadow.

Sunset over Freezout Lake and the Rocky Mountain Front, Montana, U.S.