Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge (3)

The 2062 acre (834 ha) Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge is about 25 miles (40 km) south of our home in western Montana. We drive past the refuge several times a month, often stopping with binoculars and spotting scope to look for trumpeter swans, ducks, gulls, herons, and many other birds. Migrations with the change of seasons bring more opportunities to spend time in the refuge. It's a lovely area, with the Mission Mountains to the east and the Salish Range to the west.

The photos in this gallery are of the refuge's birds and landscape, or of the surrounding areas—pictures made from within the refuge.

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Sunset on a September evening at western Montana's Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge.

The Mission Range across Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge on a chilly March morning.

The Mission Mountain range is reflected in a small pond at the Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge in west-central Montana.

The Mission Mountains reflect in a pond at Montana's Ninepipe NWR.