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Migrating golden eagles surf the wind in Montana’s Big Belt Mountains

October 3, 2016 /

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Golden eagles, hawks and falcons are zooming over Montana along mountain ridges, taking advantage of powerful updraft winds during their annual fall migration to warmer climates.

"If you’re not looking for it, you’re not going to notice it," said Steve Hoffman, executive director of Montana Audubon, the bird conservation organization that is part of a coalition conducting a golden eagle migration survey.

One place to see the action is south of Duck Creek Pass in the southern end of the Big Belt Mountains in Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest 19 miles west of White Sulphur Springs.

USA Today Network Karl Puckett, Great Falls (Mont.) Tribune

Full Story: http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/nation-now/2016/10/02/migrating-golden-eagles-surf-wind-montanas-big-belt-mountains/91436114/

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