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<SiteDetail xmlns="tvmt" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><Activities>Bird Watching#Education#Environmental#Festival#Food And Drink#Movie/Film#Nature#Photography#Wildlife Viewing</Activities><AltSiteTypes>Educational Event#Event</AltSiteTypes><Amenities>Educational Programs#Food Services#Information#Parking</Amenities><Bookit i:nil="true"/><CreatedBy>dbo</CreatedBy><DateCreated>2026-05-19T17:03:38</DateCreated><DefImageAuthor/><DefImageDesc/><DefImageFileName>638403271707435190.jpg</DefImageFileName><DefImageType>BMP</DefImageType><Directions>From Choteau, take a 10-minute drive south on Highway 89 towards Fairfield/Great Falls and park in one of the pull off zones provided by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks.From Choteau, take a 10-minute drive south on Highway 89 towards Fairfield/Great Falls and park in one of the pull off zones provided by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks.</Directions><Discounts/><Email>wild.wings.choteau@gmail.com</Email><Emailit i:nil="true"/><EventDay i:nil="true"/><EventEndDt>2024-03-24T00:00:00</EventEndDt><EventRecurDesc i:nil="true"/><EventRecurInd i:nil="true"/><EventStartDt>2024-03-24T00:00:00</EventStartDt><HrsOfOp i:nil="true"/><ImageAuthor/><ImageFileDesc i:nil="true"/><ImageFileName i:nil="true"/><ImageType i:nil="true"/><Latitude>47.8185119</Latitude><Longitude>-112.1876037</Longitude><MailingCity>Choteau</MailingCity><MailingFirm i:nil="true"/><MailingState>MT</MailingState><MailingStreet>815 Main Ave N</MailingStreet><MailingZip>59422</MailingZip><NetDescriptions>Around the second week of March and mid-October, hundreds of thousands of snow geese and tens of thousands of trumpeter and tundra swans visit Freezout Lake Wildlife Management Area.&#xD;
Make sure your camera or binoculars are ready: the geese are easily spooked and could take flight for beautiful action shots at any moment!&#xD;
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Choteau pulls out all the stops for the entire weekend to celebrate! With guest speakers, wildlife film screening, food trucks, and more, the whole weekend will create lifelong memories. &#xD;
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Friday, March 22nd: &#xD;
4-7PM: Meet &amp; Greet with Food Trucks, Blue Pine Wine, and Educational booths&#xD;
7PM: Wings Over Water; a film documenting the epic migration of three bird species over the Great Plains &#xD;
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Saturday, March 23rd: &#xD;
6:30-10AM: Free Guided Tours of Freezeout Lake  and vicinity&#xD;
10:30AM-5PM: Join Montana Wild, MWF, MDC, SRWG, MWW, Montana Audubon and Boone &amp; Crockett Club, and Montana Tech as they offer educational tables and conversations&#xD;
1-3PM: E-bird App Workshop</NetDescriptions><NoOfRooms>0</NoOfRooms><OutfitterLicNo i:nil="true"/><OutfitterName i:nil="true"/><PaymentMethods/><PhoneNo1 i:nil="true"/><PhoneNo2 i:nil="true"/><PhoneNof i:nil="true"/><PhoneNot i:nil="true"/><Prices/><Reservations/><SeasonOfOp i:nil="true"/><ServiceCity>Choteau</ServiceCity><SiteId>22324</SiteId><SiteMembers i:nil="true"/><SiteName>Montana Wild Wings Choteau</SiteName><SiteRegMem>RUSSELL</SiteRegMem><SiteRegion>Russell</SiteRegion><SiteType>Event</SiteType><SiteTypeId i:nil="true"/><StreetCity>Choteau</StreetCity><StreetFirm i:nil="true"/><StreetState>MT</StreetState><StreetStreet>815 Main Ave N</StreetStreet><StreetZip>59422</StreetZip><Url>https://www.wildwingschoteau.org</Url></SiteDetail>