Searching the wilds of Montana for the elusive winged raptor
Wildlife biologist Brian Baxter locates bald eagles on a recent tour around Northwest Montana. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
Class members Marni Quist and Billie Knoght with instructor Brian Baxter on a recent outing. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
A juvenile bald eagle takes flight. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
Adult and juvenile bald eagles. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
On a brisk Saturday morning wildlife biologist Brian Baxter and a group of avid bird watchers assembled at Beagle’s Bakery & Expresso in Thompson Falls.
Baxter, a longtime resident of Libby, explained what to expect during the Raptor Search & Birding Day and where the group will start their trek through Northwest Montana in search of raptors in the wild. Several class members traveled from as far away as Priest Lake, Idaho.
Baxter is a graduate of Penn State College in forest technology and North Carolina for fish and wildlife management technology. He moved to Montana and worked as a Forest Timber Cruiser and as a wildlife field researcher for mid-sized carnivore projects and as a raptor researcher studying northern goshawks, great gray, boreal and flammulated owls.
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