Bridger Raptor Festival 2019: What You Need to Know

The Bridger Raptor Festival is an annual event held October 5 & 6 at Bridger Bowl.

The festival, which is free to the public, centers around the largest known Golden Eagle migration in the United States. Since 1991 a raptor migration count has taken place every fall at the Bridger Bowl ski area in the Gallatin National Forest just north of Bozeman.

Festival activities center around raptor viewing and include nature walks and talks, educational and entertaining programs and activities for people of all ages.

Schedule of Events:

Friday, October 4

6:30 p.m.: Kick-Off Event at The Ellen Theatre
Sky Migrations. Short Film and Discussion featuring Charles Post & Max Lowe
Live Bird Presentation from the Montana Raptor Conservation Center

Saturday, October 5

10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Bridger Bowl Doors Open. Saddle Peak Lodge and Jim Bridger Lodge
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Exhibitors - Saddle Peak Lodge and Jim Bridger Lodge
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Live Birds - Jim Bridger Lodge Deck
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Face Painting - Saddle Peak Lodge
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Build a Nifty Nest Box - Sacajawea Audubon Society - Jim Bridger Lodge - First Floor
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Binocular Target Blitz - Sacajawea Audubon - Saddle Peak Lodge Deck
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Tools of the Trade - Zoo Montana - Saddle Peak Lodge
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Wildlife Olympics - Yellowstone National Park - Outdoors
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Migration Challenge - Sacajawea Audubon - Outdoors
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Bear Safety Education - Custer Gallatin National Forest - Outdoors
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Sketch–a–Bird - Andrew Guttenberg - Saddle Peak Lodge - 4th Floor - Sacajawea Audubon
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Raptor vs Raptor - Museum of the Rockies - Saddle Peak Lodge - 3rd Floor
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Raptor Identification - Amy Seaman - Montana Audubon - Saddle Peak Lodge - 3rd Floor
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. - Family Nature Walk - Montana Outdoor Science School - Meet on the deck in front of the Jim Bridger Lodge
12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. - Live Raptor Presentation - Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center - Saddle Peak Lodge - 4th floor
3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. OKTOBER FEST - Beer, food and music - Jim Bridger Lodge

Sunday, October 6

10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Bridger Bowl Doors Open - Saddle Peak Lodge and Jim Bridger Lodge
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Exhibitors - Saddle Peak Lodge and Jim Bridger Lodge
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Live Birds - Jim Bridger Lodge Deck
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m .- Face Painting - Saddle Peak Lodge
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Build a Nifty Nest Box - Sacajawea Audubon Society - Jim Bridger Lodge - First Floor
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Binocular Target Blitz - Sacajawea Audubon - Saddle Peak Lodge Deck
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Tools of the Trade - Zoo Montana - Saddle Peak Lodge
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Wildlife Olympics - Yellowstone National Park - Outdoors
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Migration Challenge - Sacajawea Audubon - Outdoors
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Bear Safety Education - Custer Gallatin National Forest - Outdoors
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Sketch–a–Bird - Andrew Guttenberg - Saddle Peak Lodge - 4th Floor - Sacajawea Audubon
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Raptor vs Raptor - Museum of the Rockies - Saddle Peak Lodge - 3rd Floor
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Raptor Identification - Amy Seaman - Montana Audubon - Saddle Peak Lodge - 3rd Floor
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. - Family Nature Walk - Montana Outdoor Science School - Meet on the deck in front of the Jim Bridger Lodge
12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. - Live Raptor Presentation - Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center - Saddle Peak Lodge - 4th floor

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