Recent Bird Sightings - 2023
Recent Bird Sightings - December 14
Date: 12/14/2023
Winter birding at Cheyenne Bottoms can be fun! Right now, the number of geese using the wetlands is awesome. It is now mostly Snow Geese, but all species of geese can still be seen. Until we get some prolonged cold weather to freeze up the marsh, we will expect the waterfowl to sti...
Recent Bird Sightings - October 12
Date: 10/12/2023
Fall migration is in full swing at Cheyenne Bottoms. However, the drought still has a grasp on the wetlands and has greatly limited the wetland habitat available to newly arriving migrants. But, areas that contain standing water are typically loaded with birds right now, and it has been ...
Recent Bird Sightings - September 7
Date: 09/07/2023
While the Cheyenne Bottoms area received some nice rains in early August, the wet weather did not last. However, the water that was captured in the storage pool during those rains has provided at least some surface water on Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area. And, with the Fall bird migratio...
Recent Bird Sightings - August 15
Date: 08/15/2023
Some much needed rains have finally fallen in the Cheyenne Bottoms area in the last couple of weeks. KWEC has received more than 5” of rain from Aug. 1-15. While the wetlands are not yet full, there is now at least some standing water in many more areas of the wetlands than there h...
Recent Bird Sightings - May 30
Date: 05/30/2023
While conditions still remain basically dry at Cheyenne Bottoms, we’ve had some glimmer of hope over the last couple of weeks. The area has received some rains (even though the rains have been spotty), and KDWP was able to divert some water into Cheyenne Bottoms from Walnut Creek. ...
Recent Bird Sightings - April 25
Date: 04/25/2023
Conditions remain dry at Cheyenne Bottoms. There is no water in any of the pools of Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area or Cheyenne Bottoms Preserve. Historically, we should be entering the peak of Spring shorebird migration through Cheyenne Bottoms in the next couple of weeks. With the dry conditi...
Recent Bird Sightings - February 21
Date: 02/21/2023
It has been a while since we’ve posted an updated recent sightings post. Unfortunately, the conditions of Cheyenne Bottoms have not changed and the wetlands are still totally dry. The drought has had a huge effect on bird activity this winter, and will probably continue to negatively imp...