Recent Bird Sightings - 2024
Recent Bird Sightings - October 24
Date: 10/24/2024
Fall migration is progressing. The limited water available in the wetlands has had a large impact on the migrating birds that are stopping this fall. Water is still very limited at Cheyenne Bottoms. Pool 1a and Pool 3a are the only pools holding water. All other pools are dry...
Recent Bird Sightings - August 19
Date: 08/20/2024
Very similar to last year at this time, we have received some much-needed rains 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 rains were very nice, it has not improved conditions much in the wetlands. ...
Recent Bird Sightings - June 12
Date: 06/12/2024
Spring bird migration has basically wrapped up at Cheyenne Bottoms. We are now in the Summer mode of bird watching. The spring migration was quite good at Cheyenne Bottoms despite the dry conditions and limited water available throughout the area. Despite a nice rain that occurred ...
Recent Bird Sightings - May 15
Date: 05/15/2024
Spring bird migration is probably past its peak now at Cheyenne Bottoms. However, there are plenty of spring migrants to be seen for the next couple of weeks. Typically, most of the shorebird migrants are through the area by early June. The shorebird numbers and diversity were quit...
Recent Bird Sightings - March 21
Date: 03/21/2024
Spring is here at Cheyenne Bottoms! Or at least the Spring bird migration is here! We’ll see if the weather follows suit. Many spring bird arrivals have seemed to be 2-3 weeks early this year. Most of the Snow Geese and Sandhill Cranes have ventured north out of the area....
Recent Bird Sightings - February 23
Date: 02/23/2024
We are quickly approaching the good time of year at Cheyenne Bottoms, where bird communities will be rapidly changing. After a very cold January, February has been quite mild. Warm temperatures the past couple of weeks have given us hints of spring, and the birds seem to think so too....
Recent Bird Sightings - January 30
Date: 02/01/2024
Happy New Year! We started off 2024 with some extremely cold and wintery weather. The good part is that we received some much needed moisture in both rain and snow. The bad part is that we went through several weeks of extreme cold, which froze up the wetlands and pushed most of th...