Recent Bird Sightings
Recent Bird Sightings - November 4
Date: 11/04/2022
The wetlands of Cheyenne Bottoms remain totally dry. Unfortunately, the wide-spread drought over the last year has not been good for the water resources in the central Great Plains. There is no water in any of the Cheyenne Bottoms basins. It is going to take a significant rain even...
Recent Bird Sightings - September 6
Date: 09/06/2022
Unfortunately, the high temperatures, lack of precipitation over the last year, ongoing construction projects to the inlet canal system, and lack of water in the rivers to divert, has caused Cheyenne Bottoms to remain totally dry. There is no water on the area. It is going to take a sign...
Recent Bird Sightings - July 11
Date: 07/11/2022
While we have had a couple rains at Cheyenne Bottoms in the last few weeks, the hot temperatures and wind have really dried things out. Water levels have continued to dwindle at the wetlands. Currently, Pools 1b and 2 are the only pools with any significant water. The other pools h...
Recent Bird Sightings - June 15
Date: 06/15/2022
With temperatures near 100 the past few days, we can safely say that summer has arrived at Cheyenne Bottoms. Th Spring bird migration was pretty exceptional this year, and numerous shorebirds have remained longer into June than most years. In typical years, June bird activity is not good...
Recent Bird Sightings - May 16
Date: 05/16/2022
Spring bird migration has been pretty exceptional this year. Numbers and diversity of shorebirds at Cheyenne Bottoms has been great for the last month. We suspect that the migration will begin to diminish over the next week as Spring migrants head on north. But until then, get out ...
Recent Bird Sightings - April 11
Date: 04/11/2022
Spring migration has really ramped up over the last few days. We are still a couple weeks from the “peak” of spring migration, but the habitat conditions are contributing to some excellent birdwatching right now. Quite a few “first of season” birds have been obser...
Recent Bird Sightings - March 22
Date: 03/22/2022
Spring migration continues. While the weather has continued to show some swings between Winter and Spring, birds continue to be on the move. Bird migration activity should increase over the next few weeks and peak around the end of April through the beginning of May. Waterfowl continue t...
Recent Bird Sightings - March 8
Date: 03/08/2022
Spring migration is under way, despite the wild swings in weather from cold to hot and back to cold that seem to be happening each week. Cold snaps cause the wetlands to freeze over and seem to slow down bird activity, but warm spells thaw pools out and we see good movements of birds through t...
Recent Bird Sightings - February 11
Date: 02/11/2022
Bird activity has been very slow for the last few weeks; however, warm temperatures this week have thawed out most of the pools. Birds are returning. And, the weather forecast looks favorable in the coming weeks for warming up. Right now, it still appears to be mostly the winter re...
Recent Bird Sightings - January 19
Date: 01/19/2022
Cheyenne Bottoms has finally experienced winter over the last couple weeks with several cold spells. However, temperatures have fluctuated greatly even within the same week. Due to the cold temperatures and much of Cheyenne Bottoms icing over, the bird communities being observed have bee...