Recent Bird Sightings
Recent Bird Sightings - November 23
Date: 11/23/2020
Fall migration continues, as we get closer to settling into the winter birding activity at Cheyenne Bottoms. Variable weather so far this season has created some interesting birding, and has presented some very interesting (and rare) migrants to the area, including a Magnificent Frigatebird th...
Recent Bird Sightings - October 30
Date: 10/30/2020
Strong cold fronts over the previous 2 weeks have brought in good numbers of birds. Large flocks of Geese (mostly White-fronts and Snows), Ducks (mixed species), Pelicans, Coots, Gulls, Grebes, and Blackbirds are fun to watch. The morning and evening flight of geese going to and from sur...
Recent Bird Sightings - October 15
Date: 10/15/2020
Fall migration continues on! Gulls, Pelicans, Coots, and Grebes seem to be the birds we are getting the most comments about in the last weeks. Birds are congregating in large flocks either staging to head south (e.g. swallows) or grouping up for the winter months (e.g. blackbirds). Herons, egr...
Recent Bird Sightings - September 4
Date: 09/04/2020
Fall migration continues and forecasts are showing the potential for a lot of bird movement in the coming days as some large weather fronts are predicted. Cheyenne Bottoms birds have definitely responded positively to the flooding of most pools this past week. KDWPT staff continue to flood all...
Recent Bird Sightings - August 21
Date: 08/21/2020
Note: The Kansas Wetlands Education Center is open normal summer hours. Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area and Preserve are open to the public as normal. Fall migration is slowly progressing. Fall migrants will continue to show up over the next couple months. This is a good time of yea...
Recent Bird Sightings - July 15
Date: 07/15/2020
Note: The Kansas Wetlands Education Center is open normal summer hours. Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area and Preserve are open to the public as normal. Summer birding is still the norm right now. However, there were signs in the last week that some of the first returning migrant shorebirds...
Recent Bird Sightings - June 16
Date: 06/16/2020
Note: The Kansas Wetlands Education Center is open again to the public as of June 3. Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area and Preserve are open to the public as normal. Spring migration is mostly over. June typically sees a large reduction in bird activity. Coupled with the hot, dry days...
Recent Bird Sightings - May 22
Date: 05/22/2020
Note: Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Kansas Wetlands Education Center will be closed to the public indefinitely. Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area and Preserve are still open to the public as normal. Spring migration continues, but is winding down. Several bird species have come and gone...
Recent Bird Sightings - April 28
Date: 04/28/2020
Note: Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Kansas Wetlands Education Center will be closed to the public indefinitely. Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area and Preserve are still open to the public as normal. Spring migration is approaching its peak. Several “First of Season” (FOS) bi...
Recent Bird Sightings - April 15
Date: 04/15/2020
Note: Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Kansas Wetlands Education Center will be closed to the public indefinitely. Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area and Preserve are still open to the public as normal. Spring migration continues and will be hitting its peak over the next couple weeks. Seve...
Recent Bird Sightings - March 30
Date: 03/30/2020
Note: Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Kansas Wetlands Education Center will be closed to the public beginning March 17 indefinitely. Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area and Preserve are still open to the Note: Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Kansas Wetlands Education Center will be closed to th...
Recent Bird Sightings - March 17
Date: 03/17/2020
KWEC will be CLOSED to the public effective Tuesday, March 17 until further notice. ...
Recent Bird Sightings - March 16
Date: 03/16/2020
Note: Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Kansas Wetlands Education Center will be closed to the public beginning March 17 indefinitely. Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area and Preserve are still open to the public as normal. Spring migration is ongoing and ramping up. Several “First of S...
Recent Bird Sightings - February
Date: 02/01/2020
Overall bird activity has increased at Cheyenne Bottoms over the last week. Waterfowl numbers and diversity has increased dramatically. Other winter residents, such as raptors and some songbirds remain prevalent. Bird activity may depend on open water. Cold snaps that freeze over s...