S S F W S S F W S S F W VIREOS WAXWlNGS ____ Northern Waterthrush ...... r ____ White-eyed Vireo ...... r ____ Bohemian Waxwing ...... accidental ____ Golden-winged Warbler ...... accidental Birds of ____ Yellow-throated Vireo ...... accidental ____ Cedar Waxwing ...... u r u u ____ Black-and-White Warbler ...... o o ____ Bell’s Vireo* ...... r r r ____ Prothonotary Warbler ...... accidental ____ Blue-headed Vireo ...... u o OLD WORLD SPARROWS ____ Tennessee Warbler ...... o r ____ Philadelphia Vireo ...... r ____ House Sparrow* ...... u u u u ____ Orange-crowned Warbler ...... u u Cheyenne Bottoms ____ Warbling Vireo* ...... u u u ____ Nashville Warbler ...... u u ____ Red-eyed Vireo ...... u u u PIPITS ____ MacGillivray’s Warbler ...... accidental ____ American Pipit ...... u u ____ Mourning Warbler ...... r r JAYS, MAGPIES, CROWS ____ Sprague’s Pipit ...... r r ____ Kentucky Warbler ...... accidental ____ Blue Jay* ...... u u u u ____ Common Yellowthroat* ...... c c c ____ Clark’s Nutcracker ...... accidental FINCHES ____ Hooded Warbler ...... accidental ____ Black-billed Magpie* ...... accidental ____ Evening Grosbeak ...... accidental ____ American Redstart ...... o o ____ American Crow* ...... u u u u ____ House Finch* ...... u u u u ____ Northern Parula ...... accidental ____ Purple Finch ...... r r ____ Bay-breasted Warbler ...... accidental LARKS ____ Common Redpoll ...... accidental ____ Blackburnian Warbler ...... accidental ____ Horned Lark* ...... a u a a ____ Red Crossbill ...... r ____ Yellow Warbler* ...... u u u ____ White-winged Crossbill ...... accidental ____ Chestnut-sided Warbler ...... r r SWALLOWS ____ Pine Siskin ...... o o o ____ Blackpoll Warbler ...... o r ____ Bank Swallow ...... c o c ____ American Goldfinch* ...... c u c c ____ Palm Warbler ...... r r ____ Tree Swallow* ...... c u c ____ Yellow-rumped Warbler ...... u u o ____ Violet-green Swallow ...... accidental LONGSPURS ____ Yellow-throated Warbler ...... accidental ____ N. Rough-winged Swallow* ...... c c c ____ McCown’s Longspur ...... accidental ____ Prairie Warbler ...... accidental ____ Purple Martin* ...... u u u ____ Lapland Longspur ...... u u c ____ Black-throated Gray Warbler ...... accidental ____ Barn Swallow* ...... a c a ____ Chestnut-collared Longspur ...... r r ____ Townsend’s Warbler ...... accidental ____ Cliff Swallow* ...... a a a ____ Snow Bunting ...... r r ____ Black-throated Green Warbler ...... r ____ Cave Swallow* ...... r r r ____ Canada Warbler ...... accidental SPARROWS ____ Wilson’s Warbler ...... o o ____ Cassin’s Sparrow ...... r r r CHICKADEES, TITMICE ____ Grasshopper Sparrow* ...... c c u The Cheyenne Bottoms ecosystem was historically a 41,000- ____ Black-capped Chickadee* ...... o o o o ____ Lark Sparrow* ...... u c u GROSBEAKS, BUNTINGS acre wetland basin consisting of prairie freshwater marshes, ____ Tufted Titmouse ...... r r r ____ Summer Tanager ...... accidental ____ Lark Bunting* ...... r r r wet meadows, grasslands, shelterbelts, riparian areas and agri- ____ Chipping Sparrow ...... c c ____ Northern Cardinal* ...... u u u u NUTHATCHES ____ Clay-colored Sparrow ...... c c ____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak ...... o o o cultural lands. Currently, the State of Kansas and The Nature ____ Red-breasted Nuthatch ...... u u u ____ Field Sparrow ...... u u o ____ Black-headed Grosbeak ...... r r r Conservancy owns and manages over 28,000-acres of this ____ White-breasted Nuthatch* ...... u o u u ____ Blue Grosbeak* ...... o o o ____ Fox Sparrow ...... o u u ecosystem. This management consists of the manipulation of ____ American Tree Sparrow ...... c c a ____ Lazuli Bunting ...... accidental CREEPERS ____ Dark-eyed Junco ...... c c c ____ Indigo Bunting* ...... o u r the habitat for many birds and other wildlife species, vegeta- ____ Brown Creeper ...... r r r ____ White-crowned Sparrow ...... c c u ____ Dickcissel* ...... c c c tion control, agricultural and ranching practices and water ____ Harris’s Sparrow ...... c c c level control. WRENS ____ White-throated Sparrow ...... u u r ____ Rock Wren ...... accidental ____ Vesper Sparrow ...... u u Date:______Time: ______Cheyenne Bottoms is one of the most important ecosystems ____ House Wren* ...... u u u ____ Le Conte’s Sparrow ...... o r Weather: ______in Kansas and the Central Flyway region. It is recognized as a ____ Winter Wren ...... r r ____ Nelson’s Sparrow ...... accidental Wetland of International Importance, a Western Hemispheric ____ Sedge Wren* ...... o r o ____ Baird’s Sparrow ...... accidental Observations: ______Marsh Wren* ...... u o u u ____ Henslow’s Sparrow ...... accidental Shorebird Reserve Site and a Globally Important Bird Area. It ____ Carolina Wren ...... o o o o ____ Savannah Sparrow ...... u u o is a popular destination for hunters and bird watchers, and ____ Bewick’s Wren ...... r r ____ Song Sparrow ...... c c c SEASON CODES ____ Lincoln’s Sparrow ...... u u u serves as a host for many other wildlife-related opportunities. (S) Spring = MARCH - MAY At least 356 of the 482 species of birds currently known to GNATCATCHERS ____ Swamp Sparrow ...... u u u (S) Summer = JUNE - AUGUST ____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher* ...... u r u ____ Spotted Towhee ...... u u u occur in Kansas have been recorded at Cheyenne Bottoms. ____ Eastern Towhee ...... r r (F) Fall = SEPT - NOV There are over 130 species that breed and nest on the area, KINGLETS (W) Winter = DEC - FEB ____ Golden-crowned Kinglet ...... u u r CHATS 148 species that may winter here and nearly 70 species that ____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet ...... u u r ____ Yellow-breasted Chat ...... o o o ABUNDANCE CODES may occur year-round. Nearly 40 species of waterfowl and over 40 species of shore- BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES : common, numerous birds can be seen daily THRUSHES a–abundant birds have been reported at Cheyenne Bottoms. Tens of thou- ____ Eastern Bluebird* ...... u o u o ____ Yellow-headed Blackbird* ...... c c c o c–common : certain to be seen in suitable habitat ____ Mountain Bluebird ...... r r r ____ Bobolink* ...... r r u–uncommon : present, but not always seen sands of geese, ducks and shorebirds can be observed when ____ Townsend’s Solitaire ...... accidental ____ Eastern Meadowlark* ...... c c c u habitat conditions are favorable during spring and fall migra- ____ Western Meadowlark* ...... c c c c o–occasional : seen a few times per season ____ Veery ...... accidental tion. It also serves as an overwintering location for many ____ Gray-cheeked Thrush ...... r r ____ Orchard Oriole* ...... u u u r–rare : seen in 2-5 year intervals ____ Swainson’s Thrush ...... u o ____ Baltimore Oriole* ...... u u u accidental : very few records exist waterfowl species. ____ Hermit Thrush ...... r r ____ Red-winged Blackbird* ...... a a a a ____ American Robin* ...... c o c u ____ Brown-headed Cowbird* ...... c c a c (*) Documented breeding species, meeting the requirements for ____ Rusty Blackbird ...... r r r a Probable or Confirmed Breeder. THRASHERS ____ Brewer’s Blackbird ...... u u u ____ Gray Catbird* ...... u u u ____ Common Grackle* ...... c c c u ____ Great-tailed Grackle* ...... c u c o ____ Curve-billed Thrasher ...... accidental Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs ____ Brown Thrasher* ...... u u u described herein is available to all individuals without regard to ____ Northern Mockingbird* ...... u u u o WARBLERS race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, ____ Ovenbird ...... accidental gender identity, political affiliation, and military or veteran status. Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the STARLINGS ____ Worm-eating Warbler ...... accidental Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, 1020 www.ksoutdoors.com ____ European Starling* ...... a c a a ____ Louisiana Waterthrush ...... accidental S Kansas Ave., Topeka, KS 66612-1327. 07/20 S S F W S S F W S S F W S S F W WHISTLING-DUCKS NIGHTJARS ____ Red-necked Phalarope ...... u u ____ Roseate Spoonbill ...... accidental ____ Black-bellied Whistling-Duck* ...... r o r ____ Common Nighthawk* ...... u u o ____ Red Phalarope ...... r ____ Fulvous Whistling-Duck ...... accidental ____ Common Poorwill ...... accidental VULTURES ____ Chuck-will’s-widow ...... accidental JAEGERS ____ Black Vulture ...... accidental GEESE, SWANS ____ Eastern Whip-poor-will ...... accidental ____ Pomarine Jaeger ...... accidental ____ Turkey Vulture* ...... u u u ____ Snow Goose ...... a r a a ____ Parasitic Jaeger ...... accidental ____ Ross’s Goose ...... c r c c SWIFTS ____ Long-tailed Jaeger ...... accidental OSPREY, HAWKS, KITES, EAGLES ____ Greater White-fronted Goose ...... c r a c ____ Chimney Swift* ...... u u o ____ Osprey ...... u u ____ Brant ...... accidental ALCIDS ____ Golden Eagle ...... r r r ____ Cackling Goose ...... c r c c HUMMINGBIRDS ____ Long-billed Murrelet ...... accidental ____ Northern Harrier* ...... c o c c ____ Canada Goose* ...... a c a a ____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird ...... o r o ____ Sharp-shinned Hawk ...... u u u ____ Trumpeter Swan ...... o o r ____ Black-chinned Hummingbird ...... accidental GULLS ____ Cooper’s Hawk ...... u o u u ____ Tundra Swan ...... o o r ____ Rufous Hummingbird ...... accidental ____ Black-legged Kittiwake ...... accidental ____ Northern Goshawk ...... r r ____ Calliope Hummingbird ...... accidental ____ Sabine’s Gull ...... r o ____ Bald Eagle* ...... o o u u DUCKS ____ Bonaparte’s Gull ...... u u ____ Mississippi Kite* ...... u u u ____ Wood Duck* ...... c u c o RAILS, GALLINULES ____ Black-headed Gull ...... accidental ____ Harris’s Hawk ...... accidental ____ Blue-winged Teal* ...... a c a r ____ Yellow Rail ...... accidental ____ Little Gull ...... accidental ____ Red-shouldered Hawk ...... r r ____ Cinnamon Teal* ...... u o u r ____ Black Rail* ...... accidental ____ Laughing Gull ...... r r r ____ Broad-winged Hawk ...... r r ____ Northern Shoveler* ...... a u a c ____ King Rail* ...... u u u ____ Franklin’s Gull* ...... a o a o ____ Swainson’s Hawk* ...... c u c ____ Gadwall* ...... a u a c ____ Virginia Rail* ...... c c c o ____ Mew Gull ...... accidental ____ Red-tailed Hawk* ...... c c c c ____ Eurasian Wigeon ...... accidental ____ Sora* ...... c c c ____ Ring-billed Gull ...... a o a c ____ Rough-legged Hawk ...... u u u ____ American Wigeon* ...... a u a c ____ Purple Gallinule ...... accidental ____ California Gull ...... accidental ____ Ferruginous Hawk ...... o o o ____ Mallard* ...... a c a a ____ Common Gallinule* ...... o o r ____ Herring Gull ...... u o u c ____ American Black Duck* ...... r r r r ____ American Coot* ...... a c a u ____ Iceland Gull ...... r r BARN OWLS ____ Mottled Duck* ...... r r r r ____ Lesser Black-backed Gull ...... r r ____ Barn Owl* ...... u u u ____ Northern Pintail* ...... a u a u CRANES ____ Glaucous Gull ...... r u ____ Green-winged Teal* ...... a u a c ____ Sandhill Crane ...... c c o ____ Great Black-backed Gull ...... r r ____ Canvasback* ...... u o u u OWLS ____ Redhead* ...... c u c u ____ Whooping Crane ...... o o ____ Eastern Screech-Owl* ...... u u u u ____ Ring-necked Duck ...... u r u r TERNS ____ Great Horned Owl* ...... u u u u ____ Greater Scaup ...... o o STILTS, AVOCETS ____ Least Tern* ...... o o r ____ Snowy Owl ...... r r ____ Lesser Scaup* ...... c o c o ____ Black-Necked Stilt* ...... u o o ____ Caspian Tern ...... r r r ____ Burrowing Owl* ...... u u u ____ Surf Scoter ...... r ____ American Avocet* ...... a c a ____ Black Tern* ...... c c c ____ Barred Owl ...... accidental ____ White-winged Scoter ...... r r r ____ Common Tern ...... o o ____ Long-eared Owl ...... r r ____ Black Scoter ...... r PLOVERS ____ Forster’s Tern* ...... c c c ____ Short-eared Owl ...... u r u u ____ Long-tailed Duck ...... o r ____ Black-bellied Plover ...... u r u ____ Bufflehead ...... c c u ____ American Golden-Plover ...... u o o SKIMMERS KINGFISHERS ____ Common Goldeneye ...... u u u ____ Killdeer* ...... a c c o ____ Black Skimmer ...... accidental ____ Belted Kingfisher* ...... u u u o ____ Barrow’s Goldeneye ...... accidental ____ Semipalmated Plover ...... u o u ____ Hooded Merganser* ...... u o u ____ Piping Plover ...... o r r LOONS WOODPECKERS ____ Common Merganser ...... c r c u ____ Mountain Plover ...... r r ____ Common Loon ...... o r o r ____ Red-headed Woodpecker* ...... u u u ____ Red-breasted Merganser ...... o o ____ Snowy Plover* ...... u u u ____ Red-bellied Woodpecker* ...... u u u u ____ Ruddy Duck* ...... a c a r STORKS ____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ...... r o o SANDPIPERS ____ Wood Stork ...... accidental ____ Downy Woodpecker* ...... u u u u QUAIL ____ Upland Sandpiper* ...... c c u ____ Hairy Woodpecker* ...... u u u u ____ Northern Bobwhite* ...... u u u u ____ Whimbrel ...... o o CORMORANTS ____ Northern Flicker* ...... c c c c ____ Long-billed Curlew ...... o r ____ Neotropic Cormorant* ...... u u r PHEASANT ____ Hudsonian Godwit ...... u o ____ Double-crested Cormorant* ...... a u a r FALCONS ____ Ring-necked Pheasant* ...... c c c c ____ Marbled Godwit ...... u r u ____ American Kestrel* ...... u u u u ____ Ruddy Turnstone ...... u u u DARTERS ____ Merlin ...... u u u GROUSE ____ Red Knot ...... r r r ____ Anhinga ...... accidental ____ Gyrfalcon ...... accidental ____ Greater Prairie-Chicken* ...... u u u u ____ Ruff ...... accidental ____ Peregrine Falcon ...... u u o ____ Stilt Sandpiper ...... a c a PELICANS ____ Prairie Falcon ...... u u u TURKEY ____ Curlew Sandpiper ...... accidental ____ American White Pelican ...... a c a o ____ Wild Turkey* ...... u u u u ____ Sanderling ...... u u u ____ Brown Pelican ...... accidental FLYCATCHERS ____ Dunlin ...... u u u ____ Ash-throated Flycatcher ...... accidental GREBES ____ Baird’s Sandpiper ...... a u a HERONS ____ Great Crested Flycatcher* ...... u u u ____ Pied-billed Grebe* ...... c u c o ____ Little Stint ...... accidental ____ American Bittern* ...... c u c ____ Cassin’s Kingbird ...... accidental ____ Horned Grebe ...... u o ____ Least Sandpiper ...... c u c ____ Least Bittern* ...... u u o ____ Western Kingbird* ...... c c c ____ Red-necked Grebe ...... accidental ____ White-rumped Sandpiper ...... c u r ____ Great Blue Heron* ...... c c c u ____ Eastern Kingbird* ...... c c c ____ Eared Grebe* ...... c r u ____ Buff-breasted Sandpiper ...... o o ____ Great Egret* ...... c c c ____ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher* ...... u u u ____ Western Grebe* ...... o o o ____ Pectoral Sandpiper ...... c o c ____ Snowy Egret* ...... c c c ____ Fork-tailed Flycatcher ...... accidental ____ Clark’s Grebe* ...... r r r ____ Semipalmated Sandpiper ...... c o c ____ Little Blue Heron* ...... u u u ____ Olive-sided Flycatcher ...... r r ____ Western Sandpiper ...... u u c ____ Tricolored Heron* ...... r r r ____ Eastern Wood-Pewee ...... r r PIGEONS, DOVES ____ Short-billed Dowitcher ...... u u u ____ Reddish Egret ...... accidental ____ Willow Flycatcher ...... r r ____ Rock Pigeon* ...... u u u u ____ Long-billed Dowitcher ...... a u a ____ Cattle Egret* ...... a a a ____ Least Flycatcher ...... o o ____ Eurasian Collared-Dove* ...... u u u u ____ Wilson’s Snipe ...... c o c o ____ Green Heron* ...... u u u ____ Eastern Phoebe* ...... u u u ____ White-winged Dove ...... r r r ____ American Woodcock ...... accidental ____ Black-crowned Night-Heron* ...... c c c ____ Say’s Phoebe* ...... o o o ____ Mourning Dove* ...... c c c u ____ Spotted Sandpiper* ...... u o u ____ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron* ...... u u u ____ Solitary Sandpiper ...... u u u SHRIKES CUCKOOS ____ Lesser Yellowlegs ...... c u c IBISES ____ Loggerhead Shrike* ...... u u u u ____ Greater Roadrunner* ...... r r r r ____ Willet ...... u u u ____ White Ibis ...... accidental ____ Northern Shrike ...... o o ____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo* ...... u u u ____ Greater Yellowlegs ...... c u c r ____ Glossy Ibis ...... r r ____ Black-billed Cuckoo ...... r r r ____ Wilson’s Phalarope* ...... a u a ____ White-faced Ibis* ...... c c c