SSFW SSFW SSFW VIREOS STARLINGS GROSBEAKS, BUNTINGS ____ White-eyed Vireo ...... r ____ European Starling* ...... a c a a ____ Northern Cardinal* ...... u u u u Birds of ____ Bell’s Vireo* ...... u u u ____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak ...... u u u ____ Blue-headed Vireo ...... u PIPITS ____ Black-headed Grosbeak ...... r r r ____ Warbling Vireo* ...... u u u ____ American Pipit ...... u u ____ Blue Grosbeak* ...... r r r Cheyenne Bottoms ____ Philadelphia Vireo ...... r ____ Sprague’s Pipit ...... r r ____ Lazuli Bunting ...... accidental ____ Red-eyed Vireo ...... u u u ____ Indigo Bunting* ...... r u r WAXWlNGS ____ Dickcissel* ...... c c c JAYS, MAGPIES, CROWS ____ Bohemian Waxwing ...... accidental ____ Blue Jay* ...... u u u u ____ Cedar Waxwing ...... o o o BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES ____ Clark’s Nutcracker ...... accidental ____ Bobolink* ...... u u u ____ Black-billed Magpie* ...... r r r r WARBLERS ____ Red-winged Blackbird* ...... a a a a ____ American Crow* ...... u u u u ____ Golden-winged Warbler ...... accidental ____ Eastern Meadowlark* ...... c u c u ____ Tennessee Warbler ...... o ____ Western Meadowlark* ...... c c c c LARKS ____ Orange-crowned Warbler ...... u u ____ Yellow-headed Blackbird* ...... c c c r ____ Horned Lark* ...... a o a a ____ Nashville Warbler ...... u u ____ Rusty Blackbird ...... o o r ____ Yellow Warbler* ...... u u u ____ Brewer’s Blackbird ...... u u u SWALLOWS ____ Chestnut-sided Warbler ...... r r ____ Common Grackle* ...... c c c u The Cheyenne Bottoms basin ____ Purple Martin* ...... u u u ____ Yellow-rumped Warbler ...... u u o ____ Great-tailed Grackle* ...... c u c o is a 41,000-acre lowland, located ____ Tree Swallow* ...... c u c ____ Black-throated Gray Warbler ...... accidental ____ Brown-headed Cowbird* ...... c c a c ____ Violet-green Swallow ...... accidental ____ Black-throated Green Warbler ...... r ____ Orchard Oriole* ...... u u u seven miles northeast of Great ____ N. Rough-winged Swallow* ...... c c c ____ Blackburnian Warbler ...... accidental ____ Baltimore Oriole* ...... u u u Bend in Barton County, Kansas. ____ Bank Swallow ...... c r c ____ Prairie Warbler ...... accidental The protected land consists of the ____ Cliff Swallow* ...... a a a ____ Palm Warbler ...... r r NORTHERN FINCHES 19,857-acre Cheyenne Bottoms ____ Cave Swallow ...... accidental ____ Bay-breasted Warbler ...... accidental ____ Purple Finch ...... u u ____ Barn Swallow* ...... a c a ____ Blackpoll Warbler ...... o r ____ House Finch* ...... u u u u Wildlife Area managed by the ____ Black-and-White Warbler ...... o o ____ Red Crossbill ...... r Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks and the 7,695-acre CHICKADEES, TITMICE ____ American Redstart ...... o o ____ White-winged Crossbill ...... accidental Cheyenne Bottoms Preserve managed by The Nature ____ Black-capped Chickadee* ...... o o o o ____ Prothonotary Warbler ...... accidental ____ Common Redpoll ...... accidental Conservancy. The Bottoms is primarily wetland habitat but ____ Tufted Titmouse ...... r r r ____ Worm-eating Warbler ...... accidental ____ Pine Siskin ...... u u u ____ Ovenbird ...... r r ____ American Goldfinch* ...... c u c c also includes grasslands, agricultural land, shelterbelts and NUTHATCHES ____ Northern Waterthrush ...... r ____ Evening Grosbeak ...... r r riparian areas Management of the Wildlife Area is directed at ____ Red-breasted Nuthatch ...... u u u ____ Louisiana Waterthrush ...... accidental migratory waterfowl and shorebirds, while the Preserve man- ____ White-breasted Nuthatch* ...... u o u u ____ Kentucky Warbler ...... r OLD WORLD SPARROWS ages for shorebirds and grassland birds. ____ Mourning Warbler ...... r r ____ House Sparrow* ...... u u u u CREEPERS ____ MacGillivray’s Warbler ...... accidental Cheyenne Bottoms is considered one of the most impor- ____ Brown Creeper ...... o o o ____ Common Yellowthroat* ...... c c c tant ecosystems in Kansas and has been designated a ____ Wilson’s Warbler ...... o o “Wetlands of International Importance” by the Ramsar WRENS ____ Yellow-breasted Chat ...... o o o Date:______Time: ______Convention on Wetlands and a “Globally Important Bird ____ Rock Wren ...... accidental ____ Carolina Wren* ...... o o o o SPARROWS Weather: ______Area” by The American Bird Conservancy. ____ Bewick’s Wren ...... r r ____ Spotted Towhee ...... u u u Observations: ______At least 333 of the 471 species of birds known to occur in ____ House Wren* ...... u u u ____ Eastern Towhee ...... r r Kansas have been recorded at the Bottoms. There are 134 ____ Winter Wren ...... r r ____ American Tree Sparrow ...... c c a species that breed and nest on the area, 148 species that may ____ Sedge Wren* ...... r r r ____ Chipping Sparrow ...... u u SEASON CODES ____ Marsh Wren* ...... u r u u ____ Clay-colored Sparrow ...... u u (S) Spring = MARCH - MAY winter here and 63 species that are permanent residents. ____ Field Sparrow ...... u u Approximately 40 species of waterfowl and nearly 40 KINGLETS ____ Vesper Sparrow ...... c c (S) Summer = JUNE - AUGUST (F) Fall = SEPT - NOV species of shorebirds have been reported from the Bottoms. ____ Golden-crowned Kinglet ...... u u o ____ Lark Sparrow* ...... u u u In both spring and fall migration, large numbers of geese, ____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet ...... u u r ____ Lark Bunting* ...... u o u (W) Winter = DEC - FEB ____ Savannah Sparrow ...... u u r ducks and shorebirds can be observed in the tens of thou- GNATCATCHERS ____ Grasshopper Sparrow* ...... c c u ABUNDANCE CODES sands. Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area is one of the premier ____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher* ...... u r u ____ Baird’s Sparrow ...... accidental waterfowl hunting locations in the Central Flyway. The com- a–abundant : common, numerous birds can be seen daily ____ Le Conte’s Sparrow ...... r r bined state-owned and Nature Conservancy properties com- THRUSHES ____ Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow ...... accidental c–common : certain to be seen in suitable habitat ____ Eastern Bluebird* ...... u o u o ____ Fox Sparrow ...... o u u o–occasional : present, but not always seen prise one of the best birding areas in the country. ____ Mountain Bluebird ...... r r r ____ Song Sparrow ...... c c c u–uncommon : seen a few times per season ____ Townsend’s Solitaire ...... accidental ____ Lincoln’s Sparrow ...... u o u r–rare : seen in 2-5 year intervals Cheyenne Bottoms ____ Gray-cheeked Thrush ...... r r ____ Swamp Sparrow ...... u u u accidental : very few records exist ____ Swainson’s Thrush ...... o o ____ White-throated Sparrow ...... u u r Wildlife Area ____ Hermit Thrush ...... r r ____ Harris’s Sparrow ...... c c c (*) Documented breeding species, meeting the requirements for 56 NE 40 Rd. ____ American Robin* ...... c o c u ____ White-crowned Sparrow ...... c c u a Probable or Confirmed Breeder as defined by the Kansas ____ Dark-eyed Junco ...... c c c Great Bend, KS 67530 Breeding Bird Atlas Project. THRASHERS ____ McCown’s Longspur ...... accidental (620) 793-7730 (24-hr. Hotline) ____ Gray Catbird* ...... u u u ____ Lapland Longspur ...... c c a Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs (620) 793-3066 (Area Office) ____ Northern Mockingbird* ...... u u u o ____ Chestnut-collared Longspur ...... r r described herein is available to all individuals without regard to ____ Brown Thrasher* ...... u u u ____ Snow Bunting ...... r race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, (620) 227-8609 (Regional Office) ____ Curve-billed Thrasher ...... accidental gender identity, political affiliation, and military or veteran status. Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the Department Website: Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 1020 S Kansas Ave., Topeka, KS 66612-1327. 01/09 www.kdwp.state.ks.us SSFW SSFW SSFW SSFW WHISTLING-DUCKS CORMORANTS PLOVERS SKIMMERS ____ Black-bellied Whistling-Duck ...... accidental ____ Neotropic Cormorant* ...... r r r ____ Black-bellied Plover ...... u o u ____ Black Skimmer† ...... accidental ____ Fulvous Whistling-Duck ...... accidental ____ Double-crested Cormorant* ...... a u a r ____ American Golden-Plover ...... u o o ____ Snowy Plover* ...... u u u JAEGERS GEESE, SWANS DARTERS ____ Semipalmated Plover ...... u o u ____ Pomarine Jaeger ...... accidental ____ Greater White-fronted Goose ...... a a c ____ Anhinga ...... accidental ____ Piping Plover ...... u r u ____ Parasitic Jaeger ...... accidental ____ Snow Goose ...... c a a ____ Killdeer* ...... c c c u ____ Long-tailed Jaeger ...... accidental ____ Ross’s Goose ...... u u u HERONS ____ Mountain Plover ...... accidental ____ Brant ...... accidental ____ American Bittern* ...... c u c PIGEONS, DOVES ____ Cackling Goose ...... c c c ____ Least Bittern* ...... u u o STILTS, AVOCETS ____ Rock Pigeon* ...... u u u u ____ Canada Goose* ...... a c a a ____ Great Blue Heron* ...... c c c u ____ Black-Necked Stilt* ...... u u r ____ Eurasian Collared-Dove* ...... u u u u ____ Trumpeter Swan ...... accidental ____ Great Egret* ...... c c c ____ American Avocet* ...... a c a ____ White-winged Dove ...... accidental ____ Tundra Swan ...... r r r ____ Snowy Egret* ...... c c c ____ Mourning Dove* ...... c c c u ____ Little Blue Heron* ...... u u u SANDPIPERS DUCKS ____ Tricolored Heron* ...... r r ____ Spotted Sandpiper* ...... c u c CUCKOOS ____ Wood Duck* ...... c u c r ____ Reddish Egret ...... accidental ____ Solitary Sandpiper ...... u u u ____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo* ...... u u u ____ Gadwall* ...... a u a c ____ Cattle Egret* ...... a a a ____ Greater Yellowlegs ...... c u c ____ Black-billed Cuckoo ...... r r r ____ Eurasian Wigeon ...... accidental ____ Green Heron* ...... u u u ____ Willet ...... u u u ____ American Wigeon* ...... a u a c ____ Black-crowned Night-Heron* ...... c c c ____ Lesser Yellowlegs ...... a u a BARN OWLS ____ American Black Duck* ...... r r r r ____ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron* ...... u u u ____ Upland Sandpiper* ...... c u c ____ Barn Owl* ...... u u u o ____ Mallard* ...... a c a a ____ Whimbrel ...... o o ____ Mottled Duck* ...... r r r r IBISES ____ Long-billed Curlew ...... u r u OWLS ____ Blue-winged Teal* ...... a c a r ____ White Ibis ...... accidental ____ Hudsonian Godwit ...... u r ____ Eastern Screech-Owl* ...... u u u u ____ Cinnamon Teal* ...... u r u r ____ Glossy Ibis ...... r r ____ Marbled Godwit ...... u r u ____ Great Horned Owl* ...... u u u u ____ Northern Shoveler* ...... a u a c ____ White-faced Ibis* ...... c c c ____ Ruddy Turnstone ...... u u u ____ Snowy Owl ...... r r ____ Northern Pintail* ...... a u a u ____ Roseate Spoonbill† ...... accidental ____ Red Knot ...... r r r ____ Burrowing Owl* ...... u u u ____ Green-winged Teal* ...... a u a c ____ Sanderling ...... u u u ____ Barred Owl ...... accidental ____ Canvasback* ...... u u u u STORKS ____ Semipalmated Sandpiper ...... a u a ____ Long-eared Owl ...... r r ____ Redhead* ...... c u c u ____ Wood Stork ...... accidental ____ Western Sandpiper ...... u u c ____ Short-eared Owl ...... u r u u ____ Ring-necked Duck ...... u r u r ____ Least Sandpiper ...... a u a ____ Greater Scaup ...... o o VULTURES ____ White-rumped Sandpiper ...... a u r GOATSUCKERS ____ Lesser Scaup* ...... c r c r ____ Turkey Vulture* ...... u u u ____ Baird’s Sandpiper ...... a u a ____ Common Nighthawk* ...... u u o ____ Surf Scoter ...... r ____ Pectoral Sandpiper ...... a u a ____ Chuck-will’s-widow ...... accidental ____ White-winged Scoter ...... r r HAWKS, KITES, EAGLES ____ Dunlin ...... u u u ____ Whip-poor-will ...... accidental ____ Black Scoter ...... r ____ Osprey ...... u u ____ Curlew Sandpiper† ...... accidental ____ Long-tailed Duck ...... r r ____ Mississippi Kite* ...... u u u ____ Stilt Sandpiper ...... a c a SWIFTS ____ Bufflehead ...... c c u ____ Bald Eagle ...... r u u ____ Buff-breasted Sandpiper ...... u r u ____ Chimney Swift* ...... u u o ____ Common Goldeneye ...... u u u ____ Northern Harrier* ...... c o c c ____ Ruff ...... accidental ____ Barrow’s Goldeneye ...... accidental ____ Sharp-shinned Hawk ...... u u u ____ Short-billed Dowitcher ...... u u u HUMMINGBIRDS ____ Hooded Merganser ...... u r u ____ Cooper’s Hawk* ...... u o u u ____ Long-billed Dowitcher ...... a u a ____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird ...... r r r ____ Common Merganser ...... c r c u ____ Northern Goshawk ...... r r ____ Wilson’s Snipe ...... c o c o ____ Red-breasted Merganser ...... o o ____ Harris’s Hawk† ...... accidental ____ Wilson’s Phalarope* ...... a u a KINGFISHERS ____ Ruddy Duck* ...... a c a r ____ Red-shouldered Hawk ...... r r ____ Red-necked Phalarope ...... u u ____ Belted Kingfisher* ...... u u u o ____ Broad-winged Hawk ...... r r ____ Red Phalarope ...... r r PHEASANTS ____ Swainson’s Hawk* ...... c u c WOODPECKERS ____ Ring-necked Pheasant* ...... c c c c ____ Red-tailed Hawk* ...... c c c c GULLS ____ Red-headed Woodpecker* ...... u u u ____ Ferruginous Hawk ...... o o o ____ Black-legged Kittiwake ...... accidental ____ Red-bellied Woodpecker* ...... u u u u GROUSE ____ Rough-legged Hawk ...... u u u ____ Sabine’s Gull ...... u ____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ...... r o o ____ Greater Prairie-Chicken ...... r r r r ____ Golden Eagle ...... r r r ____ Bonaparte’s Gull ...... u u ____ Downy Woodpecker* ...... u u u u ____ Black-headed Gull† ...... accidental ____ Hairy Woodpecker* ...... u u u u TURKEYS FALCONS ____ Little Gull ...... accidental ____ Northern Flicker* ...... c c c c ____ Wild Turkey* ...... u u u u ____ American Kestrel* ...... u u u u ____ Laughing Gull ...... accidental ____ Merlin ...... u u u ____ Franklin’s Gull* ...... a o a o FLYCATCHERS QUAIL ____ Gyrfalcon ...... accidental ____ Ring-billed Gull ...... a o a c ____ Olive-sided Flycatcher ...... r r ____ Northern Bobwhite* ...... u u u u ____ Peregrine Falcon ...... u u r ____ California Gull ...... accidental ____ Eastern Wood-Pewee ...... r r ____ Prairie Falcon ...... u u u ____ Herring Gull ...... u u u ____ Willow Flycatcher ...... r r LOONS ____ Thayer’s Gull ...... accidental ____ Least Flycatcher ...... o o ____ Common Loon ...... r r r r RAILS, GALLINULES ____ Iceland Gull† ...... accidental ____ Eastern Phoebe* ...... u u u ____ Yellow Rail ...... accidental ____ Lesser Black-backed Gull ...... accidental ____ Say’s Phoebe ...... o o o GREBES ____ Black Rail* ...... r r r ____ Glaucous Gull ...... r u ____ Ash-throated Flycatcher ...... accidental ____ Pied-billed Grebe* ...... c u c o ____ King Rail* ...... u u u ____ Great Black-backed Gull ...... accidental ____ Great Crested Flycatcher* ...... u u u ____ Horned Grebe ...... u o ____ Virginia Rail* ...... c c c ____ Western Kingbird* ...... c c c ____ Red-necked Grebe ...... accidental ____ Sora* ...... c c c TERNS ____ Eastern Kingbird* ...... c c c ____ Eared Grebe* ...... c r u ____ Common Moorhen* ...... o o o ____ Least Tern* ...... o o r ____ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher* ...... u u u ____ Western Grebe* ...... o o o ____ American Coot* ...... a c a u ____ Caspian Tern ...... u r u ____ Clark’s Grebe* ...... r r r ____ Black Tern* ...... c u c SHRIKES CRANES ____ Common Tern ...... o o ____ Loggerhead Shrike* ...... u u u u PELICANS ____ Sandhill Crane ...... a a r ____ Forster’s Tern* ...... c u c ____ Northern Shrike ...... r r ____ American White Pelican ...... a c a o ____ Whooping Crane ...... r r ____ Brown Pelican ...... accidental