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 ____ Philadelphia Vireo . r ____ Sprague’s Pipit . r r ____ Lazuli Bunting . accidental Cheyenne Bottoms ____ 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.