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Cheyenne High Plains Chapter


of the

National Audubon Society

Cheyenne, Wyoming
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Located in the high plains area of southeastern Wyoming.

Announcements
Field Trips/Meetings
Where to Bird
Area IBAs
General Info
Related Links
Contact Us
Join Audubon

Announcements of Special Interest

2009 Cheyenne Big Day Count results are here. There were a total of 128 species observed. Thanks to everyone who participated.

Click here to view the latest edition of the "Flyer," the monthly newsletter in .pdf format. This version gives you a color copy, complete with graphics.

Chapter Membership dues are due. For all current national and chapter members, the Chapter instituted a $12 per year Chapter membership, effective September 2007. This is in addition to any National Audubon Society membership dues that you may be paying now, and is designed to help the Chapter meet expenses of programs, mailings and projects. Please send your $12, along with your name and mailing address, to the CHPAS mailing address listed in the "Flyer." Also include your email address if you would like to get the full color version of each issue via email.

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Quick Look Schedule of Field Trips and Meetings

Please see the current issue of the "Flyer" for more detail. For field trips, be sure to wear walking shoes and appropriate clothing. Bring binoculars and your favorite field guides (and lunch for out of town trips).
Suggestions for field trips and camp-outs are welcome. Does anyone have any ideas? If so, please contact Barb Gorges.

Monthly meetings will normally be held in the new Laramie County Library the third Tuesday of the month for the 2008-2009 administrative year. The included lectures are free and open to the public.
For further information on lectures, please call 634-0463. Be sure to bring along your own bird sightings to share with other attendees.

PLEASE NOTE: NO MONTHLY MEETINGS OVER THE SUMMER. THEY WILL RESUME IN THE FALL.

Quick Look Calendar

June

20 GREENWAY CLEAN UP: 9 am at Lamamie Street and the Greenway, off Lincolnway. Mark Gorges, 634-0463.

20-21 BIOBLITZ: Shirley Basin. See the May newsletter for more detail. Alison Holloran at (307) 745-4848, Email her at aholloran@audubon.org

July

11 IMPORTANT BIRD AREA SURVEY: 8 a.m. Cheyenne Botanic Gardens parking lot.Art Anderson, 638-1286.

25 Brown-capped Rosy Finch Survey, Snowy Range.Alison Holloran at 307-745-4848, Email her at aholloran@audubon.org

August

8 FIELD TRIP: Turtle Rock Hike,Vedauwoo, 8 a.m. Cheyenne Botanic Gardens parking lot.Mark Gorges, 634-0463.

25 BOARD MEETING: 7 p.m., Laramie Co. Library. John Cornelison, 634-1075.

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References for Birding in our local area.

Where can I bird in the Cheyenne area? In other parts of Wyoming?

For starters, we recommend you check out the area's IBA's, described below, in the next section of this Web page.

Suggestions for birding in the Cheyenne area and around the state are included as a part of Wyoming Birds, Second Edition, by Jane L. and Robert D. Dorn, Mountain West Publishing, Cheyenne, 1999.

Wyoming Bird Atlas

For viewers who are interested in a much more detailed treatment of where to find birds and other of Nature's game and non-game creatures which may be found in Wyoming, you may consult the on-line (.pdf) version of the Atlas of Birds, Mammals, Amphibians and Reptiles in Wyoming, found at this link. Be forewarned that this publication is 210 pages long, and may take a while to download on a dial-up connection to the Internet.
The Bird Checklist for Cheyenne and Southeastern Wyoming is now on line.
Click here to get a copy of this .pdf file.

The Wyoming Bird Checklist is also available on line.
Click here to view.

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Important Bird Areas

Cheyenne has two recently-designated Important Bird Areas(IBA) and one non-IBA that always has some action:

a. Lion's Park, including Sloan's Lake and Kiwanis Lake.
This is a park in the City of Cheyenne parks system. The entrance is near Eighth Avenue and Carey Avenue, close to the airport.
b. Wyoming Hereford Ranch, to the southeast of Cheyenne.
It is adjacent to and south of I-80, at the Campstool Road exit. (This is private property, so be sure to stay on roads and otherwise respect the property rights of the owners.)
IN ADDITION, Holliday Park in Cheyenne is popular with waterfowl, wild and domestic, the year round. It also features nesting black-crowned night herons in the Spring.
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Recent Cheyenne Audubon Bird Count Results


For the results of the Big Count Day (May 16, 2009) survey, Click here.

The Christmas Bird Count results for 2008 may be viewed by clicking here.

For the results of the Big Count Day (May 17, 2008) survey, Click here.

The Christmas Bird Count results for 2007 may be viewed by clicking here.

For the results of the Big Count Day (May 19, 2007) survey, Click here.

The Christmas Bird Count results for 2006 may be viewed by clicking here.

For the results of the Big Count Day (May 20, 2006) survey, Click here.

The Christmas Bird Count results for 2005 may be viewed by clicking here.

For the results of the Big Count Day (May 20-21, 2005) survey, Click here.

The Christmas Bird Count results for 2004 may be viewed by clicking here.

For the results of the Big Count Day (May 15, 2004) survey, Click here.

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General Information

National Audubon "Take Action" Website

Check out www.capitolconnect.com/audubon today. The site is designed to give you an easy way to communicate with your national lawmakers and newspapers on conservation issues that cause an impact on birds, wildlife and our shared environment. It features form letters addressing current topics of interest which you can modify to suit yourself and easily send to your senators and representatives via email.

To get contact information for your Wyoming State legislators, and bill status when the legislature is in session, see this link. When the legislature is in session, messages may be left for your senator at 777-7711 or your representative at 771-7852. The Voter Hotline, on which you may leave only a "yes" or "no voting recommendations for your legislators, is at 777-VOTE or 1-866-996-8683. You may also e-mail legislators.

Want to stay informed about birds in Wyoming?

One way is to subscribe to the wyobirds list serve. Sign up by going to the wyobirds sign up page.
(As should always be the case, make sure you read the terms of service before signing up for this list serve. Then, if you want to join the 80+ subscribers, you can receive and post emails about birding-related activities in Wyoming -- from sightings to administrative items.) Regular contributors from around Wyoming keep us all up to date on migration progress and locations of bird populations as they are observed. It's about the closest thing we have to a rare bird alert in the state.

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Related links

  • Audubon Wyoming Home Page

  • National Audubon Society Home Page

  • Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory

  • Cornell University's Project Feeder Watch
    To become a FeederWatcher, you may sign up via the Web site or call 1-800-843-2473 or send $15 to Project FeederWatch, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, P.O. Box 11, Ithaca, NY 14851-0011. Expect the research kit in about three weeks.

  • Thayer Birding, a source of identification guides and resources for birding in all states. Also at this link.

    Other Wyoming Audubon links:
    Murie Audubon Society, Casper, WY

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    Contact Us

    CHPAS
    P.O. Box 2502
    Cheyenne, WY 82003-6402

    Carpooling for Cheyenne trips.......Art Anderson at 638-1286.
    To volunteer to do a program.........Barb Gorges, at 634-0463.
    To report unusual bird sightings...Barb Gorges, at 634-0463.
    For membership information........Mark Gorges, at 634-0463.


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    please click here.

    (This link is only for those individuals who are joining Audubon for the first time, and does require that, if you wish to return to this Web page, you use your "Back" button to do so.)

    The form asks for a "Chapter Code." Use code Z53 (the code for our chapter) for that entry. This ensures that our chapter gets credit for your completed application.

    For renewals, there is a different process. See the chapter newsletter for details.

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