Meet in the Great Plains Nature Center parking lot to carpool, or meet at 2 p.m. at the El Dorado State Park Walnut River area by the main restrooms. We’ll bird the lake and surrounding areas, then hunt for Short-eared Owls at dusk. Each vehicle must have a KDWP state park permit.
Join us for our monthly bird watching hike around CNC! With the first official day of spring only two weeks away, this month’s program will begin with a short indoor presentation on the seasonal changes occurring and what it means for the species we can expect to find at CNC. Following this, we will begin …
Chaplin Nature Center First Saturday Bird Walk “Seasonal Changes” Read More »
Bring your binoculars and discover the birds that visit and live in Chisholm Creek Park. No birding experience is needed. Expect 1–2 miles of walking on paved paths. The walk will last about 90 minutes. Meet at the Great Plains Nature Center parking lot
American Woodcock engage in a unique courtship display on early spring evenings. We’ll try to catch sight of them just as it gets dark. Note that this is WEDNESDAY to avoid the crowds of walkers in the park. Meet in the GPNC parking lot.
Welcome (back) to Cheyenne Bottoms and the Kansas Wetlands Education Center by Curtis Wolf. Many people in the hunting and birding communities are very familiar with Cheyenne Bottoms as a must-see destination for their trades. However, many others know very little about the awesome wetland resource that lies right here in Central Kansas. Did you …
CNC needs your help! Spring is here - and there is a lot to do to get CNC cleaned up and ready for another year of school trips and visitors! From trimming trails to fixing fences and even cleaning windows, there are lots of little and big tasks that need completed. Please call the Center …
We will explore the scenic Cross Timbers region in search of early spring warblers and other migrants. Meet at the Dillon’s parking lot at Andover Rd and US 400 and carpool from there.
Join us for our monthly bird watching hike around CNC! Did you know that CNC sits in the middle of a region called the central flyway? Over 400 species of birds use the central flyway during migration! This month’s program will begin with a short indoor presentation focused on bird migration. Following this, we will …
Chaplin Nature Center First Saturday Bird Walk “Natural Navigators” Read More »
Bring your binoculars and discover the birds that visit and live in Chisholm Creek Park. No birding experience is needed. Expect 1–2 miles of walking on paved paths. The walk will last about 90 minutes. Meet at the Great Plains Nature Center parking lot
Bird Distributions in Kansas: Dynamic or Stable? By Chuck Otte. Chuck will explain the history of the Kansas checklist project and show some of the patterns we are seeing in bird occurrence within Kansas, as well discuss how eBird is impacting our knowledge of bird distributions. Chuck Otte is recently retired from a career …