Date: 4/29/25 3:07 pm From: Malcolm Gold <malcolmgold...> Subject: Re: Birding Your Way to Ulysses
For anyone sharing ebird checklists lists this weekend for the KOS spring
meeting, the ebird username is KSOrnSociety š
Have fun, I'll be at graduation dreaming of birds instead,
Malcolm
On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 2:40āÆPM John Schukman <schuksaya...> wrote:
> Birders,
>
> If you are willing consider doing a 3-minute stationary point count
> anywhere in the KOS weekend area--a park, playa, lagoon, bridge, or farm.
> Submit it on eBird with share to "KOS Kansas Ornithological Society"
>
> One person only should identify and count birds. Count all birds seen
> within a 1/4 mile or heard at any distance. Merlin is acceptable if
> confirmed.
>
> Continue to bird in the area and list on eBird. We will sort the 3-minute
> counts out later.
>
> Reply if you have questions.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Schukman
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Birds & Their Habitats in Kansas <KSBIRD-L...> On
> Behalf Of Jeff Calhoun
> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2025 1:07 PM
> To: <KSBIRD-L...>
> Subject: Birding Your Way to Ulysses
>
> There are a million ways to get to Ulysses for a birder with free time,
> traveling on their way to the KOS Spring Meeting this week! KOS Membership
> Secretary, Jeff Calhoun, has taken K-156 and US-56 many, many times, and
> here are some of his favorite quick birding spots that donāt add too many
> extra miles:
>
> *All Paths Lead Toā¦*
>
> -
>
> Barton County - Cheyenne Bottoms - Itās right on the highway and it
> seems crazy to drive by it during migration!! But you could spend a
> whole
> day here, so keep an eye on the time. Pros will enter from the Claflin
> dike
> or go on out through the west side to avoid backtracking. If nothing
> else,
> the restrooms at the Kansas Wetland Education Center are top notch, and
> right off the highway!
>
> *Highway 56*
>
> -
>
> Pawnee County - Schnack Park in Larned & Downey Park in Garfield -
> Literally right off the north sides of Highway 56, there is migrant trap
> potential at both of these. Whistling-Ducks can never be ruled out at
> Schnack Park and Downey Park is so quick and easy that itās easy to move
> along if itās a bust!
> -
>
> Edwards County - Offerle Woods (37.9274, -99.5645) and Offerle WTP - One
> of the best wooded sites in the county isnāt too far from one of the
> easiest views of surface water in the county. You gotta love it!
> -
>
> Ford County - South Dodge Magic (37.7293, -99.9966) - Impossible to
> explain the allure. Maybe itās only in the eye of the beholder! But
> just a
> quick turn off of the south Dodge bypass onto 112 Rd you could,
> potentially, see nesting Black-billed Magpies and a Burrowing Owl that
> seems to be settling in.
> -
>
> Gray County - Montezuma WTP and Wild Horse Lake (37.67202, -100.5249)-
> Montezuma WTP just has a good birding history and it is easy to see. The
> āWild Horse Lakeā is a unique sink that was filled with water last fall,
> only to have it start to dry up, leaving great exposed mudflats at
> present.
> Phenomenal shorebird conditions exist; a scope is helpful with a long
> view
> to the west (so, evening viewing isnāt great, either).
> -
>
> Haskell County - Sublette WTP and Park (37.4765, -100.8455) - The WTP is
> viewable and the little park identified here is inexplicably Calhounās
> favorite of the many Haskell County possible āmigrant trapsā. Donāt get
> too
> upset when these locations take you off the most direct route..
>
> *Highway 156-50-25*
>
> -
>
> Hodgeman County - Buckner Valley Park - If I was only given one spot to
> try to be an opportunistic passerby during early May, while in Hodgeman
> County, I think it would be this park. Look for the sign along Highway
> K-156!
> -
>
> Finney County - Lake Concannon - Speaking of being opportunistic, there
> is actually water in this lake at the moment! You never know when you
> will
> be back in in Finney County in May, and then you never know if there
> will
> be water!
> -
>
> Kearny County - Deerfield City Park - Some of the finest trees in Kearny
> County are within the city park in Deerfield. And, as a bonus, any birds
> seen here can be contributed to the KOS Species list and Chuck Otteās
> famous big boards, as Kearny is within the KOS Spring Meeting
> parameters!
>
> No matter how you get to Ulysses, we hope you drive safe and we look
> forward to seeing you for Fridayās social hour, starting at 7:00 PM at
> Ulysses High School!
>
> You'll have to get to from Wichita or points east of Salina on your own,
> but of course, you can always ask questions... we love to share!
>
>
> Jeff Calhoun
>
> Dodge City, KS
>
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